10 longest homers at Yankee Stadium
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
Who had Yanks' top single year at the plate?
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 the
'If you're a Yankee, you shave' -- here's why
Don Mattingly had received two direct -- albeit confusing -- orders from team brass before reaching the breaking point. Clad in a blue polo shirt, the first baseman was walking toward the dugout when he heard the raspy shouts of an older man.
“Mattingly! I thought I told you to trim
Masters of the mound: Yankees' top seasons by a pitcher
Run production has defined the Yankees over the years, thrilling their fans by lighting up the scoreboards with long-ball prowess. The players charged with run prevention frequently have taken a back seat to the sluggers, but the franchise has seen some terrific pitchers, too.
It is challenging to compare modern baseball
Yankees' Top 5 managers: Hoch's take
_No one loves a good debate quite like baseball fans, and with that in mind, we asked each of our beat reporters to rank the top five managers in the history of their franchise, based on their time guiding that club. These rankings are for fun and debate purposes only
Yankees' Top 5 general managers: Hoch's take
*No one loves a good debate quite like baseball fans, and with that in mind, we asked each of our beat reporters to rank the top five players by position in the history of their franchise, based on their career while playing for that club. These rankings are for fun
The history of Yankees Opening Day starters
By his fourth spring in a Yankees uniform, the decision had become assumed for Gerrit Cole, though it never felt routine. Getting the nod on Opening Day is always a special assignment.
Though Cole’s string was interrupted by injury following his Cy Young Award-winning season in 2023, he is the most
The top Yanks Draft pick from every season
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 story of Yankee Stadium's reopening, 50 years later
NEW YORK -- Joe DiMaggio leaned against a railing, neatly clad in a sport coat, blue shirt and tie, overlooking what had once been his office: center field at the original Yankee Stadium.
It hardly looked like a ballpark on that afternoon in 1974. The field was torn to bits with
How Sinatra's classic became Yankees staple
The first few notes of Frank Sinatra’s “Theme From New York, New York” produce a Pavlovian response for anyone who has spent a few hours at Yankee Stadium. Cymbals crash, brass horns blare, and you can envision John Sterling once again whirling in the broadcast booth: “Yankees win! Th-e-e-e-e-e Yankees
Yankees' Top 5 designated hitters: Hoch's take
No one loves a good debate quite like baseball fans, and with that in mind, we asked each of our beat reporters to rank the Top 5 players by position in the history of their franchise, based on their career while playing for that club.
Yanks' Top 5 right-handed starters: Hoch's take
No one loves a good debate quite like baseball fans, and with that in mind, we asked each of our beat reporters to rank the top five players by position in the history of their franchise, based on their career while playing for that club.
Yanks' Top 5 left-handed starters: Hoch's take
No one loves a good debate quite like baseball fans, and with that in mind, we asked each of our beat reporters to rank the top five players by position in the history of their franchise, based on their career while playing for that club.
Yankees' Top 5 catchers: Hoch's take
No one loves a good debate quite like baseball fans, and with that in mind, we asked each of our beat reporters to rank the top five players by position in the history of their franchise, based on their career while playing for that club.
Yankees' Top 5 first basemen: Hoch's take
No one loves a good debate quite like baseball fans, and with that in mind, we asked each of our beat reporters to rank the top five players by position in the history of their franchise, based on their career while playing for that club.
Yankees' Top 5 second basemen: Hoch's take
No one loves a good debate quite like baseball fans, and with that in mind, we asked each of our beat reporters to rank the top five players by position in the history of their franchise, based on their career while playing for that club.
Yankees' Top 5 third basemen: Hoch's take
No one loves a good debate quite like baseball fans, and with that in mind, we asked each of our beat reporters to rank the top five players by position in the history of their franchise, based on their career while playing for that club.
Yankees’ Top 5 shortstops: Hoch’s take
No one loves a good debate quite like baseball fans, and with that in mind, we asked each of our beat reporters to rank the top five players by position in the history of their franchise, based on their career while playing for that club.
*Here is Bryan Hoch’s ranking of
The top 5 left fielders in Yankees history
No one loves a good debate quite like baseball fans, and with that in mind, we asked each of our beat reporters to rank the top five players by position in the history of their franchise, based on their career while playing for that club.
The top 5 center fielders in Yankees history
No one loves a good debate quite like baseball fans, and with that in mind, we asked each of our beat reporters to rank the top five players by position in the history of their franchise, based on their career while playing for that club.
Yankees' Top 5 right fielders: Hoch's take
Yanks' Top 5 relievers: Hoch's take
_No one loves a good debate quite like baseball fans, and with that in mind, we asked each of our beat reporters to rank the top five players by position in the history of their franchise, based on their career while playing for that club. These rankings are for fun
Biggest free agents Yankees failed to re-sign
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 put
Best Yankees of all time, by uniform number
When Derek Jeter's No. 2 joined the Yankees' collection of retired numbers in May 2017, removing the last of the single digits from circulation, the franchise claimed the honor of having honored more players than any North American professional sports franchise.
Twenty-two numbers are currently in Yankee Stadium's Monument
Soto deal among biggest trades in Yankees history
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 little-known