The Yankees Win It!

by baseballgirl on Nov 4, 2009 9:19 PM PST Comment 39 comments

More photos » by Elise Amendola - AP

Well, the trophy comes back to the American League with the Yankees win tonight. The Bronx Bombers take home their 27th World Championship after a rather disappointing game six. Hideki Matsui drove in six runs as Pettitte outlasted Pedro in the dubious pitching duel; the final score was 7-3. There isn't much left to say about Mariano Rivera that hasn't already been said, but wow, does he still look good at 40!

So ends the baseball season of 2009. Here's to 2010!

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Took 'em long enough to finally buy another title

Last of the Ninth - Photography

by Flashfire on Nov 4, 2009 9:21 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

It did take a while

"Bobby Crosby at third is a bit of an adventure. And not like, here’s some hidden treasure, what fun. More like, gah! poison ants!" --alea iacta est

by baseballgirl on Nov 4, 2009 9:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

According to the post game (I had to see who got MVP)

tied with Bobby Richardson 1960 WS

"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." Gaylord Perry

by BERRYJO on Nov 4, 2009 9:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Two of them were credited to Jeter's aura.

I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal

by Nico on Nov 4, 2009 9:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

lol

What you fail to understand in your joyless myopia is that baseball is the key to life-- the Rosetta Stone, if you will. If you just understood baseball better all your other questions your, your... the, uh... the aliens, the conspiracies they would all, in their way be answered by the baseball gods.

by winchester5 on Nov 4, 2009 9:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Yes, you are right....

…haha, that’s even better! :-)

"Bobby Crosby at third is a bit of an adventure. And not like, here’s some hidden treasure, what fun. More like, gah! poison ants!" --alea iacta est

by baseballgirl on Nov 4, 2009 9:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Yankee Opinion

I can take the Yankees being the World Champions. What is difficult for me to swallow is the blathering from some pundits that the Yankees victory is good for baseball. How’s that? Pee Ueew!

by Graybeard on Nov 4, 2009 9:44 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Wow!!!! The Yankees won the world series!!!!!!

I can’t imagine a more boring result of a major league baseball season.

"Life is a horizontal fall" -Jean Cocteau

by King Richard on Nov 4, 2009 9:44 PM PST reply actions 5 recs

Rec'd

"Carter's 25-game hitting streak isn't any normal streak. He's 46 for 97 (.474 average) during the run, adding 16 walks and compiling 81 total bases in the process. I'm out of superlatives for what he's doing." - Kevin Goldstein

by Syphon on Nov 4, 2009 9:45 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

What if the yankees were to have swept the phillies?

by winchester5 on Nov 4, 2009 9:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Well, hopefully in 2010

my beloved team won’t fall severely short of my hopes and expectations, I won’t ever wake up to learn that the opposing pitcher was killed, and the team I most loathe won’t win the World Series.

For one of the worst seasons I can remember, it sure was a lot of fun! Thanks to y’all.

I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal

by Nico on Nov 4, 2009 9:47 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

There's an easy solution to the first item on your wishlist, there

lower expectations

by bobnothing on Nov 4, 2009 9:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I used that theory in college all the time...but not about baseball.

by winchester5 on Nov 4, 2009 9:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Wow......

people are still playing baseball?

Let the Kids play Billy!! No More Rent-a-Vet in Oakland!!

by s0sNe@kYbUtY? on Nov 4, 2009 9:52 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

absolutely

the worst title for an article in history, i never want to read that again

by Twan54321 on Nov 4, 2009 10:08 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Thanks to y'all for the great conversation threads, wonderful humor, and a great baseball education. On to 2010!

by paris7 on Nov 4, 2009 10:28 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Congrats Bums …

I am conditioned to hate you from birth, doesn’t mean I can’t respect the win … especially for Swish …

Self-appointed VP, BBG Groupies, NorCal Chapter

by angus hanger on Nov 4, 2009 10:44 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Swish was pumped

Thought I wasn’t happy to see him tote around the Yankee flag with him. I guess he’s just trying to prove his colors.

by 420Sharksfan on Nov 4, 2009 11:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Having met him ...

With my kids … what a class act. This guy took the time to stand there and talk to my kids whilst he was an A … my daughter still rants about it to this day. “Stay in school, do the best you can.” A parent can’t have that kind of influence on a child like their heros …

Self-appointed VP, BBG Groupies, NorCal Chapter
Recipent from the Games of the Glorious '86 and '87 Egg Pins.

by angus hanger on Nov 5, 2009 12:37 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

That's nice

lynnzgal, I can’t add you on Facebook when I don’t even know your email address. Throw me a bone and hook me up, eh?

Please.

[smiles] Ciao, all, I don’t hang around much in the off-season.

by paradox on Nov 5, 2009 5:55 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Fuck the Yankees.

But I love me some Swish. Glad to see he has a title.

But seriously. Damn Bankees.

"You're just jealous. You wish you had a rally animal..." -CardinalWraith

by Boonee on Nov 5, 2009 1:21 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

curse of the Giambino

is over. Dammit.

by Brian in 317 on Nov 5, 2009 7:00 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Fuck em.

They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick

by mikev on Nov 5, 2009 7:52 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Congrats Yankees!

Thank you for making all of Boston miserable this morning. They enjoy life more when they have something to bitch about.

I needed a team so I wouldn’t turn into one of the eighty million pink hat-wearing Bud Light-drinking mulleted idiots at Fenway.

by Vacafan on Nov 5, 2009 8:36 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Great

The team that picked up the two most expensive starting pitchers available in the winter beat the team that picked up the two most expensive starting pitchers available in the summer.

Very impressive, I’m sure.

by richwol1 on Nov 5, 2009 10:19 AM PST reply actions 0 recs