They will never have an Old-Timer’s Day set aside for them. There are times it seems the season they had and all the games they won didn’t happen in real life, but in a movie, some direct-to-video sequel of “Major League.”
But for those who remember the 1994 Yankees, Saturday was a seminal anniversary.
Because on Aug. 3, 1994, the Yankees defeated Brewers (then of the AL Central), 2-1 in a rain-shortened game at old County Stadium. Sterling Hitchcock threw seven innings of five-hit ball. Jim Leyritz and Randy Velarde hit solo homers. Don Mattingly went 1-for-3, lifting his average to .