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. Just how powerful that pull is, though, was

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. 6. 1) Freddy Garcia (1976) A two-time All-Star with the Mariners and later a World Series champion with

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.

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.

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

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.

The Yankees continue to stack up the wins -- and the winning seasons. When the Yanks secured their 82nd win of 2024, they clinched their 32nd consecutive winning season. That's the second-longest streak in MLB history, seven behind a different Yankees streak for the top spot. How far behind are

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

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:

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.

A version of this story originally ran in January 2020.

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

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.

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

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.

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:

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

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

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

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 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.

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

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

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

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