athbaseball.com - 21 days ago
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The best team in Major League Baseball won the 2009 World Series. I guess that's the way it should be right? Anything can happen in a short series, all your need is a starting pitcher to get hot (like Beckett did with the Marlins) and a hitter to 'do a Matsui' and go bonkers hitting the ball ...
There has to be a better way....
athbaseball.com 22 days ago — The best team in Major League Baseball won the 2009 World Series. I guess that's the way it should be right? Anything can happen in a short series, all your need is a starting pitcher to get hot (like Beckett did with the Marlins) and a hitter to 'do a Matsui' and go bonkers hitting the ball ...
The Yankees
myteamrivals.typepad.com 22 days ago — As you know the Bombers are in their 40th World Series appearance and need only one more win to make it 27 World Championships. Having made the playoffs 14 of the past 15 years and in their 4th World Series this decade and their 7th since 1996 the Yanks are continuing to roll along in the ...
Stop Blaming the Yankees
sports-central.org 16 days ago — Everyone is going nuts about the Yankees' recent World Series, calling it a travesty against baseball that New York can buy a championship. But SC's Ryan Day defends the Yankees, saying what they did does not tarnish the spirit of the game.
The World Series of Wage Supremacy
thesportsgeeks.com 21 days ago — Before the 2009 Major League playoffs officially started, I was listening to ESPN Radio and Bud Selig was being interviewed on the Mike and Mike in the Morning show about the season and the upcoming post-season action. At one point he was asked about a salary cap as well as an international ...
This Week in Yankees History (11/1-11/7)
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 25 days ago — This Week in Yankees History November 1st - November 7th November 1st 1884 - Former Yankees OF/1B Robert “Ham” Hyatt (1918) was born. On June 19, 1918, the Yankees purchased Bob from the Braves. Bob hit .229 in 53 games with the Yankees. 1893 - Former Yankees OF Alex Burr ...
This Week in Yankee History (10/25-10/31)
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 10/25/2009 — This Week in Yankee History October 25th - October 31st October 25th 1869 - Former Yankees 1B Jack “Dirty Jack” Doyle (1905) was born. Jack appeared in 1 game with no hits in 1905 for the Yankees. 1917 - Former Yankees front office executive Lee MacPhail Jr. was born. Lee was ...
The Yankees Payroll
joeposnanski.com 21 days ago — The following is a screed about the Yankees payroll. If you are a Yankees fan uninterested in a screed about the payroll, don’t read it. You won’t enjoy it. Go out, buy a championship T-shirt, reminisce about this great team, enjoy the ...
The Polarizing 2009 Champions of Baseball
sportsthenandnow.com 21 days ago — With number championship #27, the divide between Yankee fans and haters grows ever wider.
For the first time since 2000, the New York Yankees are World Series winners. There game six victory over the Philadelphia Phillies was a hard fought battle that came down mostly to dominant pitching ...
The Yankees on the Front Page
wezen-ball.com 21 days ago — 2009, Yankees over Phillies (click the image for a larger size)
This was the sight that greeted New York Times subscribers yesterday morning after Hideki Matsui powered the Yankees past the Phillies for the World Series crown. It was the twenty-seventh time that the Yankees were World ...
Trust Us: A World Series Win Is Just As Sweet If You Buy It
nymag.com 20 days ago — Well before the Yankees actually won their 27th World Series title last night, the chorus of haters had already begun their familiar refrain: There go the Yankees again, buying another World Series. Implicit was the idea that cheering for this team ...
Pettitte: To return or not will be a family matter —
NY Post: Sports 21 days ago
Andy Pettitte's decision over whether to return for a 16th major league season or retire will come down to his two families -- his own and the Yankees.
Pettitte has been through this to-be-determined situation before and each time he has chosen to...
Mo thrived despite sore rib cage —
NY Post: Sports 21 days ago
If the Phillies-Yankees World Series had progressed to a Game 7 last night, the Yankees would have had a hurting Mariano Rivera to close it out and would have played Jerry Hairston in left field for an ailing Johnny Damon.
How effective Rivera w...
Series title vindication for quieter Hank —
NY Post: Sports 21 days ago
Hank Steinbrenner isn't The New Boss, but still considers himself a boss of the Yankees.
The eldest Steinbrenner brother largely has disappeared from public view over the past year, but said he is still involved in the team's day-to-day operations...
A bittersweet climb to the top —
NY Post: Sports 21 days ago
Alex Rodriguez didn’t want to celebrate prematurely, he knows better, but he couldn’t help himself, couldn’t keep his arms from flying in the air and his mouth from opening wide, couldn’t keep the roar from spilling out of his heart and through his t...