New York Yankees – Major League Baseball’s most popular team
There is no doubt that the New York Yankees are the most popular professional baseball team in Major League Baseball. The Yankees are a household name and have also gained tremendous popularity world-wide.
The team has a phenomenal record which is unmatched in Major League Baseball. The Yankees have won 16 East Divisional title, 27 World Series titles and 40 American League pennants.
The Yankees have had some the most famous players to have ever played baseball. These famous players include the likes of Mickey Mantle, Lou Gehrig, Babe Ruth and Joe DiMaggio. Each is a superstar in his own right and could easily carry a single team as
an individual player. However in the 1920s the Yankees had all of these players on the team at one time or another.
Everyone knows that the greatest Yankees’ player of all time was the legendary Babe Ruth. With this great player in their line-up, the Yankees managed to win four World Series titles and seven pennants. Ruth hit 60 home-runs in a single season and scored
714 homers during his entire career.
The tremendous record that the Yankees have achieved over the years dominates the league by far. No other team has had the amount of success that the Yankees have had. The team is notorious for making the right decisions and selecting players that come up
big for them in crucial stages of the season. From pitching to batting the team always manages to somehow find the perfect balance to dominate the season and fight for titles.
As with all things successful, the money flows their way through massive sponsorship deals and exclusive television rights. Not to mention the ticket sales and other top endorsements the team gets. The Yankees are the most watched team in MLB and this constitutes
the fact that advertisers are always prepared to dump millions of dollars to the Yankees for a chance to promote their products and services to such a vast fan following. Thus in 2002 their YES Network was started to promote the team on a massive scale.
Although the money is always flowing for the Yankees, they are considered to be one of the most charitable teams in MLB. They are known to support many worthy causes and have been able to generate massive amounts of money to those less fortunate.
The Yankees have some the highest paid players in the league. They are in an endless cycle of massive earnings and enormous spending. Most competitors feel that the Yankees literally purchase their titles as they have the highest salaries in the league.
It is every players dream to play for the Yankees not just for the money, but because of the prestige and the history the team has in MLB.
Regardless of their performance, the Yankees are baseball pure and simple. Every team emulates their strategies and offseason techniques to perform better. However it seems that the Yankees are always one step ahead of the rest in the league. It is rare
for the Yankees to have a bad season and are always expected to dominate the league on a consistent basis.
As the popularity of baseball swells, the Yankees are a team that represent everything good and competitive in the sport.
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