Here’s the real Yaz. Accept no substitutes.

Imagine what it’s like to be the one and only Yaz, Carl Yastrzemski, and see your nickname usurped by a birth-control pill. It’s one thing to have a sythn-pop group called Yaz (short for Yazoo, actually), but of all products, what could be a worse association for an ardently Catholic athlete than a birth-control pill? If Spike Lee can (absurdly) sue a TV station for calling itself Spike, doesn’t Carl have a case for pharma royalties? In honor of my baseball hero, here are the real answers to the drug company’s Yaz FAQ: • What is Yaz? A Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame baseball player and a member of one of the most elite circles in baseball as the last winner of the Triple Crown in 1967.