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Yankees have pretty much dominated baseball..like forever...

DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭
Did anyone else hear the stats the other night? There have been 100+ World Series. The Yankees have been in 40 and won 29!!! Thats almost being in half of the World Series and winning over 1/4 of them...actually almost a 1/3 of them!!!

And some people get excited over being there for two years in a row. In the 50's the Yanks won 5 in a row I believe!

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  • SDSportsFanSDSportsFan Posts: 5,086 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The Yankees have won 26 World Series so far:

    3 in the 1920's: 1923, 1927, 1928
    5 in the 1930's: 1932, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939
    4 in the 1940's: 1941, 1943, 1947, 1949
    6 in the 1950's: 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958
    2 in the 1960's: 1961, 1962
    2 in the 1970's: 1977, 1978
    0 in the 1980's
    3 in the 1990's: 1996, 1998, 1999
    1 in the 2000's: 2000

    They've won 5 in a row once: 1949-53
    They've won 4 in a row once: 1936-39
    They've won 3 in a row once: 1998-2000
    They've won 2 in a row three times: 1927-28, 1961-62, 1977-78

    Additionally, from 1936-1964 (29 seasons), they got to 22 World Series, winning 16 of them.

    Steve
  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks for the accurate stats Steve.

    Not bad Huh!

    Even my Cowboys haven't done that in football. Although the have been in more Super Bowls than any other team (8). They are one behind the Steelers in wins. Only because of a terrible call in the 1979 SB!!!!!!
  • ymareaymarea Posts: 1,576 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Thanks for the accurate stats Steve.

    Not bad Huh!

    Even my Cowboys haven't done that in football. Although the have been in more Super Bowls than any other team (8). They are one behind the Steelers in wins. Only because of a terrible call in the 1979 SB!!!!!! >>



    I assume you are referring to the Benny Barnes pass interference. That bogus call changed the entire game. Yep, I'm still bitter.
    Brett
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  • not in 2004! lol


    best comeback EVER!!!!! i love replaying that series on my VCR
  • baseballfanbaseballfan Posts: 5,450 ✭✭✭
    i miss the 80's!!!
    Fred

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  • I wonder how many titles the yankees would have won WITHOUT Ruth image
  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭
    >> I assume you are referring to the Benny Barnes pass interference. That bogus call changed the entire game. Yep, I'm still bitter. <<<


    YES, that is THE call......and YES I am STILL bitter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭

    As for 2004......the best part is that the BOSOX went on to SWEEP the "REDTURDS" in the series.

    8 wins in a row.............not bad!!
  • WaltWalt Posts: 1,275 ✭✭✭
    They have won 4 in the last 30 years, considering all the money they have spent that sucks.
  • SDSportsFanSDSportsFan Posts: 5,086 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I wonder how many titles the yankees would have won WITHOUT Ruth image >>



    Actually, the Yankees got to 7 World Series with Ruth on the team, winning 4 of them. Here's a rundown of major Yankee players and their World Series W-L records:

    Ruth 4-3
    Gehrig 6-1
    DiMaggio 9-1
    Mantle 7-5
    Berra 10--4
    Jeter 4-2


    Steve
  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Doesn't look like Ruth was the "main" guy to me.

    I'm not even sure Ruth could play in today's game!?
  • softparadesoftparade Posts: 9,267 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>They have won 4 in the last 30 years, considering all the money they have spent that sucks. >>



    The amount of uninformed ignorant comments like this one easily out number the comments from those who do the homework. This ding dong probably thinks the Yankees have spent like they have the last 10 years since 1923.

    Also, its a shame good baseball talk gets mucked up from the infinite clueless who hop in shouting PAYROLL PAYROLL like they have a clue.

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  • WaltWalt Posts: 1,275 ✭✭✭
    since 79 the Yankees have 4 rings and the phillies have 2. what is your point? Money is a big issue, not to you, cause it isn't your money,but if every team in
    baseball had the Yanks payroll, I can assure you the numbers would be different.

    Yanks this century have been awful, one ring when they have had the highest payroll every year? Is Yankee fan still riding the coat tales of Mantle
    and Dimaggio 50 years later?

    LOL
  • SanctionIISanctionII Posts: 11,660 ✭✭✭✭✭
    How many players for the Yankees have had their number retired? I wonder if the number of "retired numbers" is so large that it makes it difficult to come up with numbers to give to current players (or if the numbers available are weird, i.e. 51-99 instead of 1-50).
  • MattyCMattyC Posts: 1,335 ✭✭
    My two cents: the rules are the rules. The Yankees have a loyal fan base, play in a huge market, and have ownership that pours money back onto the field. What is the basis of hating on those factors? It's like foreigners hating the USA because this country is just so rich and big and strong. As Bob Marley said, "It's a foolish dog that barks at a flying bird."

    Bottom line: the Yankees have a great nucleus of homegrown talent on this current team, complemented by free agents any team and its fans would like to have. What they spent this year is fine by them, and they have wound up with, at minimum, the second best campaign of 2009. That is a successful year. Period. Last I checked, there's no official MLB clause that says, "Well, you spent X on payroll, so if you don't have a WS win this year, you failed."

    "Awful this century" is harsh and the century has a long ways to go. Isn't success measured in WS wins, pennants, and division crowns? If it was WS wins only, by that logic every team but one would be "awful."

    I for one think people can ride the "coat tales" (it is COATTAILS) of past wins. There is no difference between hypothetical TEAM A touting a win from one year ago, TEAM B touting a win from six years ago, and TEAM C touting a win from twenty years ago. Once one brings up past performance, ALL PAST PERFORMANCE is fair game to reference. Otherwise anyone can choose any statistical snapshot/sample space to frame any assertion they want. That is why most sports arguments wind up all over the place. Mantle is as valid to reference for the Yankees fan as, say, Brett is to reference for a Royals fan.

    The Phillies payroll last year must have dwarfed Tampa's; does that cheapen Philly's WS victory? Not in my eyes. Until MLB changes its rules to create more fiscal parity, the Yanks are free to do whatever they want, as are the other big market teams. Instead of hating on the Yankees, folks should take it up with MLB.
  • SDSportsFanSDSportsFan Posts: 5,086 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>How many players for the Yankees have had their number retired? I wonder if the number of "retired numbers" is so large that it makes it difficult to come up with numbers to give to current players (or if the numbers available are weird, i.e. 51-99 instead of 1-50). >>



    15 total:

    1 - Billy Martin
    3 - Babe Ruth
    4 - Lou Gehrig
    5 - Joe DiMaggio
    7 - Mickey Mantle
    8 - Bill Dickey & Yogi Berra
    9 - Roger Maris
    10 - Phil Rizzuto
    15 - Thurman Munson
    16 - Whitey Ford
    23 - Don Mattingly
    32 - Elston Howard
    37 - Casey Stengel
    44 - Reggie Jackson
    49 - Ron Guidry

    Additionally, Mariano Rivera is the last major leaguer who will ever wear #42, and it's almost certain that #2 will be retired once Derek Jeter hangs it up.

    Steve
  • softparadesoftparade Posts: 9,267 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>since 79 the Yankees have 4 rings and the phillies have 2. what is your point? Money is a big issue, not to you, cause it isn't your money,but if every team in
    baseball had the Yanks payroll, I can assure you the numbers would be different.

    Yanks this century have been awful, one ring when they have had the highest payroll every year? Is Yankee fan still riding the coat tales of Mantle
    and Dimaggio 50 years later?

    LOL >>



    You are an idiot. Only a idiot would talk about 2000 - 2009 time period as "THIS CENTURY"

    How about stop being a dumb a$$ and do a bit of research. The payroll CRUTCH is a familiar cheap talking point for dopes. I assure you, especially the 1996 team, most of the Yankees Championships came when they did not in fact have the number one payroll by huge margins in which dopes like you like to cry about.

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  • otwcardsotwcards Posts: 5,291 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>How many players for the Yankees have had their number retired? I wonder if the number of "retired numbers" is so large that it makes it difficult to come up with numbers to give to current players (or if the numbers available are weird, i.e. 51-99 instead of 1-50). >>



    15 total:

    1 - Billy Martin
    3 - Babe Ruth
    4 - Lou Gehrig
    5 - Joe DiMaggio
    7 - Mickey Mantle
    8 - Bill Dickey & Yogi Berra
    9 - Roger Maris
    10 - Phil Rizzuto
    15 - Thurman Munson
    16 - Whitey Ford
    23 - Don Mattingly
    32 - Elston Howard
    37 - Casey Stengel
    44 - Reggie Jackson
    49 - Ron Guidry

    Additionally, Mariano Rivera is the last major leaguer who will ever wear #42, and it's almost certain that #2 will be retired once Derek Jeter hangs it up.

    Steve >>



    Also, I would expect the Yankees to retire #51 once Bernie finally announces his retirement. #2 and #42 are givens and considering he still has a bundle of years on his contract, it is not improbable that #13 will also be retired. Sadly, I fear that there is even thought given to #46 for Pettitte. That would be a shame! I gave up on the reitred numbers when they retired #44 for Reggie. That was a joke!
  • softparadesoftparade Posts: 9,267 ✭✭✭✭✭
    In 1977 when the Yanks won it all the Philadelphia Phillies had the highest payroll in the game image
    How is that for a little nugget during this series image

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  • stevekstevek Posts: 27,582 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yankees can't be doing too well financially - I noticed they can't even afford to put their player's names on their uniforms.
  • softparadesoftparade Posts: 9,267 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Yankees can't be doing too well financially - I noticed they can't even afford to put their player's names on their uniforms. >>



    image yeah, and they are wearing the same damn design since the beginning of time. image

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  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Why was Reggie Jackson a joke??? I mean the guy holds records for HR's in WS play....He is Mr. October.

    You Yankee haters sure have a problem with reality!
  • SDSportsFanSDSportsFan Posts: 5,086 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Also, I would expect the Yankees to retire #51 once Bernie finally announces his retirement. #2 and #42 are givens and considering he still has a bundle of years on his contract, it is not improbable that #13 will also be retired. Sadly, I fear that there is even thought given to #46 for Pettitte. That would be a shame! I gave up on the reitred numbers when they retired #44 for Reggie. That was a joke! >>




    I don't know about Bernie Williams. You retire his number, then what about Jorge Posada and Paul O'Neill. Also, if you retire any of these numbers, you'd then really have to retire #6 for Tommy Henrich.

    Just my opinion, but to me, Pettitte seems like the most deserving of the bunch, due to his big-game and post-season exploits. It just seems that when the Yankees needed a big start from their pitcher, Pettite's been the one that came through the most for them.

    It's got to end somewhere though.

    Steve
  • softparadesoftparade Posts: 9,267 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I believe that Mariano Rivera and Derek Jeter should have their numbers retired and nobody else. (Obviously Rivera's 42 is gone anyway)
    As much as I have love O'neill, Bernie, Jorge, and Andy there is no reason to retire any of their numbers. Great careers .... especially Pettitte's 16 Post Season wins and counting, but not number retiring credentials IMO. Perhaps .... Perhaps if Andy pettitte did not bolt to Houston for three years I would think differently about him. Perhaps.....

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  • softparadesoftparade Posts: 9,267 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Why was Reggie Jackson a joke??? I mean the guy holds records for HR's in WS play....He is Mr. October.

    You Yankee haters sure have a problem with reality! >>



    Reggie Jackson's number being retired was a joke. I don't care if he hit 48 home runs in one World Series. He made his mark and I loved him as a kid. Bottom line is that he was really just a very bright ...... very bright flash in the pan in New York. In NO WAY should his number have been RETIRED for crying out loud. RIDICULOUS ...... that was all George looking for a hero during the miserable decade plus to follow that late 70's team.

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  • softparadesoftparade Posts: 9,267 ✭✭✭✭✭
    And to go a step further ....... I have always been on the fence regarding Mattingly's number being retired. Don't get me wrong. I flat out loved the guy. The best Yankee of my teenage youth in every way. But ....... I don't know man. RETIRE his number?

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  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,480 ✭✭✭✭✭

    << since 79 the Yankees have 4 rings and the phillies have 2. what is your point? Money is a big issue, not to you, cause it isn't your money,but if every team in
    baseball had the Yanks payroll, I can assure you the numbers would be different.

    Yanks this century have been awful, one ring when they have had the highest payroll every year? Is Yankee fan still riding the coat tales of Mantle
    and Dimaggio 50 years later?

    LOL >>



    You are an idiot. Only a idiot would talk about 2000 - 2009 time period as "THIS CENTURY"

    How about stop being a dumb a$$ and do a bit of research. The payroll CRUTCH is a familiar cheap talking point for dopes. I assure you, especially the 1996 team, most of the Yankees Championships came when they did not in fact have the number one payroll by huge margins in which dopes like you like to cry about.


    Just ask him how the YUCS are doing in the salary-capped NFL...that ought to keep him quiet, LOL!!


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  • SDSportsFanSDSportsFan Posts: 5,086 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You know what makes the Yankees' 26 World Series championships more amazing?

    The most World Series championships by a National League team is 10 by the Cardinals

    The 2nd-place team in the American League? The Philadelphia/Oakland A's...with 9


    Steve
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