Yankees announcer says team should win a World Series before breaking longstanding jersey tradition

New York Yankees broadcaster Michael Kay grew up successful the Bronx, truthful helium knows each astir the Bronx Bombers tradition.

Well, it seems similar the Yankees are making their biggest agelong distant from it, aft it was revealed Wednesday that the Yankees person an authoritative alternate jersey for the archetypal clip successful its team's 120-plus twelvemonth history.

The quality came amid reports Wednesday that players had discussed the anticipation of a 3rd jersey to deterioration connected the roadworthy with squad higher-ups. MLB.com reported that that the 3rd jersey had been successful the works "for a while."

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Paul Goldschmidt, Ben Rice and Cody Bellinger of the New York Yankees hold for the commencement of a outpouring grooming crippled against the Chicago Cubs astatine Sloan Park successful Mesa, Arizona, connected March 24, 2026. (Chris Coduto/Getty Images)

Kay said helium "couldn't attraction less" if the Yankees deviated from their tradition, but his "problem with this" is that "it can’t beryllium a one-way street."

Kay said if helium were proprietor Hal Steinbrenner, who "give[s] you guys everything," he'd archer them to "win maine a championship, and I'll springiness you things similar this."

"All I’ve seen implicit these years, ‘Let’s marque things large for the players. Let’s springiness the players everything they want.’ And they merit to person large things. It’s not an casual job, but they’re good compensated for it. But you wage apical dollar, you person a state-of-the-art clubhouse, you question successful style, you enactment successful the champion hotels. OK, great, that worldly should be," Kay continued.

"But the other small things, ‘Let america turn our hairsbreadth longer. Can we deterioration beards?’ Well then, triumph maine a championship. Because if I’m going to determination distant from the Yankees and what the Yankees basal for, past I’m going to request thing backmost from you."

"The players are astir apt saying, ‘We privation to person amusive similar each the different teams. They person each these wacky uniforms.’ Win maine a championship. Maybe that’s the deal. Win maine a championship. I don’t deliberation that’s a large ask."

Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees bats against the Chicago Cubs during the archetypal inning of a outpouring grooming crippled astatine Sloan Park successful Mesa, Arizona, connected March 23, 2026. (Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

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The Yankees' navy bluish batting signifier tops, akin to their roadworthy outpouring grooming uniforms, were the ones that were approved to beryllium worn successful games.

The Yankees person taken portion successful wearing antithetic jerseys successful the past, including Players' Weekend from 2017 done 2019, a motion to the 1912 squad portion playing successful Boston connected the 100th day of Fenway Park's opening, and jerseys commemorating the Black Yankees successful 1996. The Yankees besides wore replicas of their 1921 roadworthy uniforms for the archetypal Field of Dreams crippled successful 2021. However, nary of those jerseys were ever officially enactment into the rotation.

The Yankees besides stay the lone squad to person nary past names connected the backmost of their jerseys, location oregon away. They are besides lone 1 of 2 teams, including the Athletics, without a City Connect jersey. The Athletics, presently successful Sacramento aft their lease successful Oakland expired pursuing the 2024 season, are acceptable to statesman play successful Las Vegas successful 2028.

Ben Rice of the New York Yankees runs the bases aft hitting a solo location tally against the Chicago Cubs during the 3rd inning of a outpouring grooming crippled astatine Sloan Park successful Mesa, Arizona, connected March 24, 2026. (Chris Coduto/Getty Images)

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Steinbrenner has been apt to alteration successful caller years. The Yankees added an advertisement spot connected their jerseys successful 2023, and opening past year, "well-groomed" facial hair below the articulator was reintroduced aft a 50-year prohibition by Steinbrenner's father, George.

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