What was the team name of the New York Yankees prior to changing their name to Yankees?
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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 NY Yankees, because they have the most World Series titles (26), and the most WS appearances (39). Overall, they are just a great baseball team! They have had some of the best players in all of baseball! Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Mickey Mantle.....the list goes on! Also, because of the team they have NOW! Alex Rodoriguez (the AL MVP 2005!), Derek Jeter, Bernie Williams, Hideki Matsui, and Mariano Rivera! Also, because they are the most clean cut team! The Red Sox are too hairy, smelly, and shabby to be considered a good team! Maybe if they all got haircuts, and dropped a few pounds...Ya know? The Yankees are fit, and in shape. They are my favorite team, and they always will be!
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♡I agree with una g～\nI would use ヤンキーズ for Yankees.\nHere's a photo link↓just like you asked for and in case you can't see that →　ヤンキーズ\nhttp://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m69/Cyn_010/Yankees.jpg?t=1163915352\nIf it's just Yankee, I would use: 'yankii';  ヤンキー \nYou can check it here:\nhttp://www.yesjapan.com/dictionary/yesjapan200k.php?language=english&searchplace=beginning&searchfor=yankee&maxsearch=25\nOr here:\nhttp://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m69/Cyn_010/Yankee.jpg?t=1163915680\nHope this helps!♡
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The first year on the AL featured the Chicago White Sox, Boston Americans, Milwaukee Brewers, Cleveland Blues, Baltimore Orioles, Washington Senators, Philadelphia A's, and Detroit Tigers.\n\nThe Orioles would move to New York and become the Yankees, while the others are still around in one form or another.\n\nThe original NL teams (1876) were the Chicago White Stockings (who became the Cubs), Hartford Dark Blues (gone), St. Louis Brown Stockings (gone), Boston Red Caps (now the Atlanta Braves), Louisville Grays (gone), NY Mutuals (gone), Philadelphia A's (gone, not the same A's as today), and the Cincinnati Reds, who are not the same as today's Reds franchise, which started as an American Association team in 1882.
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New York Yankees --  AL -- 26 titles -- 1923, 1927, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1943,  1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1962,  1977, 1978, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000\nSt. Louis Cardinals --NL -- 9 titles -- 1926, 1931, 1934 '42, 1944, 1946, 1964, 1967, 1982\nBoston Red Sox -- AL -- titles -- 1903, 1912, 1915, 1916, 1918, 2004 \nLos Angeles/Brooklyn Dodgers -- NL -- 6 titles -- 1955, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1981, 1988
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LISTEN TO WHAT THE YANKEES HAVE\n\n1.26 WORLD SERIES \n2.SOME OF THE GREATEST BASEBALL PLAYERS IN THE WORLD\n3.TEAM WORK AND COURAGE\n4.MONEY\n5.SOME OF THE CRAZIEST FANS EVER\n6.YANKEE STADIUM\nGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO YANKEES
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BOSOX NO.1 BABY\n\nThe Yankees is a suckass team you cant hate the players but the owner and the people in the front office. They have bought every championship that they have won.
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The Team's Name\nThe original name of the Pittsburgh's National League franchise was the Pittsburgh Alleghenies. Some contend this is from the county in which Pittsburgh is the seat of government. Others say that it was named after the mountain range in the region. Others maintain that Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became Pittsburgh's northside after a 1907 annexation, was the tale behind the moniker. It is also one of the three major rivers in the city. In the 1890's, the club was referred to as the Pittsburgh Innocents before the Pirates name stuck by the end of that decade.\n\nWhen the renegade Players League dissolved after the 1890 season, most of the league's player contracts were assigned to National League and American Association clubs, mostly to their previous clubs provided they had been "reserved" by their former teams' owners. Highly-regarded second baseman Lou Bierbauer, who had previously played with the Philadelphia Athletics of the Association, was awarded to the Pittsburgh team on the grounds that the A's had not reserved him. This led to loud complaints by the Athletics that the Pittsburgh club were "pirates". This incident (which is discussed at some length in The Beer and Whisky League, by David Nemec, 1994) quickly accelerated into a schism between the leagues that contributed to the demise of the A.A. The colorful epithet stuck with the Pittsburghers, and eventually became the club's official nickname. It was first acknowledged on the team's jerseys in 1912, but even by the 1903 World Series, "Pirates" was common usage \nThe Pirates are called the "Bucks" because a Pirate was also known as a Buccaneer.
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I am a lifetime Knicks, Yankees, Rangers, and Giants fan. I have never heard of Yankee fans hateing on Knicks fans, thats new to me. I figured all new york like other nyc teams, except for mets fans likeing yankee fans , jets and giants. Go NYC teams. Funny i'm from Jersey.
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Depends on what you're refering too, the word itself or the teams?  Yes there is more than one team called the Yankees.  Here's what wikipedia.com says:\n\nYankee can mean:\n\nYankee, an American, especially one from New England or more generally from the Northeastern United States. \nSoldiers identified as being from the previous areas: Patriot (American Revolution) during the American Revolutionary War, Union (American Civil War) soldiers during the American Civil War, and United States soldiers in general during the wars of the 20th century. \nA member of one of the following teams in the New York Yankees Major League Baseball organization: \nthe New York Yankees (MLB) \nthe Staten Island Yankees (Single-A Minor League Affiliate of the New York Yankees) \nthe Tampa Yankees (High-A Minor League Affiliate of the New York Yankees) \nthe Gulf Coast Yankees (Rookie League Affiliate of the New York Yankees) \nA New Hampshire magazine, Yankee (magazine). \nA Yankee bond, a United States dollar-denominated sovereign or corporate bond issued by non-U.S. governments and corporations. \nOne of several nuclear power plant nuclear reactors in New England: \nConnecticut Yankee Nuclear Generating Station \nMaine Yankee \nVermont Yankee \nYankee Rowe \nThe Yankee (motorcycle), an American-made motorcycle from the early 1970s. \nThe letter Y in the NATO phonetic alphabet. \nThe Yankee class submarine, the NATO reporting name for several types of Soviet nuclear submarines \nThe 'Y' version of the Aeritalia G.91 fighter aircraft \nA type of bet which tries to pick the winner of four races. \nA kogal
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Yankee Global Enterprises LLC\n\nIt was formerly knows as YankeeNets.
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The Yankees that year included Yogi Berra, Mickey Mantle, and Roger Maris. For the complete roster and stats, see:\nhttp://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1960.shtml
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*yawn*\n\nDoes this question ever get old?  Guess not, I always answer the same way.\n\nAll time--Yankees\nRight now--Red Sox
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I'd have to go with the NY Yankees (and they're not my team).\n\nCompared to any other team in any of the 4 major sports, They would have the most world championships, the greatest name recognition, the most legendary players (Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio, Mantle, Berra, etc.), the most famous stadium (the House that Ruth Built, although Fenway and Wrigley would be close), the most lovers and the most haters, etc.
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NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.........THE BEST TEAM EVER!!\n\nTHE NEW YORK YANKEES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  \n\nGO YANKEES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Absolutely the Yankees.  Look at how many World Series titles they've won compared to the Red Sox.
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With the rosters as they are, I would take the White Sox.  While the Yankees have a great roster (I am a Yankee fan), the White Sox roster won in 2005 and has only upgraded in the offseason with the additions of Jim Thome and Javy Vazquez will only make the team stronger.