NY GIANTS AND NY YANKEES
 
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You will find many pictures of the Yanks and Giants, there is alot of important stuff.
GIANTS History
It was a clear sunny October day in 1925 when the New York Giants took the field to play the frankford Yellowjackets. The GIANTS lost their home debut by the score of 14-0 to knock their record to 0-3. But more importantly professional football had arrived. Tim Mara purchesed the team for a reported .

The GIANTS struggled financially trough the first decade but menaged to win their 1st title in only their 3rd season, going 11-1-1 in 1927. that was just a taste of what was to come out of this great franchise.

 WHY GIANTS?
Tim Mara decided to call his team the New York GIANTS since they played at the Polo Grounds, the home of the respected New York Baseball Giants, the baseball team got it's name from all the giant buildings that made up New York City. Mara was hoping the name would stike a chord and promote interest in his football club.

WHY THE YANKEES?
When the American League moved the Baltimore Orioles to New York for the 1903 season, the club made its home at 168th Street and Broadway, one of the highest spots in Manhattan. The team would, therefore, be known as the "Highlanders" and their field "Hilltop Park." As early as 1905, however, the name "Yankees" began popping up in newspapers whose editors undoubtedly were searching for a shorter name for their headlines. By the time the franchise moved from decaying Hilltop Park to the Polo Grounds in 1913, it officially changed its name to the by then commonly-used "New York Yankees."
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Yankees were the First to Make Uniform Numbers Permanent
In 1929, the New York Yankees became the first team to make numbers a permanent part of the uniform. Other teams quickly adopted the idea and, by 1932, uniform numbers became standard for all teams. The initial distribution of numbers on the Yankees was made according to the players position in the batting order. Therefore, in 1929, leadoff hitter Earle Combs wore #1, Mark Koenig #2, Babe Ruth #3, Lou Gehrig #4, Bob Meusel #5, Tony Lazzeri #6, Leo Durocher #7, Johnny Grabowski #8, Benny Bengough #9, Bill Dickey #10 (Grabowski, Bengough and Dickey shared the catching duties).


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