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<p><font size="4"><strong> * * * * * * 2009 WORLD SERIES CHAMPS!!!! * * * * * * <br><br><br><img src="http://images.yuku.com/image/gif/537157b7660e8596503ca49c0d481ca07137657.gif" alt="image"><img src="http://images.yuku.com/image/gif/537157b7660e8596503ca49c0d481ca07137657.gif" width="80" height="80" alt="image"><img src="http://images.yuku.com/image/gif/537157b7660e8596503ca49c0d481ca07137657.gif" width="80" height="80" alt="image"><img src="http://images.yuku.com/image/gif/537157b7660e8596503ca49c0d481ca07137657.gif" width="80" height="80" alt="image"><img src="http://images.yuku.com/image/gif/537157b7660e8596503ca49c0d481ca07137657.gif" width="80" height="80" alt="image"><img src="http://images.yuku.com/image/gif/537157b7660e8596503ca49c0d481ca07137657.gif" width="80" height="80" alt="image"><br><br><br><br></strong>DON</font></p>
<strong>Where are all those folks that said the Yankees wouldn't even get to the Series, let alone win it?<br><br>Before the playoffs even started, smart money (and this die hard Chicago White Sox fan <img src="http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/wink.gif" alt="image"> ) said the Yanks would win it all........<br><br>They did, #'s 40 and 27, it was their year, 2009............</strong>
I don't want to rain on your parade so I won't! Congrads and enjoy it!! The best team did indeed win!! It is a feeling I hope my Mariners and fanscan some how, some way, some day get to enjoy!!<br>Take care,<br>Mike
<p>As much as it pains me to say Charlie > The better team won & congrats on #27 and may #28 be no where in sight. <img src="http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/roll.gif" alt="image"></p>
Congrats to the Yankees and their fans - they were the domininant ball club this year! Now look out for the Celtics!<br><br> Kevin
Awesome! So happy for the team, especially Hideki and Pettit!<br><br>2009 World Champs-the NY Yankees!<br>
Big money again in the off season finally pays dividens ... baseball & a salary cap ... "Never".<br>It was a hellva a fun stretch saying .500 ballclub to my 15 yr. old w/ Yankee blue runnung through his veins.<br>Entertaining ( poor kid, lol ) listening to him get p-oed when both us knew "They were '09's team to Beat".<br><br><br>
No worries, glad we're all relaxed and sparring buddies.<br>About the book; I no longer own a copy, but I did read it.<br>A lot in fact, back when I played for fun.<br>And oh yeah, for those middle school chicks! <img src="http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/laugh.gif"><br>(kidding - KIDDING; I was in high school at the time)<br>I've said pretty much what I wanted to say tonight on the subject of<br>baseball and the Yankees winning the title,<br>I'm gonna go out for a few hours, so have a good one!<br>Greg
A World Series "MVP" that can't speak English.....GO AMERICA !!!!!!
Money didn't pitch and hit-people did-a whole team's worth. Once you pay them, they have to perform. I don't "buy" whatever that argumentis people seem to have with the Yankees. They haven't won a World Series since 2000. They were best team this year, period! Proved it last night!<br><br>^^So Hideki's achievements are invalid because Japanese is his main language? What if he came from England? There's more "world" in thisseries than ever before!
<font color="#000033">John , that is one of the stupidest comments that I have ever heard. Your profile says Arizona. Assuming that the you like theDiamondbacks and they won the WS and one of their hispanic players (Petit, Romero, Parra, Montero, etc) won the MVP, does that make him less of a MVP becausehe doesn't speak English? Do you think that Diamondback fans would care what language the player spoke? No ,they wouldn't. Hideki has been with theYankees 7 years. He does speak some English but he is a very quiet and modest person. He is a fantastic player that very few people know. And besides, withthe contract that he signed with the Yankees, he was provided with a translator. ANyway, he is an excellent player. Too bad that his knees are bad . Otherwise, he would've had more than 90 rbis. Anyway, whenever a guy wins an MVP for a team, who cares what language they speak or what theirnationality or religion.<br><br>Anyway, the best team did win. What made this team special is the way they picked each other up. It really wasn't just 1 player. The entire teamcontributed. The Phillies are a great team but they need pitching. Lee can't pitch everyday and Pedro, well , the Yankees own Pedro. <br><br>My son and I are thrilled. He was too young to remember the 2000 World series. We will be celebrating later tonight. That is a bottle of Dom Perignonchampagne that will be uncorked tonight when my other kid gets home from work.<br><br><img src="http://i476.photobucket.com/albums/rr126/mingotoy/jyankstatue092.jpg" alt="image"><br><P><br><img src="http://i476.photobucket.com/albums/rr126/mingotoy/jyankstatue095.jpg" alt="image"><br><br><br>Maribell</font>
<blockquote> A World Series "MVP" that can't speak English.....GO AMERICA !!!!!!</blockquote><br><br>I took this as a compliment to the MVP, USA and baseball.
<font color="#990000">Whoops.. Compliment? Ok , I see what you mean. I take my comment back. Sorry, too much celebrating last night. Anyway, the rest ofthe country got of glimpe of Mr.Hideki Matsui. He truly is a superstar. Just very few people know about. I'm sure that he will command more $$$ thiswinter on the free agent market because of this world series.<br><br><br>maribell</font>
Did anybody really think they would not win? I know alot of people do not like the yanks. But think about it. Its baseball not the yankees, they just have themoney to spend. If the cardinals had that kind of money i would LOVE IT! The yanks go by all the rules, and even pay more than other teams. Its baseball thatis cousing this problem by not using the CAP. Yes they do have alot of HIGH payed people. But thats all square and by the rules at this point. And the bottomline id the yanks just flat outplayed the phils. If your fav team had the money, and bought all those guys you would like it also. xept maybe the Mets. Theyspend away and still SUCK.
I think that the ONLY MVP on the team was Joe Girardi , seems that on his way home after the game on the parkway he pulled over to help a young woman that hadjust had a car accident. He waited & helped her until the cops got there. Now THAT'S a hero. How many of the players would have drove right by......?Correct! All of them.
yankees play by the rules? lets see 2 key players were caught for juicing
Best team money can buy!!<br><br>Phillies fans, there is always next year and remember how it felt in 2008!!!
<blockquote> <strong class="quote-title">spectraflamed wrote:</strong> <hr> yankees play by the rules? lets see 2 key players were caught for juicing</blockquote><br><br>I agree how convenient that the 'roids have all but been forgotten by their fans.. But I would also say that it was ONLY 1 key player caught.......A Rodwill never be a key player in anyone's mind but a Yankee fan. And any record he may ever get will not matter just the sames as Barry Bonds........
The surprise is when they do not win. By spending far and away more than anyone else, the years they lose are failures more than the wins beingaccomplishments.<br><br>What a team like the Twins did is far more impressive.
Things are finally back to normal!!!<br><br>Colin<br><br>Life long Cards fan, all that beer they sell and they have no $$$$$????
<blockquote> Best team money can buy!!</blockquote><br><br>100% factual...<br><br>$208,000,000.00+ payroll for the yanks against the Phillies at $111,000,000.00<br><br>Do the math...<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/chevyhoney/beerdrinking.gif" alt="image"><br>
The steroids were in the past. Also , A-Rod wasn't the only one caught. There were more than 100 names on that list. Not fair , that just 2 names wereleaked. <br><br> I'm sure that every single baseball team has had at least 1 player caught w/ steriods or growth hormones etc. In fact, this is probably true in othersports too. Pete, you Met fans are such sore losers. Steroids/illegal growth hormones, etc,you guys have had more players suspended in the past few years forillegal stuff than the Yankees. True, most of them were no-name players. Had the Mets not been so cheap, A-Rod would've signed up with you guys. Hegrew up in Queens, a freakin' Mets fan and that was the team that he wanted to sign with originally, not the Yankees.<br>You Met fans are such sore losers. Anyway, enjoy your trip to the mall , supermarkets, BOBS, Kohls, Modells. The Yankees WS merchandise is everywhere. <br><br>The Yankees won because they played the best. They put more pressure on their opponents than their opponents did on them. When the opponents made a mistake,the Yankees capitalized. This was seen throughout the years and in all 3 rounds of the post season.<br><br>The Yankee players are well trained. They hustle. They play good defense. They know how to step on 3rd base on their way home. They catch fly balls w/ 2hands. They don't admire their homeruns and then trot to 2nd base when they realize that the ball isn't a homerun. The coaching staff is great. Themedical staff is great. The medical staff can actually read an MRI and can tell the difference between a torn hamstring and scar tissue. They run out groundballs and fly balls. Their manager is not a moron who cracks jokes after a loss. Their general manager can make a decent trade when the manager needs aplayer. Anyway Pete, until your Mets do these things , the only World Series that they will see in the fall is when they turn on the TV. It will be yearsbefore your team plays in a World Series. Remember, your Mets still have to go through Philadelphia and Atlanta inorder to reach the post season. Believeme, this journey will take years.<br><br><br>maribell<br><br>
One of many reasons I'm not a big sports fan.<br>At least, not professional sports.<br><br>Think about the American League "Desginated Hitter" position;<br>you have ONE job, offense - hit the ball, put it in play, get hits / runs.<br>No one has hit .400 (40% success rate) for a full season since Ted Williams, right?<br>Ok, so a .300 average is great these days. So if you're a DH and you have a .300 average,<br>you're considered a huge success and<br>get paid millions of dollars a year... <strong><em>to fail 70% of the time at your only job.</em></strong>
<p><font color="#CC0000">Yes Greg , you're correct but look at the other side of the coin.. When a batter fails, the pitcher has succeeded. You need tolook at the whole picture.<br>If everyone succeeded 100% of the time in sports, it wouldn't be fun watching. You can't have 100% success rate in baseball , football, etc. <br><br><br><br>maribell</font></p>
Maribell, it's not like I've never thought of that you know.<br><img src="http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/wink.gif"> I was just illustrating a point.<br><br>And as far as I'm concerned, it's a bunch of spoiled brat full grown men<br>playing a CHILD'S game for millions of dollars and thinking they're<br>a heck of a lot more important than they are.<br>And I mean that of all sports where people are getting paid big bucks to play a game.<br>I don't care if they "give it 110%", "play through the pain", etc etc.<br>Sure some guys would play just as hard for free... But not many.<br><br>Yeah, I know that makes me somehow unAmerican or not make me a guy anymore or something...<br>in the eyes of a lot of my fellow testicle-clad humans,<br>but that's how I feel about bigtime, major league, well paid professional sports.<br><br>But then, it's me ... 99octane ... did you really expect conformity?<br><img src="http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/laugh.gif">
Think about the American League "Desginated Hitter" position;<br><blockquote> you have ONE job, offense - hit the ball, put it in play, get hits / runs. <br> No one has hit .400 (40% success rate) for a full season since Ted Williams, right? <br> Ok, so a .300 average is great these days. So if you're a DH and you have a .300 average, <br> you're considered a huge success and <br> get paid millions of dollars a year... <strong><em>to fail 70% of the time at your only job.</em></strong></blockquote><strong><em><br><br><font style="font-weight: bold;" size="4"><span style="font-weight: normal;">You are correct Greg...<br>but hitting a round baseball with a round bat when the ball is traveling 90-100 mph, being thrown from a distance of 60 feet 6 inches, gives the batter about.45 seconds to react. That is definitely the most difficult thing to do in all of sports. Also, the batter has to hit the ball 'flush' enough to putthe ball in fair play and not hit it to someone. However, hitting the ball so perfect to send it out of the park for a homerun is way beyond comparison in anysport!!!<br>Now let's talk about hitting the infamous CURVEBALL at 80-85 mph, when the control of the pitcher allows him to hit the black edging ofhomeplate...Ahhhhhhh...Nevermind<br><br>This is the reason why a batter that averages .300 is considered one of the best around. .400 is phenomenal!!!</span></font><br></em></strong>
<blockquote> I don't care if they "give it 110%", "play through the pain", etc etc.</blockquote><br><br>Uh...Greg...100% is max...in any field of dreams...<img src="http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/wink.gif" alt="image"><br>
only 2 names were leaked? um a few more than that I can think of off the top of my head manny, ortiz, arod, clemens (another yankee) and pettite. The arguementevery team had guys that did it is weak at best. I guess I have a problem rooting for cheaters and some do not.
<blockquote> I guess I have a problem rooting for cheaters</blockquote><br><br>Me too...<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/chevyhoney/Handshake.gif" alt="image"><br>
<blockquote> <strong class="quote-title">toysalot wrote:</strong> <hr> Think about the American League "Desginated Hitter" position; <br><blockquote> you have ONE job, offense - hit the ball, put it in play, get hits / runs. <br> No one has hit .400 (40% success rate) for a full season since Ted Williams, right? <br> Ok, so a .300 average is great these days. So if you're a DH and you have a .300 average, <br> you're considered a huge success and <br> get paid millions of dollars a year... <strong><em>to fail 70% of the time at your only job.</em></strong> </blockquote><strong><em><br><br><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="4"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">You are correct Greg... <br> but hitting a round baseball with a round bat when the ball is traveling 90-100 mph, being thrown from a distance of 60 feet 6 inches, gives the batter about .45 seconds to react. That is definitely the most difficult thing to do in all of sports. Also, the batter has to hit the ball 'flush' enough to put the ball in fair play and not hit it to someone. However, hitting the ball so perfect to send it out of the park for a homerun is way beyond comparison in any sport!!! <br> Now let's talk about hitting the infamous CURVEBALL at 80-85 mph, when the control of the pitcher allows him to hit the black edging of homeplate...Ahhhhhhh...Nevermind <br><br> This is the reason why a batter that averages .300 is considered one of the best around. .400 is phenomenal!!!</span></font> <br></em></strong></blockquote><br><br><br>You know your response to me is almost ... er... 110% ...plagiarized out of Ted William's book,<br>"The Science of Hitting", right?<br>
<blockquote> You know your response to me is almost ... er... 110% ...plagiarized out of Ted William's book, <br> "The Science of Hitting", right?</blockquote><br><br>Funny how you, of all people, refer to my comments as if I 'stole' them from Mr. Williams' book.<br><br>FYI...never read the book nor talked about the book to anyone. I played the sport for many many years my friend. My comments come from years ofexperience...not from the book you referenced.<br><br><img src="http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/wink.gif" alt="image"><br>
Relax - I'm just sparring with you. It's all good natured stuff here.<br>No snazzy winkie face required, but here goes... <img src="http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/wink.gif"><br><br>And what, may I ask, are you alluding to when you say:<br>"Funny how you, of all people, refer to my comments as if I 'stole' them from Mr. Williams' book. "<br>I get the distinct impression you think I do nothing but copy paste from Google searches,<br>as if I am incapable of forming my own thoughts or words and need to use those of others...<br>Hmmmm ... he don't know me very well, do he? <img src="http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/laugh.gif"> Ask around.<br>Those long winded dissertations you've seen posted under "99octane" come from one place baby!<br>And it ain't on the net 'till I type it there.<br><br>And if you never read that book, it's amazing how you came up with<br>almost word for word what Ted Williams wrote. Amazing!<br>And I never said I don't like the game.<br>I have a bit of "experience" with it myself.
Relax??? I too, am playing in a friendly jousting session with ya! There aren't many here that I feel I can have this type of 'battle of words'with without someones ire getting raised. Relax you say? I am buddy...I truly am. Never any hard feelings but I do enjoy a little brain tease every so often.<br>No need for me to ask around Greg...I form my opinions from what I see and read by you. If I felt you were one of those copy and paste kinda guys, we wouldhave gotten this far...<img src="http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/pimp.gif" alt="image"><br><br>If you have "The Book" would you please copy and paste the page to show me how, what I typed, was word for word like the book? I would love toactually see that my mind is that close to the greatest batter of all time!<br><br><img src="http://www.ezboard.com/image/posticons/pi_hippie.gif" alt="image"><br><br><br>
<blockquote> <strong class="quote-title">toysalot wrote:</strong> <hr> Relax??? I too, am playing in a friendly jousting session with ya! There aren't many here that I feel I can have this type of 'battle of words' with without someones ire getting raised. Relax you say? I am buddy...I truly am. Never any hard feelings but I do enjoy a little brain tease every so often. <br> No need for me to ask around Greg...I form my opinions from what I see and read by you. If I felt you were one of those copy and paste kinda guys, we would have gotten this far...<img src="http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/pimp.gif" alt="image"><br><br> If you have "The Book" would you please copy and paste the page to show me how, what I typed, was word for word like the book? I would love to actually see that my mind is that close to the greatest batter of all time! <br><br><img src="http://www.ezboard.com/image/posticons/pi_hippie.gif" alt="image"><br><br><br></blockquote><br><br>It never ends.................................
<blockquote> I meant that the teams decide if they want to spend the money on the players.</blockquote><br><br>No other team can come anywhere close to deciding to pay a 200 million plus payroll.<br><br>With their ability to cherry pick the best available every year, as I said, the real story is their failure to do better than they've done.
"The steroids were in the past. Also , A-Rod wasn't the only one caught. There were more than 100 names on that list. Not fair , that just 2 nameswere leaked. " quote from Maribell..............<br><br>Were they? Maybe, maybe not. But either way A Rod is chasing a record, a record that has already been tarnished. The only ones that forgot his crime wasYankees fans....<br>
When the Yankees didn't win the series from 2001-2008, was the organization just throwing money away on payroll? So this year they win, they"bought" the series??? Someone had to go out and actually play the game, checkbooks didn't field, hit, pitch, and think. Every year there's adraft, every year all the teams get to pick from the same pool of players. Some teams would rather not spend the money on players-and the seats in the stadiumsare empty as a result. New York, by default, is a high-profile sports city. It's the cultural and financial center of the world. When I walk throughManhattan any day of the year, 24 x 7, I see throngs of tourists. Anything you want-it's right here, period. I have been lucky enough to travel to mostmajor cities in the US over the last 20 years, and none have the same attraction that New York has on a global scale. It stands to reason that there are morepeople, which means more overall spending dollars available, that want to pay for and go to sports events here in comparison to many US cities. Sorrymiddle-America, that's just plain demographics.<br><br>When you take all this into consideration, it's a wonder that there is even any type of competition on a national level.<br><br>The Yankees have been a dynasty, always will be. Ask anyone anywhere in the world if they ever heard of Yankee Stadium and where it's located. Then askthem if they know where Citizens Bank Park is.
<blockquote> When you take all this into consideration, it's a wonder that there is even any type of competition on a national level.</blockquote><br><br>Right, that's what some of us said.
It just does not matter. The Yanks are the champs. Like it, dont like it, lots of money, no money. The fact remains. Nothing anyone can do about it.