Although Bart didn't like the idea of the Carpenter brothers buying the comic book company, he bought a team himself. On Christmas Day 1955, Bart's gift to his family was a baseball team.

"Honey, guess what my Christmas present is this year?" As soon as Bart got home, he was as excited as a child, and kept chasing Angel to offer courtesy.

Angel was in a good mood and asked, "What gift?" ”

"Guess!"

"Diamond rings? You've bought a lot of diamond rings for me, Bart! ”

"No, not a diamond ring. This gift is so big, very big that we can't fit in this house. ”

"Are you trying to give me a private jet?"

"It's not an airplane, it's alive, or rather, it's not an object."

"Well, it's so hard to guess, you just tell us."

"Da Da Da! I bought the New York Yankees! In the future, we can proudly tell people that the Yankees are our Carpenter family. Bart happily boasted to his family.

The New York Yankees (abbreviated as NYY) are one of the baseball teams in Major League Baseball that belong to the East Division of the American League, and their home stadium is located in the Browns District of New York, USA. The New York Yankees baseball team has a long history, dating back to 1900. Of all the professional baseball teams in the United States, the Yankees are the only team to have players inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame at every position, and are considered the most famous sports club in the world, along with Manchester United in the English Premier League.

"Wow! Did you really buy it? Angel covered her mouth in disbelief, she had heard Bart mention early on that his dream as a child was to have a team of his own.

Bart nodded proudly, he pointed to his chest and said, "From now on, I am the owner of the Yankees, please call me Mr. Yankee." ”

Richard excitedly shouted, "Then I can go and watch the Yankees play anytime I want." ”

Bart patted Richard on the shoulder and smiled, "No, son! You'll even be able to play with them! ”

The two of them used to like to play baseball together the most, and it seems that Europe and the United States have this tradition. The father would practice pitching when his son was younger, but Alex wasn't interested in that, so he didn't pitch with Bart.

Sister Karen also shouted inexplicably: "Let's play ball!" Let's play ball! ”

Cullen had seen Richard and Bart practice pitching together and wanted to join, but she was young and came with a girl. Bart didn't allow it, and as a result, Cullen had to play on the side.

"Then why don't you buy the remaining 20% of the shares?" Alex thought it was a little strange, and he didn't think Bart would let go of the rest of the shares.

Sure enough, Bart replied, "That shareholder is not in the U.S. now, he's traveling to Europe with his wife." I'll talk to him about it when he comes home. ”

Alex is not interested in baseball, either in this life or in the past. He didn't know anything about it, and if he did, he would have known that the '40s and '50s were the Yankees' most glorious moments.

During this time, the Yankees entered the World Championship 13 times and won 10 World Championships. Between 1949 and 1953 they even reached the level of a five-game winning streak, which no other team in the major leagues could match.

Ever since he bought the baseball team, Bart has wanted to watch baseball games as a family all day. It's just that the people in the Carpenter family are very busy, either this or that one has no time.

After the Carpenter brothers records came out and the movies were finished, they finally found time to play with their families.

Angel and Bart also took time out of their day, and the family of five got into two cars and went straight to the Yankee Stadium. Before leaving, Bart took out a baseball bat and handed it out to everyone.

"Come, come, a hat for each person. We're Yankees, so we have to wear Yankee hats. ”

It's a baseball cap with the Yankee team logo, and that logo is two overlapping letters, one with an N and one with a Y.

"Hey, this hat looks good!"

Alex has no interest in baseball, and if it's an NBA basketball game, maybe he'll have some expectations. However, he did not show such emotions, but obediently put on this hat.

"Can I really get on the court and play?"

Richard is different, he has a lot of interest in baseball and wants to play with the Yankees.

"Daddy, this hat is too big! I can't wear it steadily! ”

Cullen kept his hands on the hat on top of his head, preventing it from slipping off and covering his eyes.

When Bart saw it, he quickly said apologetically, "Baby! I made a mistake. Here, I've got a small one here, for your hat. ”

After Cullen put on her hat, Angel carried her into the car, sat down, and said to the driver, "Go to Yankee Stadium." ”

Alex and Richard also each have their own cars, which they bought with their own money. However, they are not going to go to the game in their own car. In order not to seem too angry with the family, the two of them went with Bart.

When they arrived at Yankee Stadium, they didn't enter through the front doorway, but drove to an underground parking lot. From there, there is a VIP lane with direct access to the course.

The Carpenter brothers were visiting a baseball stadium for the first time and had previously only watched the game on the radio or television. In a new environment, everyone looked a little nervous, and even here, you could vaguely feel the cheers of tens of thousands of people on the court.

Built in 1923, Yankee Stadium was the first three-story stadium in American baseball history to accommodate up to 50,000 people.

Last year, one of the Yankees' greatest players of all time, DiMaggio, married movie star Marilyn Monroe. The news was sensational, and the attention paid to the Yankees was unprecedented.

The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox have always been rivals in Major League Baseball, and fans of both teams are also incompatible. Today's game was between those two teams, so the stadium was already full, either Yankee fans or Red Sox fans.

They came to a house where the wall facing the pitch had long since been torn down, allowing them to see the entire pitch up close. Since it was a VIP room, there was only their family here, and no one else could come in unless they were invited by the Carpenter family.

The game has begun, and now it's the Yankees' turn to hit the ball and the Red Sox to shoot and defend.

Whenever a ball that was thrown was hit or not, there was a loud exclamation in the stadium. As soon as the ball is hit, the batsman starts running, and the atmosphere on the course is in full swing. Almost everyone stood up and cheered on their team.

The commentator also excitedly spoke at an unusually fast pace, like a machine gun spraying to explain the ball game.

The Carpenter family also leaned nervously against the railing, shouting and screaming. Except for Alex, he was still calm, as if he had no sense of the heat of a baseball game.

"Hey! Son, why are you upset. Let's cheer for the Yankees, come and watch the game to relax, be happy, and don't think about anything else. ”

Bart notices that Alex isn't very interested in baseball and explains the rules of baseball to him. In fact, Alex does not understand the rules of baseball, and he may know what the rules are, as long as he uses the "traceability" ability, he should be able to find relevant information.

But all along, he had not studied this movement in depth, let alone understood it. This time, when Bart explained it to him well, he felt that it was a little interesting.

"You see the pitch is a right-angle fan, and now the Yankees are on the offensive side, so they have hitters. The Red Sox, as the defender, have to find a way to fend off the offense, otherwise they will let the opponent score. ”

Alex stared at the players in the stadium, counted the numbers, and said, "Oh? Are the Red Sox on the defensive side? Well, so how are they going to defend it? ”

"It's actually quite simple, the offensive player hits the pitcher's ball with a stick in turn at home plate and takes the opportunity to run the base. If you can step through 1, 2, 3 bases at once and return to home plate safely, you can get a point. If the defending team intercepts the ball and then touches the runner or steps on the base with the ball, the runner can be blocked. When 3 people are killed, they will switch offense and defense, and the offense and defense will be one game at a time, a total of 9 rounds, and the one with the most points wins. ”

"So, the bowler is important, well, the receiver is important."

"yes, you see all nine members of the Red Sox came up to defend, occupying the pitching board in the infield, 1 to 3 bases, and the outfield also had 3 outfielders. In the infield, there is also a shorter, which is to be used to catch the leak. ”

At this time, the Yankees' batsman was really powerful, he didn't swing the first two balls, and when he hit the last ball, he made a decisive shot and hit hard. Hitting the ball out of the field is called a home run.

In the midst of everyone's exclamations, the Yankees easily scored 1 point.

"Yay! Yes! Yes! Well done Yankees! Attaboy! ”

Bart jumped up excitedly, as if he had hit the home run. Everyone else also cheered, and the atmosphere in the stadium was boiling, and Alex was a little excited.

"Baseball is such an interesting sport, it looks like it's fun."

Slowly, Alex didn't find baseball boring anymore, and he began to study the format of the game on the field. Now the Yankees seem to have the advantage, but the score gap has not been completely widened, and the Red Sox may still catch up.

Bart suddenly stopped shouting, and he listened quietly, looking puzzled.

"What's wrong?" Alex sensed Bart's anomaly and asked.

"The other Yankees owner came over to watch the game, and they were in the box next door, did you hear that?"

Alex listened closely, and sure enough, someone was shouting loudly next to him, and the voice sounded a little rough.

"Well done Yankees, send those sons of bitches to hell! Hahaha, hahaha! ”

Alex remembered that he had asked Bart why he would not buy all the shares, and Bart explained that the owner who held 20% of the shares had traveled to Europe. Could it be that the other party has already returned to the United States, but it seems that the time is too rushed.