KANSAS CITY, Mo. — When Yankees outfielder Chris Young was an emerging slugger with the Arizona Diamondbacks, he received letters from fans that included baseball cards they asked him to sign.
On occasion, however, the photo on the front of the card did not look like him.
The player on the card was white, and Young is African-American. The other player was extremely tall, a pitcher, and he did not play for the Diamondbacks.
But he was Chris Young.
“You could tell some people hadn’t done too much research,” Young said with a smile.