The Yankees have gotten increasingly used to success over the course of their history. Such is life when Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle and Aaron Judge have donned your colors, among others. And yet, New York's trophy cabinet has been noticeably barren as of late.
Not only have the Yankees failed to capture a World Series title over the past 15 years. But they haven't came all that close — New York failed to make it beyond the confines of the ALCS until the 2024 Fall Classic. Once upon a time, such torpidity was unfathomable.
In the 1990s, the Yanks were the talk of the town, laying waste to opposition rosters one check at a time. Not only were the Bronx Bombers the best side in the land. They were also the most fashionable, capturing billboards glares with those iconic pinstripes — and some eye-catching turtlenecks, too.
The pinstripes remain visible all these years later. So too do the turtlenecks, although that hasn't always been the case. The Sporting News takes you through the sordid history of New York's turtlenecks, including their 2024 resurgence.
MORE: Explaining the Yankees facial hair policy Why do Yankees players wear turtlenecks? With 27 World Series titles to their name, the Yankees have had many dawns across their glimmering history. Their most recent came in the late 1990s and early 2000s, a period which saw New York hoist four Commissioner Trophies (1996, 1998, 1999, 2000). That era was defined by Mariano Rivera cutters, Jorge Posada's.