Jonna Perlinger is a lifelong Yankees fan with pinstripes in her veins and a storyteller’s heart for the game of baseball. Her love for the sport began at birth, but truly ignited at age six when she was handed a broken bat by Buck Showalter – just before the Yankees’ 90s dynasty took off. Since then, she’s been captivated not only by the game on the field, but by the history, emotion, and stories that live within it.

Jonna brings that passion to her role with On New Jersey Sports, where she covers the Yankees and contributes baseball content with a voice rooted in nostalgia, storytelling, and deep appreciation for the sport’s legacy. After volunteering at MLB All-Star Week in 2021, she turned her lifelong love of baseball into a career in sports media and hasn’t looked back.

She is also the founder of Babe’s Babes Media, a platform dedicated to amplifying women’s voices in baseball, and she proudly carries her Omaha roots into her work, covering the College World Series – the “Greatest Show on Dirt.”

Most recently, Jonna was credentialed for the MLB Winter Meetings, and she continues to cover the sport at every level – including the reigning Big East Champion Creighton Bluejays in 2026.