UNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 1979: Jay Johnstone #27 of the New York Yankees stands in the dugout during a rain delay of a Major League Baseball game circa 1979. Johnstone played for the Yankees from 1978-79. (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images)
1978 Yankees World Series champion Jay Johnstone passed away on Monday.
It takes a special type of personality to be a middling MLB player for 20 full years. But the way two-time World Series champion Jay Johnstone stepped up in big moments, you never would’ve known the curly-haired outfielder wasn’t among the game’s greats.