Storied franchise....winners beyond compare in
all major professional sports..... but conversely the most hated team too...like
them or not the list of accolades go on and on....The issue for the Yankees is
not WS wins (as it stands now 27)....it’s achieving dynasty status; when a
team is in the largest, richest, media capital of the world one would not
expect less....quality is measured by repeated winning; back to back WS wins three
times....repeat champions three times....three, four, five consecutive wins strings
achieved once....established 1901 in the American League in the guise of the
Baltimore Orioles...two years there and team moved to NYC having side skirted
the efforts of the NL Giants to be NY....Ironically shared the Polo Grounds
with Giants until the advent of Yankee Stadium....Once establishing residency
in the Bronx the franchise flourishes.... Rarely has the franchise fared
poorly; only 4 last place finishes in 115 seasons....The 1972 squad was
somewhere in the middle...a team rebounding from a poor to very mediocre at
best late 60's....The early 1970's introduced Thurman Munson,
a desperately needed backstop and relief in Sparky Lyle... then George Steinbrener came into the
picture....improvement would be soon in the form of new established free
agency....with deep pockets mistakes were easily dismissed...while others suffered
substantially....as for the back side record they remain mostly intact
identical to legends that made them....Don Mattingly has taken over the team’s
mark for hits and doubles as of 1986.....pitching the mark for games and win %
has been overtaken many times over...Ron Giudry’s strikeout mark 248 in 1978
is now the franchise’s top spot....volumes can be and have been spoken about the aggregate.
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