umpbump.com - 18 days ago
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The Yankees are World Champions again, but it’s not the same this time. Evil Empire? I wish; at least “evil” is interesting.
Instead, what we have is the rise of the boring over the bad. Somehow, Yankeefication has become synonymous with boringification. Johnny Damon: went to the Yankees, ...
The Axis of Evil Has Re-Aligned to its Familiar Position
legendofcecilioguante.com 19 days ago — All is right, and by that I mean horribly wrong, in the world again. The Evil Empire has re-claimed its spot atop the baseball universe, casting its belittling eye upon the downtrodden MLB masses. I have no desire to talk about this event and will now go about trying to avoid all sports ...
HOGWASH
majorleagueblogging.com 18 days ago — The Yankees are world champions. Truth and justice have triumphed over evil.
Actually, the triumph over evil occurred when the Red Sox were eliminated. But now the Yankee haters in the media and in the hinterlands are once again attempting to belittle the Yankees’ victory. Over and ...
The 2009 Yankees from A to Z and Beyond
ltsports.net 18 days ago —
A - A -Rod was a vital part to the Yankees success in the 2009 postseason. His timely hitting, and game-changing home runs gave this team all that they needed to succeed. This was a far cry from his previous postseason struggles.
B – A.J. B urnett was maybe the third best pickup ...
What They Need: Yankees
umpbump.com 13 days ago — What could the world champion, richer-than-God New York Yankees possibly need? What do you get for the team that has (apparently) everything?
The question most Yankee-watchers have been asking is: Who’s in left? World Series MVP Hideki Matsui is a free agent, as is Johnny Damon. Neither ...
Yankees played Moneyball better than anyone in 2009
danstake.com 19 days ago — There was one very logical reason for Michael Lewis not to base his 2003 best seller “Moneyball” on the New York Yankees: Americans don’t like rooting for Goliath. It’s in our fabric to favor the underdog, the little guy who everyone counts out. That’s what made the scrappy Oakland A’s the ...
The Yankees
myteamrivals.typepad.com 19 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 ...
Yankees steal one, lead Series 3
lohud.com 22 days ago — PHILADELPHIA - Five years ago, when Johnny Damon beat the Yankees, he called himself an idiot. On Sunday night, when he put the Yankees one win away from a World Series title, he did it with his smarts. The Yankees had blown a one-run lead in the ...
Yankees have won the World Series with struggling key players
riveraveblues.com 19 days ago — For many reasons, Mark Teixeira probably didn’t appreciate Tuesday’s break in World Series action. He’s struggled through the first five games, as he has throughout most of the playoffs. Off-days aren’t kind to slumping ...
Yankees Win! All is Wrong in the Sports World
sportsthenandnow.com 19 days ago — Sporting the highest payroll in baseball, the New York Yankees finally regained the World Series title for the first time since 2000.
In a decade in which greed and excess have been dominant themes in all walks of life, it may be only fitting that the final major sports championship would be ...
Vets, Bombers ponder pinstriped future —
NY Post: Sports 18 days ago
Hideki Matsui, Johnny Damon and Andy Pettitte will be with the Yankees when they bask in the glory of a ticker-tape parade today up the Canyon of Heroes as World Series champions.
However, when the three step off the floats, will they be headed to...
Mo thrived despite sore rib cage —
NY Post: Sports 18 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...
A bittersweet climb to the top —
NY Post: Sports 18 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...
Veterans, Yankees ponder pinstriped future —
NY Post: Sports 18 days ago
Hideki Matsui, Johnny Damon and Andy Pettitte will be with the Yankees when they bask in the glory of a ticker-tape parade today up the Canyon of Heroes as World Series champions.
However, when the three step off the floats, will they be headed to...
