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| | Florida Marlins won the World Series, shutting down the New York Yankees in their house with a 2-0 in Game 6 on Saturday night that gave the Marlins their second world championship since 1997. The Marlins won the series 4 games to 2.
New York Yankees is a professional baseball club, prominent in Major League Baseball (MLB). The team was formed in 1901 as “Baltimore Orioles”. In 1903, the team moved to New York and were called “Highlanders” there after. In 1913, the franchise got the present name.
“Yankees” is the most successful franchise of Major League Baseball by winning 26 World Series titles – more than any other franchises from four professional sports leagues of North America.
* In the novel “The Girl Who loved Tom Gordon” , Stephen King, the author, describes the team “New York Yankees” thus:
One more professional baseball team, leading as “Boston Red Sox” in Eastern division of American baseball league.
New York Yankees in 2006 season of Major League Baseball. According to the results of regular season, the team occupied 1st place in its division, having won 97 matches of 162 played games. In the first round of play-off, the team met Detroit Tigers and conceded the series 1-3.
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