A aron Judge has been the face of the New York Yankees for years, but now he will be the face of an entire nation on the ...

Despite low draft positions and lots of prospect trades, the Yankees have recently developed an impressive group of young ...

Jason Gay is The Wall Street Journal’s sports columnist. In 2024, Jason's sports column was awarded first place by the National Society of Newspaper Columnists. He was named Sports Columnist of the ...

Derek Jeter says that he is tired of being asked ... The only player to be unanimously elected to the Hall of Fame was ...

He's covered more than 6,500 baseball games, 36 World Series titles over 42 years. And, oh yeah, Jay-Z once asked him for his autograph.

and his long history of breaking records makes it easy to see why he joins the likes of former first-ballot inductee teammates like Mariano Rivera and Derek Jeter. From being one of just a handful ...

In the world of pro sports, athletes are very attached to their numbers. Once a year, though, everyone in Major League Baseball sets theirs aside.

It's impossible to think of Derek Jeter, for example ... Players who had already chosen the number, like Mariano Rivera, could keep it, but it couldn't be issued to any new players moving forward.

Derek Jeter, Jason Giambi, Jorge Posada, Robin Ventura), three aces atop their starting rotation in David Wells, Mike Mussina and Roger Clemens and the best closer of all-time Mariano Rivera, the ...