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For The First Time In Generations, Youth Is Being Served In The Bronx
Under the Steinbrenners, the Yankees have made a policy of burying young players and buying expensive older ones. At the trading deadline, that all changed.
There Will Never Be Another Jay Buhner-For-Ken Phelps Deal
What the hell did the Yankees trade Jay Buhner for? There's a literal answer to Frank Costanza's question, but the broader one is still baffling, even years later.
Throwback Thursday: When Andy Hawkins Threw a No-Hitter and Lost Anyway
The New York Yankees of the 1980s were an exercise in expensive mediocrity. When Andy Hawkins threw a no-hitter in Chicago and lost in 1990, it defined the era.
Meet Randy Levine, The Living Personification Of The Yankees Way
The Yankees are suffering through a mediocre season, and in a boring and expensive way at that. But they're at least doing it in the Yankees-est way possible.
Looking Back At Reggie Jackson's Lost Season In Baltimore, 40 Years Later
One of Reggie Jackson's best seasons came in Baltimore, and has more or less vanished down the memory hole. There isn't even a baseball card for it. It happened.
The Yankees Are Losing for All the Old, Familiar Reasons
George Steinbrenner was a tyrant and a meddler, but mostly he was a lousy owner—and the struggling 2016 Yankees are all too much like Steinbrenner's worst teams.
Throwback Thursday: Hideki Irabu Signs His Yankees Contract And Seals His Fate
This week in 1997, Hideki Irabu signed a deal that set him up as the next great Yankees ace. It only got darker from there, in ways that still confound years later.
Baseball's Age of Reason Is Boring
As baseball becomes smarter and more businesslike, it has also become more conservative. Which made this offseason awfully quiet, and kind of dull.