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

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If you turned away -- or even blinked for a second -- you may have missed these home runs. They're the hardest-hit homers that Statcast has tracked since its 2015 debut, and they got out of stadiums in a hurry. Two names have been most closely associated with the home

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

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

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.

It was 128 years ago Monday that Hall of Famer Babe Ruth was born in Baltimore, in 1895. Coincidentally, the Babe's Feb. 6 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

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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

When the Yankees want to bring a player back, they do not often let one of their own leave in free agency. Call it the powerful pull of the pinstripes -- and of course, being a big-market, big-budget team doesn't hurt, either. The Yanks have certainly had some close calls.

When Lee Smith called it a career after the 1997 season, there was no closer more fruitful in baseball history. He held the record in career saves, with 478. He acquired at least 30 saves 10 times and 40 saves three times, leading the NL four times (and the Majors

Take a stroll through Yankee Stadium’s Monument Park, and you are instantly struck by the presence of greatness. Many of the finest players in baseball history enjoyed their best seasons while wearing the fabled pinstripes, a list dominated by Babe Ruth, the greatest slugger the game has ever known. Examining

Editor's note: A version of this story originally ran in 2020.

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Dave Winfield never spent a day in the Minor Leagues. Seems about right. He was a Major presence in every way. In the batter’s box, Winfield would coil his 6-foot-6 frame, ready to whip his bat through the zone to unleash screaming line drives that tested the resolve of pitchers

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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.

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

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!”

A stellar Yankees duo highlighted two of the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s most recent classes, with Mariano Rivera becoming the first unanimous inductee in 2019 and Derek Jeter receiving 396 of 397 possible votes a year later, easily clearing the 75% threshold required for induction. The selections increased the

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