South Side Sox · May 21, 2021
Know Your Enemy: Yankees of New York
Let the kids play. General Photographic Agency/Getty Images The Yankees are not a creative or fun team. And they might be owned by Mr. Burns.
They’re responsible for some of the least creative minor league affiliate names of the last five years:
Wikipedia “GCL Yankees East” and “GCL Yankees West” are my personal favorites. No matter what, you’re a Yankees fan at most minors levels. The names have gotten a little more creative for 2021 and beyond:
Wikipedia Not by a lot.
They appear to have had an official mascot once from 1979-81, a terrifying entity known as “Dandy” that kind of looked like Thurman Munson.