As a result of popular demand, for your reading and wondering pleasure, here come the Yankees in quiz form from the professor of Bronx Bomber content. No peeking at the answers. Take the quiz first. Five correct answers makes you an “All Star.” Lower than that read some of my
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ULTIMATE YANKEE QUIZ
REMEMBERING ELSTON HOWARD
“A man of great gentleness and dignity” –on his Plaque in Monument Park “He deserves credit and where would I be without him? Phew! He can give me a job in the outfield and he can catch, too. Good kid, too. He's good.”—Casey Stengel With all the newspaper headlines today documenting angst
RED BARBER
YANKEE MONIKERS & NICKNAMES
Summer of ’41: Joe DiMaggio’s Epic 56-Game Hitting Streak
The Rivalry: Yanks vs Red Sox
How Murderers’ Row Shaped Baseball
When Yankee owner Colonel Ruppert's "Rough Riders," as some called them in the late 1920s, were not going head to head against their American League competition, they were playing exhibition games in Buffalo, Omaha, Rochester, Columbus, Dayton, Indianapolis... Everyone in the little cities and small towns wanted to catch a glimpse