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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).
Initially, the team was commonly referred to as the New York Americans. [45] The team was also referred to as the "Invaders" in the Evening Journal and The Evening World. [46] [47] New York Press Sports Editor Jim Price coined the unofficial nickname Yankees (or "Yanks") for the club as early as 1904, because it was easier to fit in headlines. [48]
It is the home field of Major League Baseball’s New York Yankees and New York City FC of Major League Soccer. The stadium opened in April 2009, replacing the original Yankee Stadium that operated from 1923 to 2008; it is situated on the 24-acre (9.7 ha) former site of Macombs Dam Park, one block north of the original stadium's site. The new ...
Topping and Webb forced MacPhail out of the Yankees ownership group due to his confrontational behavior after the 1947 World Series. [6] In 1964, Topping and Webb sold the team to CBS, [7] during which time the franchise struggled. Selling the team at a loss, [8] CBS sold the team to a group headed by George Steinbrenner in 1973. [9]
The 2024 New York Yankees season was the 122nd season for the New York Yankees franchise. On September 7, the Yankees won their 82nd game of the season, thus extending their streak of winning seasons to 32 years (since 1993). On September 18, the Yankees clinched a postseason berth for the seventh time in the past eight seasons.
Yankee Stadium is hosting its first World Series game Monday night since the inaugural season of the new stadium 15 years ago, and Yankees players and fans could use some optimism after the first ...
In the 2019 offseason, the team offered the Orange County native a $300-million contract as a free agent. Cole, however, accepted a record-breaking $324-million offer from the New York Yankees ...
By 1957, season attendance was down by over 700,000. [139] New York baseball fans had the option of watching games on television instead by the early 1950s. The Yankees joined the other New York City franchises in allowing game telecasts. This was a departure from the team's strategy when radio broadcasts were introduced. [140]