In January of 1903, American League president Ban Johnson, his pince-nez riding precariously on the bridge of his nose, raised a glass to toast his young baseball league, which had just received permission to purchase the Baltimore organization and establish a team in New York City. That marked the genesis of the fabulous Yankee franchise (known in 1903 as the Highlanders) as well as the opening chapter of Frank Graham s "The New York Yankees: An Informal History. "One of fifteen team histories commissioned by G. P. Putnam s Sons in the 1940s and 1950s, "The New York Yankees "traces the most...
In January of 1903, American League president Ban Johnson, his pince-nez riding precariously on the bridge of his nose, raised a glass to toast his yo...
