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New York Yankees News / Pinstripe Alley / September 27

1999 Yankees Diary: Irabu lays egg, Yanks lose again to lowly D-Rays

Hideki Irabu’s awful start doomed the Yankees and they lost 10-6 to the Devil Ways. Four games up with five games to go was a pretty good spot to be in for the 1999 Yankees.

MLB News / Pinstripe Alley / September 16

1999 Yankees Diary: Taking advantage of Boston’s off day

With Boston off, the Yankees had a chance to extend their division lead — and they took it. Yankees fans in 2024 know how important it is to take advantage of a rival’s off-day late in the season.

MLB News / Pinstripe Alley / August 20

1999 Yankees Diary: Ledée leads the offense against Twins

Hideki Irabu had one of his stronger outings of the year, but the highlight was Ricky Ledée propelling the offense from the bottom of the order. Following a 14-2 win against the Minnesota Twins at home just prior to beginning this series against them on the road, the Yankees’ offense dried up.

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MLB News / Pinstripe Alley / August 15

1999 Yankees Diary: Irabu shaky again as Twins down Yanks

An uneven all-around effort saw the Yankees drop a second straight game to Minnesota. With the Yankees enjoying a strong month of August, a home matchup with the Twins seemed like a good opportunity to continue padding their AL East lead.

New York Yankees News / Pinstripe Alley / August 4

1999 Yankees Diary: Bernie burns the Jays

A pair of home runs from Bernie Williams backed a strong Hideki Irabu outing and the Yanks won the rubber match against Toronto. New York entered their matchup with the Blue Jays 25 years ago today having lost two consecutive series.

New York Yankees News / Pinstripe Alley / July 30

1999 Yankees Diary: Irabu pitches complete game at Fenway

Hideki Irabu and leadoff man Chuck Knoblauch helped blow out the Red Sox. Fresh off the 2024 Yankees' series win at Fenway against the Boston Red Sox, we turn the clock back to 1999 when the Yankees began a series against the Red Sox at Fenway.

New York Yankees News / Pinstripe Alley / July 6

1999 Yankees Diary: Slugfest nets Bombers’ 50th win

A hard fought win in Detroit gets the Yanks to the half-century mark. The Yankees had a rough Independence Day weekend back in 1999, losing on the fourth and the fifth to the Orioles, giving up 16 total runs in the process.

New York Yankees News / Pinstripe Alley / July 1

1999 Yankees Diary: Flying High

Hideki Irabu shut out the Tigers and got them to fly out a whopping 19 times, leading New York to 6-0 victory. As the Yankees entered the month of June, they found themselves in an unfamiliar position: sitting a game and a half out of the division lead, and boasting just the fourth-best record in the American League.

MLB News / Pinstripe Alley / June 19

1999 Yankees Diary: Bernie, Irabu lead way in win over Angels

The Yankees got a pretty good all-around performance on this day 25 years ago. While they were still a ways off the pace their predecessors had set the year before, the 1999 Yankees were in alright shape going into a June 19th meeting against the Angels.

New York Yankees News / Pinstripe Alley / June 5

The most surprising MLB monthly awards in Yankees history

Hideki Irabu came over to the Yankees from Japan with a lot of fanfare during the 1997 season at 28 years old. He didn’t quite live up to the perhaps-unfair hype and only spent six total seasons in the bigs.

New York Yankees News / Pinstripe Alley / May 25

1999 Yankees, May 25: Bombers continue to stall

The Yanks open up a rivalry series at home with a tight loss to Nomar and the Sox. From one sock to another, the Yankees enjoyed an off day after losing two of three in Chicago to the White Sox, before heading home to take on those of the red variety.

MLB News / Pinstripe Alley / May 7

1999 Yankees Diary: Irabu, Jeter sink Mariners

Derek Jeter had an impressive day at the plate, and Hideki Irabu shut down the M’s offense for seven. Following a long roadtrip and a series win against

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