#yankees

I just wanted to go play in the big leagues. But possibly playing for the Yankees is very special. ↗

— Nick Johnson

#big leagues #go #i #just #leagues

I was happy that I was drafted, and then it was the Yankees and that just made it even better. ↗

— Nick Johnson

#drafted #even #happy #i #just

Hating the Yankees is as American as pizza pie, unwed mothers, and cheating on your income tax. ↗

— Mike Royko

#cheating #hating #income #income tax #mothers

In L.A., wives can fly on the plane; with the Yankees, they can't. With other teams, the wives always have functions to bring them together. Not here. You don't know what half the wives look like. ↗

— Gary Sheffield

#bring #fly #functions #half #here

We plan absentee ownership as far as running the Yankees is concerned. ↗

— George Steinbrenner

#as far as #concerned #far #ownership #plan

The Yankees don't pay me to win every day, just two out of three. ↗

— Casey Stengel

#every #every day #just #me #out

... there’s almost nothing worse than spending an entire day anticipating watching a Yankees vs. Red Sox game, only to have the score be 9-0 in the third inning. ↗

— Tucker Elliot

#boston-red-sox #new-york-yankees #baseball

[Yankees] are pretty much like southerners except with worse manners, of course, and terrible accents. ↗

— Margaret Mitchell

#rhett-butler-to-scarlett #southerners #yankees #humor

I loved the opportunity to play for the Yankees, too. ↗

— Bert Campaneris

#loved #opportunity #play #too #yankees

Yankee Stadium, and the Yankees are so famous for Mickey Mantle, Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig, all of those guys. ↗

— Bert Campaneris

#famous #gehrig #guys #joe #joe dimaggio