As modern-day Yankees fans, we revere the Yankees’ tradition of excellence and winning and take for granted their being the most storied franchise in all of sports. Twenty-seven championships. Forty pennants. In a world where teams still change uniform colors, the Yankees figured out their pinstriped branding long ago.
But that was not the case in 1923. That year, the Yankees were playing in newly-built Yankee Stadium, just a stone’s throw over the Harlem River from the New York Giants, their crosstown rivals. After sharing the Polo Grounds with the Giants, Yankee Stadium was a welcome new home.