Sports in the Northeast

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Sports in the Northeast

• By Darick Buhr

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Football and Baseball in the Northeast

• Football
• Jets Giants Bills
• Patriots Eagles
• Baseball
• Yankees Mets Orioles
• Red Sox Phillies

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New York - Football

• The Jets
• Team Colors Green , White
• When they were first founded in 1960, their
  original name was the New York Titans. They
  played at the Polo Grounds, but the NY Giants
  Baseball team played here too.
• Their stadium only lasted 3 years before they
  moved into Shea Stadium. But another NY baseball
  team (The Mets) also played there.
• In 1968, they made a huge upset in the Super Bowl
  over the Colts. They crushed them 16-7.
• In 1998, they won their first ever AFC title by
  going 12-4.

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New York Football

• The Giants
• Team Colors Blue ,White, Red
• In 1933, the Giants lost the famous 1st Sudden
  Death Game, 23-21 to the Chicago Bears.
• In 1934, they got revenge on the Bears by beating
  them in the Championship Game.
• In Super Bowl XXI and XXV, a couple of the Giants
  best players led them to Super Bowl victory.
• In 2012, they beat New England Patriots in the
  Super Bowl.

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New York - Football

• The Bills
• Team colors Red, White, and Blue
• For the first 10 seasons, they played with the
  old AFL league called the Foolish Club
• In 1964 and 1965, the Bills won the AFL
  championship.
• From 1990-1993, they made the Super Bowl every
  year but lost all of them.

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New York - Baseball

• The Yankees
• The Yankees have won 27 World Series in their
  complete history, more than any other team.
• The Yankees and the Dodgers were the fiercest
  rivalry in Major League Baseball at one time. In
  1947, 1949, 1952, and 1953 they faced each other
  in the world series. All of them the Yanks won.
  But in 1955, the dodgers finally won
• .
• The Yanks have 17 total retired numbers. That
  means they had a lot of great players. Plus their
  all-time record is 9670-7361.Good team.

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New York Baseball

• The Mets
• Founded in 1962, the Mets have also gone by the
  Metropolitans and the Amazins.
• In 1964, the Mets moved into Shea Stadium that
  was located in Flushing Meadows which is part of
  New York City. It was demolished in 2009.
• In their first year in 1962 they won only 40
  games and lost 120. Seven years later in 1969
  they won the World Series.

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Massachusetts-Football

• The Patriots
• Team colors Red, Silver, and Blue
• In 1985, the Patriots lost the Super Bowl to the
  Chicago Bears.
• In 2001, 2003, and 2004, the Patriots beat the
  Rams, Panthers, and Eagles in the Super Bowl.

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Massachusetts- Baseball

• Boston Red Sox
• -The Red Soxs name comes from the newly created
  White Sox and the old Cincinnati Red Stockings
  names.
• In 1920, Harry Frazee traded Babe Ruth to the
  Yanks for cash to pay for a Broadway musical he
  was preforming.
• - In 2004, they finally won the World Series
  after not winning since 1918.

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Pennsylvania-Football

• The Eagles
• Team Colors Green, Silver, Black, White
• In 1948 and 1949, the Eagles won the NFL title by
  shutting out both of their opponents.
• In 1960, they won the NFL title again and their
  star player played the whole game except for 2
  minutes.
• In 1980 and 2004, they lost the Super Bowl both
  years.

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Pennsylvania-Baseball

• The Phillies
• The Phillies were once called the Phightin
  Phils.
• From 1887 to 1938, the Phillies played in the
  Baker Bowl.
• In 1961, the Phillies lost Major League record 23
  straight games.
• There fiercest rivalry is against the New York
  Mets.

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Maryland-Baseball

• The Orioles
• Founded in 1901 as the Milwaukee Brewers. One
  year later, they moved to St. Louis and became
  the Browns. They latest in St. Louis until 1953
  before moving to Baltimore.
• From 1960 to 1975, their famous third baseman
  Brooks Robinson won 16 consecutive gold gloves,
  earning him the nickname, The Human Vacuum
  Cleaner.
• In 1966, Frank Robinson, did one of baseball
  toughest feats by winning the triple crown. The
  triple crown is leading the league in home runs,
  runs batted in and batting average.

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