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  • Ex-Yankees World Series title-winning GM Bob Watson dead at 74

    05/15/2020 8:16:03 PM PDT · by GuavaCheesePuff · 17 replies
    The New York Post ^ | May 15, 2020 | Ted Holmund
    Former Yankees player and general manager Bob Watson died at the age of 74 in his Houston home on Thursday night after a long battle with kidney disease, according to the Astros. Watson was the Yankees general manager from 1995 to 1998, a tenure that included leading the Bombers to a World Series title in 1996, their first championship since 1978. He also played for the Bombers for three seasons from 1980 to 1982. Watson was primarily a first baseman and left fielder throughout his 19-year major league career, which began in 1969, including the first 14 with the Astros....