The New York Yankees will stop playing Frank Sinatra’s version of ‘Theme from New York, New York’ when they lose a game, and save the track only for wins.
The baseball team had previously played the track after both wins and losses, according to CBS Sports, however, this is changing. Yankees players stated they were growing tired of hearing the track after losses, which was originally from the Martin Scorsese musical film New York, New York but was covered by Sinatra two years later.
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Following a 4-0 spring training loss to the Detroit Tigers at George M. Steinbrenner Field on Sunday (February 23), the Yankees chose to play Sinatra’s iconic song “That’s Life,” which was recorded in 1966. ‘New York, New York’ did not get played.
“We will be rotating through a number of different songs after a Yankees loss this year, none of them will be ‘New York New York,’” a Yankees spokesperson told the New York Times. There will not be a specific Yankees loss song, the spokesperson added. (NME)
