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The New York Baseball team was known as the New York Highlanders from 1903-1912. Then the teams name was officially changed to the New York Yankees in 1913.

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The Yankees originated as the Baltimore Orioles in 1901. They were re-named the New York Highlanders in 1903 and then became the New York Yankees in 1913.

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