Sinatra's version of the song has played after games regardless of the result, but the post-loss soundtrack will now rotate

Not long after Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner announced the amendment of the team’s long-standing facial hair rule, another tradition has changed. After losses, the Yankees will no longer play Frank Sinatra’s “(Theme From) New York,

The New York Yankees are having an offseason full of change. Juan Soto is out the door, Max Fried and Cody Bellinger are in, and they made a huge policy change. The long-standing facial hair policy underwent a massive renovation,

Starting with Sunday's Grapefruit League game, a 4-0 Detroit Tigers win, the Yankees have ceased playing Frank Sinatra's up-tempo version of 'New York, New York' after losses.

New York City claimed Frank Sinatra decades ago. He wasn't originally from the city, and Las Vegas could claim him just as much, but Sinatra was from nearby Hoboken, New Jersey, and that was close enough for New Yorkers.

Frank Sinatra was as smooth with his jazz as he was with the ladies. The crooner became one of the world’s most influential musicians and entertainers, rising to fame in the 1940s. Known as Ol’ Blue Eyes,

The New York Yankees face the Houston Astros in a spring training game on Saturday, March 1, 2025 (3/1/25) at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida.

"I've always loved emulating some of the old crooners, like Bobby Darin and Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin," Marsden told the New York Post this week. "I always thought there were so many interesting stories of Frank Sinatra's life that could be played.