The New York Yankees

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Presented By: Emily Jennings Project: 125/31/11

Background information on The New York Yankees

The New York Yankees colors are navy blue and white. They play at their brand new stadium in Bronx, New York. Although currently the Yankees do not have a mascot, back in the day they had one named dandy. The Yankees entered major league baseball in 1901. They are the 27 time world series champions. Although they did not make it to the series final last year they lost to the Texas Rangers who went on to the final round of the series.

Meet the New York Yankees Players First Name Players Last Name Position

Luis Ayala PitcherA.J Burnett PitcherJoba Chamberlin PitcherBartolo Colon PitcherFreddy Garcia PitcherBoone Logan PitcherHector Noesi PitcherIvan Nova PitcherLanoe Pendleton PitcherMariano Rivera PitcherDavid Robertson PitcherCC Sebathia PitcherFrancisco Cervelli CatcherRobinson Cano Second BaseDerek Jeter Short Stop Alex Rodriguez Third BaseMark Teixeira First BaseCurtis Granderson OutfieldBrett Gardner Outfield

Curtis Granderson• HOME RUNS 2007 23 (21st in AL) 2008 22 (24th in AL) 2009 30 (13th in AL) 2010 24 (20th in AL) • SLG 2007 .552 (6th in AL) 2008 .494 (18th in AL) 2010 .468 (23rd in AL) • STOLEN BASES 2007 26 (12th in AL) 2009 20 (21st in AL) • RUNS 2007 122 (3rd in AL) 2008 112 (2nd in AL) 2009 91 (23rd in AL) • AVG 2007 .302 (16th in AL) • HITS 2007 185 (13th in AL)

Born: March 16, 1981 in Blue Island, IL he plays in the outfield and is also a hitter. Curtis throws right but bats lefty. One of the highlights of Curtis Grander son's career was he went 3-for-5 with a home run, four RBIs and two runs scored in a rout of the A's.

Bret Gardner• OBP 2010 .383 (8th in AL) • STOLEN BASES 2009 26 (13th in AL) 2010 47 (3rd in AL) • RUNS 2010 97 (9th in AL)

Bret Gardner was Born 8/24/1983 in Holly Hill, SC. He plays outfield and is also a hitter. He received the Yankees Heart and Soul award along with the American triple A all star.

Mark Teixeira• HOME RUNS 2003 26 (24th in AL) 2004 38 (5th in AL) 2005 43 (4th in AL) 2006 33 (14th in AL) * 2009 39 (1st in AL) 2010 33 (4th in AL) • RUNS BATTED IN 2004 112 (7th in AL) 2005 144 (2nd in AL) 2006 110 (11th in AL) * 2009 122 (1st in AL) 2010 108 (8th in AL) • RUNS 2004 101 (17th in AL) 2005 112 (7th in AL) 2006 99 (17th in AL) 2009 103 (6th in AL) * 2010 113 (1st in AL) • HITS 2005 194 (6th in AL) 2006 177 (16th in AL) 2009 178 (17th in AL) • AVG 2005 .301 (12th in AL)

Mark Teixeira was born 4/11/1980 in Annapolis, MD. He flays first base and is also one of the Yankees strongest hitters. He was first on the team for home runs, RBI, and runs scored.

Players In Action

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