The Tuesday Discussion - Giving Thanks...
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November 25, 2025
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This week we asked our writers to respond to the following:
What Yankees memory are you most thankful for?
Here are their replies...
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Cary Greene - Easy one for me, the 1998 season was the best memory ever, the way the team played that year was a really special treat. When Reggie Jackson hit three home runs in game six of the 1977 series, I was 12-years old. As special as the '77 championship was, I had so much fun watching the 1998 season unfold that it remains to this day my favorite overall Yankees memory.
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Andrew Hefner - Getting to call my Grandfather after the Yankees won the ALCS last year to celebrate with him. It was my first real big Yankees victory that I could remember and could celebrate with him.
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Derek McAdam - In my 26 years of life, I’m most grateful to have seen the Yankees win a World Series in 2009. Although I was not as engaged at the time, it is still a memory I will treasure forever. Hopefully, the Yankees can win another one soon.
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Paul Semendinger - I am thankful for all the memories I have shared with my family regarding baseball, so so many and too many to name.
I am also thankful for this wonderful community of baseball fans!
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Mike Whiteman - I'm thankful for memories of watching Yankee games with my dad as a kid in the 1980s.
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Ed Botti - If my math is right, I am Thankful that there are only 87 days until Spring Training begins and 121 days until Opening day!
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Andy Singer - This is a tough one for me, so I have to go with two. The first of those memories will be familiar, as it's in my bio on the site: the very first time I went to Old Yankee Stadium (the true cathedral of baseball) as a boy with my brother and father. The Old Stadium hid the field from view as you walked through the tunnel to your section, and the field just about exploded in a sea of green in front of me. It's the most formative memory I have of cementing my status as a Yankee fan.
The second is the Jeter flip play. I grew up with close family friends as my neighbors, and all of us crowded into one family room to watch the game. I swear, the room shook when Jeter made the out at home and we realized Posada made the tag. Given what was happening in the country at that time, it felt so good to witness that moment surrounded by family and friends.
I've several fond memories of going to see Yankee games, including one of the foolish mistake we made in taking our son to a game when he was only a few months old.
it was late in the game and Reggie Jackson, leading the AL in HRs, came to the plate in a situation that called for a big fly.
the fans erupted, the stadium was shaking, and our little one inconsolably crying in his confusion and fear of the din.
another fond memory of my Yankee Stadium foolishness was of the time that two of my 5th grade friends and I snuck off to attend a game without informing anyone.
seeing the game was fine and we were proud…
Every game that I went to with my Dad (or sometimes, my Mom), and now with my son.