Old Timers Announced

NEW YORK – Out at the ballpark tonight, and I'm very excited about this coming Sunday. Sunday is Old Timers' Day at the new Yankee Stadium, the first inside these "rookie" walls.

As the Yankees continue to try and build a new tradition here across the street from "The House that Ruth Built," they've adopted some of their most memorable rituals of season's past, most notably the annual Old Timer's game. Last year's final one at the old Stadium was great. We did a terrific package for the station that included some of the all-time greats.

We even had an exclusive interview with Reggie Jackson. Now, that's big time. Do you know how difficult that was to work?

Well, we're gearing up again for the big game. The festivities are always a special treat. I can remember going to the Old Timer's games as a kid. It was the one game of the season, I wouldn't dare miss.

But then again, the Bombers didn't do much winning back then, so the ballgame was a chance for a youngster like myself to get lost in all of those stories that mom and dad had about the Yankees from their glory days.

The ones they enjoyed in their youth.

I never thought I would see a good Yankee team myself. I really clung to all of those great stories from the 1950s, '60s, '70s. I grew up with some royally bad teams, but hey, they were "my Yankees."

Looking back, I think it made it even more special when they finally started winning World Series again. I had dreamed of telling stories about legends past one day, but all I had to work with was...well, the past.

Now, I have both. The old tradition, the old guard, and the Yankees of my generation, which are slowly becoming the Old Timer's of tomorrow. As legendary Yankee voice, the late, great Mel Allen would say, "How about that!"

Check out this list of Old Timers below, released by the Yankees.

Mike Mussina, an Old Timer? He won 20 games last year!

Should be a great day at the ballpark.

List of those Scheduled to Attend (*Denotes First-Time Old-Timer)

* Luis Arroyo
* Jesse Barfield
* Yogi Berra
* Ron Blomberg
* Dr. Bobby Brown
* Homer Bush
* Rick Cerone
* Horace Clarke
* Jim Coates
* David Cone
* *Chad Curtis
* Bucky Dent
* Al Downing
* *Mike Easler
* Dave Eiland
* Whitey Ford
* Oscar Gamble
* Joe Girardi
* *Dwight Gooden
* Rich "Goose" Gossage
* Ken Griffey, Sr.
* Ron Guidry
* *Charlie Hayes
* Arlene Howard
* Helen Hunter
* Reggie Jackson
* Pat Kelly
* Don Larsen
* Hector Lopez
* Lee Mazzilli
* *Lindy McDaniel
* Gene Michael
* Diana Munson
* Kay Murcer
* Meredith Murray (B.P. Pitcher)
* *Mike Mussina
* *Jerry Narron
* Jeff Nelson
* Graig Nettles
* Joe Pepitone
* Bobby Richardson
* Mickey Rivers
* Bill "Moose" Skowron
* Aaron Small
* Mel Stottlemyre
* Bob Turley
* Roy White
* *Don Zimmer