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History regarding the New York Yankees
The New York Yankees professional baseball team, are usually regarded as probably the most successful professional sports franchise of all time. The Yankees are also the most widely known American sports team globally. They're located in the borough of the Bronx in New York City. The club was one of the original American League clubs however referred to as Baltimore Orioles for their first 2 years. In 1903 they moved from Baltimore to New York City and became the Highlanders. They officially became the "Yankees" in 1913.
The Yankees play at Yankee stadium, one of the most well-known sports venues the world has ever known. The original stadium was built-in 1923 and was referred to as "the house that Ruth built" making reference to Babe Ruth, the well-known Yankee slugger. In 2009 they moved to the new Yankee stadium that was constructed on a site across the street from the original ball park.
The Yankees have won forty American League pennants qualifying them for more world series as compared to any major league team. They won their last World Series in 2009 which had been the 27th world championship in their storied history. The Yankees won their first series in 1923 and have won an average of about 1 out of every three world series ever since then. An outstanding feat in virtually any sport.
During the past 110 years, the Yankees have featured many of the most well-known players in major league baseball (MLB). George Herman "Babe" Ruth played for the Yankees from 1920 until 1934 after playing 6 years for the rival Boston Red Sox. Along with Lou Gehrig and several other great players, Ruth began the Yankee domination of the sport. After Ruth and Gehrig, the astounding Joe DiMaggio years followed until the 1950s when the role of superstar was filled by Mickey Mantle. At the conclusion of Mantle's career in the 1960s and into the early seventies the Yankees had uncommonly average teams.
In 1973 multi-millionaire George Steinbrenner led a group of investors to buy the New York Yankees from CBS (the television network) which had bought the team in 1965 ( many believe that CBS was a primary reason for the years of mediocrity). The recent "Curt Flood" court decision had resulted in free agency in major league baseball. Steinbrenner signed free agents such as Catfish Hunter and Reggie Jackson to significant deals and rebuilt the team into a leader returning to the World Series in 1976 following a twelve year absence.
Steinbrenner made the Yankees in to the most valuable sports franchise on the globe. Until his retirement in 2006, the Yankee owner used his wallet to make sure that the Yankees remained one of the elite clubs in baseball. Over the period the amount of stars sporting the well known Yankee pin stripped uniform are too numerous to cover. Income for the Yankees increased as sales of caps, jerseys, headbands, shoes, helmets, jewelry and everything else which could carry a Yankee logo seemed to be gobbled up by millions of followers, travelers as well as collectors.
Steinbrenner however had his share of controversy and detractors. fans of other teams have described the Yankees during his leadership as being the "Evil Empire" referencing Darth Vader's dark side in the Star Wars movies .His on again off again relationship with sometimes Yankee manager Billy Martin frequently left both followers and Yankee haters perplexed. The skilled gut unpredictable Martin was hired and fired five times by Steinbrenner and was set for a sixth stint just before his untimely passing away in 1989.
The Yankees of today are still a very good baseball team with Derek Jeter as their current superstar. They made the 2011 playoffs but were eliminated in short order,, an uncommon event for Yankee fans. Tv, movies and the internet now take American sports all over the world. Just like a few football and basketball teams, you will discover Yankee fans in Utah, Texas, Los Angeles, Florida, Japan and even Thailand. Many of us like to be connected to those who win and the New York Yankees are the definition of the term "winners".
About the Author
I grew up near Syracuse, New York and was a huge Yankee fan in the late 50s and early 60s. Mickey Mantle was my favorite sports hero both then and now. In the 1970s I moved south and became an Atlanta Braves fan and one of those Yankee haters. In recent years after the drug scandals, strikes and ridiculous contracts, I have lost interest in major league baseball. However, I still daydream about Mickey, Yogi, Whitey and the boys when the fresh smell of a spring day reminds me of the great game of baseball.
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