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The Yankees owned the 1950s. During the '50s the Yankees won the A.L. pennant eight times (every year except for 1954 and 1959) and the World Series six out of their eight appearances.

The two Series that they lost, they immediately got revenge the next year. In 1955, they lost to the Brooklyn Dodgers for the first and only time. Then, they beat the Dodgers in 1956. In 1957, they lost to the Milwaukee Braves and then they beat the Braves in 1958.

As a side note, including 1949, they won five straight World Series (1949 - 1953), unprecedented before or since then. In addition, from 1949 through 1964, a period of 16 years, the Yankees won the pennant 14 times. The Yankees are also the only team to have won 5 straight pennants and also 4 straight pennants.

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Yes, but not for long. The Yankees appeared in five consecutive World Series between 1960 and 1964, but won only the 1961 and 1962 world championships. The 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates, the 1962 San Francisco Giants and the 1964 St. Louis Cardinals pushed the aging team to seven games in the World Series. Meanwhile, the 1963 Los Angeles Dodgers swept them in four.

By 1966, onetime Yankees stars such as Roger Maris, Whitey Ford, Bobby Richardson and Elston Howard were in the final stages of their careers in New York. Meanwhile, superstar Mickey Mantle was seriously hobbled by injuries that plagued him until he retired after the 1968 season.

The Yankees, who also were disadvantaged because they did not actively recruit nonwhite players after 1947, began a long period of decline. They did not appear in another World Series until 1976, when the team was owned by George Steinbrenner III.

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