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US I
 Home: New York, NY
 Largest Market in sports
 Division: American League
East
 27 World Championships
 Most valuable franchise in
MLB according to Forbes
 2nd highest payroll in
baseball: frequently
exceeds $200 million
($203+ million this year)
 8th season as Yanks manager
 Very accomplished major league
player
 Won multiple championships as
a player
 2006 National League Manager
of the Year (Florida Marlins)
 Known throughout baseball as
very intelligent; can’t miss as a
manager
 His smarts have also generated
criticism- he’s been accused at
times of “over-managing”
 Some have also criticized his
ability to relate to his players
 The Yankees have a certain
“it” factor
 Yankee history speaks for
itself (39 Hall of Famers,
etc.)
 “Corporate” perception
 No long hair, no facial hair,
dress codes, lots of rules,
etc.
 Players must conform to the
“Yankee Way”
 Home: Tampa, FL
 Small market franchise
 Division: American League
East
 Traditionally they have been
awful
 Very limited resources (both
physical and financial)
 30th most valuable franchise
(out of 30)
 28th highest payroll (out of
30): $77+ million
 Worked in the Angels
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organization for 31 years!
Never made it to the majors
as a player
Won the 2002 World Series as
an asst. coach
Took the top job with the
Rays- thought to be a deadend job
Known throughout baseball
as an excellent teacherespecially with young players
Very quirky- uses crazy
strategies and motivational
tools
 The Rays have always
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searched for their own
identity- it hasn’t been easy!
Not much history (1 Hall of
Famer)
Their stadium has been
unfavorably compared to a
urinal
Sabrmetric principles- run
prevention
Players have free reign to be
individuals
Awesome team building:
themed road trips and
interesting special guests
Rays
Yankees
 Small
 Everything is BIG
 Unknown
 Famous- “Evil Empire”
 No history
 Rich History
 Lesser-Known Manager
 Well-Known Manager
 Fun to watch
 Aggressive
 Hungry
 EXCELLENT on defense
 They WANT to win
 Nothing to lose
 Can be a little boring
 Passive
 Satisfied
 They are supposed to win
 Deal with constant pressure
Yanks
Rays
 1901-present
 1998-present
 Games- 17,496
 Games- 2,752
 Wins- 9,913
 Wins- 1,272
 Losses- 7,495
 Losses- 1,480
 Win %- .569 (best in
 Win %- .462 (worst in
history)
history)
Rays since 2008
Yanks since 2008
 627-508 (.552)
 648-486 (.571)
 2 division championships
 3 division championships
 4 playoff appearances
 4 playoff appearances
 1 league championship
 1 league championship
 1 World Series appearance
 1 World Series
 Wins against Yanks- 68
 Wins against Rays- 66
(lost)
championship
Tampa Bay Rays
New York Yankees
Some of this….
….And some of that
 The Intolerable Acts are a
massive threat to all of the
colonies
 Colonial leaders feel the
need to establish some sort
of defense for MA
 Committees of
Correspondence call for a
“Continental Congress”
 Delegates from 12 out of 13
colonies come to
Philadelphia in September
of 1774
 1) Reject plan for colonial
union under England
 2) Come up with
Declaration of Grievances
 3) Make military
preparations for MA
 4) Agree to a series of
boycotts, enforced by the
Continental Association
 5) Agree to meet again in
the spring of 1775
 Farmers and
townspeople were
encouraged to gather
weapons and ammo
 Start to train as
“Minutemen”
 Not any type of
massive army
 Only supposed to
respond to British
aggression
 British Commander in Boston
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is General Thomas Gage
Believed his army was to
small to be an effective
invading force
Essentially a really formal
police force
He receives orders from
Parliament to arrest both
Samuel Adams and John
Hancock
They are believed to be
hiding out in Lexington, MA
He is also told that there is a
stash of weapons in Concord,
MA
 Gage wants to avoid as much trouble and bloodshed as
possible- this would limit the amount of soldiers he may lose
(and hopefully avoid angering the colonists)
 Decides to send 1,000 troops out of Boston on the evening of
April 18th, 1775
 This is where the committees of correspondence come into
play
 The Midnight Riders
 Paul Revere, William
Dawes, and Samuel
Prescott
 “The Regulars are
coming”
 Revere and Prescott are
both apprehended;
Dawes makes it to the
countryside and back
 When the British arrive at
Lexington there are roughly
70 minutemen waiting for
them
 Quick fight, nothing that
seems real significant, but
this will ultimately be the
first battle of the Revolution
 British will then march to
Concord, but they don’t find
any weapons of significance
 Set fire to the town, but
waste a lot of time in doing
so
 Minutemen have lined the
roadways all the way back
to Boston
 They will use guerilla
warfare tactics on the British
 Chase British all the way
back to Boston
 Lexington was basically a
trap to set up the events at
Concord
 Meet again 3 weeks after Lexington and Concord
 Kind of split in terms of emotions- you have an extreme side
(Sam Adams, John Adams) and a conservative side (John
Dickinson)
 Olive Branch Petition (rejected)
 Begin to draft a Declaration of Independence
 Issue paper $
 Create a Continental Army- appoint George Washington as
commander
 No turning back at this point