YANKEES VS. METS, ENJOYING BASEBALL IN NEW YORK

Today, The Grangers & The Grandma have visited the Yankees and the Mets stadiums. They like baseball a lot and they have spent a great day. Before this visit, they have been studying some Engl¡sh grammar. They have revised Should/Shouldn't.

 

Finally, they have continuing reading Oscar Wilde's The Canterville Ghost.

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The Yankees and Mets are the two major league clubs based in New York City.

The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of the Bronx. 

The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division.

They are one of two major league clubs based in New York City, the other being the National League's (NL) New York Mets. 

The Yankees began play in the 1901 season as the Baltimore Orioles (no relation to the modern Baltimore Orioles).

In 1903, Frank Farrell and Bill Devery purchased the franchise after it ceased operations and moved it to New York City, renaming the club the New York Highlanders. The Highlanders were officially renamed the New York Yankees in 1913.

The team is owned by Yankee Global Enterprises, an LLC that is controlled by the family of the late George Steinbrenner, who purchased the team in 1973. Brian Cashman is the team's general manager, and Aaron Boone is the team's field manager. The team's home games were played at the original Yankee Stadium from 1923 to 1973 and from 1976 to 2008.

In 1974 and 1975, the Yankees shared Shea Stadium with the Mets, in addition to the New York Jets and the New York Giants.

In 2009, they moved into a new ballpark of the same name that was constructed adjacent to the previous facility, which was closed and demolished. The team is perennially among the leaders in MLB attendance.

Arguably the most successful professional sports team in the United States, the Yankees have won 19 American League East Division titles, 40 American League pennants, and 27 World Series championships, all of which are MLB records.

The team has won more titles than any other franchise in the four major North American sports leagues, after briefly trailing the NHL's Montreal Canadiens by one or two titles in the 1990s.

The Yankees have had 44 players and 11 managers inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, including Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford, Mariano Rivera, and Derek Jeter, with Rivera and Jeter having the two highest vote percentages of all Hall of Fame members.

According to Forbes, the Yankees are the second-highest valued sports franchise in the United States and the second in the world, with an estimated value of approximately $5 billion. The team has garnered enormous popularity and a dedicated fanbase, as well as widespread enmity from fans of other MLB teams. The team's rivalry with the Boston Red Sox is one of the most well-known rivalries in North American sports.

From 1903 to 2021, the Yankees' overall win-loss record is 10,503-7.

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The New York Mets are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of Queens. 

The Mets compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the National League (NL) East division.

They are one of two major league clubs based in New York City, the other being the American League's (AL) New York Yankees.

One of baseball's first expansion teams, the Mets were founded in 1962 to replace New York's departed NL teams, the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants. The team's colors evoke the blue of the Dodgers and the orange of the Giants.

For the 1962 and 1963 seasons, the Mets played home games at the Polo Grounds in Manhattan before moving to Queens. From 1964 to 2008, the Mets played their home games at Shea Stadium, named after William Shea, the founder of the Continental League, a proposed third major league, the announcement of which prompted their admission as an NL expansion team.

Since 2009, the Mets have played their home games at Citi Field next to the site where Shea Stadium once stood.

In their inaugural season, the Mets posted a record of 40-120, the worst regular-season record since MLB went to a 162-game schedule. The team never finished better than second-to-last in the 1960s until the Miracle Mets beat the Baltimore Orioles in the 1969 World Series, considered one of the biggest upsets in World Series history despite the Mets having won 100 games that season.

The Mets have qualified for the postseason nine times, winning the World Series twice (1969 and 1986) and winning five National League pennants (most recently in 2000 and 2015).

Since 2020, the Mets have been owned by billionaire hedge fund manager Steve Cohen who purchased the team for $2.4 billion.

As of the end of the 2021 season, the team's overall win-loss record is 4,551-4,927.

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Baseball is 90% mental and the other half is physical.

Yogi Berra

ELI BOND-BEAN: YANKEES, A HISTORIC BASEBALL TEAM

The Beans arriving to the Yankee Stadium

Eli Bond-Bean is a Yankees' fan. This is the main reason because the Beans are going to visit the Yankee Stadium today. It ¡s not possible to watch a Yankees match because the season doesn't start until March but The Beans have visited the Stadium. 

The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of the Bronx. The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. 

They are one of two major league clubs based in New York City, the other being the New York Mets of the National League. In the 1901 season, the club began play in the AL as the Baltimore Orioles, no relation to the modern Baltimore Orioles. Frank Farrell and Bill Devery purchased the franchise, which had ceased operations, and moved it to New York City, renaming the club the New York Highlanders. The Highlanders were officially renamed the Yankees in 1913.

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The team is owned by Yankee Global Enterprises, an LLC controlled by the family of the late George Steinbrenner, who purchased the team in 1973. Brian Cashman is the team's general manager. The manager position is currently vacant. 

Babe Ruth, Jimmy Reese Allen Cooke & Bubbles Hart

The team's home games were played at the original Yankee Stadium from 1923 to 1973 and from 1976 to 2008. 

In 2009, they moved into a new ballpark of the same name after the previous facility was closed and demolished. 

The team is perennially among the leaders in MLB attendance; in 2011, the Yankees had the second-highest attendance.

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Located in the Bronx, Yankee Stadium is just over the bridge from Manhattan and is home to the New York Yankees baseball team. The new Yankee Stadium opened on April 2, 2009 and the first pre-season game was played on April 3, 2009 against the Chicago Cubs. 

Yankee Stadium is located across the street from the location of the former Yankee Stadium, which was referred to as The House That Ruth Built. The new stadium incorporated state-of-the-art stadium technology and increased the inventory of high-demand luxury seating.

The Beans are going to visit some things at Yankee Stadium:

Eli Bond-Bean inside the Yankee Stadium

Firstly, Babe Ruth Plaza. Located outside of Yankee Stadium, along 161st Street, Babe Ruth Plaza recounts the life of Babe Ruth, perhaps the most famous Yankee

After, Monument Park. Features interesting display with all the New York Yankees retired uniform numbers, as well as commemorative plaques for important players, managers, and events at Yankee Stadium. Monument Park opens when gates open and closes 45 minutes prior to the start of the game.

Finally, New York Yankees Museum. Located on the Main Level near Gate 6, the New York Yankees Museum features memorabilia, life-size statues and exhibits.

I was born and raised in the Bronx and my grandfather and my brother Garry were huge Yankees fans. One of my first memories is of them listening to a game on the radio and screaming at the radio. My brother would cry when they lost, and when I was really little, I didn't know why he was crying. 

Penny Marshall