"Backup catcher Rick Cerone is enjoying his homecoming this year. The New Jersey native was with the Yankees for five years before being dealt to Atlanta to 1985 and then to Milwaukee last season. But now Cerone, 32, is again playing in the Stadium where he's enjoyed his best years as a major leaguer.
His free agent signing with the Yankees last February rekindles memories of 1980, his first year in New York, when he played a key role in the Yankees capturing the A.L. East title. That season Cerone had 14 homers and 85 RBI as he filled the enormous void which resulted after Thurman Munson's death. He did the job then, and now he's doing the job as the Yankees' No. 2 catcher.
'I'm excited about being back,' says Cerone. 'It's going to work out real good.'"
-The New York Yankees Official 1987 Yearbook
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