New York baseball stars (7)

I believe the answer is:

yankees

(Other definitions for yankees that I've seen before include "Code words on the radio for US" , "Ball-players" , "rebellious ex- colonists" , "New York baseball team" , "NY baseball team" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.

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