Billy Crystal To Look Mahvelous As A Yankee
What, is baseball that hard up to find players who aren’t on steroids? Don’t you hate it when the new guy you sign falls and breaks a hip? Ooh, I hate when that happens. (I kid because I love.)
Billy Crystal, comedian and die-hard baseball fan, is fulfilling a dream by signing a deal to train and play a game with the New York Yankees:
Comedian Billy Crystal will sign a one-day contract with the New York Yankees and play in a spring- training game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on March 13, one day before his 60th birthday.
Crystal is a New York native and lifelong Yankees’ fan who frequently attends games at Yankee Stadium. In 2001, he directed and produced the film [“61*,]” which chronicled Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle as they sought to break Babe Ruth’s single-season home run record in 1961.
Crystal’s minor-league contract was approved by Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig and he’ll join the Yankees tomorrow for workouts at the team’s training facility in Tampa, Florida, according to a statement from the team.
“I’ve been waiting 50 years for this call,” said Crystal, who will wear uniform No. 60. “I’m overwhelmed by the generosity of the Yankees and Commissioner Selig. I know this (will) be tougher than the Broadway Softball League, but I’m looking forward to helping the younger players, which, by the way, is all of them.”
I don’t watch baseball, but I’d like to see coverage of this game. Billy Crystal has long been one of my favorites and I know he is relishing this opportunity. When my kids aren’t paying attention to what I’m saying, I look at them and say, “Norman, helloooooooooo…”
Yeah, they look at me kind of like you are now.
Now, I wonder if we can get David Letterman in an Indy car?
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