Yanks baby recreates ‘81 Post cover with his own daughter in very same teensy sweatsuit: ‘Brings me back’

It’s for illustration déjà vu each complete again.

One Yankees instrumentality is celebrating his family’s ain pinstripe bequest — arsenic he has recreated an image that ran connected nan beforehand page of nan Post successful 1981 of him arsenic an babe posing successful a Bronx bomber’s sweatsuit pinch his mom astatine that year’s last World Series crippled against nan Dodgers.

Howie Stephens saved nan 43-year-old aged outfit and dusted it disconnected for nan adorable caller changeable of him pinch his ain girl Vivienne, 4, whose stuffed carnivore is wearing nan aforesaid mini outfit from 4 decades agone arsenic nan squad erstwhile again faces disconnected against their rival from Los Angeles.

“It was awesome taking him location successful his small warm-up suit. Everybody wanted to spot him. He was truthful cute,” Stephens’ mother, Kathleen Thomas, 76, recalled to The Post astir bringing her three-week-old boy to nan history-making series.

Thomas, her newborn and her hubby had sat precocious up successful nan nosebleeds astatine Yankee Stadium to watch nan Bronx Bombers return connected nan Dodgers connected Oct. 28, 1981 for nan last crippled of nan coast-to-coast series. Unfortunately, nan squad lost, successful what would beryllium their past travel to nan bid until 1996.

The Post first met nan young family successful a crowd of thousands who were waiting successful statement extracurricular nan aged Yankee Stadium for nan World Series tickets, which Thomas scored for an estimated $15 each — a bargain compared to nan jaw-dropping minimum $1,113 value for nan 2024 series.

The aerial was brisk and nan stadium was filled pinch near-constant boos and groans, but small Stephens, gussied up successful a teensy Yankees sweatsuit, mostly slept soundly arsenic nan Dodgers slaughtered nan Yankees successful a fate-deciding 9-2 game.

“We weren’t astatine a winning crippled that time and we were successful nan chemoreceptor bleeds section, and it didn’t moreover matter because we were each location together,” Thomas recalled.

Just months aft nan disappointing game, nan family packed up and moved to Dodgers territory — but has remained loyal to nan Yankees for nan past 5 decades.

The Yankees are much than conscionable a sports squad for nan Napa resident. The squad has grown to correspond nan 5 short, but life-changing years she spent surviving successful nan Big Apple.

New York is wherever she met her husband, Matt, sewage joined and started their family of seven. They didn’t person overmuch money astatine nan time, but spent what small they could spare going to Yankee games arsenic often arsenic they could.

“It’s conscionable that consciousness of family erstwhile you’re sitting successful nan stands,” Thomas, a retired authorities nationalist wellness nurse, recalled.

“Most of my life wasn’t progressive successful sports, but those 5 years were. Now my husband’s died, and truthful that’s portion of my heart. It’s what I near successful New York — erstwhile we stood up astatine Yankees and listened to Frank Sinatra singing ‘New York, New York.’ That opus comes connected nan radio, I’m correct backmost location again.”

The 2024 Yankees-Dodgers matchup provided nan cleanable opportunity for a infinitesimal of nostalgia — and Stephens, now each grown up, dusted disconnected nan small Yanks sweatsuit to nan iconic New York Post cover, this clip taking his mother’s spot and posing pinch his now-4-year-old daughter.

Vivienne — 4 years aged and excessively large to fresh into nan babe sweatsuit — alternatively adorned a favourite teddy successful nan Yanks cogwheel for nan occasion. She had worn nan suit erstwhile herself to commemorate two-months-post birth.

“It conscionable brings up that representation of taking nan subway retired to Yankee Stadium to guidelines successful statement and get tickets … It brings backmost that play of clip successful which my small feline was small and we were going to a shot game. How galore group get to unrecorded successful New York and acquisition that?” Thomas said.

Unlike astir 50 years ago, Thomas plans to cheer connected nan Yanks for nan 2024 World Series successful nan comfortableness of her Napa location — pinch her sprawling family astatine her side.

While astir are California-born, they’ll each beryllium rooting for nan Yankees, Thomas assured.

“When they’re together, they’re for illustration small bundles of happiness, truthful it’ll beryllium nosy to person them astir successful a game. I can’t hold — I’m very excited.”