Old-Timers' Day returns to field with Yankees softball makeover
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — This year's Old-Timers' Day will actually feature a game at Yankee Stadium.
It won't be baseball, as it once was, but a group of retired Yankees will participate in a softball game this August, The Post confirmed, after the Old-Timers' Day game had been replaced in recent years by a Q&A.
NJ Advance Media was first to report the plan for a softball exhibition.
Members of the 2009 World Series team pose on the field with a World Series trophy during Old Timer's Day before a game against the Colorado Rockies, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024.
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The last time the Yankees held a game for Old-Timers' Day was in 2019, before the exhibition was canceled in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID.
There were too many players dealing with injuries for a game to happen in 2022 and then the organization held Q&As the past two years — honoring the 25th anniversary of the 1998 World Series team in 2023 and the 15th anniversary of the 2009 championship in 2024.
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The Yankees have not yet released a list of players expected to play in the game or attend Old-Timers' Day, though that typically happens closer to the event.
It remains to be seen whether Derek Jeter would play in a softball game, as the former captain has said he would not play in an Old-Timers' Day game.
Yankees greats Jorge Posada, Andy Pettitte, Mariano Rivera, and Derek Jeter line up for the National Anthem during Old Timer's Day in 2024.
Corey Sipkin for the NY POST
'They're not gonna see me hit again,' Jeter said last August. 'No, I would be afraid I would hurt myself. But that's not saying the reason there's no game is because I'm not playing.
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