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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on December 12, 2011
All-Yankees Team of My Lifetime: Fan Opinion (Yahoo! Contributor Network)
When building an all-New York Yankees team, how can I choose just one player at each position? Think about it: Babe Ruth and Reggie Jackson for right field; Mickey Mantle and Joe DiMaggio for centerfield; Lou Gehrig, Chris Chambliss, Don Mattingly at first; Bill Dickey and Yogi...
Sweet: Joe DiMaggio gets his first U.S. postal stamp (Yahoo! Sports)
If this doesn't get you off your computer and into a post office to spend money, nothing will: Starting in 2012, the U.S. Postal Service will sell stamps bearing the likeness of New York Yankees legend Joe DiMaggio as part … Continue reading →
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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on August 8, 2011
Catching DiMaggio: Major League Baseball’s longest hitting streaks (Yahoo! Contributor Network)
In the summer of 1941, Joe DiMaggio of the New York Yankees recorded at least one base hit in 56 consecutive games. It is a record that many baseball historians deem "unbreakable." Still, DiMaggio's feat rarely gets the credit it deserves.
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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on August 2, 2011
From a fan’s perspective: Underrated New York Yankees (Yahoo! Contributor Network)
I've been a New York Yankees fan ever since I was a little girl, but I never really knew what it meant to be a Yankee fan until the year 2003 when I knew how many championships we had won and the names that helped us get there (Babe Ruth, Yogi Berra, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey...
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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on June 28, 2011
Jeter to become first in pinstripes to 3,000 hits (AP)
The 3,000 Hit Club is an elite group of baseball's greats. Musial. Ripken. Cobb. Mays. Not one of the 27, though, joined while wearing a Yankees uniform. Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig never did it. Neither did Joe DiMaggio or Mickey Mantle. Same for Bernie Williams and Don Mattingly. There's an All-Star roll call of Yankees who came up short for reasons that include illness, injury, wartime service...
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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on June 12, 2011
First basemen will define Red Sox-Yankees rivalry for years: Fan’s take (Associated Content)
For decades, the rivalry between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees has been personified by matching pairs of players from both teams - from the era of competition between outfielders Ted Williams and Joe DiMaggio, to the fan-chanting battles between shortstops Derek...
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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on May 12, 2011
2011 New York Yankees spring training schedule in Florida (Associated Content)
For the love of baseball My love for baseball comes not just because I played softball for many years as a child and as an adult, but because baseball is American. I loved to hear the stories of Yankee greats: Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra. Yankees fly south Each year the New York Yankees fly south for the winter to the George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida. Steinbrenner was the former owner of the Yankees from 1973 until he died of a heart attack at the age of 80 in July 2010.
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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on January 21, 2011
Joe DiMaggio didn’t like being in the Army very much (Yahoo! Sports)
Anyone who's ever read Richard Ben Cramer's " Joe DiMaggio: A Hero's Life " knows the...
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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on August 3, 2010
Reaction to death of Yankees owner Steinbrenner (AP)
Quotes on New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, who died Tuesday at age 80: "George was a giant of the game and his devotion to baseball was surpassed only by his devotion to his family and his beloved New York Yankees. He was and always will be as much of a New York Yankee as Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford and all of the other Yankee...
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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on July 14, 2010
Selig gives no sign MLB moving 2011 All-Star game (AP)
Bud Selig considers Arizona's new immigration law a political issue and is showing no signs that Major League Baseball will shift next year's All-Star game out of the state. A day after Milwaukee pitcher Yovani Gallardo and other All-Stars said they could envision boycotting the 2011 game at Phoenix in protest, the commissioner never mentioned a possible shift.
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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on July 13, 2010
