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Hardhitting Yankees outfielder Charlie Keller seemed headed for superstardom after his debut season. Injuries ruined that prospect after several productive seasons.

When Babe Ruth became a Yankee in 1920, the Yankees were sharing the Polo Grounds with the New York Giants. After Ruth changed the game, the Yanks had to change stadiums.

Babe Ruth still holds quite a few hitting records. But as the heroes of the New Dynasty get a little bit older, they are starting to amke their mark on Yankee history.

The New York Yankees have had many great seasons over the years, but their 1998 edition was at least the second best team ever, if not the best.

Having already compromised his starting rotation by starting A.J. Burnett on the road in game 5, Yankees manager Joe Girardi may have backed himself into a corner.

Fans will have to chip in a few more bucks to see the Yankees this season; their last one in the House that Ruth Built.

The Yankees have already landed the two biggest free agent pitchers in baseball. Now, they are setting their sights on the game's most dangerous hitter.

After the Yankees won Game 4 in 1938, Joe McCarthy said, "The best club won. We had everything. We are the greatest ball club ever assembled.

Just having a little bit of fun while trying to figure out just how good or bad the Yankees will be in 2008.

The Yankees are the greatest dynasty in baseball, even in sports overall, but their greatest dominance occurred between 1927 and 1953.

After an unsuccessful 2008, the Yankees spent a fortune on three free agents they hope will put them back in the World Series.

The New York Yankees are looking for a new skipper for the first time in 12 seasons. Who is going to take over for Joe Torre?

The Yankees have lost in the playoffs or World Series every season since 2001. Losing means not winning.

Seven teams have scored over 1,000 runs in a season. Only the 1932 and 1936 teams won the World Series.

The media reported, with great glee, that the worst Yankees' shut out defeat occurred in Detroit, 16-0. They are wrong. It was in Milwaukee on October 7, 1957.

After winning the World Series in 2009 what will the Yankees do this offseason to improve their team?

With a new manager and three promising young pitchers, the Yankees are looking to start a new dynasty in 2008.

Torre's teams finished first as many times as Stengel's, but Torre won 4 fewer pennants because he was defeated in the playoffs, which didn't exist when Stengel managed.

If the Yankees win 18 and lose 6, the Red Sox must go 13-12 to win the Eastern Division title.

The Yankees are once again shelling out huge dollars in the off-season, but are they getting any better? The answer is yes, they are getting much, much better.

The 1961 Yankees won the World Series in five games. Many fans believe that it had been an easy series. Beating the Cincinnati Reds was extremely difficult.

The Yankees had to beat Toronto five consecutive times to win the Division title. They didn't.

A visitor's guide to the Yankee Peddler Festival, an event with art and unique crafts for sale in Canal Fulton, Ohio, for three weekends after Labor Day.

Sports fans have long complained about the need for a salary cap in baseball and threatened to abandon the sport because of big free agent contracts.

DiMaggio, whose work afield was sparkling all afternoon, made a spectacular ninth inning throw to home, cutting off the potential game tying run.

Bobby Cox praised Gary Sheffield in 2003, and Jim Leyland called him one of the ultimate people in baseball this past offseason.

With the New York Yankees almost 14 games out of first place, the Bronx Bomber are staking their season on a middle age, highly paid, seven-time Cy Young Award winner.

Being an ex- teammate of Posada, Jeter, Pettitte, Rivera, and Farnsworth will have no effect., Joe's problem is starting pitching thinner than a young Twiggy.

N.Y. won 103 games this year and then roared to their 27th title. Now, management must make tough personnel decisions if they want to create a new Dynasty in the Bronx.

Henderson played for the Yankees from 1985-1989. He was a fine player, but the Yankees have had many outfielders who had better Yankee careers.

Three of the four starters on the 1949 Yankees' pitching staff, which finished second in league ERA with 3.69, gave up well over 100 walks.

Though costly, the new stadium features many new amenities while also giving tribute to the old nearby park.

The New York Yankees are World Series Champions again, but, controversy swirls after a very interesting season.

Michael Morrissey's newest book, The Pride and the Pressure, examines the highs and lows of being a New York Yankee.

This dynasty, which began with DiMaggio's debut and ended with Gehrig's retirement, was the best team in the world during the darkest days of the Great Depression.

Joe Torre is out as manager of the New York Yankees. Who will replace him?

The Yankees have always been associated with Republicans, but the team has a much better track record when there is a Democrat in the White House.

The dust has finally settled on last nights celebration at Yankee Stadium and the slow realization will follow that the wrecking ball is not far behind.

Yankee Stadium Will Close at the end of the 2008 baseball season. Here are just a few of the memories that it leaves behind.

The Yanks announced Feb. 26 that Yuri Sucart - Alex Rodriguez's cousin suspected of injecting the star with steroids - is no longer welcome at team facilities and hotels.

The Yankees open up a three game series in Boston tonight that is important, but barring a miracle or two, both the Yankees and the Red Sox will be in the playoffs.

The 1959 Yankees and the 2007 team had pitching staffs that could have great -- or that could have cost them the pennant.

The American League Championship Series begins tonight as the New York Yankees look to get past the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, a team that has been their nemesis.

The New York Yankees won their 27th World Series Championship and their first in nine years last night by closing out the defending Champion Phillies in six games.

In 1954, the World Champions overwhelmed a team that would finish 42 games out of first. In 2008, the struggling Yanks annihilated the team that won the 2007 Series.

Despite a sluggish economy the New York Yankees committed $441 million in off-season contracts. This was a win and a loss for Major League Baseball and its teams.

They have hit a lot of home runs over the years. But here, for your reading pleasure, are the ten greatest home runs ever hit by the New York Yankees.

The Yankees enhanced their pitching staff by signing free agents CC Sabathia and A.J. Burnett but their offense is stale and their defense is lacking

The four consecutive losses to Boston in 2004 are the most well-known, but the Yankees lost four straight to the Browns in 1944 that finished their season.

Lou Gehrig hit .361, slugged .731, and hit 10 home runs in 35 World Series games. The Yankees won 6 of those 7 World Series.