More NY History....
There is still a lot to talk about from our last trip into Gotham and what will soon be the torn down Yankee Stadium. Many of the teams have a very rich history that goes back into time, New York being one of the more prominent ones.
The folks at major league baseball have done a great job of setting up histories of teams - so do not forget to look up your favorite team - including the Indians and how they started. You can discover not only player tidbits but also moments in history that affected these clubs as well.
One of the things that I found in monument park was an interesting plaque on the creation of the NY logo that now has become so prevalent on all types of apparel. Here is a piece of an interview that you can read in full about the early Yankees from a Yankee blogger....
In 1909 the team began using what was to become the most highly recognizable symbol in the world when the famous "NY" made it's first appearance on the uniforms. Of every slick, crooked thing "Big Bill" ever did...this has to be at the top of his list of larceny. ...Louis B. Tiffany initially developed the logo in 1877 for a medal that was presented posthumously to Officer John McDowell, the NYPD officer shot in the line of duty. This became the department tradition and was known as the Medal of Valor.
"Big Bill" had to fleece the public one last time before leaving the police department, by misappropriating the very special symbol of bravery that was given to the families of those who died in the line of duty...and never paying a cent for it....It would be interesting to ask Mayor Bloomberg if in fact any royalties have ever been paid to date by George Steinbrenner, or any of the previous team owners, to the great City of New York. What's the world's greatest sports logo actually worth anyway? A few hundred million? More?
I have a couple of pics for this but the little blogger elves went to dinner..... so I will post them as soon as they are done with their break!
The folks at major league baseball have done a great job of setting up histories of teams - so do not forget to look up your favorite team - including the Indians and how they started. You can discover not only player tidbits but also moments in history that affected these clubs as well.
One of the things that I found in monument park was an interesting plaque on the creation of the NY logo that now has become so prevalent on all types of apparel. Here is a piece of an interview that you can read in full about the early Yankees from a Yankee blogger....
In 1909 the team began using what was to become the most highly recognizable symbol in the world when the famous "NY" made it's first appearance on the uniforms. Of every slick, crooked thing "Big Bill" ever did...this has to be at the top of his list of larceny. ...Louis B. Tiffany initially developed the logo in 1877 for a medal that was presented posthumously to Officer John McDowell, the NYPD officer shot in the line of duty. This became the department tradition and was known as the Medal of Valor.
"Big Bill" had to fleece the public one last time before leaving the police department, by misappropriating the very special symbol of bravery that was given to the families of those who died in the line of duty...and never paying a cent for it....It would be interesting to ask Mayor Bloomberg if in fact any royalties have ever been paid to date by George Steinbrenner, or any of the previous team owners, to the great City of New York. What's the world's greatest sports logo actually worth anyway? A few hundred million? More?
I have a couple of pics for this but the little blogger elves went to dinner..... so I will post them as soon as they are done with their break!
posted by Pat Murray at
4:02 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home