Editing New York Yankees

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|name = New York Yankees
|image = [[File:New York Yankees merchandise.png|250px]]
|caption = {{Ch|Denis Leary}} with New York Yankees merchandise.
|sport = [[Baseball]]
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|members = See [[#Notable players|Notable players]]
|appearance = "[[Homer at the Bat]]"
|mentioned = "[[Bart Gets Hit by a Car]]"
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The '''New York Yankees''' are a current {{W|Major League Baseball}} (MLB) team in the Bronx, [[New York]].

== History ==
The [[Devil]] was off in his calculation of the next time the Yankees would have won the American League pennant: not "a century from now", but 1996, one of their twenty-seven World Series championship teams.<ref>"[[Bart Gets Hit by a Car]]"</ref>

{{Ch|Don Mattingly}} was once forced by [[Charles Montgomery Burns]] to cut is sideburns, when Mattingly was playing for the [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant]]'s company softball team. Once Burns walked away, Mattingly mutters "I still like him better than [[George Steinbrenner|Steinbrenner]]".<ref>"[[Homer at the Bat]]"</ref>

After taking, Burns' address book, [[Homer]] called the New York Yankees and told them how to bunt.<ref>"[[The Mansion Family]]"</ref>

[[Joe Torre]] and [[Joe DiMaggio]] in their New York Yankees uniforms were seen in a ''[[Jock Center]]'' commercial.<ref>"[[Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass]]"</ref>

[[Jock Squawk]] once called {{Ch|Lou Gehrig}} a crybaby.<ref>"[[Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play]]"</ref>

[[File:New York Yankees (Cap).png|thumb|The New York Yankees cap logo.]]
[[King Kong]] once wore a New York Yankees hat, posing for photos on top of the Empire State Building.<ref>"[[Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Three Times]]"</ref>

In the 1943 World Series [[Tommy Henrich]] hit a ball to [[Joe LaBoot]] but LaBoot missed the catch.<ref>"[[The Boys of Bummer]]"</ref>

[[Bart]] once used {{Ch|Denis Leary}}'s cell phone to order a New York Yankees hat and [[Derek Jeter]] jersey, much to Leary's annoyance, as he is a big [[Boston Red Sox]] fan.<ref>"[[Lost Verizon]]"</ref>

Homer once admitted "America is the New York Yankees of countries. Powerful and respected until the year 2000".<ref>"[[The Good, the Sad, and the Drugly]]"</ref>

[[Marge]] once said "Do the Yankees hoard pennants?" to [[Lisa]], after Lisa questioned her recent hoarding.<ref>"[[A Midsummer's Nice Dreams]]"</ref>

Lisa also said "You know, symbols can often rile people up - the swastika, the New York Yankees logo".<ref>"[[Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson]]"</ref>

== Notable players ==
*{{Ch|Wade Boggs}} (1993–1997)
*{{Ch|Roger Clemens}} (1999–2003, 2007)
*{{Ch|José Canseco}} (2000)
*[[Joe DiMaggio]] (1936–1951)
*[[Whitey Ford]] (1950–1967)
*[[Tommy Henrich]] (1937–1942, 1946–1950)
*[[Steve Howe]] (1991–1996)
*[[Mickey Mantle]] (1951–1968)
*[[Reggie Jackson]] (1977–1981)[[File:Jeter poster.png|thumb|250px|Current New York Yankee player and captain, Derek Jeter.]]
*[[Derek Jeter]] (1996-)
*[[Randy Johnson]] (2005–2006)
*{{Ch|Don Mattingly}} (1982–1995)
*{{Ch|Babe Ruth}} (1921–1933)
*{{Ch|Steve Sax}} (1989–1991)
*{{Ch|Darryl Strawberry}} (1995–1999)

== Notable staff ==
*[[George Steinbrenner]] (owner from 1973–2007)
*[[Joe Torre]] (manager from 1996–2007)

== Behind the Laughter ==
The {{W|New York Yankees}} are a baseball team that has been in the American League since their creation in 1903. The Yankees were originally the Baltimore Orioles and later the New York Highlanders. Since their change to the current name, the New York Yankees, they have won twenty-seven World Series championships and forty American League pennants, which is the most in Major League Baseball history. The next team, the St. Louis Cardinals, only have eleven World Series championships.

[[Homer Simpson|Dancin' Homer]]'s farewell speech to the fans, ''"I consider myself the luckiest mascot on the face of the earth"'', is a reference to {{W|Lou Gehrig}}'s farewell speech to the fans on July 4, 1939.<ref>"[[Dancin' Homer]]"</ref>

Mr. Burns forcing Mattingly to cut his sideburns is a reference to former aggressive Yankees owner, [[George Steinbrenner]]'s "no facial hair or hair longer than your neck" rule. Coincidentally, a year before, Mattingly was forced in real life to cut his long hair.<ref>{{cite news|title=Truth Mirrors 'Simpsons' Fiction|accessdate=2008-07-07|date=1992-02-23|publisher=Chicago Tribune|page=3}}</ref> 

At the time "[[Homer at the Bat]]" was recorded, only Steve Sax and Don Mattingly had played for the New York Yankees. However, four of the other players would later play for the Yankees (Boggs, Clemens, Canseco, and Strawberry).

[[Denis Leary]] is a big Boston Red Sox fan, both in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and in real life. This represents the {{W|Yankees–Red Sox rivalry|rivalry between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees}}.

== Appearances ==
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*{{ep|Bart Gets Hit by a Car|(mentioned)}}
*{{ep|Homer at the Bat}}
*{{ep|The Mansion Family|(mentioned)}}
*{{ep|Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass}}
*{{ep|Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play|(mentioned)}}
*{{ep|Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Three Times}}
*{{ep|The Boys of Bummer|(mentioned)}}
*{{ep|Lost Verizon}}
*{{ep|The Good, the Sad, and the Drugly|(mentioned)}}
*{{ep|A Midsummer's Nice Dreams|(mentioned)}}
*{{ep|Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson|(mentioned)}}
*{{ep|Moonshine River|(mentioned)}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XXV|(name seen)}}
*{{ep|'Tis the 30th Season|(mentioned)}}
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== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
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