Yankee Dynasty

I recently wrote a paper for my sports management class about the New York Yankee dynasty of the late 90s. Here is an excerpt from my paper:

The New York Yankees are the most noticeable and most successful franchise in professional sports history. They have won 26 World Series championships and 39 American League Pennants. The Yankees have had some of the greatest teams in Major League Baseball history in 1927, 1961, and 1998. Many of their championships came in bunches. They won four in a row and six out of eight from 1936-1943. They are the only team to win five in a row which they did from 1949-1953. They also won three in a row and four out of five from 1996-2000.

These long strings of championships are better known as dynasties. The word dynasty is defined as a sequence of rulers from the same family, stock or group and that is exactly what these Yankee teams were. They dominated. A specific dynasty that I would like to focus on would be one that I was fortunate enough to witness with my own eyes. From 1996-2000 the Yankees won four World Series championships including three in a row from 1998-2000.

From 1996-2000 there were many constants on the New York Yankees. It started with the manager, the captain of the ship, Joe Torre. The man no one believed in when he was signed before the 1996 season is now the proud owner of four World Series rings. On the mound it was David Cone, Andy Pettitte, and Mariano Rivera who were there for all four championship runs. Tino Martinez, Derek Jeter, Paul O’Niell, and Bernie Williams were also members of all four championship teams. Other key contributors included; Scott Brosius, Chuck Knoblauch, Joe Girardi, Jim Leyritz, Jorge Posada, Chad Curtis, Wade Boggs, Luis Soho, Luis Vizcaino, David Justice, Mike Stanton, Jeff Nelson, David Wells, Roger Clemens, Orlando Hernandez, and the list goes on. Being able to witness such teams is something that I will never forget. There were so many great baseball teams throughout the history of the game, but the New York Yankees of the late 90s will always be remembered and cherished in my heart.