He’s the Joe DiMaggio of Old-Timers’ Day.
When the Yankees hosted the 73rd edition of Old-Timers’ Day on Sunday, Don Mongitore was in attendance, seated in section 224, for his 63rd straight. The players and format of the game have changed over the years, but Mongitore says his presence has not, having been to every one since attending his first in 1957 as a 7-year-old.
“When I first came here, it was all these old guys,” said Mongitore, a Lynbrook, Long Island native. “Then it became some old guys and guys I sort of remembered. Now it’s like old guys that I [all remember].