One 10-year-old kid told me he didn't know what Yankee tradition was, his father and his grandfather had to tell him.

It is the same thing that brought me to the Stadium in the first place: Yankee tradition.

"I fell in love with the stadium and the great Yankee tradition; everything just clicked," she said.

And when that happens, the great Yankee tradition will be left behind, discarded like so many old uniforms.

He is in the Yankee tradition of champions.

But saving money is very much in the Yankee tradition.

These players represent Yankee tradition and I'm proud of them.

But more than ever, Yankee tradition is now "Who are these guys?"

This has become yet another layer on a tall pile of Yankee tradition.

The winning banner was a colorful work with a traditional message: "Yankee tradition will never die."