Tag: Yankees

Fans are Divided on Yankees Facial Hair Policy

The New York Yankees are the most successful team in professional sports history with 27 World Series Championships. For the Yankees, along with success, comes class. Team policy mandates that “all players, coaches and male executives are forbidden to display any facial hair other than mustaches (except for religious reasons), […]

Mets, Yankees Inch Closer to Postseason Ball

Photo Courtesy of Theskywatcher, Flickr Creative Commons The weather is starting to get cooler, which means the MLB postseason race is heating up. New York baseball is the big story in September, as the Mets are looking to make their first playoff appearance since 2006, while the Yankees currently hold […]

Yankees to Retire Williams’ and Posada’s Numbers

Photo courtesy of Keith Allison, Wikipedia From Ruth to Jeter, the Yankees have had an unprecedented number of all-time greats don the famous pinstripes, which have of course culminated in 27 World Series Championships.  With so many great former players, naturally the Yanks have retired more uniform numbers than any other […]

Yankees to Retire Three More Numbers, Unmerited

Photo Courtesy of PVS Bond, Wikipedia The Yankees announced on Monday that they will be retiring three players' numbers including Bernie Williams (51), Jorge Posada (20) and Andy Pettitte (46), in pregame ceremonies at Yankee Stadium this season. Recently, there has been media controversy on whether or not those three […]

Yankees Work towards Better Season at Spring Training

Photo courtesy of Groupe Canam, Wikimedia Commons Pitchers and catchers are reporting to spring training this week, and there are a lot of questions surrounding the New York Yankees. The Yankees are coming off of their worst season since 1992. They finished 84-78 last year, and had tons of trouble at […]

Derek Jeter to Play Final Game at Yankee Stadium

Photo Courtesy of Keith Allison, Flickr Creative Commons After a 9-5 loss to the Baltimore Orioles yesterday, the New York Yankees were eliminated from playoff contention. With no hope of a post-season, the Yankee's focus for their final games will be saying goodbye to their captain, Derek Jeter. When the […]