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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 52. Chapters: New York Yankees executives, New York Yankees scouts, Reggie Jackson, Mickey Cochrane, Bob Sheppard, List of New York Yankees owners and executives, Lou Piniella, Lou Saban, Al Rosen, Jim Hegan, Ralph Houk, Tino Martinez, Gabe Paul, Jim Bowden, E. Michael Burke, Roy Hamey, Pat Gillick, Bob Watson, Larry MacPhail, Darrell Johnson, Bill DeWitt, Mayo Smith, Syd Thrift, Cliff Lewis, Brian Cashman, Gene Michael, Pete Peterson, Clyde King, Murray Cook, Chuck Cottier, George Weiss, Ed Barrow, Roy White, Lee MacPhail, Gary Denbo, Cedric Tallis, Billy Connors, Randy Gumpert, Luis Arroyo, Bert Niehoff, Tal Smith, Kim Ng, Kevin Towers, Bobby Hofman, Arthur Richman, Woody Woodward, Randy Levine, Doug Melvin, Buster Mills, Eddie Layton, Marty Appel, George Pfister, Reggie Waller, Paul Olden, Jim Hall, Hughie Wise, Paul Richardson, Dan Topping, Jr., Bill Bergesch, Cloyd Boyer, Clyde Kluttz, Bob Quinn, Gene Martin, Damon Oppenheimer. Excerpt: Reginald Martinez Jackson (born May 18, 1946), nicknamed "Mr. October" for his clutch hitting in the postseason with the New York Yankees, is a former American Major League Baseball right fielder. During a 21-year baseball career, he played from 1967-1987 for four different teams. Jackson currently serves as a special advisor to the New York Yankees. He helped win three consecutive World Series titles as a member of the Oakland Athletics in the early 1970s and also helped win two consecutive titles with the New York Yankees. Jackson was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1993. Jackson was born in Wyncote, Pennsylvania, just north of Philadelphia. His father was Martinez Jackson, a tailor who was also a former second baseman with the Newark Eagles of the Negro Leagues. He was the youngest of four children between Reggie's mother, Clara, who was of Hispanic descent. He also had two half siblings...