the first time the yankees won the world series was in 1977.
the first time the yankees won the world series was in 1977.
when was the first time the yankees won the world series?
1977
prior to the 1922 world series, players on the world series-winning team were given keepsakes, such as a pin or pocketwatch fob. the first world series ring was given to the members of the new york giants following their victory in the 1922 world series over the new york yankees. when the yankees won the 1923 world series, players were given a commemorative pocketwatch. the yankees first gave rings to their players following the 1927 world series. rings became an annual tradition in the 1930s, as every world series-winning team has given rings to its players since 1932. in past years, players often requested other items in place of rings, including cufflinks and tie clips. frankie crosetti and tommy henrich requested shotguns from the yankees following world series championships. grover cleveland alexander reportedly pawned his 1926 world series ring.
world series ring
bullet::::- in 1964, the new york yankees made the world series for the 15th time in 19 years—but mel allen wasn't there. back in september, before the end of the season, the yankees informed allen that his contract with the team would not be renewed. as been frequently mentioned, in those days, the main announcers for the series participants always called the world series on nbc. although allen was thus technically eligible to call the series, baseball commissioner ford frick honored the yankees' request to have phil rizzuto join the series crew instead. it was the first time allen had missed a world series for which the yankees were eligible since 1943, and only the second world series (not counting those missed during world war ii) that he'd missed since he began calling baseball games in 1938. on december 17, after much media speculation and many letters to the yankees from fans disgruntled at allen's absence from the series, the yankees issued a terse press release announcing allen's firing; he was replaced by joe garagiola. nbc and movietone dropped him soon afterward. to this day, the yankees have never given an explanation for allen's sudden firing, and rumors abounded. depending on the rumor, allen was either homosexual, an alcoholic, a drug addict, or had a nervous breakdown. allen's sexuality was sometimes a target in those more conservative days because he hadn't married (and never did). years later, allen told author curt smith that the yankees had fired him under pressure from the team's longtime sponsor, ballantine beer. according to allen, he was fired as a cost-cutting move by ballantine, which had been experiencing poor sales for years (it would eventually be sold in 1969). smith, in his book "voices of summer", also indicated that the medications allen took in order to maintain his busy schedule may have affected his on-air performance. (stephen borelli, another biographer, has also pointed out that allen's heavy workload didn't allow him time to take care of his health.)
list of world series broadcasters