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Carl “Yaz” Yastrzemski never quite got the national fanfare he deserved for his accomplishments on the baseball diamond. He played 23 years with the Boston Red Sox, went to 18 All-Star games, and won three batting titles, seven Gold Gloves, and an MVP award. Nonetheless when pundits list the greatest players of all time, Yastrzemski’s name is often omitted.

Nonetheless, Yastrzemski memorabilia is still very collectible, largely because he is a Red Sox legend (the Red Sox Nation are among the most devoted fans in baseball). His baseball cards are his most sought-after items.

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Tigers-Rangers Preview 5-18-13
CBS Local, May 18th

Cabrera led the league with a .330 average, 44 homers and 139 RBIs last year, making him the AL's first Triple Crown winner since Carl Yastrzemski in 1967. The reigning league MVP and seven-time All-Star is already making a case for another run at that...Read more

TGIF: 12 Things to Know About RI Politics + Media
Rhode Island Public Radio, May 17th

The Times, btw, had a fine story last week on how the death of Carl Yastrzemski's son has brought the Red Sox legend closer with his grandson, Mike, now a baseball prospect at Vanderbilt. 10. Long before revelations about the US Justice Department's...Read more

Horse Racing: Triple Crown remains distant prize
Reno Gazette Journal, May 17th

Nobody had done that since Carl Yastrzemski of the Boston Red Sox in 1967. The difficulty in horse racing's Triple Crown is that the races are at different lengths, at different tracks, requiring different combinations of talents (just like baseball's...Read more

Certainly proud to be from Boston
Tewksbury town crier, May 17th

We talked about the great Carl Yastrzemski, his MVP season and the Triple Crown. Stange signed a baseball for me and shook my hand. We posed for a photograph and then it was time for the game to begin. “It's great to meet a Boston guy,” said Stange...Read more

Eight things to know in Sports this weekend
Atlanta Journal Constitution, May 17th

Since 1942, even marginal baseball fans recognize the only other names of the AL players who have won Triple Crowns: Carl Yastrzemski, Frank Robinson, Mickey Mantle and Ted Williams. 8. THE END OF A LONG SEASON. You can catch a rare college...Read more

Miguel Cabrera vs. Orb, who's more likely to win Triple Crown? ESPN's 'PTI ...
MLive.com, May 16th

Cabrera became baseball's first Triple Crown winner since Boston's Carl Yastrzemski in 1967 last season by hitting .330 with 44 home runs and 139 RBI. Through 38 games this season, Cabrera ranks second in the AL in hitting (.369), paces the league in...Read more

Yaz's grandson a Vandy dandy
FOXSports.com, May 13th

“When he was struggling, he had his hands close to his body,” Carl Yastrzemski told The New York Times, which published a lengthy feature on the Yastrzemski family over the weekend. “He was putting too much weight on his back leg; he was all tied up...Read more

In the Name of a Legacy
New York Times, May 11th

2 in the nation behind North Carolina, was born in Wolfeboro, N.H., in 1961, Carl Yastrzemski's rookie season for the Boston Red Sox. Baseball captivated Corbin, and in his backyard, he copied Yastrzemski — hands held high, cocked shoulders, bat...Read more