Bernie Williams

kees Tino Martinez (25/117) and Paul Oneil (19/91) along with another relatively young Yankee, Bernie Williams (29/102).  There was a former Dodger at Second, in Mariano Duncan (.340)and as earlier mentioned Boggs at 3rd (.311). Behind the plate was Joe Girardi and Jim Leyritz both splitting time, grooming a young catcher by the name of Jorge Posada.  In the pen were guys like Jeff Nelson and Bob Wickman. Ramiro Mendoza made spot starts and came in for long relief.  The Closer? John Wetteland (43 saves) occasionally the set up man would come in and earn a save, a position Mariano Rivera would become famous for in later years. And at shortstop was a rookie named Jeter.  A rare breed, with expectations that warranted one of two single digit jerseys available in the Yankee clubhouse, the other went to the new skipper, Mr. Joe Torre.   

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Great speech by Derek Jeter at the end.  And Bernie Williams may have summed it up best when he said, "It was more the people than the stadium. You talk about magic and the aura, but what really made the stadium was the fans. Concrete doesn't talk back to you. Chairs don't talk back to you. It's the people that are there, that root for you day in and day out. Tht's what makes this place magical."

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I have to compare back to the late 90's teams but do you think that Paul Oneill, Scott Brosius, Bernie Williams, and Tino Martinez would ever let the team have 25 at bats of under three pitches

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The Yankees have had many World Series champs, and many more All-Star players and all-time lineups. The 1927 Yankees pretty much set the bar for everyone else to follow, but there were some other memorable ones, too. The '36 Yanks, the first year of Joltin' Joe, and the last great one from Lou Gehrig, along with typically solid contributions by Bill Dickey, Tony Lazzeri and the usual cast of star Yankees.

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discoveries lead him to become the player it looks like he could be: the worthy, home-grown heir to Bernie Williams a rock on which to build the new Yankee dynasty.

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