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WFAN Favorite Teams Poll: #3 — 1996 Yankees

Editor’s Note: As part of WFAN’s 30th anniversary celebration, from April 3-14, we asked you to vote on your favorite local teams over the past 30 years. Over the course of two weeks, we are revealing the top-10 vote getters. To see the others, click here.

NEW YORK (WFAN) — Led by “Clueless Joe,” the Yankees ended up being a lot smarter than everyone else in 1996.

Following his team’s elimination in the first round of the playoffs the season before, owner George Steinbrenner pushed Buck Showalter into a corner.