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History regarding the New York Yankees
The New York Yankees professional baseball team, are generally thought to be quite possibly the most successful professional sports franchise in history. The New york yankees are the well known American sports team world-wide. They're located in the borough of the Bronx in New York City. The club had been among the original American League teams 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 New york yankees play at Yankee stadium, essentially the most well-known sports venues the world has ever known. The original stadium had been built-in 1923 and had been called "the house that Ruth built" making reference to Babe Ruth, the famous Yankee slugger. In 2009 the team moved into the new Yankee stadium which had been constructed on a site across the street from the original ball park.
The New york yankees have won forty American League pennants qualifying them for more world series compared to every other 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 one out of every 3 world series ever since then. An amazing feat in virtually any sport.
During the past 110 years, the New york yankees have featured some 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. As well as Lou Gehrig and several other great players, Ruth began the Yankee domination of the sport. After Ruth and Gehrig, the incredible 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 abnormally mediocre teams.
In 1973 multi-millionaire George Steinbrenner led a group of investors to buy the New York Yankees from CBS (the television network) which in fact had acquired the team in 1965 ( many believe CBS had been a major 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 including Catfish Hunter and Reggie Jackson to significant deals and reconstructed the team into a leader going back to the World Series in 1976 after having a twelve year absence.
Steinbrenner made the Yankees in to the most valuable sports franchise in the world. Until his retirement in 2006, the Yankee owner used his pocketbook to ensure that the Yankees remained as among the top notch teams in baseball. Over the period the sheer number of stars wearing the famed Yankee pin stripped uniform are way too numerous to mention. Earnings for the Yankees soared as sales of caps, jerseys, headbands, shoes, helmets, jewelry and anything else that could carry a Yankee logo seemed to be gobbled up by millions of fans, tourists and collectors.
Steinbrenner however had his share of controversy and detractors. Fans of other teams have referenced the Yankees during his reign 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 often left both enthusiasts and also Yankee haters confused. The talented gut erratic Martin was hired and fired 5 times by Steinbrenner and had been set for a 6th stint just before his untimely death in 1989.
The Yankees in the present day continue to be an excellent baseball team with Derek Jeter as their present superstar. They made the 2011 playoffs but were eliminated rather quickly,, an uncommon occurrence for Yankee fans. Tv, films and the internet now take American sports worldwide. As with some football and basketball teams, you will find Yankee fans in Utah, Texas, Los Angeles, Florida, Japan and even Thailand. Most of us want to be connected to those who win and the New York Yankees are the definition of the word "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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