mlb.mlb.com - 11/5/2009
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Phillies right-hander Pedro Martinez gets a chance to add to his legend at Yankee Stadium in Game 6 of the World Series. Martinez allowed three runs in six innings in a 3-1 loss to the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in Game 2. He will be pitching on five days' rest, while Yankees left-hander ...
mlb.fanhouse.com - 11/5/2009
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by FanHouse Newswire NEW YORK (AP) -- The
New York Yankees have won the World Series, beating...
the defending champion Philadelphia Phillies 7-3 in Game 6 behind Hideki Matsui 's record-tying six RBI. Andy Pettitte won the clincher Wednesday night, pitching the Yankees to their elusive 27th ...
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Yankees Capture 27th World Series Title
faithandfear.blogharbor.com - 11/5/2009
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Mike Burke was president of New York's American
League entry in 1969. When its National League counterpart...
clinched its first division title, he sent this telegram to M. Donald Grant: Congratulations on being number one. Am rooting for you to hang in there and take all the marbles. As a ...
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Elimination Day Has Been Postponed
mrfactoidssportsworld.blogspot.com - 11/5/2009
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The New York Yankees added another World Series
title to their trophy case on Wednesday night, bringing...
their championship total to an incredible 27. New York defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 7-3 in game 6 before a jam packed Yankee Stadium. It was a long year for the Bronx Bombers, but they ...
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MLB: Yankees Capture 27th World Championship
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Anatomy of an at-bat: Hideki's two-run homer
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... Hideki Matsui's two-run shot off Pedro Martinez in the second set the tone for the game and increased the Yankees' chances of winning 16% (the most in the game). It made the game 2-0, and was the key hit in his World Series MVP credentials.
Here's the AB:
Pitch 1: 2-seam FB, low and in, called strike
#2: FB, up and away, foul (hit hard)
#3: FB, up and in, ball
#4: FB, outside, ball
(McCarver says Matsui doesn't need to look for a curveball because he hit one for a homer in ...
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Matsui's 4 RBIs give Yanks early lead in Game 6 —
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Hideki Matsui drove in four runs with a two-run homer and two-run single off Pedro Martinez, and the New York Yankees led the Philadelphia Phillies 4-1 after three innings in Game 6 on Wednesday night as they tried to wrap up their 27th championship.