mtv.com - 11/4/2009
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The New York Yankees are nine innings away from winning the World Series. If everything goes according to the Yanks' plan on Wednesday night (November 4), Mariano Rivera will take the mound for the final handful of outs, leading the team to its first championship since 2000 and further ...
weretheteamtobeat.com - 11/5/2009
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weretheteamtobeat.com —
If I learned anything in winning the World
Series last season, it taught me nothing about how...
to deal with losing one. Watching a season slip away after coming so close spawned some emotions that I have never dealt with as a Phillies fan. It takes everything I have to fight off the bitter ...
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The Title Defense Dies in Game 6 of the World Series
espn.go.com - 11/5/2009
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Fast Facts •The Yankees' 27 World Series titles
are the most in MLB history. •Wednesday's clincher marked...
the sixth time New York has defeated the defending champ in the World Series. •The Yankees are the first team to lead the majors in runs and ...
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November 04, 2009
nytimes.com - 11/5/2009
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nytimes.com —
Mariano Rivera, who got the final five outs,
holding the trophy as the Yankees celebrated their first...
title in nine years. For Rivera and three teammates, it was their fifth championship with the team. More Photos >
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Back on Top, Yankees Add A 27th Title
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Link-O-Rama: Inge, Grabow, Strasburg, Gaga
Circling The Bases —
... at No. 1 overall pick Stephen Strasburg (or the various other future All-Stars) the game will be broadcast Saturday afternoon on MLB Network. * New Yorker and Yankees fan Lady Gaga has recently taken to comparing herself to Mariano Rivera during interviews. "I feel like I'm Rivera. I'm a closer." More like Ruben Rivera, if you ask me.
That’s Money Honey
WasWatching.com —
Via MTV with a H/T to BBTF -
The New York Yankees are nine innings away from winning the World Series. If everything goes according to the Yanks’ plan on Wednesday night (November 4), Mariano Rivera will take the mound for the final handful of outs, leading the team to its first championship since 2000 and further cementing his reputation as the greatest closer in baseball history.
Rivera will have an unlikely fan pulling for him, one who’s become a pop superstar with a record-breaking four #1 singles off her debut album but who ...
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Five Cuts: Oldies but goodies in spotlight —
SI.com - MLB 11/4/2009
1. So the World Series comes down to this: the old and familiar. Stop me if you have heard this before: a Yankees team with Andy Pettitte, Derek Jeter, Jorge Posada and Mariano Rivera trying to get through Pedro Martinez to a world championship. Game ...
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