Yankees Birthday of the Day: Reggie Jackson

Reggie Jackson arrived at Yankee Stadium on October 18, 1977 with a chip on his shoulder. In part, it was because that was his natural state. But he had something in particular to prove that day. Despite winning a trio of championships — and the 1973 World Series MVP — in Oakland, he had yet to show what he could do in New York. After Jackson went 3-for-22 through the first seven games of the Yankees’ postseason run in ‘77, team captain Thurman Munson sarcastically dubbed him “Mr. October,” a sn