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Yanks to retire numbers of core trio

 
Published Feb. 17, 2015

NEW YORK — The Yankees are retiring the uniform numbers of Andy Pettitte, Jorge Posada and Bernie Williams and will honor the trio with plaques in Monument Park this season along with Willie Randolph.

Pettitte (46), Posada (20) and Williams (51) will raise the Yankees' total of retired numbers to 20. New York also is expected to at some point retire Derek Jeter's No. 2, its last single-digit number in use.

Williams will be honored before the May 24 game against Texas and Randolph as part of Old Timers' Day before the June 20 game against Detroit. Posada's ceremony will be Aug. 22 and Pettitte's the next day.

Also, Yankees third baseman Chase Headley said Alex Rodriguez "reached out and introduced himself."

Headley is expected to start at third base, with Rodriguez shifting to DH, though the 39-year-old hopes to win his old job back after a season-long suspension for violations of baseball's drug agreement and labor contract.

"We didn't talk about that," Headley said. "It was just more of an introduction. I think we both care about winning. That's the most important thing, and that's what we talked about. That (other) stuff will sort itself out."

GIAMBI RETIRES: Former AL MVP Jason Giambi announced his retirement. Giambi, 44, batted .277 with a .398 on-base percentage and a .516 slugging percentage and hit 440 homers in 20 seasons. He won the MVP with the A's in 2000 and finished second the next season.

BANKS DISPUTE: Joey and Jerry Banks, the sons of late Cubs legend Ernie Banks, released a statement alleging that Banks' caregiver Regina Rice of Chicago coerced Banks into signing a will that gave her control of his estate. Banks died Jan. 23 of a heart attack at the age of 83.