If the Orioles are to break their losing streak within the next two days, it will have to be at the expense of the American League champion New York Yankees, who come in here tomorrow for a night game and a single test Sunday afternoon.

This is the great edge the two Yankees have going for them.

As roommates, teammates, and home-run mates, Mantle, 29, who broke in with the Yankees ten years ago, and Maris, 26, who came to the Yankees from Kansas City two years ago, have strikingly similar backgrounds.

With this ultimate weapon, the two Yankees may have saved baseball from its dullest season.

Five teams have collected three sacrifice flies in an inning: the Chicago White Sox ( fifth inning, July 1, 1962 against the Cleveland Indians ); the New York Yankees twice ( fourth inning, June 29, 2000 against the Detroit Tigers and third inning, August 19, 2000 against the Anaheim Angels ); the New York Mets ( second inning, June 24, 2005 against the Yankees ); and the Houston Astros ( seventh inning, June 26, 2005 against the Texas Rangers ).

The New York Yankees have the most winning players with 22, followed by the St. Louis Cardinals with 17 winners.

Members of the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers have won the most awards of any franchise ( with 16 ), twice the total of the New York Yankees ( eight ), who have produced the most in the American League.

It is clear things have drastically changed: Gerald has lost his mind, Scarlett's mother is dead, her sisters are sick with typhoid fever, the field slaves left after Emancipation, the Yankees have burned all the cotton and there is no food in the house.

Tal Smith returned to the Astros from the New York Yankees to find a team that needed a lot of work and did not have a lot of money.

Since, they have played in three additional World Series, including a dramatic run in that ended in a Game Seven loss to the Oakland Athletics, a second championship in against the Boston Red Sox that was cited in the Curse of the Bambino, and a Subway Series against their cross-town rivals the New York Yankees in the 2000 World Series which they lost in five games.

Of his nearly quarter century in the Major Leagues, 13 years have been spent with the Red Sox and 6 with the New York Yankees.

Though in different leagues, the Giants historically have had a rivalry with the Yankees, beginning as a regional rivalry before the Giants moved to the West Coast.

The New York Yankees have appeared in all Subway Series games as they have been the only American League team in the city, and have compiled an 11 – 3 record in the fourteen championship Subway Series.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have the second most ( 45 players, 9 managers ) and the Yankees with the third most ( 41 players, 11 managers ).

The Mud Hens have played in the International League since 1965, when the New York Yankees ' AAA club, the Richmond Virginians, transferred there.

Although the Tigers have been the predominant MLB parent of the IL Mud Hens ( 1967 – 73 and since 1987 ), the team has also been affiliated with the Philadelphia Phillies ( 1974 – 75 ), Cleveland Indians ( 1976 – 77 ), Minnesota Twins ( 1978 – 86 ) and the Yankees ( 1965 – 66 ).

However, this would have required the Yankees to play their home games at Shea Stadium in Queens, the regular home of the New York Mets.

Forrest posted ads to join his regiment for " men with good horse and good gun " adding " if you wanna have some fun and to kill some Yankees ".

Jackson currently serves as a special advisor to the Yankees.

* Ichiro Suzuki, Japanese baseball player currently playing for the New York Yankees

He has been with the Yankees ever since, currently calling games on WCBS-AM ( which took over the Yankees radio rights from WABC in 2002 ) and its affiliates in the New York Yankees Radio Network.

In its 1936 World Series cover story about Lou Gehrig and Carl Hubbell, Time magazine depicted the Fall Classic that year between crosstown rivals Giants and Yankees as " a personal struggle between Hubbell and Gehrig ", calling Hubbell "... currently baseball's No. 1 Pitcher and among the half dozen ablest in the game's annals.

They are currently members of the Florida State League and are the Class A-Advanced affiliate of the New York Yankees Major League Baseball team.

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However, it turned out they weren't hired to be anchors, but as errand boys to do the anchors ' bidding, causing the brothers to consider going back to the show, which was currently being hosted by then New York Yankees outfielder Johnny Damon ( a Cheap Seats fan ) and the " Score Settler ," a character from the series, as the apparent new hosts of the show, but the stint was short when the Score Settler reacted furiously after Damon stole one of his lines.

" The complaint alleged that the story's depiction of a present-day homosexual encounter between former Yankees players Virgil Trucks, Rugger Ardizoia, and Eddie Bockman, all of whom are currently in their nineties, was harmful to the Yankees brand and to the reputations of the players depicted.

Bradford Alexander Halsey ( born February 14, 1981 in Houston, Texas ) is currently a pitcher in the New York Yankees organization.

WEPN is expected to bid for the radio rights for either the New York Yankees, currently on WCBS or New York Mets, from their longtime home of WFAN.

John Kevin Maine ( born May 8, 1981 ) is an American professional baseball pitcher who currently plays in the New York Yankees minor league system.

Robinson José Canó Mercedes (; born October 22, 1982 ) is a Dominican baseball player who currently plays as a second baseman for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball.

* Larry Rothschild ( 1971 ) was a pitching coach for the Chicago Cubs and is currently pitching coach for the New York Yankees.

Robert Jose Watson ( born April 10, 1946 in Los Angeles, California ) is a former first baseman for the Houston Astros, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves from -, and currently serves as Major League Baseball's vice president of rules and on-field operations.

Matt's younger brother, Luke, also played for Georgia Tech and is currently in the New York Yankees farm system.

He currently serves as the pitching coach of the New York Yankees.

He currently spends his time signing autographs and baseball memorabilia at autograph shows, and working in a public relations capacity for the Yankees.

His son, Robinson Canó, whom he named after Jackie Robinson, currently is the second baseman for the New York Yankees.

-- The powerful New York Yankees won their 19th world series in a 5-game romp over outclassed Cincinnati, crushing the Reds in a humiliating 13-5 barrage Monday in the loosely played finale.

The first game was played April 20, 1912, with mayor John F. Fitzgerald throwing out the first pitch and Boston defeating the New York Highlanders ( renamed the Yankees the next year ), 7-6 in 11 innings.

The Brewers won the second half of the 1981 season ( divided because of a players ' strike ) and played the Yankees in a playoff mini-series they ultimately lost.

After losing the 1917 Series to the Chicago White Sox ( the White Sox's last World Series win until 2005 ), the Giants played in four straight World Series in the early 1920s, winning the first two over their tenants, the Yankees, then losing to the Yankees in 1923 when Yankee Stadium opened.

The Yankees ' transfer of the Richmond club to Toledo in 1965 restored professional baseball to Toledo ( or to be technical, Maumee-the Hens played their home games in the Toledo suburb until the 2002 opening of Toledo's downtown ballpark, Fifth Third Field ).

The Yankees had played at the Polo Grounds in northern Manhattan since 1913, sharing the venue with the New York Giants.

In, the Yankees won their first American League pennant ( but lost the then-best-of-nine 1921 World Series to the Giants in eight games, all played at the Polo Grounds ).

Baseball teams typically played in 30, 000-seat facilities, but Huston and Ruppert invoked Ruth's name when asked how the Yankees could justify a ballpark with 60, 000 seats.

While Yankee Stadium was being renovated, the Yankees played the 1974 and 1975 seasons in Shea Stadium, sharing the venue with the New York Mets.

This all but sealed the fate of Yankee Stadium, and the Yankees played their final two seasons in the stadium in 2007 and 2008 while the new venue was being built.

He played almost his entire 19-year baseball career ( 1946 – 1965 ) for the New York Yankees.

Joseph Paul " Joe " DiMaggio ( ; November 25, 1914 – March 8, 1999 ), nicknamed " Joltin ' Joe " and " The Yankee Clipper ", was an American Major League Baseball center fielder who played his entire 13-year career for the New York Yankees.

Jackson played for the Kansas City / Oakland Athletics ( 1967 – 1975, 1987 ), Baltimore Orioles ( 1976 ), New York Yankees ( 1977 – 1981 ), and California Angels ( 1982 – 1986 ).

The two teams played a one-game playoff for the division title at Fenway Park, with the Yankees winning 5 – 4.

The Yankees lost that game and Jackson played the remainder of the series, hitting a home run in Game 4.

For example, in 1920, Babe Ruth played his first season for the New York Yankees.

Mickey Charles Mantle ( October 20, 1931 – August 13, 1995 ) was an American baseball center fielder who played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) for the New York Yankees from 1951 to 1968.

Mantle was assigned to the Yankees ' Class-D Independence Yankees of the Kansas – Oklahoma – Missouri League, where he played shortstop.

At the time of his retirement, Mantle was the Yankees all-time leader in games played with 2, 401, which was broken by Derek Jeter on August 29, 2011.

When Mantle played for the Yankees, the distance to the right-field foul pole stood at a mere 296 feet ( 90 m ), with markers in the power alleys of 344 and 407, while the left-field power alley ranged from 402 to 457 feet ( 139 m ) from the plate.