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I think we should concentrate on this article first. It's good to work on all Yankee articles, but this should be a top priority I think. It's not too far away from GA-status. Sportskido8 17:43, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

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I was working on the New York Yankees all-time roster before I went away for a little bit and since I returned, some editor has literally added hundreds of red links and not only that most of the players he added have not even played a game with the team. Do we really need those players on the list when, 1. We don't even know if they ever played a game with a team 2. they are not notable and 3. they just make the article look like crap?TheNextOne 00:39, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

• If the players have not played a game in the majors then then are not notable per WP:Baseball guidelines. I'd talk to Fabrictramp and/or post on the WP:Baseball talk page before doing anything too drastic. --Michael Greiner 00:57, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Hey all, I created a new article about the Subway Series rivalry. Check it out and contribute. Thanks! Arnabdas 15:43, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Should the wikiproject pic of A-Rod be changed to Derek Jeter, or Girardi or something else updated? --Yankeesrj12 02:36, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

The article about Andrew Brackman is nominated for AFD. If there is anyone in this project that would be interested in helping find more references and to improve the article, I'd appreciate it as I think that this article should be kept! Thank you!BWH76 (talk) 09:05, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

There are quite a few articles on current roster members that are very basic and in desperate need of work. Many are reference-less although there is an incredible amount of info available on the net. To list only four of these players include:

• Jonathan Albaladejo
• Jeffrey Marquez
• Humberto Sánchez
• Jose Veras

I am surprised to see that even Joba Chamberlain's article needs a lot of work! I'm trying to go through some of these articles, but would appreciate any help in getting each entry for the members of the 40-man roster up to snuff! BWH76 (talk) 13:37, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

As far as shortening the team history on New York Yankees the Joe Torre era is in need of shortening the most. Perhaps making a new page for it and linking from the main one? -Phil5329 (talk) 05:04, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

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Just in case anyone's interested, List of New York Yankees Opening Day starting pitchers is a FL nominee. Any help with the article is greatly appreciated. Thanks! --Mr.crabby (Talk) 03:08, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

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After a 1.5 year hiatus, I see that the New York Yankees article still isn't even GA-class! Anyone want to help clean it up so that we can nominate it for such? --Sportskido8 (talk) 20:06, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Seeing how the Yankees started their franchise as the Baltimore Orioles, and their decades long history of being division rivals, I think we should be able to create a Yankees-Orioles rivalry article. There are plenty of National League rivalry articles but only one for the American. Events to note could include the Yankees start in Baltimore to the Jeffrey Maier incident and beyond such as Mike Mussina and Ken Singleton being apart of the Yankee family. 161.185.151.150 (talk) 20:17, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

I wouldn't exactly call the Yankees and Orioles a rivalry. Wikipedia defines rivalry as an intense competition between athletic teams or athletes, where the pressure of competition is felt by players, coaches, and management, but is perhaps felt strongest by the fans. I'm not sure this was ever the case for these two teams...maybe in 1996...but one year can't define a rivalry. Does anyone even care when Baltimore visits the Yankees any more? --Sportskido8 (talk) 21:22, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

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Thanks. — Headbomb {^ταλκ_{κοντριβς} – WP Physics} 09:29, 15 March, 2009 (UTC)

I've noticed that there are some templates for other teams' starting players through their histories, and it seems to me that the Yankees need those more than, say, the Rays... Template:Tampa Bay Rays center fielders

I've drafted this, but the problem is it's tough to know who played what part of the outfield prior to Earle Combs. They're all listed as "outfielders" back then.

Any help?--Muboshgu (talk) 02:06, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

All of these templates are below. Add or fix anything that's off, if you can. --Muboshgu (talk) 15:54, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

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I've nominated the article for Mariano Rivera for WP:FA consideration. Please feel free to comment or track the article's progress here. Thanks. Y2kcrazyjoker4 (talk) 21:10, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

After doing some extensive work on the article, I've put Derek Jeter up for a second Good Article Review. If you want, you can review the article here. My hope is to make it a featured article in the near future. --Muboshgu (talk) 17:29, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

I created List of New York Yankees coaches and am requesting a peer review prior to nominating it as a featured list. Any help is appreciated. --Muboshgu (talk) 22:14, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

I'm walking home from school, going down Chambers Street having exited Stuy, and what do I find? 5 hours after the parade, the place is absolutely ablaze with confetting, cops, newspapers and most of all Yankee jerseys.

I luv the most how they were blowing all the leaves and stuff down the grates, into the subway. Lovely.

Happy world series guys :) ResMar 16:20, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

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Please contribute to the article depicting the history between the teams. Thanks. 161.185.151.150 (talk) 17:07, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

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