Tampa – Cody Bellinger belongs to the Yankees as well as 1); Because he has the best left-handed stroke for the stadium short pouch, or 2) he plays brilliantly in three of the four positions the Yankees needed most.
It's incredible that Bellinger Family records match this perfectly. If anyone has been as successful as the Yankees in reaching the World Series over the years, then it's the Bellinger family.
They are the baseball version of Four Leaf Clover. Cody has already played for three World Series teams in eight big league seasons, but he is not as lucky as his father Clay, who is tied up by the best baseball champions of all time in October.
How lucky was Clayberinger? He is one of three players who play in at least four years, and uses everything for the World Series team (1999-01 Yankees and '02 Angels). This is a trivia known only by the Elias Sports Bureau, but the only other person who goes 4-4 to reach the World Series was Uchino who went with the Yankees between 1923 and '28 This is Mike Gazela and Pitcher Kemp Wicker. He did that between 1936-41 with the Yankees and Dodgers.
