The Yankees will play Frank Sinatra’s model of the “Theme From New York, New York” solely after dwelling wins as an alternative of all video games within the Bronx, going again to the unique customized set by proprietor George Steinbrenner in 1980.
The Yankees mentioned gamers and employees had been uninterested in listening to a celebratory tune following defeats.
After Sunday’s 4-0 spring coaching loss to Detroit at George M. Steinbrenner Subject, the Yankees performed Sinatra’s 1966 recording of “That’s Life,” a 1963 tune by Dean Kay and Kelly Gordon. The change occurred two days after the group ended the ban on beards imposed by Steinbrenner in 1976.
The group mentioned varied songs can be used after losses.
“New York, New York” first was performed on the finish of Yankees wins after Steinbrenner discovered of Sinatra’s model from a disc jockey at Le Membership, a Manhattan restaurant and disco, former group media relations director Marty Appel advised The New York Occasions in 2015.
The tune, with music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb, was first sung by Liza Minnelli for the 1977 Martin Scorsese movie “New York, New York” and Sinatra carried out it in a Don Costa association for his 1980 recording “Trilogy: Past Present Future.”
For a number of years, the Yankees alternated the Sinatra model after wins and the Minnelli model following defeats. In recent times, the Sinatra rendition has been performed in any case closing outs.
The Yankees mentioned Friday they had been ending their ban on beards, fearing the prohibition may hamper participant recruitment.
Hal Steinbrenner took over in 2008 as controlling proprietor from his father, who died in 2010.
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