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A8

MAN IN KASHMIR FASTENED TO ARMY JEEP AS A SHIELD

"Tied to his chest is a piece of paper, on which his name is scrawled. 'Look at the fate of the stone-pelter,' a soldier announced over a loudspeaker, a video of the episode shows."

For decades, these two nuke-capable countries (Pakistan and India) have been fighting over a few hundred acres of Everest-type mountain ranges.

If Ghandi and Malala were in charge ...


A15

100 DAYS OF HORROR

"The clock is being turned back. Vulnerable populations are under relentless attack by this administration. This is a war, and that is not hyperbole or exaggeration."

See also.

D1

A PLAQUE FOR LYLE IN MONUMENT PARK? MANY FANS SAY YES, BUT HE DISAGREES

Lyle does not want a plaque. "'[I] don't belong in Monument Park at Yankee Stadium,' Lyle insisted, and he doesn't believe a lot of other recent honorees do, either."

Compare Gossage and Lyle (Yankee-only stats):

Gossage: 42 wins, 151 saves and a 2.14 ERA.
Lyle: 57 wins, 141 saves with a 2.41.

Tino Martinez hit .276 with the Yankees and he gets a plaque. How are Lyle's stats not good enough?

Give him a plaque.

Honoree	Position(s)	Yankee career	Number retired	Plaque	Monument	Ref
Miller Huggins	Manager	1918–1929	—	May 30, 1932	May 30, 1932	[12]
Lou Gehrig	First baseman	1923–1939	July 4, 1939 (#4)	July 6, 1941	July 6, 1941	[13]
Jacob Ruppert	Owner	1915–1939	—	April 19, 1940	—	[14]
Babe Ruth	Outfielder	1920–1934	June 13, 1948 (#3)	April 19, 1949	April 19, 1949	[15]
Ed Barrow	General manager	1921–1946	—	April 15, 1954	—	[16]
Joe DiMaggio	Outfielder	1936–1951	April 18, 1952 (#5)	June 8, 1969	April 25, 1999	[17]
Mickey Mantle	Outfielder	1951–1968	June 8, 1969 (#7)	June 8, 1969	August 25, 1996	[18]
Joe McCarthy	Manager	1931–1946	—	April 29, 1976	—	[19]
Casey Stengel	Manager	1949–1960	August 8, 1970 (#37)	July 30, 1976	—	[20]
Thurman Munson	Catcher	1969–1979	August 2, 1979 (#15)	September 20, 1980	—	[21]
Elston Howard	Catcher / Outfielder	1955–1967	July 21, 1984 (#32)	July 21, 1984	—	[22]
Roger Maris	Outfielder	1960–1966	July 21, 1984 (#9)	July 21, 1984	—	[22]
Phil Rizzuto	Shortstop / Broadcaster	1941–1956, 1957–96	August 4, 1985 (#10)	August 4, 1985	—	[23]
Billy Martin	Second baseman / Manager	1950–1957, 1975–1978, 1979, 1983, 1985, 1988	August 10, 1986 (#1)	August 10, 1986	—	[24]
Lefty Gomez	Pitcher	1930–1942	—	August 1, 1987	—	[25]
Whitey Ford	Pitcher	1950–1967	August 3, 1974 (#16)	August 1, 1987	—	[25]
Bill Dickey	Catcher	1928–1946	July 22, 1972 (#8)	August 21, 1988	—	[26]
Yogi Berra	Catcher / Outfielder	1946–1963	July 22, 1972 (#8)	August 21, 1988	—	[26]
Allie Reynolds	Pitcher	1947–1954	—	August 27, 1989	—	[27]
Don Mattingly	First baseman	1982–1995	August 31, 1997 (#23)	August 31, 1997	—	[28]
Mel Allen	Broadcaster	1939–1964, 1976–1989	—	July 25, 1998	—	[29]
Bob Sheppard	Public address announcer	1951–2007	—	May 7, 2000	—	[30]
Reggie Jackson	Outfielder	1977–1981	August 14, 1993 (#44)	July 6, 2002	—	[31]
Ron Guidry	Pitcher	1975–1988	August 23, 2003 (#49)	August 23, 2003	—	[32]
Red Ruffing	Pitcher	1930–1946	—	July 10, 2004	—	[1]
Jackie Robinson	Second baseman	—	April 15, 1997 (#42)	April 17, 2007[a]	—	[33]
George Steinbrenner	Owner	1973–2010	—	September 20, 2010	September 20, 2010	[34]
Mariano Rivera	Pitcher	1995–2013	September 22, 2013 (#42)	August 14, 2016	—	[35]
Tino Martinez	First baseman	1996–2001, 2005	—	June 21, 2014	—	[36]
Goose Gossage	Pitcher	1978–1983, 1989	—	June 22, 2014	—	[36]
Paul O'Neill	Outfielder	1993–2001	—	August 9, 2014	—	[36]
Joe Torre	Manager	1996–2007	August 23, 2014 (#6)	August 23, 2014	—	[36]
Bernie Williams	Outfielder	1991–2006	May 24, 2015 (#51)	May 24, 2015	—	[37]
Willie Randolph	Second baseman / Coach	1975–1988, 1994–2004	—	June 20, 2015	—	[38]
Mel Stottlemyre	Pitcher / Coach	1964–1974, 1996–2005	—	June 20, 2015	—	[39]
Jorge Posada	Catcher	1995–2011	August 22, 2015 (#20)	August 22, 2015	—	[40]
Andy Pettitte	Pitcher	1995–2003, 2007–2010, 2012–2013	August 23, 2015 (#46)	August 23, 2015	—	[41]