Old-Timers' Day returns to field with Yankees softball makeover
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.
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'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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