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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 ever. The Yankees are the most widely known American sports team throughout the world. They're based in the borough of the Bronx in New York City. The particular club had been among the original American League clubs but referred to as the Baltimore Orioles for their first two 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, essentially the most well known sports venues the world has ever known. The original stadium had been built-in 1923 and had been referred to as "the house that Ruth built" making reference to Babe Ruth, the popular Yankee slugger. In 2009 the team moved into the new Yankee stadium that has been built on a site across the street from the original ballpark.
The Yankees have won forty American League pennants qualifying them for more world series 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 very first series in 1923 and have won on average about one out of every three world series since that time. An extraordinary 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 with the Yankees from 1920 until 1934 after playing six years for the rival Boston Red Sox. Along with Lou Gehrig and lots of 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 end of Mantle's career in the 1960s and into the early seventies the Yankees had unusually mediocre teams.
In 1973 multi-millionaire George Steinbrenner led a group of investors to purchase the New York Yankees from CBS (the television network) which in fact had acquired the team in 1965 ( some feel that 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 such as Catfish Hunter and Reggie Jackson to large contracts 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 into the most valuable sports franchise in the world. Until his retirement in 2006, the Yankee owner used his wallet in order to guarantee that the Yankees remained as among the top level clubs in baseball. Over the period the number of stars putting on the well known Yankee pin stripped uniform are too numerous to mention. Revenue for the Yankees increased as sales of caps, jerseys, headbands, shoes, helmets, jewelry and other things which could have a Yankee logo ended up being gobbled up by an incredible number of enthusiasts, travelers and collectors.
Steinbrenner however had his share of controversy and detractors. fans of some 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 often left both enthusiasts and also Yankee haters bewildered. The gifted gut unpredictable Martin was hired and fired five times by Steinbrenner and had been set for a 6th stint just before his untimely death in 1989.
The Yankees of today remain an excellent baseball team with Derek Jeter as their current superstar. They made the 2011 playoffs but were eliminated in short order,, an uncommon occurrence for Yankee fans. Television, films and the internet now take American sports worldwide. Just like some football and basketball teams, you will find Yankee fans in Utah, Texas, Los Angeles, Florida, Japan and even Thailand. Many people want to be linked to winners and the New York Yankees would be 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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