A week ago today...I was sitting at ESPN Radio in New York City taking in the World Series Celebration and listening as Brandon Tierney and company shared the excitement that over 3 million fans had watching their Yanks taking a stroll down the famed "Canyon of Heroes"
As I sat there watching the spectacle, I couldn't help but think how relieved that the "Nightmare in Flushing" series was over.....I didn't root for either team, but at the end of the day I couldn't stand the thought of seeing the Phillies win it two years in a row....
What more can I say, the bombers finally used that money to put an actual baseball team on the field....not a cluster of overpriced "superstars"...nah, this team had chemistry...and they actually acted like they all cared about each other...
Andy Pettitte pitched like the warrior that he was to win the clincher, Alex Rodriguez finally earned his pinstripes (can we give Kate Hudson an honorary MVP for that?)... and fittingly...Mo Rivera shut the door on what was an unbelievable season...
What's even more remarkable to me is the fact that the "core four".....Jeter, Pettitte, Posada and Rivera...just won their 5TH World Series....most players are lucky if they even play in 1...
Hideki Matsui had one of the best series-clinching games of all-time with a 6-rbi preformance...will Godzilla be back next season? How about Johnny Damon? My bet is that only one of them will be back....Scott Boras is comparing Damon to the likes of Jeter and seeking another rediculous contract....why mess with a good thing JD? Take a one-year incentive-laden deal and stick with the good situation you have because you may be able to hit....but you can't throw or play the outfield anymore....
Matsui feels like he's got 3 years left before he rides off into the sunset....realistically, he can take his moster postseason and score a DH gig somewhere else if the Yanks go with Damon....Unlike Damon, Godzilla has been verbal, through his translator, of course, about staying in the Bronx....
Every Year, the Yanks say they have a "championship caliber" team...this year, however, they finally built a championship team..and this team is good enough to be in the World Series for the next couple of years....
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