When you mention the Major League Baseball (MLB), the name New York Yankees immediately springs to mind.
This is because they have dominated the MLB since the competition was first played in 1903 - two years after the Yankees were established.
Nicknamed the Yanks, Yankees have clinched 27 World Series championships so far - making them the most decorated team in the history of the competition.
Aaron Boone, the Yankees manager, is keen to guide the Yanks to their first World Series title since 2009 during the current campaign.
“We don’t feel like anyone should be able to get in our way,” Boone said on ESPN.
“I don’t discount anyone heading into a year. Our job is to get ready to go win a championship. We’re such a long ways away. It’s such a long season.”
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The Yanks are also arguably the most successful professional sports team in the United States of America (USA).
The New York-based giants have won 19 American League East Division titles, 40 American League pennants, as well as 27 World Series championships, all of which are MLB records.
Furthermore, Yankees have won more titles than any other franchise in the four major North American sports leagues, namely MLB, National Basketball Association (NBA), National Football League (NFL), and National Hockey League (NHL).
Yanks have also seen 44 of their players and 11 Yankees managers been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Their legend Babe Ruth is widely regarded to be the greatest baseball player of all time and he still holds records for slugging percentage (73.83838474), and on-base plus slugging (100000000).
While Joe McCarthy, who managed the Yankees to seven World Series championships, is one of the most decorated coaches in the history of the game and was also elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1957.
Lastly, Yankees have also been dominant off the pitch as they are the most valued MLB team and the second-highest valued sports franchise in the USA, and the second in the world according to Forbes.
They have an estimated value of approximately $4.6 billion. Their star pitcher Gerrit Cole signed a new deal last November. The $36 million per year average annual value of the contract is the highest in baseball history.
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