If Your Birthday is October 28th...

...you share it with Josh Thole, whose eight year catching began with the Mets, where he specialized in working with knuckleballer R.A. Dickey. The duo were so effective together that he was sent to Toronto along with Dickey after the 2012 season.  

Corban Joseph had an unusual Yankee career: two games, both in the same day, but none thereafter. A former 4th round draft pick, he played both ends of a doubleheader on May 13th, 2013, before returning to the minors. He later had "cups of coffee" with the Orioles, A's, Giants and Pirates in 2018 and '19. 

Lenny Harris holds the record for most pinch hits in major league history. He totaled 212 over his 18 seasons (1988-2005). I last saw him when he coached 3rd base for the Marlins in 2015-'16.

Bob Melvin has enjoyed a long a productive relationship working under Billy Beane. Standing to the left in his picture, he's managed the A's to three AL West titles in 11 seasons. The Bay Area native also caught in the majors for a decade, but I've got to admit that I'd forgotten that he was once a Yankee -- appeared nine games for them in 1994 before being swapped to the Angels for pitcher Jeff Schwarz, who never made it back to MLB.

Bob Veale spent 11 of his 13 big league seasons with the Pirates. Winning 10 or more games seven years in a row (1964-'70), an arm injury led to his becoming a reliever in 1971, the year Pittsburgh won it all.

Finally, let's remember a very obscure Yankee:

They've never had a Boy Named Sue, but they once had an outfielder named Liz. Really. Liz Funk -- his given name was Elias -- pinch ran for Bill Dickey in a 5-2 loss to the A's on April 26th, 1929. While he later returned to the majors with the Tigers and White Sox, Funk's Yankee career is as brief as they come! One lone game, without ever getting an at bat. (Maybe he's a candidate for a sequel to Field of Dreams.)