Based in New York City, New York - the Yankees are a professional baseball team that wants established in 1901. The team was originally founded in Baltimore, Maryland but in 1903 the team moved to New York and became the New York Highlanders which are also known as the New York Yankees. Ever since 1969 the team has been part of the Eastern division; their current ballpark is the Yankee Stadium. The team owner is George Steinbrenner, the manager is Joe Girardi and the general manager is Brian Cashman.

Important moment and accomplishments

The New York Yankees is one of those teams that has jaw-dropping accomplishments because of their numerous titles in the major leagues; let's start by Saying that they have earned 15 division titles spanning from 1976 All the way to 2006; they have also been American league Pennants in 39 different occasions spanning from 1921 All the way to 2003. To top it all off they have an amazing number of World Series titles, they go back to the 1923 World Series and all the way through the year 2000 when they were able to overcome the New York Mets.

Pitchers in the current roster

-- Mike Mussina

-- Carl Pavano

-- Darryl Rasner

-- Sydney Ponson

-- Andy Pettitte

-- Mariano Rivera (closer)

New York Yankees recent news

Good news for the Yankees and Yankees fans as Mike Mussina seems to be in top condition and ready to take out as many batters as possible, he orchestrated the recent game against the Rays and in conjunction with Xavier Nady, Alex Rodriguez and the rest of the team the Yankees were able beat the Rays by a score of 7 to 2.

The team seems to be as strong as ever which is good news for the fans who are always looking for great game when it comes to the Yankees.