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The 1998 Yankees are considered by some writers to be among the greatest teams in baseball history, [255] [256] [257] having compiled a then-AL record of 114 regular-season wins against 48 losses. After playoff series wins over the Texas Rangers and Indians, New York defeated the San Diego Padres in four consecutive World Series games for their ...
Note: Team names are given here according to the convention used by The Baseball Encyclopedia, which regularized them into the familiar form of modern team names. However, most teams in the early period had no name, aside from that of the club (as in "Hartford Base Ball Club" or "Athletic Base Ball Club of Philadelphia"), and nicknames like ...
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).
By the time the American League expanded to Toronto in 1977, the NHL club's strong identification as the Maple Leafs precluded any chance of reviving that name for the baseball team. The Toronto franchise was originally owned by Labatt Breweries, with Imperial Trust and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce as minority owners. The name "Blue ...
The Yankees won the best-of-five series with a 7-6 victory in Game 5. With KC trailing by three in the eighth inning at Yankee Stadium, George Brett tied it with a three-run homer for the Royals.
Double hit by the Seattle Mariners' Edgar Martínez in Game 5 of Major League Baseball's 1995 American League Division Series that scored two runs to clinch the series. Generally considered to be the "biggest hit in franchise history" for helping prevent the team from moving out of Seattle and garner approval for a new stadium. [93] [94] [95]
Stolen Bases and Runs Scored Michael Harris II (OF, Atlanta Braves) Harris is having a dynamite rookie season, hitting .280 with nine homers and 11 steals across 58 games.
They compete in the East Division of Major League Baseball's (MLB) American League (AL). The club began play in 1903 as the Highlanders, after owners Frank Farrell and William S. Devery had bought the defunct Baltimore Orioles and moved the team to New York City; in 1913, the team changed its nickname to the Yankees. [1]