Yankee Celebration

AP-Paint the town in pinstripes! Nearly a decade after their dynasty ended on a blooper in the desert, the New York Yankees are baseball’s best again.

Hideki Matsui tied a World Series record with six RBIs, Andy Pettitte won on short rest and New York beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-3 in Game 6 on Wednesday night, finally seizing that elusive 27th title. It was the team’s first since winning three straight from 1998-2000.

Matsui powered a quick rout of old foe Pedro Martinez – and when Mariano Rivera got the final out it was ecstasy in the Bronx for George Steinbrenner’s go-for-broke bunch.

What a way for Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter and crew to christen their $1.5 billion ballpark: One season, one championship.

And to think it capped a season that started in turmoil – a steroids scandal involving A-Rod, followed by hip surgery that kept him out until May.
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New York City will throw a parade Friday morning for the New York Yankees to celebrate their 27th World Series title. The victory parade will travel through the financial district’s Canyon of Heroes.

The victory parade will begin on Broadway at Battery Place at 11 a.m. and continue uptown along the Canyon of Heroes to Chambers Street. Then, a ceremony will be held at City Hall Plaza, where Mayor Michael Bloomberg will present the Bronx Bombers with the Keys to the City.

The sidewalks lining Friday’s ticker-tape parade up the Canyon of Heroes along Broadway from the Battery to City Hall are open to all members of the public.Anyone who would like to participate and view the Yankee parade is able.

The city will set up a large screen near City Hall Park for members of the public to watch the ceremony. That will allow others who are not able to see, due to large crowds. to have a decent view of the celebration.

There is very limited space on City Hall plaza for the ceremony itself. The city will make a limited number of tickets available to the public.

A-Rod Going Deep Off Of Hammels-AP Eric Gay

The Yankees bats have awakened as they have taken a 2-1 series lead over the Philadelphia Phillies.

The New York Yankees hit 3 home runs against the Phillies to take a one game lead in the World Series.

The Halloween game, which was delayed by rain for about 80 minutes, started off as a horror show.

Pettite was having problems, walking batters and he and Jorge Posada didn’t seem to be on the same page. A Jayson Werth blast — the first of two off Andy — and a misplayed Cole Hamels bunt led to three runs in the second inning.

But the Yankees and Andy Pettitte did not give up.

Alex Rodriguez hit a controversial two run blast off Cole Hamels in the fourth which got them back in the game.

Yes, the umps initially signaled a double and had to go to the review television under the bleachers before declaring the blast a home run. But it WAS a home run. The ball bounced off a FOX camera perched in right field and came back on the field. ESPN’s John Kruk was ranting about how embarrassing it was for Major League Baseball.

What the chunky ex-ball player didn’t know, was that the umpires had discussed the camera before the game and they had come to an agrrement: Any ball that hit the camera in the air would be ruled a home run.

That play was the turning point of the game. Cole Hammels couldn’t get an out and the Yankees went on a tear and couldn’t be denied their second victory of the series.

The big players of the game were Andy Pettite, A-Rod, Matsui, and Damon, who all came up clutch with some big hits and some nice RBIs. Yes, I included Pettite in that group because he did knock in his 18th career RBI.

I guess Cole Hammels enjoyed his Halloween as he got booed by the Philly faithful.

World Series tickets for the 2009 baseball season can now be purchased online through many different vendors.

Today was the first day that the tickets were available, but many fans of the New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies were disappointed when they showed up to their team’s stadium box office, only to be turned away. That is right. The tickets for the World Series are currently only available online.

This morning at 10:00 am, yankees.com automatically directed visitors to ticketmaster, where they were able to purchase tickets. However, by 10:07 am, the tickets were all sold out!

Many Yankee fans were very upset, especially those that lined up outside the box office early in the morning, only to be turned away at 9:00 am when the office opened.

Tickets can still be had, but they are only available through private online vendors, and they will cost an arm and a leg to get them.