This year marks the 40th anniversary of the 1977 New York Yankees. That iconic team was George Steinbrenner\u2019s first World Championship ball club. Some very colorful players wore the Yankees pinstripes that year. Their captain Thurman Munson, Sweet Lou Piniella, Bucky Dent, Willie Randolph, Mike Torrez, Roy White, Ed Figueroa, Fred \u201cChicken\u201d Stanley, Graig Nettles, Ron Guidry, Chris Chambliss and the list just goes on and on.<\/p>\n
This was a team that fought with each other off the field but like brothers, come game time, they would get together and just could not be beat.<\/p>\n
At the Third Annual Hank\u2019s Yanks Golf Outing on June 5th, two players from this incredible team will be honored, Mick \u201cThe Quick\u201d Rivers, who was truly the team catalyst and arguably the greatest leadoff hitter in the history of the New York Yankees and of course \u201cMr. October\u201d Reggie Jackson who probably performed the greatest feat in World Series history when he hit three consecutive home runs on three pitches against the Los Angeles Dodgers that October evening in the Bronx.<\/p>\n
Not everyone knows that Thurman Munson is actually the one who gave Reggie the name \u201cMr. October\u201d It was after the game when Thurman walked by his locker and said, \u201cYou sure put on a hell of a show Mr. October.\u201d And the nickname was born!<\/p>\n
It\u2019s symbolic that a month after Reggie and the Yankees beat the Dodgers in the World Series he would run into the great Beatle John Lennon in Central Park. It was a crazy year in NY with \u201cThe Son of Sam\u201d and the death of the King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley but despite this and the fact that Lennon did not know much about baseball, he congratulated Reggie and told him that right now you\u2019re bigger than all the Jackson\u2019s put together- in reference to the great singers known as \u201cThe Jackson Five.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mickey Rivers will be receiving \u201cThe Pride of Hank\u2019s Yanks Award.\u201d This award is given to the person who always reaches out to the youth of the city. Mickey Rivers has always been that person- always there for the kids. The same way Hank Steinbrenner reached out to the kids of the city when he started Hank\u2019s Yanks.<\/p>\n
Reggie Jackson will be receiving the \u201cBoss Award\u201d named after the late Yankees owner George Steinbrenner and like \u201cThe Boss\u201d if you really know Reggie Jackson than you know his great heart.<\/p>\n
This day is dedicated to all those that we have lost including Jim \u201cCatfish\u201d Hunter, Paul Blair, Jim Spencer, and of course our fiery manager Billy Martin and the man whose passion to win helped put it all together, George M. Steinbrenner lll.<\/p>\n
Hanksyanksgolf.com for information about attending the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the 1977 New York Yankees. That iconic team was George Steinbrenner\u2019s first World Championship ball club. Some very colorful players wore the Yankees pinstripes that year. Their captain Thurman Munson, Sweet Lou Piniella, Bucky Dent, Willie Randolph, Mike Torrez, Roy White, Ed Figueroa, Fred \u201cChicken\u201d Stanley, Graig Nettles, … <\/p>\n