Why don't the baseball team players for the New York Yankees wear their name on the back of their uniforms like most other teams?

serpa

Here's one opinion. The only team that currently goes nameless on its home and road uniforms is the Yankees. Yankee fans may claim that they are staying true to a "long-standing tradition" (ironically, the Yankees were the first team to break tradition and add numbers to their uniform backs) or they might offer some idealistic hogwash about how "the name on the front of the jersey is more important than the name on the back." Yankee haters, on the other hand, think the no-name approach is born of arrogance: The Yankees — admittedly the most successful franchise in MLB history, whether we like it or not — think their players are so famous and recognizable worldwide that names would be superfluous. http://www.spotlight.rogers.com/fun/answerman/37/5 Oct 16 09, 9:45 PM

star_gazer

In 1929, the New York Yankees became the first team to make numbers a permanent part of the uniform. Numbers were handed out based on the order in the lineup. In 1929, Earle Combs wore #1, Mark Koenig #2, Babe Ruth #3, Lou Gehrig #4, Bob Meusel #5, Tony Lazzeri #6, Leo Durocher #7, Johnny Grabowski #8, Benny Bengough #9, and Bill Dickey #10. While other teams began putting names on the backs of jerseys in the 1960s, the Yankees did not follow the trend. Many companies create jerseys with Yankee names sewn on the back for fans to purchase, but no official Yankee uniform has ever had names on the back. They are also one of the few teams in Major League Baseball to shun the trend of creating a "third jersey". The team has never issued #0 or #00. http://baseball.wikia.com/wiki/New_York_Yankees Oct 16 09, 10:52 PM

looney_tunes

Damn Yankees! Oct 17 09, 1:52 AM