Yogi Berra, fired unexpectedly after piloting the club as a first-year manager to a 99-63 record and an American League pennant in 1964, returns to the Yankees as a coach after an 11-year absence. The hiring of the team’s former All-Star catcher and skipper to be Billy Martin’s bench coach marks the first time in the history of the game the designation becomes a description for a member of the coaching staff.

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On December 5, 1975 — Yogi Berra, fired unexpectedly after piloting the club as a first-year manager to a 99-63 record and an American League pennant in 1964, returns to the Yankees as a coach after an 11-year absence. The hiring of the team’s former All-Star catcher and skipper to be Billy Martin’s bench coach marks the first time in the history of the game the designation becomes a description for a member of the coaching staff.

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