World Champs
It's a joyous day here in New York today. Well, it's joyous if you're a Yankee fan. The Yanks won their 27th World Series last night beating the Phillies 7-3 to take the series 4 games to 2.
The Yanks, with the biggest payroll in the game, cashed in on last winter's spending spree of Sabathia, Burnett and Texiera by having all play critical parts of their 27th title. Sabathia was as good as advertised. A consumate big-game pitcher. He was a horse who wanted the ball every 3rd day and was perfect save for 2 missed location in a game 1 loss to the Phils. Burnett also had his great moments in game 2 followed by an awful start in game 5. Also, while Texiera struggled with the bat, he played the best defense at first since Mattingly's gold-glove days. All the big-ticket free agents had their moments... but at heart, this series will always belong to the old-guard, the core 4.
Not enough can be said of the quartet of Jeter, Posada, Rivera and Pettite. Each of them now has 5 rings. They all rose through the minors together, and besides Pettite's 3 year sabbatical to the Astros, have played their entire careers together. All at an extremely high level. All Jeter did was bat over .400 in the series. While Posada struggled with the bat he played great defense and called great games (save for Burnett's starts which Molina caught). Rivera closed out all 4 Yankee wins. Pettite won the deciding game in each post-season series and was the only starter to win 2 games in the World Series. For these four teammates it was the culmination of a nine year quest back to the title. Each was euphoric after the win.
As important as the newbies were, this series would not have been possible without the core 4. They set the tone and showed the new guys what it takes to be a TRUE Yankee. You can't just wear the pinstripes, you must earn them. These guys did that.
Tomorrow we celebrate.
The Yanks, with the biggest payroll in the game, cashed in on last winter's spending spree of Sabathia, Burnett and Texiera by having all play critical parts of their 27th title. Sabathia was as good as advertised. A consumate big-game pitcher. He was a horse who wanted the ball every 3rd day and was perfect save for 2 missed location in a game 1 loss to the Phils. Burnett also had his great moments in game 2 followed by an awful start in game 5. Also, while Texiera struggled with the bat, he played the best defense at first since Mattingly's gold-glove days. All the big-ticket free agents had their moments... but at heart, this series will always belong to the old-guard, the core 4.
Not enough can be said of the quartet of Jeter, Posada, Rivera and Pettite. Each of them now has 5 rings. They all rose through the minors together, and besides Pettite's 3 year sabbatical to the Astros, have played their entire careers together. All at an extremely high level. All Jeter did was bat over .400 in the series. While Posada struggled with the bat he played great defense and called great games (save for Burnett's starts which Molina caught). Rivera closed out all 4 Yankee wins. Pettite won the deciding game in each post-season series and was the only starter to win 2 games in the World Series. For these four teammates it was the culmination of a nine year quest back to the title. Each was euphoric after the win.
As important as the newbies were, this series would not have been possible without the core 4. They set the tone and showed the new guys what it takes to be a TRUE Yankee. You can't just wear the pinstripes, you must earn them. These guys did that.
Tomorrow we celebrate.
Labels: Sports
posted by LEV at
11:40 AM
1 Comments:
yeah they paid big
but the talent has to stay healthy and perform
being a O's fan, I still say congrats to NY
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3rdStoneFromTheSun, at 6:33 PM
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