Dan McCourt, NYYFans.com (November 6, 2009)
There's just something about having a million people feeling the love with you that makes the long hours waiting, the chilly temps, and the crowded conditions worthwhile when the Yanks take their ride through the Canyon of Heroes. Full Story »
Russ Rose, NYYFans.com (November 5, 2009)
It’s been nearly two years since ex-Yankee manager Joe Torre packed his bags and headed west, and it’s been nearly two years since current Yankee manager Joe Girardi sat down with the Steinbrenner family and convinced them he was the guy who could lead this team to its next World Series championship. Torre won four in his 12 years in New York and the Yankees went to the playoffs every year under Torre’s leadership. Girardi had some big shoes to fill.
No two guys were more different than Torre and Girardi. Torre was a player’s manager. He was a media darling who always measured his words and always seemed to say the right things. He had this aura about him that seemed to have a calming effect in the clubhouse. He looked like your dad, or granddad or uncle Joe.
Girardi, on the other hand, looked like a recruiting poster for the United States Marine Corps. Intense is a word that comes to mind when describing Girardi. Girardi came into the Yankees clubhouse with just one year’s experience under his belt. That year was spent managing the Florida Marlins in 2006. Girardi did a fantastic job in the sunshine state; so much so that it earned him the National League Manager of the Year Award. Full Story »
Dan McCourt, NYYFans.com (November 5, 2009)
We all have our own skeletons in the closet to deal with. The Yanks' victory over the Phils removes eight-year-old demons for me. Full Story »
Russ Rose, NYYFans.com (November 2, 2009)
It has been a long road to this point. The New York Yankees have had to overcome predictions, doubters and, yes, even themselves sometimes to put this team on the brink of bringing a 27th World Series trophy back to the Big Apple.
It hasn’t been an easy road. Going into Spring Training many so-called experts were split as to how well the Yankees would do in 2009. In Sports Illustrated 13 sportswriters predicted the AL East. Four predicted the Bombers would finish first, six chose the Boston Red Sox and three picked the Tampa Bay Rays. Six of the writers predicted the Yankees would be the wild card entry and only two felt New York would be crowned American League Champions.
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Russ Rose, NYYFans.com (November 1, 2009)
Once again the Yankees turned to “Old Reliable.” In one of the linchpin games of the 2009 edition of the World Series Joe Girardi handed the ball to the elder statesman of his pitching staff.
Andy Pettitte has taken the hill in the post season more than any other Yankee pitcher not named Mariano Rivera. Whitey Ford has the major league record for most wins the World Series with 10, but Pettitte had the most victories in the post season with 16. Last night he was going for his 17th.
The Philadelphia Phillies countered with last year’s World Series MVP, Cole Hamels, and the Phillies were banking on the Hamels of 2008 showing up. As Game 3 unfolded it appeared that the boys from the City of Brotherly Love were going to get their wish. Full Story »
Russ Rose, NYYFans.com (October 26, 2009)
When everyone else questioned it manager Joe Girardi stuck to his guns. Nobody, but nobody was going to start Game 6 of the American League Championship, but “Old Reliable” Andy Pettitte. Not even with the one day rain delay, which set the game back from Saturday to Sunday night, did Girardi waiver from his decision. Pettitte was going to get the ball, and with it rode the New York Yankees’ hopes of returning to the Fall Classic.
In order for that to happen the Yankees needed to set aside a Pesky Los Angeles Angels club that has been a thorn in New York’s side in what has seemed like forever. The Angels took 2-of-3 in Anaheim to pull the series back to Big Apple and only trailing the Yankees 3-2.
As Angels center fielder Torii hunter said, “the pressure is all on them (Yankees).” Pettitte took the ball and said ‘no problem.’ Full Story »
Dan McCourt, NYYFans.com (October 26, 2009)
Some argued that CC Sabathia would be better used to nail down the ALCS Championship for the Yankees in Game 7, so he could be saved to start the World Series just in case they won it in six. But the veteran fans knew that they had as good a chance as they could with the hard-working Andy Pettitte on the mound. Full Story »
Russ Rose, NYYFans.com (October 24, 2009)
This is the closest the New York Yankees have been to the World Series since they blew a 3-0 2004 ALCS lead to the Boston Red Sox to become the first team in any major U.S. sport to lose a 7-game series in that fashion . It was the most humiliating loss in franchise history. Especially, losing it to their most hated rival. It was the year the Red Sox shed their history versus the Yankees and built on the future. Full Story »
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