Oct. 17, 2013 Eddie Layton Pittman, 74, died Thursday, Oct. 17, from a heart attack. He was a native of Jacksonville, FL where he lived as a child. He was a retired veteran, serving in Germany until ...

NEW YORK -- Eddie Layton, the Yankee Stadium organist and ballpark fixture for more than 35 years, has died after a brief illness. Layton died Sunday, the New York Yankees said. The team did not know ...

The smell of spring awakens the little kid in most baseball fans. Back before ballpark trons and digital audio systems, the music that pushed fans to root for the home team came from an organ. Often ...

Eddie Layton, who died Sunday at his home in Forest Hills, provided organ music at Yankee Stadium, where he marked his retirement at the conclusion of the 2003 season after 37 years on the job.

Eddie Layton, organist at Yankee Stadium and a ballpark fixture for more than 35 years, died Sunday after a brief illness. The team did not know his age, but he was believed to be 77.

They’ve never slapped a 3-2 fastball through a drawn-in infield, broken up a double play, or handled a tricky carom in the left-field corner, but you’d be hard-pressed to find three guys at Yankee ...