Yachtzee (yacht + Yahtzee)
The dice game of Yahtzee has nothing to do with yachts, but there are jokes. "Yachtzee: What a child, or another person, may say when they see this type of boat" was posted on the…
YAI Central Park Challenge
The annual YAI Central Park Challenge raises funds for people with disabilities. http://www.yai.org/about.cfmWelcome Since its inception in 1957, YAI/National Institute for People with Disabilities…
Yankee Stadium was the first “stadium” (myth)
Yankee Stadium was not the first "stadium." This myth has been repeated in the 2000s. John Tomlinson Brush was an owner of the baseball New York Giants who died in 1913. In 1911, the Polo…
Yankees (American League baseball team)
The New York "Yankees" American League baseball team did not originally have that name. "Yankee" has meant an American, or, more specifically, someone from New England. The 1902…
Yankees (Staten Island baseball team); Baby Bombers
The Staten Island Yankees are the Class A farm team of the New York Yankees. (See the "Yankees" entry above.) The team began playing in 1999 and has a website (http://siyanks.com). The…
Yannigan
Entry in progress -- B.P. A Way with WordsYanniganPosted by grantbarrett on March 29, 2014 · Add CommentThe word yannigan, meaning “a member of a scrub team in baseball,” may come from an…
Zebra (sports official who wears a black-and-white-striped shirt)
NFL officials' uniforms and NHL officials' uniforms have black-and-white-striped shirts, like a zebra's stripes. The officials wearing such shirts are often nicknamed…