The new york yankees are an american professional baseball team based in the new york city borough of the bronx. The yankees drop a 96 decision to the eventual world champion anaheim angels in game 4 of the alds to lose the series, marking new york s earliest postseason exit since 1980. A transient american league franchise was plunked down in new york in early 1903, which made last year the 100th anniversary of the team now known as the new york yankees. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Coverage begins in october 1923, with the team having moved to yankee stadium. This book provides an overall history of the new york yankees. The history behind the interlocking ny logo on the yankees. But the same cap, made in a personalized color, opened a world of. In 2010, frommer was chosen by the city of new york to be the historical consultant for the reimagined old yankee stadium site that became heritage field. The baltimore orioles baseball franchise formed in 1901. All 30 major league baseball teams are available, plus three teams of yesteryear. The highlanders would soon evolve into the most fabled sports franchise in american sports history.
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