Last year was the 50th anniversary of the first ever MLB draft. On Thursdays, PSA will dust off the old time baseball time machine and have a look back at some of the more fruitful and interesting draft classes in New York Yankees' history.
This week, we'll go back to a year in which gas was just 91 cents a gallon and Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger" was released. Here's a look at some of the selections made by the Yankees in the 1982 draft.
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LHP Tim Birtsas (Round 2, 36th overall)
The Yankees selected the 6-foot-7 lefty out of Michigan State University with their first selection of the '82 draft (they gained this pick as compensation for losing Reggie Jackson in free agency).