If he fulfills his mandate and becomes a Yankee hero, Giambi will return to Legends Field every spring.

Materson sewed sports logos, flags, a group portrait of his prison baseball team and pictures of his former Yankee heroes.

Winfield, the former Yankee hero, had a 2 for 4 evening.

More is expected of a Yankee hero than to rest on his past laurels.

(Mantle, a Yankee hero from the early 1950's, finished the 1961 season with 54 homers.)

Little did he know he was with a future Yankee hero.

But the Yankees sank fast again and Leyritz, the former Yankee hero, helped submerge them.

River Avenue in front of the stadium would be widened into a "Walk of Fame" dedicated to Yankee heroes.

Candiotti allowed four hits and one walk, striking out Darryl Strawberry, Tuesday's Yankee hero, on three soft knuckleballs for the final out.

The most embarrassing memory involves an authentic Yankee hero, Yogi Berra, who became one of Mr. Steinbrenner's many managers in 1984.