Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2020 September 5

= September 5 =

Is there a York Yankees in any field?
The old York in England. Google search in quotation marks is contaminated by the world's most popular baseball team. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 14:48, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I don't really understand what search query you would be using that would get hits for the San Francisco Giants. --Trovatore (talk) 07:25, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Lol. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 12:59, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Googling (with "-new") indicates a North York Yankees and a 47 York Yankees, but not just a York Yankees.--Shantavira|feed me 19:01, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Although there are a few Yankees in York :-) Alansplodge (talk) 19:32, 5 September 2020 (UTC)


 * It seems odd that a British team would name itself after Americans. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 01:46, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
 * It would if one did, but none has (on the above evidence). The North York Yankees are a Canadian baseball team and 47 York Yankees is seemingly a Massachusetts sports clothing company. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.122.2.158 (talk) 08:12, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Baseball is something of a niche sport in England, but according to Baseball in the United Kingdom, there are some baseball clubs in Yorkshire; the Harrogate Tigers, Hull Scorpions, the Sheffield Bruins and the Sheffield Bladerunners (they even have their own article!). There are no baseball clubs in York itself as far as I can tell. The sport here seems to have peaked at the end of the 19th century; the famous Baseball Ground was actually the stadium of Derby County Football Club until 2003, the last baseball game having been played there in 1898. Alansplodge (talk) 12:05, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm sure there are people in York who place a yankee on their preferred sport. DuncanHill (talk) 12:24, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Wow that's a complicated bet, the one at the bottom. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 12:59, 6 September 2020 (UTC)