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New York Yankees broadcaster Michael Kay grew up in the Bronx, so he knows all about the Bronx Bombers tradition.
Well, it looks like the Yankees are doing their best to move away from that, after it was revealed Wednesday that the Yankees have an official alternate jersey for the first time in their team’s more than 120-year history.
The news came amid reports Wednesday that players had discussed the possibility of a third jersey to wear on the road with team superiors. MLB.com reported that the third jersey had been in the works “for a while.”
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Paul Goldschmidt, Ben Rice and Cody Bellinger of the New York Yankees wait for the start of a spring training game against the Chicago Cubs at Sloan Park in Mesa, Arizona, on March 24, 2026. (Chris Coduto/Getty Images)
Kay said he “couldn’t care less” if the Yankees deviated from their tradition, but his “problem with it” is that “it can’t be a one-way street.”
Kay said that if it were owner Hal Steinbrenner, who would “give[s] you everything”, he told them: “win me a championship and I will give you things like this”.
“All I’ve seen over the years is, ‘Let’s make things great for the players. Let’s give the players everything they want.’ And they deserve to have great things. It’s not an easy job, but they’re well compensated for it. But you pay a lot of money, you have a state-of-the-art clubhouse, you travel in style, and you stay in the best hotels. Okay, great, that should be it,” Kay continued.
“But the little extra things, ‘Let’s grow our hair. Can we have a beard?’ Well, then win me a championship. Because if I’m going to walk away from the Yankees and what the Yankees stand for, then I’m going to need something from you in return.”
“The players are probably saying, ‘We want to have fun like every other team. They have all these crazy uniforms.’ Win me a championship. Maybe that’s the deal. Win me a championship. I don’t think that’s a big ask.”
Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees bats against the Chicago Cubs during the first inning of a spring training game at Sloan Park in Mesa, Arizona, on March 23, 2026. (Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
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The Yankees’ navy blue batting practice jerseys, similar to their spring training uniforms, were the ones approved for use in games.
The Yankees have participated in wearing different jerseys in the past, including Players’ Weekend from 2017 to 2019, a nod to the 1912 team while playing in Boston on the 100th anniversary of the opening of Fenway Park, and jerseys commemorating the Black Yankees in 1996. The Yankees also wore replicas of their 1921 road uniforms for the first Field of Dreams game in 2021. None of those t-shirts were officially included in the rotation.
The Yankees also remain the only team that does not have last names on the back of their jerseys, either home or away. They are also only one of two teams, including Athletic, without a City Connect jersey. The A’s, currently in Sacramento after their lease in Oakland expired after the 2024 season, will begin play in Las Vegas in 2028.
Ben Rice of the New York Yankees runs around the bases after hitting a solo home run against the Chicago Cubs during the third inning of a spring training game at Sloan Park in Mesa, Arizona, on March 24, 2026. (Chris Coduto/Getty Images)
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Steinbrenner has tended to change in recent years. The Yankees added an advertising patch to their jerseys in 2023 and, as of last year, “well-groomed” facial hair Below the Lip was reintroduced after a 50-year ban by Steinbrenner’s father, George.
