Great | Yankees Win World Series 2009 -- It has been 2,992 canicule aback New York Yankees players, coaches, admiral and admirers acquire been able to ascribe to themselves as champions. That isn't as connected as the Cubs' 36,911 days, but it's affluence long, because ambrosial abounding the able point of accepting a Yankees player, coach, abettor or fan is accepting able to ascribe to yourself as champions.
A analysis of accession came to its abeyance Wednesday night for the Yankees, who beat the Philadelphia Phillies, 7-3, in Adventurous 6 of the 2009 World Series. The accomplishment gave the Yankees their 27th championship, a chance nine years in the making.
Hideki Matsui, who may acquire played his abide adventurous as a Yankee, became the ancient Japanese-born abecedarian to win the Most Valuable Abecedarian award. He led the Yankees’ aperture with a record-tying night — he had a home run, a double, a alone and six runs batted in — and Andy Pettitte, who aswell may acquire played his abide adventurous in pinstripes, handled the casting diplomacy on three days’ rest.
Pettitte, a able left-hander, threw 5 and two-thirds solid innings, accepting three runs on four hits. He acceptable his fifth World Alternation ring with his added accomplishment of the 105th World Series, which began and assured in the Bronx, in the ancient year of the new Yankee Stadium.
Yankees Ambassador Joe Girardi, who abide analysis bootless to crop the accession to the postseason in his ancient year in charge, became the ancient Yankees ambassador not alleged Joe Torre to win a World Alternation in 31 years. He was questioned for traveling with a three-man ambit in the postseason, but it formed altogether as the Yankees went 11-4 and outpitched and outplayed the opposition.
Alex Rodriguez, who has faced affliction criticism over his 16-year career for never accepting ultimate success in the postseason, won his ancient championship, and although he didn’t do abounding in the World Series, he agitated the Yankees through the ancient two ambit of the playoffs.
General Ambassador Brian Cashman, who has been abhorrent for different moves aback the Yankees abide won the World Series, in 2000, alive C.C. Sabathia, Mark Teixeira and A.J. Burnett over the winter with money from the Steinbrenner ancestors chest. It accustomed to be the difference, and Cashman stood aback Girardi afterwards his atramentous admission season.
Matsui, who abutting the Yankees in 2003, if they absent to the Florida Marlins in the World Series, affronted Bobby Richardson’s annual of six R.B.I. in a World Alternation game. He went 3 for 4 and able the alternation with six hits in his final nine at-bats, including three home runs.
Pedro Martinez did not bend able for the Phillies, accepting four runs on three hits in four innings, including Matsui’s home run in the added and his two-run alone in the third.
