Austin Wells is about to do something that no New York Yankees catcher has ever done in more than 18,000 games played by the franchise. Not Yogi Berra, Thurman Munson, Elston Howard, Bill Dickey, ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Austin Wells drove Freddy Peralta’s fastball ... “Obviously, not playing to break records,” he said, “but it’s pretty cool.” Yogi Berra never did it. Neither did Bill Dickey, Elston ...

Wells became the first catcher to hit leadoff for the Yankees, who were established in 1913. And he led off the opener with a ...

The New York Yankees are ready to put this spring ... will bat leadoff for the team in a regular season game. From Yogi Berra to Jorge Posada to Thurman Munson to Bill Dickey, none of the ...

Art Schallock, a little-known New York Yankees ... dozen games for the Yankees from 1951-54, long enough to leave him with charming and oft-told tales of friends like Yogi Berra and Mickey Mantle.