It all began with pitchers and catchers reporting, then a World Baseball Classic won by Japan, then Opening Day pageantry, then longer pitch counts, then All-Star voting and a Midsummer Classic in St. Louis, then the Trade Deadline moves and those wild pennant races, and then a postseason that everyone watched right down to the very end, when Japan’s Hideki Matsui was a hero and the Yankees were world champs again.
As a Red Sox fan of deep loyalty my feelings towards the Yankees are seldom nice enough to print. But, this team has been hot, hot, hot since the All-Star break and were just amazing. The Yankees as a team earned the win. Condolences to the Phillies and congrats for taking it six games against this powerhouse.
Time, now, to gather ’round the hot stove.
Yeah, sure, these Yanks won it fair and square, and overall, Jeter, Damon, Girardi, et. al. seem to be a class act; however, the New York Yankees remain the best baseball team that money can buy. MLB desperately needs a salary cap to restore some measure of equity.
It’s nice to see a team overcome the twin obstacles of a monstrously overwhelming payroll, and a complete chokehold on the free agent market, and yet still manage to win a championship.
Year just ended. Now begins the painful time until first weekend in Feb 2010, when pitchers and catchers report, and speculation about the new year begins. Only 85 days before Spring Training … too long!
Here’s to another boring Yankee championship, and hopes for more boring ones to come. That’s the only way to cure baseball’s money problems – get the public to lose interest in the sport and stop going to games.