October 2009 Archive
At Last, Yankees Validates Traditional Earnings
October 26, 2009
They haven’t won 26 titles in 40 appearances for nothing, or haven’t spent an outrageous $423.5 million for the series MVP C.C. Sabathia, Mark Teixeira and A.J. Burnett. Even the ...Yankees Earn Their Way Back to Baseball’s Greatest Stage
October 26, 2009
I liken my feeling prior to first pitch of Game Six last night to how Lindsay Lohan must feel on the eve of a mandatory probation hearing. Unjustly annoyed. Kind of ...Backed by Rivera and Pettitte, Yankees Win Pennant
October 26, 2009
Behind by two in the eighth inning with the speedy Chone Figgins on second base, Anaheim Angels’ slugger and future Hall of Famer Vladimir Guerrero took what may have been ...Yankees Beat Bumbling Angels 5-2, Advance to World Series
October 26, 2009
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim found out with the Minnesota Twins already knew. If you continue to make boneheaded baserunning plays, and continue to play horrific defense, you are ...World Series 2009 Prediction from WhatIfSports.com
October 26, 2009
Our computer is on a roll. It correctly picked North Carolina basketball to win it all in the 2009 NCAA tournament , the 2009 Stanley Cup champion, the Lakers over ...The Script Resurfaces: New York Yankees Head to the World Series
October 26, 2009
"...hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies."- Andy Dufresne (The Shawshank Redemption) I'd be lying if I told you I expected this. Throwing ...East Coast Defeats West Coast, Wins Coastal World Series
October 26, 2009
Fans of the West Coast Baseball Club were in tears and some despondent senior citizen diehards chose to immolate themselves after the East Coast Baseball Club won Game 11 of ...ALCS Game Six: Six Years in the Making, Yanks’ Old Men Bring It Home
October 26, 2009
He was as animated on the mound as we've ever seen him—and exactly the way we always remember him. For six-and-a-third innings and two-and-a-half hours Sunday night, Andy Pettitte turned back ...Small Ball, Big Win: Yankees Bunt Their Way to 40th World Series
October 26, 2009
For five games, the Yankees mostly sat back and waited for home runs. Sometimes they came, like Alex Rodriguez's game-tying shot in the 11th inning of Game Two. And sometimes they ...Yankees-Angels ALCS: Andy Pettitte Pitches New York into 2009 World Series
October 26, 2009
A rain delay forced Game Six from Saturday to Sunday night. There was no rain in the Bronx on Sunday, only a cold chill that absolutely nobody in New York ...