. >> in the middle of the flag, you see the hudson river, and on the hudson river are twont commerce. atop the state seal is an eagle sitting on the globe. the globe shows the western was meant new york's important place as a port city in the development of the new world.excelsior" encourages new yorkers to reach ever higher to achieve their goals. maybe that's why new york citys. just about everyone knows manhattan, new york, is called "the big apple." but kansas, has a similar nickname? it's called "the little apple." with "flag facts," i'm veronique. nly two teams have never made the world series in all of baseball -- the seattle mariners and the washington nationals. however, they have both madep series, but they just haven't gotten past there. the seattle mariners last made the american league championship series in 2001 when they won 116ng the regular season, but they lost the series to the eventual american league pennant winning yankees. the last time the nationals made when they were known as the montreal expos, but they lost that series to the eventualodgers. i'm matt for "t
