Bernie Williams will throw the ceremonial first pitch at Yankee Stadium on Friday. At some point, chances are, the scoreboard will show Williams chasing that deep drive by Mike Piazza in October 2000, catching it and then dropping to one knee on the Shea Stadium grass.
That moment, the clinching out of the World Series, cemented the Yankees’ superiority over the Mets. How convenient that Williams, who last played in 2006, just signed his formal retirement papers. He is now, officially, part of the Yankees’ storied past.
Their present looks encouraging, too, with six victories in seven games, including a series win on the road in Detroit.