The New York Yankees are my team and my family's team.
I have basically grown up watching them.
They have had some of the best baseball players on the team. From Babe Ruth to Lou Gehrig to Yogi Bear to Mickey Mantle and so much more.
And, in total, they have won 27 World Series! Although, they haven't won any over this past couple of years.
They have the biggest rivalry with Boston Red Sox. These two teams have been rivals ever since The Yankees got Babe Ruth from The Red Sox. It was one of the biggest upsets in baseball.
Ever since then, The Yankees and The Red Sox have not liked each other.
Therefore, I do not like Boston Red Sox either.
I remember my very first Yankee game.
It was against the Baltimore Orioles.
I went with my family and long-time friends of ours. I didn’t know much about them at the time, but I knew one important person on the team named Derek Jeter. I absolutely loved him and still do. I feel like he is always going to be my favorite player in the major league.
Although they didn't win, it was still such a fun game to go to.
I also went to two other Yankee games.
One of them they won, and the other they lost.
So far, I've gone to three Yankee games in total, but my favorite of all three is when we went to the Yankee Stadium game in The Bronx of New York, and they played The Chicago White Sox. I went with my mom, dad and brother. We had an absolute blast.
However, The Yankees, unfortunately, lost that game 14-7.
Like I said, Derek Jeter is my favorite player ever. He was 18 years old when he first started on The Yankees. It was his first and only team. I remember when he had his 2,000 hit. I was sitting in my living room when I watched it.
That was such a great moment in his life, and mine.
He retired about two years ago when he was only 40.
I watched his last hit at Yankee stadium with tears in my eyes. It was such an "ah" moment when the crowd began clapping and yelling at the same time. Absolutely surreal.
He will always be my favorite player of any sports.
George Herman Ruth-Babe Ruth, The Great Bambino - people say he is one of the greatest baseball players to ever live.
And they would be right.
He had 714 home runs, 342 batting average, and 2,873 hits.
He lived a short, wonderful life.
Unfortunately, he died when he was only 53 years old from Esophageal cancer. Even though he died young, he will always be remembered as one of the greatest baseball players ever.
I have loved The Yankees from the very beginning and they will always be my first love.
It is such a fulfilling thing to know that there is something always to talk about at the dinner table with my family.
The New York Yankees will always be a special team to me.
