Thurman Munson in a 1979 photo supplied by the New York Yankees. Through all the years, all the titles, and all the changes, the word "Captain" has never been handed out lightly in the Bronx.

Munson has been gone 46 years, but he plays once a year in Canton. The ghosts get real when stories about No. 15 are in the air at the Thurman Munson Catchers Scholarship Dinner. This time it was ...

One heart. NOTE:Thurman Munson was American League MVP on a Yankees team that reached the World Series in 1976. He was the Yankees' captain on teams that won the World Series in 1977 and 1978.

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Thurman Munson Catchers Scholarship Dinner will be presented at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 10, at DoubleTree in downtown Canton. The keynote speaker at the sold-out event will be Bucky ...