The Yankees Birthday Series, presented by Pinstripe Alley

During my tenure at Pinstripe Alley—hell, during my entire time as a baseball fan—I’ve never been shy about delving into the team’s history and exploring the lives of its long roll call of players, both incredible and regrettable. We provide plenty of other coverage on the current-day activities of the teams, so I like having one spot per day on the schedule to open the ol’ books and tell a story.Whether it’s remembering championship teams, Top 100 players, or notable free agent signings, there’s always something out there to explore.

For the pastthreeyears, we’ve celebrated the 25th anniversary of the 1998-2000 Yankees dynasty by doing a diary on all their regular season and playoff activity. The final pages were written this past October, so it’s time for a new daily project.With that in mind, we’ll ring in the new year by beginning the Yankees Birthdays series.

Every day in 2026, we’ll have a new Yankees figure to discuss whose birthday happened to fall on that day. Some days will feature far more famous stars than others! But that just adds to the challenge and our interest in the exercise.

As a spoiler for today, that’s exactly what you’ll see soon for January 1st.Happy new year and happy 365 days of Yankees birthdays!January 1: Charlie DevensJanuary 2: David ConeJanuary 3: Luis SojoJanuary 4: George SelkirkJanuary 5: Art FletcherJanuary 6: Don GullettJanuary 7: Alfonso SorianoJanuary 8: Jason GiambiJanuary 9: Ralph TerryJanuary 10: Del PrattJanuary 11: Loren BabeJanuary 12: Iván NovaJanuary 13: Darrell RasnerJanuary 14: Chet BrewerJanuary 15: Matt HollidayJanuary 16: Jack McDowellJanuary 17: Chili DavisJanuary 18: Michael PinedaJanuary 19: Fernando SeguignolJanuary 20: Kevin MaasJanuary 21: Andy HawkinsJanuary 22: Brian DayettJanuary 23: Johnny SturmJanuary 24: Neil AllenJanuary 25: Les NunamakerJanuary 26: Brian DoyleJanuary 27: Fred HeimachJanuary 28: Lyn LaryJanuary 29: John HabyanJanuary 30: Hipólito PeñaJanuary 31: Duke MaasFebruary 1: Jazz Chisholm Jr.

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