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at the New York Yankees Major League
Baseball’s New York Yankees are one of
the most successful professional sports
franchises in North America
nicknamed the Bronx Bombers for their
unparalleled hitting they surpassed the
National Hockey League’s Montreal
Canadiens record of 24 championship wins
in 1999 after a three-peat in the 1990s
the Bombers went on a nine-year drought
which ended in 2009 when they won their
27th championship the team plays in the
American League’s
East Division and was one of the AL xate
charter franchises after being founded
in Baltimore as the original Orioles
back in 1901 the club moved to New York
City in 1903 they were first named the
New York Highlanders being rechristened
the Yankees in 1913 legendary Yankee
Stadium was the club’s home from 1923 to
2008 this ballpark served as a home for
some of the best baseball players of all
time including Babe Ruth Lou Gehrig Joe
DiMaggio Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra by
2010 the Yankees boasted 44 players in
the Baseball Hall of Fame and 16 retired
numbers following the 1919 season Ruth
was sold to the Yankees by the Boston
Red Sox from 1923 to 1935 Ruth and
Gehrig both terrorized pitchers while
setting numerous home run and RBI
records with New York pitcher turned
outfielder Babe Ruth even elevated his
game his record of 60 home runs in one
season stood until Roger Maris another
Yankee broke it was 61 in 1961 having
played eight games more than Ruth
Maris’s record was marked with an
asterisk
until Mark McGwire shattered the record
with 73 under rather dubious
circumstances the years between 1936 and
1951 marked the era of joltin Joe
DiMaggio this all-star set a record of
56 consecutive games with a hit a record
that stands to this day like Babe Ruth
DiMaggio too was a larger-than-life
character marrying Marilyn Monroe in
1954 in the 1960s Maris shared the
spotlight with Mickey Mantle another
Anke great the duo led the Yanks to
World Series championships in both 1961
and 1962 in 1973 a group of investors
led by Cleveland based ship builder
George Steinbrenner took over the team
for a paltry 8.7 million the next few
years were rebuilding season so wasn’t
until 1976 when Steinbrenner acquired
Slugger Reggie Jackson that things
really started looking up Jackson went
on to electrify fans is mr. October
during the postseason and World Series
helping the Bronx Bombers win it all in
1977 and 1978 after that triumph the
club struggled between the late 70s to
the 1990s and at the end of the 1995
season Steinbrenner replaced skipper
Buck Showalter with Joe Torre the rest
as they say is history
led by an all-star roster that included
Andy Pettitte Mariano Rivera and
perennial gold Glover Derek Jeter the
Yankees went on to win and win big in
1996 1998 1999 and 2000 the club played
their final game in Yankee Stadium in
2008 and moved him to their new digs
just in time to defeat the Philadelphia
Phillies in game 6 of the World Series
for their 27th World Series title
you
you have to respect them welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
continuing our series of the most
successful sports franchises with a look
at the New York Yankees Major League
Baseball’s New York Yankees are one of
the most successful professional sports
franchises in North America
nicknamed the Bronx Bombers for their
unparalleled hitting they surpassed the
National Hockey League’s Montreal
Canadiens record of 24 championship wins
in 1999 after a three-peat in the 1990s
the Bombers went on a nine-year drought
which ended in 2009 when they won their
27th championship the team plays in the
American League’s
East Division and was one of the AL xate
charter franchises after being founded
in Baltimore as the original Orioles
back in 1901 the club moved to New York
City in 1903 they were first named the
New York Highlanders being rechristened
the Yankees in 1913 legendary Yankee
Stadium was the club’s home from 1923 to
2008 this ballpark served as a home for
some of the best baseball players of all
time including Babe Ruth Lou Gehrig Joe
DiMaggio Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra by
2010 the Yankees boasted 44 players in
the Baseball Hall of Fame and 16 retired
numbers following the 1919 season Ruth
was sold to the Yankees by the Boston
Red Sox from 1923 to 1935 Ruth and
Gehrig both terrorized pitchers while
setting numerous home run and RBI
records with New York pitcher turned
outfielder Babe Ruth even elevated his
game his record of 60 home runs in one
season stood until Roger Maris another
Yankee broke it was 61 in 1961 having
played eight games more than Ruth
Maris’s record was marked with an
asterisk
until Mark McGwire shattered the record
with 73 under rather dubious
circumstances the years between 1936 and
1951 marked the era of joltin Joe
DiMaggio this all-star set a record of
56 consecutive games with a hit a record
that stands to this day like Babe Ruth
DiMaggio too was a larger-than-life
character marrying Marilyn Monroe in
1954 in the 1960s Maris shared the
spotlight with Mickey Mantle another
Anke great the duo led the Yanks to
World Series championships in both 1961
and 1962 in 1973 a group of investors
led by Cleveland based ship builder
George Steinbrenner took over the team
for a paltry 8.7 million the next few
years were rebuilding season so wasn’t
until 1976 when Steinbrenner acquired
Slugger Reggie Jackson that things
really started looking up Jackson went
on to electrify fans is mr. October
during the postseason and World Series
helping the Bronx Bombers win it all in
1977 and 1978 after that triumph the
club struggled between the late 70s to
the 1990s and at the end of the 1995
season Steinbrenner replaced skipper
Buck Showalter with Joe Torre the rest
as they say is history
led by an all-star roster that included
Andy Pettitte Mariano Rivera and
perennial gold Glover Derek Jeter the
Yankees went on to win and win big in
1996 1998 1999 and 2000 the club played
their final game in Yankee Stadium in
2008 and moved him to their new digs
just in time to defeat the Philadelphia
Phillies in game 6 of the World Series
for their 27th World Series title
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