Yogi Berra grins as Yankee's general manager Roy Hamey points to a blackboard which confirms rumors of Yogi's new status, Jan. 17, 1963, in New York. Though the rumors of the assignment have been going the rounds for a week and Yogi has known about it for a month, it is now official that he will be a playing coach. He will coach at first base when he isn't playing, according to Hamey. (AP Photo/Robert Kradin)