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Jackie Robinson's retired number

As Robinson's retired number has been changed (it basically looks the same as the other numbers now, but without pinstripes), the graphic on the page should probably be updated. Thoughts? Brad E. Williams (talk) 14:16, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

Agreed. The current logo on the page reads "2007." Whatever it looks like in Monument Park, it shouid look like on here. Kjscotte34 (talk) 16:07, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

1994 Strike/Comments

Reading the section 1982-1995 era of Mattingly, there are several mentions that 1994 is one of the worst years of New York sports history and I must take exception to that claim. I realize that the comments are sourced, but in 1994 the New York Rangers won the Stanley Cup -- ending a 54 year drought and elating an otherwise very depressed New York City. During the early 90s, the Rangers were very competitive and very popular in town. Furthermore, as the Rangers were going after the cup that year, the NY Knicks were on the brink of winning the NBA finals. While the Rangers won their league's championship, the Knicks fell short at the end. Regardless, the Knicks going on their run at the same time as the Rangers was a very very exciting time, and June was a wild and spectacular month for New York sports for these reasons.

I only mention this because I think to say it was the worst year for NY sports is at the least very misleading (I'd go as far as saying completely wrong). It could have been the worst year for NY Yankees sports history or baseball sports history, but the Rangers winning the championship that year really gave a huge morale boost to the city in a time where happiness was almost non-existent. I propose rephrasing those clauses to clarify those claims because as a life long New Yorker, I know that wasn't true. -Novaprospekt (talk) 02:01, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

I agree. Well put. However, there has been one user who consistently tries to reinsert edits along these lines into the article. Tjrover (talk) 02:43, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

Yankees Suck Image in Criticism Section

This is completely inappropriate for this article and should be deleted. If nothing else, there are no sources, nevermind reliable sources to back up what is said. On that note, do we have these same sections in other articles, or is this a case of someone who's not a fan of the team with an agenda? Oh wait- I should be assuming good faith. Source it, reliably, and not with something from a Red Sox blogger. Kjscotte34 (talk) 11:10, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

It's Wrong to criticize

I completly agree with Kjscotte34 and that is wrong to criticize on one of the articals. Seankuhn (talk) 18:19, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

Most Successful Team in North America

In this article, it states that the Yankees are the most successful professional sports team in North America with 27 World Series titles. However, according to Wikipedia,Club Deportivo Saprissa (A soccer team in Costa Rica) has won 29 titles, making them the most successful team in North America. DanTheMan28 (talk) 21:35, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

Okay, but... it's Costa Rican soccer. I'm not sure what sort of importance we should give that.--Muboshgu (talk) 18:00, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

Costa Rica is not in north america but is located in South America

Seankuhn

Please consult a map, or at least the wiki article.--Muboshgu (talk) 18:07, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

From the standpoint of continents, Costa Rica is in North America. There is no continent of Central America, that's a geographic "region". ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 18:12, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

okay thank you for the help i was trying to figure out how to use wikipedia Seankuhn (talk) 18:21, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

This is not a forum for general discussion of New York Yankees. Any such comments may be deleted or refactored. Please limit discussion to improvement of this article. You may wish to ask factual questions about New York Yankees at the Reference desk, discuss relevant Wikipedia policy at the Village pump, or ask for help at the Help desk Wikipedia —Preceding unsigned comment added by Seankuhn (talk • contribs) 18:22, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

We only remove comments that are forum-based (either "Yankees suck!" or "Yankees rule!") and not relating to the discussion. In this case, which continent Costa Rica is a part of is relevant, and refactoring of legitimate talk page comments is a no no. All talk comments are forever in the public record, except for those that are intended to be destructive. --Muboshgu (talk) 18:28, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

well this is creating a big fightso will you delet this please this is all it is doingSeankuhn (talk) 18:41, 17 July 2010 (UTC) please look at the Please do not bite the newcomers page Seankuhn (talk) 18:45, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

This thread will not be deleted. And you said you'd been here two years on your user page. --Muboshgu (talk) 18:48, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

yes but this the second time i edited something ever Seankuhn (talk) 23:16, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

Nationality of Players

Main page: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Baseball § Nationality of Players

Given the fact that baseball is becoming an increasingly more international sport (i.e., more non-U.S. leagues in existence, more non-U.S. players in the MLB), the roster formatting on Wikipedia should probably be updated to reflect that. If you look at the formatting for other international sports (such as soccer), the player nationalities are indicated using flag icons. I think this would be a beneficial update to each of the major league rosters in the MLB, it would not be too difficult to implement and it would not clutter the information on the page. However, before such change a change is implemented, I thought it would be healthy to achieve at least some form of consensus on the talk page for each team. yuristache (talk) 01:10, July 24, 2010 (UTC)