New York Yankees
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The New York Yankees are a professional Baseball team, based in the New York City borough of the Bronx. A member of the Major League Baseball's American League, the club was originally founded in Baltimore, Maryland in 1901, and moved to New York City in 1903 (where they were renamed the Yankees in 1913). From 1923 to 2008 the Yankees played in Yankee Stadium, which was replaced with the new Yankee Stadium in 2009.
In the New York area, their games are available on the Yankees Entertainment and Sports Network.
Yankees players that have appeared with the Muppets include Hideki Matsui and Dave Winfield, as well as former manager Joe Torre.
References
- An older New York Yankees logo appears on the bulletin board in the background of The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence. Shortly after this is seen, it switches to a New York Knicks logo.
- In The Great Muppet Caper, Lady Holiday, reviewing her models before the fashion show, suggests to one of them "try wearing lingerie under the frock instead of the New York Yankees T-Shirt".
- A Muppet Whatnot was avaiable from the Muppet Whatnot Workshop in a baseball outfit which resembles that of the Yankees.
Connections
- Jon Lieber played for the Yankees for the 2004 season.
