As part of a cancer fundraising
campaign of the Yankees Universe fund for pediatric cancer research, education and patient care at Memorial
Sloan-Kettering, the New York Yankees are offering a limited-edition
Yankees Universe t-shirt. Yankees owner George M. Steinbrenner III feels this is an exciting program will help many
kids and their families lead a better life. Monday, Brian Cashman, manager Joe Torre and Hall of Famer Yogi Berra delivered the announcement of the new Yankee Universe campaign at a press conference. Torre mentioned his diagnosis of prostate cancer in 1999. He called Memorial Sloan-Kettering and the Yankees the two most important teams in his life during the last 11 years. Torre said that cancer is a word that scares you, but when you find out the kind of work people are doing to discover a cure, it's very reassuring. "This is the Yankee universe," O'Reilly said. "And as far as I'm concerned, there's no better place to be."
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