And YOU thought you knew everything about the Yankees

IN 1903.....Former NYC Police Chief Bill Devery purchased a defunct Baltimore baseball franchise for $18,000 and moved it to Manhattan. The New York Highlanders played their first game on April 22, 1903, and officially changed their name to the New York Yankees in 1913. Desperate for a Logo for the uniforms and Caps.....Devery chose the NYPD insignia designed by Louis Tiffany for the Police Medal of Honor. It looked like this: