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New York's Favorite Past Time: Baseball

New York’s Favorite Past Time
"Take me out to the ball game,
Take me out with the crowd.
Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack,
I don't care if I never get back,
Let me root, root, root for the home team,
If they don't win it's a shame.
For it's one, two, three strikes, you're out,
At the old ball game."
New York City is well known for being an attraction for tourists. Whether it is Broadway shows or the Times Square, people are always moving around. New York has also been known for playing the game of baseball. There are two teams that play in New York and they are the New York Mets and the New York Yankees. The New York Yankees have been the most consistent team in history to win the World Series. Since there first World Series Win in 1923, the New York Yankees have won 26 World Series Championships and 39 American League Pennant titles.
The Yankees were actually founded in Baltimore, Maryland in 1901 then called the Baltimore Orioles, and was bought by Frank Farrell and Bill Devery who moved the team to Manhattan. The team was bought for $18,000 and renamed the New York Highlanders because their new stadium “Hilltop Park” occupied one of the highest spots in Manhattan. The Highlanders first game resulted in a loss in Washington, but eventually they recorded their first win which was also in Washington. At their inaugural home game in Hilltop Park, the Highlanders won 6-2 versus Washington. In 1912, the Highlanders’ uniform presented a new look: pinstripes, which would become the most famous uniform design. In 1913, the Highlanders are renamed again, this time as the New York Yankees. The name change was due to playing in the Polo Grounds and the name Highlanders no longer applied. In 1915, the Yankees were bought by Jacob Ruppert and Col. Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston for $1.25 million. The hiring of manager Miller Huggins and general manager Ed Barrow would cause a break between owners and eventually led to Ruppert buying Huston out for $1.5...