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Old 04-28-2015, 06:42 AM
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Default New York Times artice on the oldest living Yankee,, nice reading
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/28/sp...reer.html?_r=0
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Thanks for the great read!
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"Rugger" is his nickname. I wrote to him about 10 years ago, very nice man who takes pride in the fact that he was a major leaguer and a NY Yankee. Great article!

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Wonderful story!
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Thanks for sharing. Wish I knew he was in Potrero Hill all those years I was in SF.
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And Marc Macrae was quoted in the article. Apparently they are friends. Nice story.
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What a great read. Sounds like he had many wonderful moments. Does anyone know if he made it onto a baseball card? Thanks Jim
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According to vcp.com he has at least a couple of cards, a 1946 Remar and a 1949 Hage's Dairy.

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Heck of a great story...and well written by Louie Lazar...great portrayal of his life...thanks for posting
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That was a great read. Thanks for sharing that.
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Richard – thanks for sharing this article.

It reminded me of a photo I have in my collection of Hank Aaron at an Old Timers Game in Atlanta. The photo is dated August 1, 1970 and it shows Hank with Doc Cook – tabbed as "the oldest living Yankee" at the time. Doc would have been 84 in this photo and died in 1973 at the age of 87. I have no idea why he's in a Braves uniform and not a Yankees uniform, as he never played for the Braves. He was from Tennessee, so I'm guessing it was relatively easy to get him to Atlanta.

But what really caught my eye was the two gentlemen standing down the left-field foul line: the mischievous-looking, and recently-retired, Mickey Mantle, along with who I believe to be Roger Maris. Both Mick and Roger had retired after the ’68 season and apparently had plenty of time on their hands by 1970.

I have attached a scan of the original photo, with an blow up of the two background subjects.
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Sadly, Rugger passed away last week.
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