The New York Yankees have won their 27th world championship in a game six, 7 – 3 win over the Philadelphia Phillies, according to ESPN.
The Yankees may have “bought” their championship with the offseason acquisitions of Mark Texeira, C.C. Sabathia and A.J. Burnett, but all they bought was the crown of “paper champions.”
In baseball, you still have to play 162 regular season games, plus the playoffs.
Unfortunately for Yankee-haters, there was no team that was better than the Bronx Bombers.
The Yankees weren’t the best team because of their new all-stars, but because of a cast-off from the Chicago White Sox named Nick Swisher.
Although not their best player, Swisher helped foster team chemistry that’s absolutely vital in the day-to-day grind that is baseball.
The chemistry was easily seen in the many shaving cream pies Yankee players got in their face after their myriad of walk-off wins.
The calmness and enthusiasm is so much different in this year’s Yankee team that Alex Rodriguez — who was much maligned because of steroid allegations and his later admission, before the season — finally broke out of his playoff slump and more than delivered.
Can the Yankees repeat?
Yeah, of course they can.
Will they repeat?
Some of their star players are getting older, like the seemingly immortal Derek Jeter and the legendary Mariano Rivera, but they’ve got a couple of good, young players like Brett Gardner and Robinson Cano.
Don’t forget the Yankees can always sign almost whoever they want in free agency to improve their team and fulfill their desires for a 28th world championship.
The Yankees may have gotten a new Yankee Stadium, but they’re still the Yankees and they’re not going to go away.
Husain Sumra
-Staff Writer
November 6, 2009 at 1:51 pm |
Husain captures every bit of the yankees success in this article. He does not get caught up in the whole yankees buy their championships which only small minded fans and jelous people get caught up in. People forget the yankees are one of the few teams to retain their greats in Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Jorge Posada and Andy Pettite, not to mention new starting additions such as All-Star Second baseman Robinson Cano, Melky Caberera, Joba Chamberlin, Phil Hughes and Brett Gardner each had their own part in contributing to the world series win. I applaud Mr. Sumra for recognizing this and for a yankee fan in california its good to see.