New York Yankees Informative Speech

The legends of the New York Yankees, such as Babe Ruth, Lou Gehric and Joe DiMaggio, are too numerous to enumerate. As a recent topic, Derek Jeter has put an end to his brilliant playing days last year and I believe that the number 2 on his back will also be retired number in Major League Baseball in the near future for sure. However, I do not intend to introduce the story of the heroes like them this time because, needless to say over again, their biography have been already well known for many people and I would like for you to re-acknowledge how the Yankees is a special entity rather than other teams not only in the United States but also in the world, so I will introduce stories of two Japanese baseball players; Ichiro and Hideki “Godzilla” …show more content…
At that time, he asked his agent to negotiate only with the Yankees because no other team could replace the Yankees for Matsui. There are two episodes that indicate how the Yankees were special for him. In 2006, Matsui declined the offer to be a member of Japanese national team for the first tournament of the World Baseball Classic because he focused on keeping in good shape before the opening game of the Yankees. The pinstriped uniform was prior to the rising-sun flag of Japan for him. In addition, in the same year, Matsui got injured and had to sit out from playing for a while. After his surgery, he issued a statement expressing an apology that he could not contribute to the team. His declaration moved a lot of the Yankees fans and also The New York Times paid a tribute to Matsui with comments as follows: “Hideki Matsui serves as a model of the team’s fading ideal.” With his unswerving loyalty to the team, Matsui named World Series MVP in 2009. After the season, he changed teams where he was then traded to several teams, however, the New York Yankees held Matsui’s retirement ceremony with one-day contract so he could put an end to his playing days as a Yankee in