With the best record in baseball through the 1st half of the season, the defending champion New York Yankees look to be in prime position to make a run at their 2nd World Series Championship in as many years.
On the streets there are rumblings of the return of the, “Dynasty.”
Years 1996 – 2000 hold a special place for every Yankee fan. To this day, I can remember the entire starting line up of the ’96 Yankees, but I can’t do multiplication to save my life.
I am sure many Yankee fans are the same way. To fans like us, baseball is more important than math. After all, the scoreboard tells us all we need to know. And to date, we only need to be able to count to 27 (well, 28 by then end of this year).
I only had two requirements for this list:
1) The players must be retired, and
2) They must have been members on 3 out of the 4 Championship teams.
Here are 5 players most adored by Yankee fans: