FREE: GENE MICHAEL * 1970 Topps * NY Yankees * “Helped Build The Yankees”

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Gene Michael * New York Yankees

1970 Topps #114

Card has multiple shallow surface creases on front side
that do not penetrate to the rear of card.

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Career “as a player” …

10 Years as a “player” in Major League Baseball

7 yrs=Yankees (also: Pirates/Dodgers/Tigers)

Nick-name: “THE STICK”

Great Defensive shortstop, master of the “Hidden Ball Trick”
and a great executive who helped build the Yankees dynasty.

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“as a Manager” …

4 Years * 2 w/ Yankees * 2 w/ Cubs

2 Year record as a “Yankee” – 92 wins vs 76 losses
2 Year record as a “Cub” = 114 wins vs 124 losses

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“as a Yankee Executive” …

(from Wikepedia)

In 1990, he was made general manager of the Yankees, during this time he built the Yankees farm system and laid the seeds for their dominance in the second half of the decade. This was facilitated in part by the suspension of own, George Steinbrenner, who had earned a reputation as a meddler. The Yankees also began building young talent, rather than trading it away, as they had done in the 1980s with little success. During Michael’s tenure as general manager, the Yankees drafted or signed such notable players as, Mariano Rivera, Andy Pettitte, Derek Jeter, Jorge Posada and others. Further, he trade popular prospect Roberto Kelly for Paul O’Neill, whose fiery persona and play would become a cornerstone for the team. This foundation paid off with Yankee championships in 1996, and from 1998-2000. However, Michael was fired before the Yankees dynasty began, as a result of the fallouts from the 1994 strike, which ruined the Yankees having the best record in the A.L. in 1995. It was the second time that the Yankees fired Michael as a result of a strike … in 1981, he was fired as manager as a result of the strike that year.

From 1996 until 2002, Michael served as vice-president of major league scouting for the Yankees.