How the Yankees’ first and only mascot became a total embarrassment
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On July 22, 1979, a furry pinstriped fellow with a big belly, spinning baseball hat and giant ginger mustache strode out into Yankee Stadium. Dandy, the Yankees´ first and only mascot, had made his world debut. Inside the costume was Rick Ford, a 22-year-old Ithaca College grad from Greenwich, Connecticut, who had been practicing for...