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Joetorreyankee

Joe Torre, Telly Monster, and Baby Bear.

Yankeeslocker

Lockers decorated with Yankees memorabilia.

Scooter-Yankees

Scooter's "YANKEES" pennant

The Muppets comic strip 1982-08-06
Grover yankee stadium

Grover at Yankee Stadium.

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. Elmo appeared at an exhibition game between the New York Yankees and the Yomiuri Giants at the Tokyo Dome on March 28, 2004.

Big Bird appeared at the new Yankee Stadium on May 31, 2019. He also appeared in an online video with manager Aaron Boone, and Alex Cora of the rival Boston Red Sox, released in June 2019.

References[]

  • In Episode 0419 of Sesame Street, Big Bird asks Mr. Hooper for a ball; Mr. Hooper gives him a baseball, and Big Bird comments that he'll be on the Yankees team someday.
  • In Episode 0904 of Sesame Street, Oscar cheerfully sees a story in the newspaper about the "Yanks" losing a game.
  • In Episode 1350 of Sesame Street, Big Bird reads Gordon's newspaper over his shoulders. He's delighted to read the Yankees have a goose on their team, but Gordon points out that's just the player's name (Goose Gossage).
  • In Episode 1614 of Sesame Street Oscar appears to have a conversation over the phone about sports teams, specifically the New York Yuckees vs. the Boston Dirty Sox.
  • The cast watches a Yankees game in Episode 1778 of Sesame Street. Mr. Hooper wears a Yankees cap and they constantly refer to pitcher Goose Gossage.
  • 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."
  • In the August 6, 1982 edition of The Muppets comic strip, Kermit and Fozzie visit New York City. A passing jogger is seen wearing a baseball cap with the Yankees logo.
  • In a Sesame Street insert, a group of city residents try striking up conversations with a group of monsters they recently discover to be nice. One Anything Muppet asks the monsters if they like the Yankees. One replies they prefer the Boston Red Sox. (First: Episode 1208)
  • In a Sesame Street insert, Mookie Wilson and Keith Hernandez of the New York Mets teach Snuffy to hit a ball. He becomes so good, he hits a grand slam and it crashes through the window of George Steinbrenner, then manager of the Yankees.
  • In Sesame Street Episode 3718, Telly Monster yells back to an unseen group of customers in the back of Hooper's Store to check if they want sandwiches. He addresses one customer "You, with the Yankees hat!"

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