Sunday, June 3, 2012

The New York Yankees

Here is a random sports fact for you - the New York Yankees were originally the Baltimore Orioles.  Yup, the team with the most World Series (27) and had some of the best players ever (Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, Joe DiMaggio, etc) play for their organization was not originally from New York (and to make things even stranger, the current Baltimore Orioles are originally from Milwaukee).  Anyways, in 1901, the club was created in Baltimore and moved to New York in 1903 where they were first known as the Highlanders (but not actually immortal).  Then their name changed because the press didn't like that nickname and started calling them the "Yanks" and it stuck in 1913.  Well, I thought that was worth sharing.  That's all I've got, it's Sunday, sue me.

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