New York Yankees Pay Tribute To Macho Man During Game

The WWE wasn’t the only group to pay tribute to “Macho Man” Randy Savage following his death on Friday in a one-car crash in Florida.

The New York Yankees paid homage by showing an image of the Macho Man during Sunday afternoon’s tilt against the Mets.

Says Wrestleview.com: “They do a 24-Hour Fitness fan cam where fans stand up and flex. They were playing Village People's [song] ‘Macho Man.’”

“Towards the end,” continues ProWrestling.net, “Savage's picture popped up on the main big video screen which said 'In Memory Of' with his born/death years listed. It went by pretty quick so I was unfortunately not able to snap a picture, but it was a nice little tribute to him.”

Luckily, one fan did get a photo.

Ironically, Savage actually had a four-year baseball career in the Cardinals’ and Reds’ minor-league systems.

He never made it to the majors; in fact, he never made it past Single-A ball. But he had some teammates who did.

Friday afternoon, former Cardinals outfielder Tito Landrum recalled in a radio interview that:

"Savage would build makeshift rings in the clubhouse and wrestle all comers. Savage knew he had wrestling to fall back on. And after he got famous, Savage would remind Landrum to call him 'Macho Man' and not 'Randy.' He also was an earnest autograph signer; not in it for the money, Landrum says, but for the cause and the fan interaction."