Yankees legend Bernie Williams compares baseball and music careers as Carnegie Hall performance approaches

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Bernie Williams has performed under bright lights before, but one performance early next year might just be his biggest — even with four World Series rings.

The former New York Yankees center fielder, a longtime musician who attended performing arts high school while chasing baseball dreams, will be playing at the famed Carnegie Hall on Jan. 13 with opera singer Jonathan Tetelman. 

Even after his playing days ended in 2006, Williams went back to music school and has since played in large venues, including Radio City Music Hall. He has even performed the national anthem in front of the same Yankee crowds that used to chant his name.

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New York Yankee legend Bernie Williams performs the National Anthem on his guitar prior to the game between the Chicago White Sox and Kansas City Royals on September 22, 2017, at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, Illinois. (Ron Vesely/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

"I’m starting to get butterflies in my stomach already. I know this guy [Tetelman] is a veteran of these performances," Williams told Fox News Digital in a recent interview. "But I often make the analogy with baseball that you pretty much know how successful a baseball player is — stats, contracts, and all of that, your numbers, and music is a little bit hard to tell.

"And the only way that I could figure out how successful you are is by the people you play with and by the places you play at. So having Jonathan, collaborating with him and performing at this venue, is right at the top of any musician's list. So I feel just extremely honored to be part of this process."

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