Who was the yankee clipper and why was he called that?
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"[Joe] DiMaggio was given the nickname 'Yankee Clipper' by broadcaster Arch McDonald for the gracefulness of his play in the field."
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I believe it was Chet Helms.\n\nSee the links below.
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Doughboys in WW2 they were called Yanks...
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Apparently Johnny Grabowski was the first player to wear that number for the Yankees.  The number is retired for Bill Dickey and Yogi Berra, and has been since '72.
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Joe Jacobs.\n\nMax Schmeling fought Jack Sharkey at Yankee Stadium for the vacant heavyweight title and won the crown via disqualification when Sharkey was disqualified in the fourth round for hitting Schmeling low.\n\nIt is still the only time in history that the heavyweight title was won on a foul. \n\nOn June 21, 1932, in Long Island City, the judges awarded a split-decision and the heavyweight boxing title to Jack Sharkey over Max Schmeling. \n\nSchmeling's manager, the legendary cigar-chomping promoter Joe Jacobs, shouted into the open radio microphone "WE WAS ROBBED!"
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Parcells earned the nickname "The Big Tuna" when he responded to a statement from a player with the incredulous "Who do you think I am? Charlie the Tuna?"\n\nhttp://www2.jsonline.com/packer/arc/13097/opp/patn121.html
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The old American League Washington team was called both the Nationals and the Senators at various times in their history.  Even when they were the Senators, newspaper vernacular referred to them as the "Nats" in their headlines in the same way that the Red Sox are called the Bosox and the Yankees are called the Yanks.  Being an old time baseball traditionalist, I don't mind the Nationals being called that.  In fact, it makes more sense now that they are in the National League.
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Mariano Riveria is wearing it with the Yankees right now.\n\nThey retired the number for Jackie Robinson but anyone who was wearing it at the time was aloud to keep it.
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That's a nickname he got in his native country, Cuba. It was used to indicate that they respected him as a very good pitcher.
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Roosevelt.\n\nyankees.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/nyy/baseball_basics/nyy_basics_batter.jsp
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I always believed that only one miracle was needed: Clipper owner Donald Sterling decides to pay for good players. It seemed for a long time that this would never happen, but suddenly it did with big contracts for Elton Brand, Corey Maggette, and Cuttino Mobley. It's a miracle!!!
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i think it came from the civil war .\nthe union soliders where known Billy Yank \nand the conferate as Johnny Reb (im a little reble)
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Bob Uecker.\n\nexcerpt:  Uecker jokingly identifies himself by the sobriquet of "Mr. Baseball".
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Depends on what you're refering too, the word itself or the teams?  Yes there is more than one team called the Yankees.  Here's what wikipedia.com says:\n\nYankee can mean:\n\nYankee, an American, especially one from New England or more generally from the Northeastern United States. \nSoldiers identified as being from the previous areas: Patriot (American Revolution) during the American Revolutionary War, Union (American Civil War) soldiers during the American Civil War, and United States soldiers in general during the wars of the 20th century. \nA member of one of the following teams in the New York Yankees Major League Baseball organization: \nthe New York Yankees (MLB) \nthe Staten Island Yankees (Single-A Minor League Affiliate of the New York Yankees) \nthe Tampa Yankees (High-A Minor League Affiliate of the New York Yankees) \nthe Gulf Coast Yankees (Rookie League Affiliate of the New York Yankees) \nA New Hampshire magazine, Yankee (magazine). \nA Yankee bond, a United States dollar-denominated sovereign or corporate bond issued by non-U.S. governments and corporations. \nOne of several nuclear power plant nuclear reactors in New England: \nConnecticut Yankee Nuclear Generating Station \nMaine Yankee \nVermont Yankee \nYankee Rowe \nThe Yankee (motorcycle), an American-made motorcycle from the early 1970s. \nThe letter Y in the NATO phonetic alphabet. \nThe Yankee class submarine, the NATO reporting name for several types of Soviet nuclear submarines \nThe 'Y' version of the Aeritalia G.91 fighter aircraft \nA type of bet which tries to pick the winner of four races. \nA kogal
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RED SOX!!! I HATE the Yankees with all of my life. Yankees are little, rich, stuck-up jerks and they just remind of those little snobby rich kids back in school that think that they are the best thing since sliced bread. The Red Sox don't care about anything like that. They are just there to play baseball, win, and be a good team. And when Johnny Damon went as a free agent to the Yankees, he cut his hair just to fit in with the stuck-up freaks. That is why I am a RED SOX fan for life. (but I like the Carolina Hurricanes a lot better)
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The answer is Billy Martin \n\n1983 - American League president Lee MacPhail suspends Yankees manager Billy Martin for the 2nd time this season because of continuing abuse of umpires. Martin is suspended for two games for calling umpire Dale Ford "a stone liar" after a July 31st game with the White Sox. He earned a 3-game suspension earlier this year for kicking dirt on umpire Drew Coble.
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i might say derek jeter