The Yankees announced that Sabathia’s No. 52 is set to be retired, with a plaque at Monument Park in his honor set to be dedicated prior to the club’s Sept. 26 game against the Orioles.
CC Sabathia's No. 52 will be retired on Sept. 26 by the New York Yankees, who will dedicate a plaque in honor of the Hall of Famer at Monument Park before that day's game against the Baltimore Orioles.
On the eve of the 2015 MLB postseason, New York Yankees star pitcher CC Sabathia stunned the baseball world when he voluntarily entered an alcohol rehabilitation center. A full decade later, he announced that he reached 10 years of sobriety
For Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner, this was their coolest moment in baseball time — the day their roads converged on a wondrous Sunday afternoon in Cooperstown. This was the day they were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, along with two sadly absent giants from another era, the late Dave Parker and Dick Allen.
CC Sabathia debuted in the major leagues as a 20-year-old phenom and quickly evolved into an All-Star and Cy Young Award winner before becoming the ace of a World Series winner.
