It all started on January 9, 1903. Frank Farrell and Bill Devery purchased the losing Baltimore franchise for 18,000 dollars. According to the New York Yankees Official Website they moved the team to Manhattan and the New York franchise was approved as part of the American League. The team played in a poorly constructed, all-wood park at 168th Street and Broadway. Because the site was one of the highest spots in Manhattan, the club was known as the "Highlanders" and their home field "Hilltop Park." What would soon become the most recognizable logon in sports history, the interlocking "NY" made its first appearance on uniforms in 1909. It was actually create

d in 1877 by Lewis B. Tiffany for a medal that was to be given to the New York Police Department. In 1912 the pinstripes made their debut on the uniforms, creating a recognizable look in sports. Their uniforms have remained relatively untouched since then, and have grown into one of the team's great traditions. In April of 1913 the team was officially renamed the "Yankees", after moving to the Polo Grounds, the home of the New York Giants. On January 3, 1920 the Yankees purchased the contract of Babe Ruth from the Boston Red Sox for 125,000 dollars. According to ESPN a year after the Yankees purchased Babe Ruth they issued a press release to announce the purchase of 10 acres of property in the west Bronx and their intentions on building a new stadium. It would be baseball's first triple-decked structure. With an advertised capacity of 70,000, it would also be the first to be labeled a "stadiu

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