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Yankees Win the Best Thing for MLB

Posted: Nov 6th 2009 12:40AM by Terence Moore (author feed)
Filed under: Yankees, World Series

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NEW YORK -- Oh, it was a loaded question, all right. The guy that I expected to answer was Bud Selig, whose role as baseball commissioner expands beyond the new sacred walls in the Bronx that feature the plaques of Yankee greats.

I asked the question anyway.

Given the mystique of pinstripes, television ratings that soar toward the farthest black hole at the sight of the interlocking "NY" in white against blue caps, baseball rock stars Derek Jeter, A-Rod, Mariano Rivera and the rest -- I mean, doesn't it help the entire game whenever the Yankees win it all?

Well, it does. Nobody cares about the Tampa Bay Rays in October or November, for instance, except those with too much time on their hands around the Skyview Bridge over the Gulf of Mexico. The world is dominated by Yankee lovers, Yankee haters and few in-between, and everybody knows it.
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Yankees' Blueprint a Lesson for Al Davis

Posted: Nov 5th 2009 9:00PM by Nancy Gay (author feed)
Filed under: Raiders

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The Boss, the one who rules Major League Baseball, wasn't in New York Wednesday night as the Yankees celebrated their 27th World Series title with a 7-3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. But George Steinbrenner, 79 -- still the architect of champions and the titan of New York sports -- was watching from his home in Tampa.

Every out. Every pitch. Every player celebration. Steinbrenner could see and hear his players express their gratitude, and his family said he was overcome with joy.

"Thank you. Thank you for everything," Yankees catcher Jorge Posada told the owner through a camera lens. "Thank you for this. Thank you for having the team every year, to try to have a team to be here [the World Series]."

The Boss is not in robust health these days. He wasn't in the clubhouse to feel the champagne shower. But he was "teary eyed" said his son, Hank. "It meant everything."
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Not the American Dream, but Give Yankees Props

Posted: Nov 5th 2009 2:05AM by Jay Mariotti (author feed)
Filed under: Yankees, World Series

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NEW YORK -- There is something arrogantly American about it, I know. The $210-million Yankees have won a World Series amid a destructive recession, doing it for Boss George Steinbrenner in the first season of their $1.5-billion edifice of excess, where a $275-million lightning rod just happened to overcome a steroids crisis and finally deliver the postseason we've long demanded. None of those elements are universally endearing to the masses, yet all converged on a festive, rocking November night when Championship No. 27 wasn't welcomed by the pinstripe haters as much as force-fed into them like skunk oil.


Look, President Obama might say, "This is corporate America at its bloated, ignorant worst. The White Sox have a better business plan."

"We're supposed to win," said Yankees manager, Joe Girardi. "We know that every day we come to work."
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Not the American Dream, but Give Yankees Props

Posted: Nov 5th 2009 1:05AM by Jay Mariotti (author feed)
Filed under: MLB

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NEW YORK -- There is something arrogantly American about it, I know. The $210-million Yankees have won a World Series amid a destructive recession, doing it for Boss George Steinbrenner in the first season of their $1.5-billion edifice of excess, where a $275-million lightning rod just happened to overcome a steroids crisis and finally deliver the postseason we've long demanded. None of those elements are universally endearing to the masses, yet all converged on a festive, rocking November night when Championship No. 27 wasn't welcomed by the pinstripe haters as much as force-fed into them like skunk oil.

Look, President Obama might say, "This is corporate America at its bloated, ignorant worst. The White Sox have a better business plan."

"We're supposed to win," said Yankees manager, Joe Girardi. "We know that every day we come to work."
FanHouse World Series Coverage: Fletcher | Price | Moore | Olson
Game 6: Yankees 7, Phillies 3 | Box Score | Matsui MVP
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Yankees Capture 27th World Series Title

Posted: Nov 4th 2009 11:50PM by FanHouse Newswire (author feed)
Filed under: Phillies, Yankees, MLB Playoffs, World Series

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Yankees Capture 27th World Series Title
NEW YORK (AP) -- Paint the town in pinstripes! Nearly a decade after their dynasty ended on a blooper in the desert, the New York Yankees are baseball's best again.

Hideki Matsui tied a World Series record with six RBIs, Andy Pettitte won on short rest and New York beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-3 in Game 6 on Wednesday night, finally seizing that elusive 27th title - the most in all of sports.

It was the team's first since winning three straight from 1998-2000.
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What Are Yanks Doing to George?

Posted: Oct 29th 2009 12:57AM by Terence Moore (author feed)
Filed under: Yankees, MLB Playoffs, World Series

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Jorge PosadaNEW YORK -- This was a lousy way for the New York Yankees to hug somebody they supposedly love.

You had their listless ways at the plate. Then, if you combine that with a couple of mindless pitches by CC Sabathia and a shoddy bullpen, they spent Wednesday night at Yankee Stadium playing the opener of the World Series as if they wish to choke whatever life is left inside of the ailing George Steinbrenner.

OK, Cliff Lee is pretty good, but he isn't that good.

Is he?
FanHouse World Series Coverage: Mariotti | Fletcher | Price
Game 1: Phillies 6, Yankees 1 | Box Score | Series Home
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Yankees Still Four Wins From Acceptable

Posted: Oct 26th 2009 1:40PM by Ed Price (author feed)
Filed under: Yankees, World Series

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Alex Rodriguez
NEW YORK -- The Yankees partied into Monday's wee hours in "American League Champion" T-shirts.

Then they should have burned the shirts.

The franchise's 40th pennant, the AL East title, the 110 wins this year -- all are as worthless as one of those T-shirts if the Yankees don't win four more games.

Such is life in pinstripes.
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Finally, Yankees Earn Their Pinstripes

Posted: Oct 26th 2009 2:15AM by Jay Mariotti (author feed)
Filed under: MLB

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YankeesNEW YORK -- On a pleasant, Doppler-free evening made for bare, brawny forearms, Alex Rodriguez continued his postseason awakening without even swinging a bat. This was in the fourth inning, when the Angels were unable to employ their desired intentional walk because the bases were loaded. So as 50,000 fans stood and shrieked and awaited magic in the new Stadium -- all except Kate Hudson, who sat like she was waiting for Matt Dillon in You, Me and Dupree -- A-Rod stepped in and sought a pitch to rip into the galaxy.

The fat one never came. Joe Saunders walked him, forcing in the Yankees' third run when it was apparent that the Angels wouldn't score more than that off two Doctor Octobers, Andy Pettitte and Mariano Rivera. All that awaited were the police to ring their field, and when they arrived nearly at the stroke of midnight, the Yankees were celebrating their 40th American League pennant and first World Series trip in six years, which in these parts is an eternity.
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You Have to Root for Yanks, by George!

Posted: Oct 9th 2009 9:15PM by Terence Moore (author feed)
Filed under: Yankees, MLB Playoffs, American League Division Series

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George SteinbrennerWin one for George? Indeed.

Even if your baseball allegiance isn't wrapped in pinstripes, you should relent -- just this once. In fact, anybody with a heart larger than a resin bag should root for the New York Yankees to win it all this season, because they deserve as much.

This all begins and ends with George, as in Steinbrenner, as in The Boss, as in baseball's most significant owner ever. But let's start by examining those other things as to why the Yankees should be the people's choice.
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Steinbrenner Reflects on Jeter's Record

Posted: Sep 11th 2009 9:50PM by Matt Watson (author feed)
Filed under: Yankees, AL East, MLB Milestones

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George SteinbrennerSoon after Derek Jeter singled into right field to break his tie with Lou Gehrig as the most prolific Yankee hitter of all time, team owner George Steinbrenner released the following written statement praising his pinstriped captain:
"For those who say today's game can't produce legendary players, I have two words: Derek Jeter. Game in and game out he just produces. As historic and significant as becoming the Yankees' all time hit leader is, the accomplishment is all the more impressive because Derek is one of the finest young men playing the game today.

That combination of character and athletic ability is something he shares with the previous record holder Lou Gehrig. It adds to the pride that the Yankees and our fans feel today. Every Yankees' era has its giants. It's thrilling to watch Derek as he becomes one of the greats of his generation, if not of all time."

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