The New York Yankees say they will wear patches on their uniforms honoring the memory of owner George Steinbrenner and longtime public address announcer Bob Sheppard. The 80-year-old Steinbrenner died Tuesday of a heart attack. Sheppard passed away Sunday. He was 99. The Steinbrenner patch will be work above the interlocking NY on the pinstriped home uniform and above the "York" on the road...

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The White House is remembering New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner for what he did on the baseball diamond as well as for the contributions he made outside the house that Ruth built. Steinbrenner died Tuesday in Tampa, Fla., after suffering a heart attack. He was 80. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs says Steinbrenner touched the lives of people across the country through his work with...

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Oscar Azocar, a former major league outfielder with the New York Yankees and the San Diego Padres in the early 1990s, died of a heart attack Monday in his native Venezuela. He was 45. Azocar died in a hospital in the city of Valencia in central Venezuela, said Diogenes Nazar, press spokesman for local professional team Navegantes del Magallanes -- one of the sides Azocar played for.

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