He has been teammates with six current Yankees, and a curiosity to the others.

All have far better statistics than any current Yankee starter.

"Lou was a role model and these current Yankees seem to be good role models," she says.

And then the current Yankees took the field against the A's.

"These players were as important to me as the current Yankees."

It is a big, open area, festooned with color photographs of current Yankees.

"We had better pitching" than the current Yankees, Jackson said.

The A's were very different from the current Yankees in their clubhouse interaction.

But he never bragged about how the current Yankees have lost more games in the '90's than any other team.

You can choose three current Yankees to build your team around.