Interesting Snapshot Photos of first "Yankees" Game

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Posted By: Dan Bretta

Thanks for the info Barry. I think back in those days it was the newspapers and fans who determined the nickname of their beloved teams. The New York team as a legal entity I'm sure was "The New York Americans". I wonder who first started calling them the Yankees?

My Nebraska Cornhuskers were once the Bugeaters, Old Gold Antelopes, Rattlesnake Boys, and a few other obscure names. It wasn't until 1900 when a newspaper man named Cy Sherman would refer to them as "Cornhuskers" and that became the norm. Officially they are no longer the Cornhuskers as a few years ago they became just the "Huskers", but I'm not sure too many outside of Nebraska know that......or care, but I digress.