The Invisible Yankee

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SOFTCOVER | 5.5 × 8.25 | 294 PAGES

The short, strange saga of Dandy, the forgotten Yankees’ mascot.

Team mascots in Major League Baseball have become a common part of the game, with lovable characters like Mr. Met, the Phillie Phanatic, and the San Diego Chicken. In fact, the Dodgers, the Angels, and the Yankees are the only three MLB teams that don’t currently have one. 

But the Yankees did, even though they’ll never admit it.

This is the curious saga of Dandy, the short-lived mascot of the New York Yankees.

Few fans know that the New York Yankees once had a mascot—a furry, mustachioed character named Dandy. In this revealing memoir, Rick Ford—who was Dandy—finally tells the true story behind the team’s short-lived experiment with mascot culture. From his 1979 debut to his mysterious disappearance two years later, Ford takes readers inside Yankee Stadium for a behind-the-scenes look at a little-known moment in Yankees history. Blending humor, nostalgia, and personal photographs, The Invisible Yankee reveals what really happened to Dandy—and why the Yankees have all but forgotten him.

Dandy with Rick, and the poster of the New York Yankee Autographs, given to him on September 16, 1979

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