Table of Contents Page Chapter Chapter Page Meet the Yankees 4 Glory Days 6 Home Turf 12 Dressed for Success 14 We Won 16 Go-To Guys 20 Calling the Shots 24 One Great Day 26 Legend Has It 28 It Really Happened 30 Team Spirit 32 Timeline 34 Fun Facts 36 Talking Baseball 38 Great Debates 40 For the Record 42 Pinpoints 44 Glossary 46 Extra Innings 47 Index 48 ABOUT OUR GLOSSARY In this book there may be several words that you are reading for the first time Some are sports words some are new vocabulary words and some are familiar words that are used in an unusual way All of these words are defined on page 46 Throughout the book sports words appear in bold type Regular vocabulary words appear in bold italic type
Meet the YANKEES S ports teams usually are judged by one thing championships The New York Yankees have more championships than any n any n the sports team in North America From 1923 to 2009 they won the American League AL crown 40 times During that same me period the Yankees captured 27 World Series championships For a team to have this kind of success it must have a winning tradition and a winning attitude Of course it also helps to have great players Sometimes the Yankees get them as teenagers and bring them up through the minor leagues Sometimes the Yankees find them on other teams This book tells the story of the Yankees They play in a city filled with fans who expect them to win every year The e hing Yankees don’t mind the pressure In fact they demand nothing less of themselves The Yankees celebrate a victory during the 2010 season The players and fans begin each year expecting nothing less than a championship 5
