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The top Yanks Draft pick from every season

February 8, 2024

Derek Jeter and Thurman Munson have easily been the Yankees’ top first-round selections since the MLB Draft was instituted in 1965, each sharing turns as captains on their way to multiple championships and eventual enshrinement in Yankee Stadium’s Monument Park.

10 amazing stats from The Bambino's career

@paul_casellaMLB
February 6, 2024

Hall of Famer Babe Ruth was born in Baltimore on Feb. 6, 1895. Coincidentally, the Babe's birthday falls just one day after that of Hank Aaron, the man who would eventually pass him on the all-time home run list. From his jaw-dropping numbers at the plate to his postseason pitching

The best baseball players born on Jan. 3

@oapostrophesd
January 3, 2024

Who are the best players born on each day of the year? We have a list for every day on the calendar. Here’s a subjective ranking of the top five for Jan. 3.

The best baseball players born on Dec. 26

@oapostrophesd
December 26, 2023

Who are the best players born on each day of the year? We have a list for every day on the calendar. Here’s a subjective ranking of the top five for Dec. 26:

Soto deal among biggest trades in Yankees history

December 6, 2023

Dating to the birth of their first dynasty roughly a century ago, the Yankees have enjoyed a storied history of improving their club via trades. In the years since the team traded for the greatest player in history, superstars have called the Bronx home while developing into legends, and previously

How Kevin Maas mashed his way into Yankees lore

October 22, 2023

Note: This article was originally published on Jan. 28, 2020.

Top 5 debut seasons in Yankees history

October 13, 2023

Yankees fans frequently discuss the idea of a player "earning their pinstripes," the moment when a new face becomes accepted as part of the family. Whether they are making their mark as rookies, acquired via trade or imported as a free agent, it is a status every player hopes to

'Roll call' is a Yankee Stadium exclusive

October 11, 2023

Aaron Judge spun his heels in the Yankee Stadium outfield and pointed an index finger into the vacant Section 203, usually inhabited by the famed Bleacher Creatures. Taking the cue, Brett Gardner dropped to a knee and offered a double-armed flex, imagining the chants of his name ringing across the

The best baseball players born on Oct. 4

October 4, 2023

Who are the best players born on each day of the year? We have a list for every day on the calendar. Here’s a subjective ranking of the top five for Oct. 4.

The best baseball players born on Oct. 3

October 3, 2023

Who are the best players born on each day of the year? We have a list for every day on the calendar. Here’s a subjective ranking of the top five for Oct. 3:

The best baseball players born on Oct. 2

October 2, 2023

Who are the best players born on each day of the year? We have a list for every day on the calendar. Here’s a subjective ranking of the top five for Oct. 2: 1) Maury Wills (1932) The speedster made seven All-Star teams. Only four other players in baseball history

The best baseball players born on Oct. 1

October 1, 2023

Who are the best players born on each day of the year? We have a list for every day on the calendar. Here’s a subjective ranking of the top five for Oct. 1.

Yankees extend historic streak

@ColeJacobson32
September 30, 2023

Even though they broke a streak of six consecutive playoff seasons, the 2023 Yankees still kept one run alive. With their 82nd win, coming in the penultimate game of the regular season, the Yankees clinched their 31st consecutive winning season. That's the second-longest streak in MLB history, eight behind a

The best baseball players born on Sept. 26

September 26, 2023

Who are the best players born on each day of the year? We have a list for every day on the calendar. Here’s a subjective ranking of the top five for Sept. 26: 1) Bobby Shantz (1925) The 1952 American League Most Valuable Player after winning 24 games for Philadelphia

The best baseball players born on Sept. 25

@jdolezar
September 25, 2023

Who are the best players born on each day of the year? We have a list for every day on the calendar. Here’s a subjective ranking of the top five for Sept. 25:

The night that turned the tide in the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry

@ColeJacobson32
July 24, 2023

The Red Sox-Yankees rivalry is the most storied one in baseball, and among the fiercest in professional sports. But it never has been, and almost surely never will be, better than it was from 2003-04. For one, the star power was off the charts. Papi. Jeter. Nomar. Posada. Pedro. Mariano.

DiMaggio's 56-game hit streak one of MLB's most hallowed records

@elizmuratore
July 16, 2023

Throughout baseball history, there have been many legendary streaks that defined endurance and consistency in the game. From June 1, 1925, to April 30, 1939, Lou Gehrig played in 2,130 straight games before taking himself out of the lineup. Fifty-six years later, Cal Ripken Jr. surpassed what was once thought

Every Yankees no-hitter in history

@MandyBell02
June 29, 2023

A no-hitter is one of the most nerve-wracking and thrilling feats to experience in baseball, and the Yankees have been no stranger to the excitement. Dating back to 1917, New York has had 12 pitchers get penciled into the history books for tossing nine innings of hitless baseball. With some

Here are the Top 10 moments in Jeter's career

June 26, 2023

NEW YORK -- As Derek Jeter rounded the bases for his 3,000th career hit in 2011, having become the first Yankees player to reach the milestone, television announcer Michael Kay proclaimed that the captain’s homer off the Rays’ David Price had constituted “history -- with an exclamation point!”

Players who had stints with Mets and Yanks

June 13, 2023

NEW YORK -- For more than six decades, the Mets and Yankees have coexisted fewer than 10 miles apart across the East and Harlem Rivers. Because of it, they’ve shared plenty of experiences, from the now-defunct Mayor’s Trophy Games to the 2000 Subway Series and other Interleague matchups. They also

Most memorable Subway Series moments

@JoeTrezz and @mattkellyMLB
June 13, 2023

The Subway Series always provides some must-see moments. Both teams are in first place for this week's series at Citi Field. But regardless of where the Mets and Yankees are in the standings, their yearly showdowns rank among the MLB season's most intriguing Interleague matchups -- and the Subway Series

The best baseball players born on May 9

@oapostrophesd
May 9, 2023

Who are the best players born on each day of the year? We have a list for every day on the calendar. Here’s a subjective ranking of the top five for May 9.

He was the 'accidental DH' -- and he made MLB history

April 6, 2023

Ron Blomberg never meant to make history. Before there was the Big Hurt, Edgar, Baines and Big Papi, there was “Boomer,” the Jewish slugger from Georgia who stepped into baseball immortality, however unintentionally. Drafted out of high school with the No. 1 overall pick by the Yankees in 1967, Blomberg

10 longest homers at Yankee Stadium

April 2, 2023

The current Yankee Stadium has enjoyed its reputation as a homer haven ever since Jorge Posada cracked the building's first long ball on April 16, 2009, with hitter-friendly dimensions and stacked Yankees lineups combining to create an uncomfortable atmosphere for pitchers. Here are the 10 longest home runs hit at

Judge could be one of longest-tenured Yankees ever

@_dadler
December 7, 2022

Aaron Judge's historic nine-year, $360 million deal with the Yankees could keep him in New York until 2031. It gives him the chance to be a Yankee for life. If Judge plays out the full length of his deal, he'll have played with the Bronx Bombers for 16 seasons. He'll