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The New York Yankees are the most
successful team in Major League Baseball history. They have reigned
over the sport of baseball and their accomplishments have been
nothing short of brilliant. The Yankees have won twenty six and
competed in 39 World Series titles. They have a sixty six percent
win ratio when it com es to the coveted World Series title. These
numbers dominate the sport, considering the St. Louis Cardinals and
the Athletics franchise are tied for second on the list with 9 World
Series victories each, and the Giants franchise is second with 15
World Series appearances. Among the North American major sports,
their success is only approached by the 24 Stanley Cup championships
of the Montreal Canadians of the National Hockey League (NHL). It is
the only team that is represented at every position in the Baseball
Hall of Fame. The New York Yankees are a Major League baseball team
based in The Bronx, New York City. They are one of five teams that
play in the Eastern Division of the American League. The Yankees
have also been known as the Baltimore Orioles (1901-1902) and New
York Highlanders (1903-1910). The Yankees Uniform colors are,
midnight navy blue with white or gray and the home uniform has
distinctive pinstripes. The logo design for the New York Yankees is
an interlocking "NY". The New York Yankees ballpark is Yankee
Stadium. The New York Yankees are a renowned team not only for their
formidable history on the field, but also for their financial
situation. The current ownership spends more on player salaries than
any other franchise in baseball. As of 2004, the team payroll is
more than $182 million, which is $51 million more than the
second-highest team, the Red Sox, and more than the six
lowest-payroll teams combined. Because of their perceived
willingness to do anything and spend any amount for a championship,
the Yankees are sometimes referred to as the "Mafia" and also
occasionally as an "Evil Empire." The current stars for the New York
Yankees are; Derek Jeter, Tino Martinez, Mike Mussina, Mariano
Rivera, Alex Rodriguez, Jason Giambi, Tom Gordon, Felix Rodriguez,
Paul Quantrill, Hideki Matsui, Jaret Wright, Tony Womack, Mike
Stanton, Rubé n Sierra, Gary Sheffield, Javier Vazquez, Jorge Posada
and Bernie Williams. The 1998-2000 Yankees were the first team to
"three-peat" with World Series victories since the Oakland Athletics
of the early 1970s. In 1998 and 1999, they swept the San Diego
Padres and Atlanta Braves, respectively. In 2000, the Yankees met up
with cross-town New York Mets for the first Subway Series since 1956
and won four games to one. In these four World Series victories, the
Yankees won fourteen straight games. The Yankees are the last Major
League Baseball team to date to have repeat World Series titles. In
2003, on the 13th of June, Roger Clemens (The Rocket) became the
first pitcher since Nolan Ryan in 1990 to reach the 300 mark. The
Rocket also joined another fraternity on that June 13th night at
Yankee Stadium, striking out the 4,000th batter of his career. Only
Ryan (5,714) and Steve Carlton (4,136) have more strikeouts than
Clemens. After defeating the Twins in a four-game American League
Division Series (ALDS) and taking a 3-0 lead over the Red Sox in the
American League Championship Series (ALCS), the Yankees dropped
their fourth consecutive game, becoming the first team in baseball
history to lose a best-of-seven series after winning the first three
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