‘NY Yankees’ Archives
World Series Preview: Why Yankees Will Triumph in »
We are finally here! It's World Series time!While Major League Baseball and most of its fans may have been salivating over the thought of a Dodgers versus Yankees World Series, an "I-95" series, as some have dubbed it, is definitely the better series from a baseball standpoint.The Yankees and Phillies easily boast the best lineup in each of their [...]
Yankees-Phillies World Series: A Preview of the »
The Yankees are leaning towards going with a three-man rotation in the World Series against the Phillies. This will be a more difficult task than in the American League Championship Series, when there was an additional off day between Games Four and Five, because A.J. Burnett and Andy Pettitte will also have to go on three days' rest. The other [...]
13 Reasons to be Excited for the 2009 World Series »
(Aaron Torres is an accomplished journalist whose work has been published in Sports Illustrated , USA Today , and AOL.com. To read all his work, including this article in its entirety , please click here , or visit him at www.aarontorres-sports.com ) Baseball’s not a perfect sport, we all know that. The games start too late. They run too [...]
The Road To World Series, No. 27: Yankees-Phillies »
After seven months of baseball played, we are now finally down to two teams that will square off for the richest prize in the sport. The Yankees won the American League Championship by defeating the Los Angeles Angels and have advanced to the 2009 World Series. They will now take on the Philadelphia Phillies, who are the defending World Series [...]
New York Yankees On Cusp of 27th World Series Title »
In the end, it was Mariano Rivera on the mound as his teammates rushed after him to celebrate the Yankees' 2009 Pennant. Rivera pitching to Posada in the ninth inning of a series clincher. How fitting. The scene was reminiscent of the glory days. A decade ago when it seem legit that Derek Jeter may someday have 10 rings. And there was Rivera, [...]
2009 World Series Preview: New York Yankees vs. »
The Fall Classic is set. The New York Yankees are heading to the World Series for the first time since 2003 to face the defending champions, the Philadelphia Phillies. The Yankees were the best team in baseball this year, and the Phillies were one of the top teams in the National League in 2009. Both of these teams are defined by their top-end [...]
New York Yanks in ’09: Not Cheap, But Empty »
I do have a thing for red heads. And there’s something about blondes that can start wars. But sexually, the experts say, humans are most attracted to those with similar physical features to their own, especially hair color. The theory holds true for me, I guess, as a dark brown haired individual; my eyes are definitely habitués of the [...]
Yankees Make Postseason Unwatchable »
Wednesday night provides this viewer some options to watch. He can either watch the first game of the World Series or take in couple of pro basketball games by couple of sorry basketball teams that play in New York and New Jersey. Watching the Knicks and the Nets is a better option that watching an American League team buying its way to the World [...]
Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees Meet in »
Many baseball fans have complained that the World Series has not been entertaining or memorable during the past few seasons. Last year Philadelphia and Tampa Bay had the now-infamously suspended Game Five, which made that series memorable for all the wrong reasons. In 2004, the Red Sox won their first World Series in 86 years, certainly [...]
Call Me Different: A Fan of Two Teams Speaks Out »
It's World Series time; New York Yankees vs. Philadelphia Phillies. As a fan of the Yankees, I'm extremely happy to see the boys in pinstripes back on the grand stage. Throughout the division series, I've communicated with several online friends on Facebook and an issue came up that I want to address. Yes, I'm a Yankee fan: I've been one since I [...]