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Don Larsen’s Perfect Game Meant Nothing to the New York Yankees
December 20, 2010
The New York Yankees rarely allow emotions to interfere with winning. After the Cleveland Indians won the 1954 pennant to snap the Yankees' record streak of five ...How the New York Yankees Suffered from Baseball’s Biggest Trade
December 19, 2010
Today's New York Yankees' primary method of improving involves signing other team's former players for large sums of money, but that wasn't always how the past and future ...Does Derek Jeter Have Lou Gehrig’s Values?
November 28, 2010
The New York Yankees front office was faced with some problems following the team’s outstanding 1937 season in which they won the pennant by 13 games and defeated the New ...New York Yankees Squeezed Lou Gehrig After He Was Voted MVP
November 27, 2010
The New York Yankees won the 1936 World Series in five games over their cross-town rivals, the New York Giants.Joe DiMaggio had a good Series, batting .346 with three doubles ...Derek Jeter: How the New York Yankees and Jeter Can Settle
November 23, 2010
At the end of the 2009 season, Derek Jeter had a lifetime batting average of .317. The only players in New York Yankees' history who did better ...When Did Mickey Mantle Become Better Than Joe DiMaggio?
October 26, 2010
Mickey Mantle has become better than Joe DiMaggio despite the fact that Mickey played his last game in 1968 and Joe played his last game in 1951. How ...Joe DiMaggio Always Rose To the Occasion
October 22, 2010
Shaking his head and flashing a deprecatory grin, Joe DiMaggio started talking about it again. "There has to be an element of luck to it," he modestly told ...George Steinbrenner Realized He Had To Apologize to Yogi Berra
September 22, 2010
Yogi Berra managed the New York Yankees to their fifth consecutive pennant in 1964, which tied the record for most consecutive pennants by a team, but the St. ...Roger Maris and Don Larsen: Home Run Record and Perfect Game Were Not Enough
September 6, 2010
The New York Yankees finished third in 1959. It was the first time since 1954 that the Yankees didn't win the pennant, but while the 1954 team won ...Baseball History: Hey Charlie Dressen, Leave Joe Black Alone
August 18, 2010
In his rookie season of 1952, Joe Black won 15 games for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He lost only four times, pitched to an ERA of 2.15, an ERA+ ...