1. New York Yankees The greatest baseball team in the MLB Presented by: Alex Madore Project #12: My Favorite Sports Team. 12/20/10

2. Background information on the New York Yankees The team colors are blue and white. Their stadium is located in the Bronx, NY and it called Yankee Stadium. The Yankees had a mascot from 1979 to 1981 named Dandy, but he was a short-lived. The team has been in existence for 109 years. Their record from last season is 95-67.

3. Meet the New York Yankees LastFirstPosition JeterDerekSS RodriguezAlex3B CanoRobinson2B SwisherNickOF PosadaJorgeC GardnerBrettOF GrandersonCurtisOF

4. Derek Jeter Avg:.270 Home Runs: 10 RBI: 67 Runs: 111 Age: 36 Position: Shortstop 11× All-Star selection (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010) 5× World Series champion (1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2009) 5× Gold Glove Award winner (2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010) 4× Silver Slugger Award winner (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) 2× AL Hank Aaron Award winner (2006, 2009) 1996 AL Rookie of the Year Award 2000 All-Star Game MVP Award 2000 World Series MVP Award 2000 Babe Ruth Award 2009 Roberto Clemente Award 2009 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year Sports Illustrated MLB All-Decade Team (2009) New York Yankees team captain (2003–present) New York Yankees career hits record (2,926)

5. Alex Rodriguez Avg:.270 Home Runs: 30 RBI: 125 Runs: 74 Position: 3B 13× All-Star selection (1996–1998, 2000–2008, 2010) 10× Silver Slugger Award winner (1996, 1998–2003, 2005, 2007, 2008) 4× AL Hank Aaron Award winner (2001–2003, 2007) 3× AL MVP (2003, 2005, 2007) 2× Gold Glove Award winner (2002, 2003) World Series champion (2009)

6. Robinson Cano Avg:.319 HR: 29 RBI: 109 Runs: 103 Position: 2B Age: 28 2× All-Star selection (2006, 2010) 2× Silver Slugger Award winner (2006, 2010) Gold Glove Award winner (2010) 2× American League Player of the Month (September 2006, April 2010} World Series champion (2009)

7. Players in Action Brett Gardner Nick Swisher Derek Jeter Jorge Posada Curtis Granderson