The Yankees -- as we'd been known since 1913, having been the Highlanders their first 10 seasons -- hadn't been a very successful franchise.
We came close to winning the pennant just twice -- finishing 1.5 games back in 1904 and 3 games back in 1906 -- but other than that, we'd been pretty awful. For the first 18 years, the Yankees won 1,316 games and lost 1,357 (with 43 ties).
But then, the Yankees added Babe Ruth, and he was worth 11.8 bWAR in 1920... enough to help the Yankees improve by 15 games, from 80-59 to 95-59. (The Yankees only played 139 games in 1919 due to the flu pandemic.)
We came close to winning our first pennant in 1920. In fact, we had a 1.5 game lead with just 13 games left in the season. But a four-game losing streak followed that high-water mark, which knocked us out of the race over those final two weeks.
I can only imagine the irate calls had WFAN existed in 1920!
(That 1920 race also featured, tragically, the death of Cleveland's Ray Chapman, who was hit by a pitch from New York's Carl Mays on August 16 and died the next day.)
Ruth, of course, put up insane numbers in 1920. He hit .376/.532/.847 (1.379 OPS) with 158 runs, 54 home runs, 135 RBIs, and 150 walks. He led the league in runs, home runs, RBIs, walks, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, extra base hits, times on base... in OPS, bWAR, in oWAR, in runs created, in adjusted batting wins, in championship WPA, in base-out runs added, on and on. For context, his OPS+ was 255. He shattered his own single-season home run record, set the previous year at 29. He out-homered every team in baseball except the Yankees and the Phillies. (Oh, and he pitched in one game and won it, giving up two runs on three hits.) But for all that, the Yankees came up 3 games short.
As amazing as Ruth was in 1920, he would be even better in 1921. And the Yankees would, finally, be league champions.
The Stadium
Yankee Stadium was still just a dream at this point; construction wouldn't begin until May 5, 1922. After abandoning their original home, Hilltop Park, following the 1912 season, the Yankees began to share the Polo Grounds in Upper Manhattan with the New York Giants.
The original Polo Grounds were built for -- no surprise -- polo matches! Opened in 1876 on 110th Street between Fifth Avenue and Sixth Avenue -- across the street from Central Park -- it was soon being used for football and bas
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Thank you,
A Dad.
Martin Freeman, and Andy Serkis.
They also play roles in Lord of the Rings.
I guess that makes them the Tolkien white guys.
'Eye-do'
This is my first post pls don't kill me lol.
The people in the comment section is why I love this subreddit!!
Cred once again my sis wants credit lol
I heard parents named their children lance a lot.
First post please don't kill me
Edit: i went to sleep and now my inbox is dead, thank you kind strangers for the awards!
second hand stores!
it's Hans free now..
Old Neeeeiiiiighvy
A buck-an-ear!
I Thank ye kind Matey for the booty! I be truly overwhelmed! Thank you!
Holy cow! Thank you everyone for the upvotes and awards! I wasn’t expecting this!
He should have a good vowel movement. His next diaper change could spell disaster though.
Making it all the way home and realizing that they forgot one of the containers:
Riceless
Without missing a beat he asks "Daddy, do you know how much room you need to grow Fungi like that?"
I did not know.
So he tells me "as Mushroom as possible!"
So proud.
That was the punchline
Feyonce
He was so brave and even tried to encourage us, the family around him, with his last breaths. He kept whispering to us to Be Positive.
He said, “Change the batteries in your hearing aid”.
So far no one has given me a straight answer.
Alzheimer, Grandma, it's Alzheimer.
You look for the fresh prints!
It’s a dad-ly disease.
Happy Father’s Day to all the dads that get me though my day to day life, without you Dad Jokes wouldn’t mean a thing 😉
Transparent
(sorry it sucks, it's like 2:30 in the morning right now and I haven't slept)
(Edit: holy shit! I wasn't expecting this to get so many upvotes. Also thanks for the awards guys, I really appreciate it!)
Oops, wrong sub.
I'd accidentally left my phone in Airplane mode.
Attire
Our newborn was sleeping on my chest yesterday. She woke up crying. "Woke up on the wrong side of the dad huh?" I said. She stopped crying.... Felt good.
10+10 is twenty and 11+11 is twenty too
She was pretty mad when I only picked seven up
