when did the new york Yankees start playing baseball.?
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1903. They Shared their playing field with the NY Giants, (now SF Giants) @ polo grounds in manhattan until 1929 when they built yankee stadium on revenue alone. Rumors say it was because Ruth brought sold out crowds every game, hence the name "The House that Ruth Built" Peace
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There's a United Brooklyn (NY) Baseball League:\nhttp://www.leaguelineup.com/welcome.asp?cmenuid=1&url=ubbl&sid=21337088\nContact information is on this page:\nhttp://www.leaguelineup.com/directors.asp?cmenuid=9&url=ubbl&sid=21337088
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Gehrig wore number four for the New York Yankees. I think that the Yankees started the custom of wearing numbers around 1931 or so. I presume the major leagues followed suit around a couple of years later.
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The Yankees signed him right out of high school.  Professional baseball player WAS his first job.
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The opening of Fenway Park was delayed because of the sinking of the Titanic. I think the first game was suppose to be April 15 or 16, 1912.
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At the end of the 1900 season the American League re-organized and, with its president Ban Johnson as the driving force, decided to assert itself as a new major league. Previously a minor league (known as the Western League until 1899), the American League carried over five of its previous locations and added three more on the East Coast, including one in Baltimore, Maryland, which had lost its National League team when that league contracted the year before. The intention of Johnson and the American League had been to place a team in New York City, but their efforts had been stymied by the political connections that owners of the National League New York Giants had with Tammany Hall.\n\nWhen the team began play as the Baltimore Orioles in 1901, they were managed by John McGraw. As a result of a feud with league president Ban Johnson, who rigidly enforced rules about rowdyism on the field of play, McGraw jumped leagues to manage the New York Giants in the middle of the 1902 season. A week later the owner of the Giants also gained controlling interest of the Orioles and raided the team for players, after which the league declared the team forfeit and took control, still intending to move the franchise to New York when and if possible.\n\nIn January 1903, the American and National Leagues held a "peace conference" to settle conflicts over player contract disputes and to agree on future cooperation. The NL also agreed that the "junior circuit" could establish a franchise in New York. The AL's Baltimore franchise became the New York franchise when its new owners, Frank Farrell and William Devery, were able to find a ballpark location not blocked by the Giants. Farrell and Devery both had deep ties into city politics and gambling. Farrell owned a casino and several pool halls, while Devery had served as a blatantly corrupt chief of the New York City police and had only been forced out of the department at the start of 1902.\n\nThe Highlanders\nThe franchise's first park in New York was located at 165th St. and Broadway in Manhattan, near the highest point on the island. Consequently the field was known as Hilltop Park and the team quickly became known as the New York Highlanders. The name was also a reference to the noted British military unit The Gordon Highlanders, as the team president from 1903 to 1906 was named Joseph Gordon. Today the site of the original Hilltop Park is occupied by buildings of the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center.\n\nAs the Highlanders, the team enjoyed success only twice, finishing in second place in 1904 and 1910; but otherwise, much of their first fifteen years in New York was spent in the cellar. Their somewhat tainted ownership, along with the questionable activities of some players, notably first baseman Hal Chase, raised suspicions of game-fixing, but little of that was ever proven.\n\nTheir best chance came on the last day of the 1904 season, at the Hilltop. New York pitcher Jack Chesbro threw a wild pitch in the ninth inning which allowed the eventual pennant-winning run to score for the Boston Americans. This event had historical significance in several ways. First, the presence of the Highlanders in the race had led the Giants to announce they would not participate in the World Series against a "minor league" team. Although Boston had won the pennant, the Giants still refused to participate. The resulting tongue-lashing of the Giants by the media stung their owner, John T. Brush, who then led a committee that formalized the rules governing the World Series. 1904 was the last year a Series was not played, until the strike-truncated year of 1994. For fans of the team formally named the Red Sox in 1908, the 1904 season-ender would prove to be the last time Boston would defeat the Yankees in a pennant-deciding game for literally a century.\n\nFrom 1913 to 1922 the team would play in the Polo Grounds, a park owned by their National League rivals, the Giants. R
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The first professional league was called the "National Association", and it was just that...an association of players, rather than a League of "Clubs".  This Association lasted from 1871-1875.\n\nThe Association gave way to the National League in 1876, and the N.L. is considered to be the first "Major" league.\n\nOther organizations that were considered "Major Leagues" during the 19th Century included:\n\nThe Union Association 1884\nThe Players League 1890\nThe American Association 1882-1891\n\nThe 20th century saw the emergence of the American League in 1901 (it actually existed in 1900).\n\nAlso, the "Federal League" operated in 1914 and 1915, and this is also considered to be a major league.... \n\nThe statistics of players who played in these leagues are all included in their career totals, and recognized by Major League Baseball, with the exception of the National Association 1871-1875.\n\nThe National Association had a very erratic schedule and because it was really not operated very well, and good records were not really kept, present-day Major League Baseball does not officially recognize the statistics of players who participated in this league. Cap Anson was probably that League's biggest star.\n\nThe status of the Union Association as a major league is also questionable, due to the fact that there was only one good team (St. Louis) and the rosters were pretty much a revolving door, with players moving freely between teams....contracts apparently didn't mean much to these people.\n\nAlso, whole teams dropped in and out of that league...  It was not a well run organization at all
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http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/index.jsp?c_id=nyy\n\nCheck this out for updates. Email someone there for specific details.
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Alex Rodriguez career in baseball stared once he finished High School and was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in 1993 from the MLB Amateur Draft. He played for Seattle from 1994 to 2000 and in 2001 to 2003; he played for the Texas Rangers and from 2004 to the present day, he is a third baseman for the New York Yankees.
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Cricket by a long way. In it's modern form it can be dated back at least until the 1660's, but probably until the 13th century. There is now evidence to suggest a similar game was even played in ancient Rome!\nAs for baseball, the earliest known mention of the sport is in a 1744 British publication, A Little Pretty Pocket-Book, by John Newbery. It contains a wood-cut illustration of boys playing "base-ball". Rounders was actually only codified in the 1840's, so it is hard to say if baseball came from Rounders or not.
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Yankee Stadium!!! It has SO much history in it! \n                    GO YANKEES!!!!!
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Listen to Colin L.\nThe 98 Yankees were arguably the best team ever.
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The New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox 4-3.
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They will replay this game in the form of a doubleheader next time the teams play at Yankee Stadium. I haven't looked at the schedule, it could be tomorrow it could be August.
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In 1846, The New York Knickerbockers lost to the New York Baseball Club in a game at the Elysian Fields, in Hoboken, New Jersey. It was created by Alexander Cartwright in 1845.
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Six errors by the Pittsburgh Pirates.\n\nCommitted in the first inning of a 13-7 New York Giants victory on August 20th, 1903.
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Eventually the Jays are going to be the better team because their players are younger and are entering their prime years. The Yankees have a good team but the players are older and soon they'll be past their prime years. Also the Yankees are stuck with a lot of expensive and lengthy contracts that eventually will prevent them from signing new free agents for once.