Parkinson’s disease couldn’t keep Brian Doyle from Old-Timers’ Day. It couldn’t keep him out of the game, either.
The former Yankees infielder wasn’t in the starting lineup, but he had a hit Sunday afternoon, the feel-good moment of the legends game in The Bronx.
Doyle went to Gene Michael, who managed one of the Old-Timers’ squads, and told the longtime Yankees executive it was important he get an at-bat Sunday. There had been some concern whether Doyle, 61, would be up to it.
Doyle played parts of three seasons with the Yankees as a reserve infielder from 1978-80, never appearing in more than 39 games in a season.