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Kobe passes Dominique for 10th all time leading scorer
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Saturday, September 11th, 2010Trevor Hoffman makes his 600th career save and is the first one to do it in MLB history. The rights to this video go to FSN Midwest
Building the New York Yankees Dynasty
Sunday, October 26th, 2008By Rick Grantham
The Yankees are popular to be one of the best baseball teams there is. The team has the most number of championships in baseball history. They have earned thirty-nine American League banners and they also have a total of twenty-six World Series titles.
The team has a rich history before becoming one of the most envied teams in the Major league Baseball. It started when the National League hindered the American League from putting a team in New York. Because of this, the American League opted to establish the team in Baltimore instead. This gave birth to the Baltimore Orioles.
John McGraw was part owner of the Orioles. He was also assisting the Giants at that time and has slowly gained control. He caused conflicts when he started to raid for players, the American League has to look into the matter. In order to settle the issue, a conference with the National League took place. This led to an agreement that allowed the AL to have a team in New York. As a result, the Orioles moved to New York, thus the New York Highlanders emerged. However, the name New York Yankees would pop up from time to time until it became the popular name of the team.
After moving to New York in 1903, the team had several encounter with the AL pennant. However, it was not only in 1921 that they finally earned their first. This also marked their first World Series Appearance where they faced their rival, the New York Giants. The Giants took home the World Series. The same scenario occurred in 1922, again, the Yankees failed to win the World Series. They faced the Giants for the third consecutive time in 1923. This time, they successfully took home the championship. It marked the beginning of their domination.
Many take into account the success of the team to the purchase of one of the greatest baseball players of all time, Babe Ruth. The Boston Red Sox sold him to the Yankees in 1919. The sale has even given birth to one of the most popular sports curses, the curse of the Bambino.
Ruth has helped the Yankees travelled a successful route. Many would say that Babe Ruth is accountable for the building of the Yankee stadium since it was his impressive home runs that draw people to watch the game. Some would call the stadium as the House that Ruth Built.
However, no baseball team is a one-man team. Although Babe Ruth is very talented, his team should get credit as well. The Yankees team gave birth to the Murderer’s Row. This was a name given to the strong lineup of the New York Yankees led by Babe Ruth. Many said that their lineup in 1927 was the strongest in baseball history.
After Babe Ruth, several talented players played for the team. Some of them were Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, and Yogi Berra.
The team holds the records for the most number consecutive years of World Series won. This took place in 1949 to 1953.
Most of the greatest players in baseball history played with the team. No wonder why they keep on winning championship titles even after Ruth retired.
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Early Giant Stories
Thursday, August 7th, 2008
The world’s most famous American football team came together in 1925 when the New York Football Giants first played against another football team, the Frankford Yellow Jackets. It wasn’t a very successful game for the Giants as they lost to the other team with a devastating 14-0 score. Little did they know this would be the ice breaker to a series of great plays that fans would definitely love.
The great story really started when Tim Mara (a bookmaker, businessman and promoter) bought the team for a mere $500. Back then, football wasn’t as famous as boxing and baseball. Professional football began to kick dirt as soon as the Giants started to leap in.
The first few years were very difficult for the team but this was when they won their very first title on the third season. The New York Giants played an important role for the people through the Depression, as it was the rare positive news that lifted up the spirits of those who started to love the game of football.
The well-known Sneakers Game, a game where the New York Giants fought the Chicago Bears, proved to be a victorious battle. The Second World War took most of the players of football and many teams succumbed to the ravages of war and folded. The New York Giants was one of the few teams to survive this struggle phase in the 1940s.
1950s proved to be fruitful years to the Giants as more and more of their team members are becoming household names. Such names as Eddie Price, Rosie Brown, Kyle Rote, Frank Gifford, Tom Landry, and Sam Huff have conquered the hearts of football lovers and they have ushered in a new era for professional football leagues. 1961-1963 were highly successful years for the Giants however these years also produced retiring players. With majority of their key players gone, the team slipped into mediocrity.
The 70s and 80s were seesaw years for the Giants and it was only in 1990 that they won their second Super Bowl when they played against the Buffalo Bills. With an additional owner in the person of successful businessman Preston Robert Tisch, the team was off to a better future. In 1997, the team finished as the only undefeated team in NFC East Division play. In 2000, the New York Giants won the NFC East Title. By the year 2002, the Giants have triumphed on their final four regular season football games.
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Background – from Wikipedia
Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The team is headquartered, trains, and plays its home games at Giants Stadium at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in the suburb of East Rutherford, New Jersey. They are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The Giants were one of five teams that joined the NFL in 1925, but the only one admitted that year which still exists. The Giants have won a total of seven NFL titles: four in the pre–Super Bowl era (1927, 1934, 1938, and 1956), and three since the advent of the Super Bowl (Super Bowls XXI, XXV, and XLII). During their history, the Giants have featured 15 Hall of Fame players, including NFL Most Valuable Player (MVP) award winners Mel Hein, Frank Gifford, Charlie Conerly, Y. A. Tittle, and Lawrence Taylor. The Giants are the reigning National Football League champions since winning Super Bowl XLII on February 3, 2008.
To distinguish itself from the professional baseball team of the same name, the football team was referred to as the New York Football Giants. Although the baseball team moved to San Francisco in 1957, the football team continues to use “New York Football Giants” as its legal corporate name. The team has also gained several nicknames, including “Big Blue,” the “G-Men,” the “Big Blue Wrecking Crew,” “and the “Jints,” a name seen frequently in the New York Post, originating from the baseball team when they were based in New York.