Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Yankee Years is a book written by Tom Verducci and Joe Torre. [2] The book chronicles Torre's years as manager of Major League Baseball 's New York Yankees from 1996 to 2007. [ 2 ] It goes into great detail on Torre's relationship with the players, general manager Brian Cashman , team owner George Steinbrenner , and the Yankees organization ...
The Yankees have played home games in the current Yankee Stadium since 2009. The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the Bronx , a borough of New York City. Also known as "the Bronx Bombers" and "the Pinstripers", [ 1 ] [ 2 ] the Yankees play in the East Division of Major League Baseball 's (MLB) American League (AL).
The Jeffrey Maier incident occurred during Game 1 of the 1996 American League Championship Series between the New York Yankees and the Baltimore Orioles.Twelve-year-old Jeffrey Maier deflected a batted ball, hit by Derek Jeter, into the Yankee Stadium stands for what umpires ruled to be a home run, rather than fan interference.
On April 5, 2002, pitcher David Cone spent the season's home opener with the Bleacher Creatures in section 39, and even participated in their chants. [24] After the final game played at Yankee Stadium on September 21, 2008, Yankees first baseman Tino Martinez revealed that he had sat with the Creatures during the game the day before.
The 2008 season was the last season played at Yankee Stadium. To celebrate the final year and history of Yankee Stadium, the 2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played there. [316] The final regular-season game at Yankee Stadium was played on September 21, 2008, with the Yankees defeating the Orioles. [317]
That year, the Giants once again defeated the Yankees in the World Series. Yankee Stadium opened on April 18, 1923, [3] the first ballpark with three tiers of seating for fans, [20] [21] and the first referred to as a "stadium". [19] Ruppert and Huston financed the project with $2.5 million of their own money ($45,506,958 in current dollar ...
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us
The Giants–Yankees rivalry is a Major League Baseball rivalry between the San Francisco Giants of the National League and the New York Yankees of the American League.It was particularly intense when both teams not only inhabited New York City but also, for a time, the same ball park. [9]