By Buster Gunning Question: What do Elton John and Yankee Baseball have in common? Two answers: 1) Nothing whatsoever. 2) You are about to find out. Yankees fans, baseball lovers and music historians of all ethnicities will converge in the Bronx for a very special day. Locker Talk has learned that the Yankees, in partnership with the potent Y.E.S. Yankees Entertainment and Sports (Y.E.S.) Superchannel, have already begun to prepare a heartwarming tribute to the Pinstripers? fallen young star, Philip K. Hughes ? a man who went from a boy to a man (back to a boy and then back to a man) and a hero to us all. Phil Hughes, at a tender age and with all the natural gifts any 20-year-old male could hope to possess ? struck out in his prime, taken from us far too soon, just as he was beginning to dazzle America with his talents ?. Texas does it again. Fortunately, Elton John and musical collaborator Bernie Taupin live on the upper west side of Manhattan and are HUGE fans of the Yanks. During the upcoming homestand at The Stadium, Elton will appear from behind homeplate donning a sequent Bombers cap and perform a moving adaptation of his world-famous ballad during a breathless 7th Inning Stretch. Michael Kay will MC while Suzyn Waldman accompanies the rock legend at the piano although sources tell Lockertalk that she will not play a note. A blue-ribbon panel appointed by GM Brian Cashman has started to explain what baseball is to Elton John and has made all necessary and appropriate arrangements to carry Elton to the ballfield for this momentous day in Yankee history. Locker Talk has obtained a confidential excerpt of Elton?s touching adaptation of the tribute originally written for Marilyn Monroe and then for Princess Diana.  Goodbye Yankee ace Though we hardly knew you at all You gave the Bombers one quality start While those around you failed And it seems to me you threw your curve Like a veteran on the mound Never giving in with the fastball Even when behind in the count And your pitches will always paint the corner From Monument Park to Tampa?s hill Your hamstring blew out long before Your legend ever will Hammy in the Wind Music by Bernie Williams Lyrics by Steve Swindal Available on the album Goodbye Yankee Wins The preceding article is a piece of satirical fiction.