Johnny Kucks, a born and bred “Jersey Boy” who went from the sandlots of Jersey City to a 1956 Yankee World Series hero, died Thursday after a long bout with cancer. He was 80. Kucks, a side-arming righthander who had what Yogi Berra said was one of the “heaviest sinkerballs” he ever caught, spent 4½ seasons with the Yankees from 1955-59 and appeared in eight games over four World Series with a 1.89 ERA in them. But his finest hour was when Yankee manager Casey Stengel gave him the ball for Game 7 of the 1956 World Series at Ebbets...