New York Yankees The greatest baseball team in the MLB Presented by: Alex Madore Project #12: My Favorite Sports Team. 12/20/10
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
Meet the New York Yankees LastFirstPosition JeterDerekSS RodriguezAlex3B CanoRobinson2B SwisherNickOF PosadaJorgeC GardnerBrettOF GrandersonCurtisOF
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)
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)
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)
Players in Action Brett Gardner Nick Swisher Derek Jeter Jorge Posada Curtis Granderson