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“If the world were perfect, it wouldn’t be.”

— Yogi Berra

Photos

Dandy tipping his cap to the fans (Photo by Madison Ford)

The only photo taken of me (age 22) outside of the costume with Dandy (Photo by Madison Ford)

Dandy with some kids from the Yankees Stadium grounds crew (Photo by Madison Ford)

Dandy coming out of the Yankees’ dugout (Photo by Madison Ford)

Peter Gill, head of New York Yankees Promotions at home plate (Photo by Madison Ford)

With Jeremy Schaap from ESPN’s E:60 in my boyhood home holding the Yankees autographed Dandy poster (Photo by Jason Kostura)

“I gave this card to a 19 year-old girl in 1979. She saved it for 20 years later sending me a note, “Do you remember me?” Page and I were engaged a year later. The address was removed for this site. (Photo by Madison Ford)

This was the only advertising that was done on Dandy in 1979. The picture along with the disparaging copy was syndicated nationally. (Photo by AP)

After a tour at ESPN headquarters. (Photo by Page Ford)

I was no longer the mascot in 1981 but due to the players strike, Dandy was rarely seen and disappeared forever after the season.

My wife Page and I were invited to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2017 to discuss Dandy’s future in its illustrious achieves (Photo by a Yankee fan)

With Jason Kostura and Rayna Banks, producers of ESPN’s E:60, The Forgotten Yankee at ESPN headquarters in Bristol. CT. (Photo by Page Ford)

With Jeremy Schaap after my interview for E:60’s The Forgotten Yankee (Photo by Mom)

E:60 loved how my wife Page and I met through Dandy and wanted to hear her story. It ended up on the cutting room floor. (Photo by me.)

Dandy never made it to the dugout roofs but oh, what could have been.

Being a fan, I couldn’t resist asking for an autograph. (Photo by David Raymond)

Ted loved the name of my manuscript and was gracious by sending me this autographed photo (Photo by Ted Giannoulas Promotions)

Jeremy Schaap and my mom in the kitchen before saying good-bye. She passed the crew a full spread of Sushi, a first in E:60 history.

With my wife Page and Jason Kostura, producer of E:60’s The Forgotten Yankee . (Photo by Mom)

The New York Post: Sunday August 4, 2019. I was thrilled to get the call on this one.

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