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

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.

Why teams like The Yankees with large payrolls are consistent winners in major league baseball.

It is unusual for the visiting team to win the seventh game of the World Series, but it happened every time from 1955-1958.

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

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.

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

Lou Gehrig was the MVP and Joe DiMaggio was the majors' top rookie, yet the possibility of a pay cut for Gehrig was not considered a ridiculous possibility.

Joe DiMaggio was a great defensive outfielder, but even the best have bad moments.

The NL had Jackie Robinson, Campanella, Newcombe, Mays, Aaron, Banks, Frank Robinson, and Maury Wills. In 1963, the American League had Elston Howard.

If today's playoff structure were used in 1978, the differences would have been beyond radical.

When he was hired to manage the Yankees in 1996, no one could have predicted that Joe Torre would enjoy such longevity and success as skipper of the Bronx Zoo.

Pitching wins championships. From Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy, known as Connie Mack, to the modern era of Joe Torre, good pitching will usually stop good hitting.

Spud Chandler won 71.7% of his decisions, which is the highest winning percentage of any pitcher with at least 100 victories. He never had a losing season.

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.

Reeling from the previous year's strike that cancelled the World Series, baseball bounced back with a new round of playoffs that gave the game a classic series.

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.

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.

Losing to the Padres pleased the Dodgers because "...they protected their precious pitching staff today." "The game appeared to be anticlimactic...."

The Yankees hope to make the team a little better than last year by switching Kenney and Murcer to new positions.

The Yankees and Red Sox have had some of the most memorable regular season series in baseball history. Here are a few of the best in the first 100 years of the rivalry.

The 1961 Yankees were one of the best of all teams, but the 1962 Yankees are a forgotten World Championship team that didn't approach its previous season statististically

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.

A shortstop who hit .206 received one less first place vote than Triple Crown Winner Ted Williams in the 1947 MVP voting.

The Yankee starters were superb in this weekend's series against the Kansas City Royal. Unfortunately, the Yankee bullpen could not hold the lead in the final game.

On August 2, 2009, thirty years will have passed since the tragic death of one of baseball's most beloved players, Yankees catcher Thurman Munson.

Without his Game 3 home run, the Yankees would have been down, three games to none. No team has ever come back from a 3-0 deficit in games to win the World Series.

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.

Derek Jeter and Mariano spoke with Hawkins and LaTroy exchanged number 21 for number 22, but that number has a more illustrious history than number 21.

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 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.

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.

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.

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

Amid all of the gossip surrounding Alex Rodriguez's personal life and playing tactics, the third baseman leads the Yankees to a series victory over the Boston Red Sox.

A simple explanation fo the "Magic Number", using examples.

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.

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

The Yankees may arguably have the best starting rotation this season. They also have one of the best lineups. But, the success of the team will depend on team unity.

For ten straight years the World Series was played in New York City, usually between two New York teams. DiMaggio, Robinson, Mays and Mantle were among the heroes.

It hurts me to get on people. I don't like to get on people, because I don't want them to get on me." Bernie Williams

The Brooklyn Dodgers of the 1950s produce images of great power hitting teams. That was not the case in 1908, when they were called the Superbas.

Frank Robinson won two MVP awards, a Triple Crown, and became the game's first African-American manager in 1975.

Matt Holliday, Jason Bay and John Lackey are the three players that will look to get the largest contracts this offseason.

Since 1995, baseball attendance has soared thanks to Arena Baseball, the game fans love to go to see because it's so offensive.

Red Sox pitcher Luis Tiant was arguably the best right-hander in the American League during the 70s. For fans at Fenway who remember the 1978 season he's a legend.

Amid a steroid issue, hip surgery, and an accusatory book about him, Alex Rodriguez has returned to the Yankees lineup with a vengeance.

The Yankees-Red Sox rivalry heated up of the field long before the two teams became bitter enemies between the lines. When Harry Frazee sold Babe Ruth, a Curse Was Born.

If Ted had one more hit or one less at bat, he would have become the first player to win the Triple Crown three times. Since 1901, only he and Hornsby have won it twice.

A powerful combination of hitters and pitchers gave New York a record number of wins and a World Series sweep in 1927. Many still consider them the best team ever.