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The 2008 New York Yankees season was the 106th season for the New York Yankees franchise. The Yankees hosted the 2008 All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday July 15, 2008. It was the 83rd and last season at the original Yankee Stadium prior to the team's move to a new ballpark (also called " Yankee Stadium ") just north of the current stadium.
The Yankees have consistently been the most attended MLB games. The first 1 million-fan season was in 1920, when more than 1.2 millions fans attended Yankee games at the Polo Grounds. According to Baseball-Reference.com, the 2008 season saw the most fans per game in Yankees history, with an average of 53,000 per game. [11]
The Yankees are members of the American League (AL) East Division in Major League Baseball (MLB). The Yankees have won the World Series 27 times, more than any other MLB team. [1] [2] In baseball, coaches serve as assistants to the manager. In the past, coaches did not serve in specific roles, as noted in the position titles, such as "first ...
Yankees rotation (5) Gerrit Cole, RHP. Carlos Rodon, LHP. Marcus Stroman, RHP. Nestor Cortes, LHP. Clarke Schmidt, RHP. Summary: This could be one of the league’s finer rotations, especially if ...
As of Thursday evening, the Yankees were contemplating 11 or 12 pitchers for ALDS and hadn't shared their Game 1 starters at left field and first base Yankees sort through final roster decisions ...
The 2008 Major League Baseball season began on March 25, 2008, in Tokyo, Japan with the 2007 World Series champion Boston Red Sox defeating the Oakland Athletics at the Tokyo Dome 6–5 (in 10 innings) in the first game of a two-game series, [1] [2] and ended on September 30 with the host Chicago White Sox defeating the Minnesota Twins in a one-game playoff to win the AL Central.
In the Yankees’ nine playoff games, leadoff man Gleyber Torres has reached safely eight times in the first inning, with three walks, three singles and two doubles, with an overall .400 on-base ...
The 2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 79th midseason exhibition between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and the National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was played at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, New York City, home of the New York Yankees, on July 15, 2008, and began at 8:47 p.m ...