I can't believe I'm agreeing with FS (his agreement with SB) -- the former who only seems to come out of the woodwork to stir up shit now and then.

I12, you often do give real fans a bad image. Sorry, had to say it. And no comment on D-J who doesn't give a flying F about this forum except to talk and talk and talk b.s. half the time

JG, you know I love you, but I have to disagree: it was a good series. Not the best since 2001, but good series nontheless.

Phillies take the first lead; 2 more games after that, and the Yankees got the lead instead. Then the Phillies almost tied the series for a 2:2, but A-Rod came with the final blow, after Damon stole another base. I think those kind of moments like that 4th game ending make baseball such a fascinating game. I'm no Yankees or Phillies fan....but that's not how boring series look like. I agree that the series should have had a better ending, but overall it wasnt bad or boring.

Anywyaz...are you going to that Canyon of Heroes parade? take pictures will ya. I'm curious to see how it'll look like this time.

And one last request, from EVERYONE :

This should be a really nice thread to discuss the world series. I know that we all love different teams, and there's nothing wrong with teasing each other, but PLEASE let's stop it there. It doesnt matter if you're a Yankees, Red Sox, or if you think that Japanese baseball is ten times better than the MLB. Let us show respect for each other. We're all brothers and sisters here, dont forget that.

Mama Corleone says: "...you can never lose your family"

Let's prove her right.

THERE HE IS! Coming in his usual postseason rant about why the Yankees suck and claims he's a Yankees fan. Although this year he had to be awoken from the woodwork since they actually won!

And YOU still refuse to confront the comments that have been made. It seems that the only way you can celebrate a Yankees win is to disparage another team. That's just unsportsmanlike, and, quite frankly, rather childish.

Enough about that! My boys are parading down the Canyon of Heroes this morning!! It's a bit chilly here (actually, it's freezing!), but the sun is shining, so it will be a nice day for it. However, I'll watch from the comfort of my 72 degree home!

Even if I don't post, I often do read many threads.
You asked so I posted a response
I see that you haven't grown up yet, thanks for making my point.
I stand by my Bingo reply.

Geoff I haven't started anything. Just telling it like it is.
Just because we don't post to some of the dumbest threads in the history of these boards (IMO)doesn't mean that we are not reading and just keeping quiet. Your comment about me was uncalled for in my opinion, Just because we don't post everyday doesn't mean our opinions are wrong when we do post. Most likely we see something so wrong that we have to stand up and post. Unpopular as they may be at times in some peoples eyes. I hope you change your thoughts on things and have a better understanding.
Thanks and have a great day and enjoy the parade!

Wow, I almost forgot! Thanks. I went there in '96 and '98, and it is easier just to turn on the TV

Oh God, Susan Waldman. *shudder*

BTW, those out of the area can watch the parade live at http://www.myfoxny.com/

If baseball had pushed the series back any further, the Yankees could have combined their parade with the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade. CC could have been Santa.

CC makes David Wells look anorexic.

Not only is CC a huge man, but his uniform always looks like he just rolled out of bed. My husband calls him Slob-athia.

this is something i don't understand...if you are playing as a first baseman (fielder) or pitcher (CC) do you have to fit, and not well fat?

Here's something that will make you LOL :

Step 1: go to google
Step 2: type in "woodwork"
Step 3: now look at the 3rd result that comes up...

I wonder if that address links to here

God I love google.

I wanted to go down to the Canyon of Heroes today but couldn't How is it Geoff, since you've been in the past?

No, I've read the comments about me, and at this point I really don't care. I've been waiting for this for 9 freaking years! Listening to peoples crap for the past 6 (since 2003) when the Marlins won, then when Boston did in 2004 and 2007. So, you can understand if I've got some pent-up frustration that's been dying to get out with another Yankees World Series. And now it's here and I'm enjoying it to its fullest for the next 365 days!

If you saw it on TV, you can only imagine that it's quite the experience in person and worth doing at least once in your life. In '96 I was working in the city and my boss let me go, which was really cool. In '98 I made the special 2-hour trek up. I'm not a huge fan of standing outside for 6 hours in the cold, so I haven't gone since. Maybe someday.

Irish, I'm going to make this one last attempt because I truly don't think you'll get it. Nobody wants to stop you from celebrating. Have a ball. I'm THRILLED with the Yankee win. But you DON'T need to celebrate by bashing another team or other players.

It's that simple.

When it comes to Yankees and New York, there's a lot to hate

Now that the Yankees are back on top, I can settle into a more natural state of dark hatred and enthusiastic loathing for them. All is right with the world.

As the years rolled on after their last World Series championship in 2000 and the Bronx Bombers wallowed (for them), that hatred had turned to ... what? Not pity exactly, but something like bemused dismissal. The Yankees were the filthy rich people who made impulse buys on hot-off-the-runway styles and ended up looking silly. There was no sport in it.

But now? After their six-game defeat of the Phillies? I can hate at will and with renewed vigor. Batter up!

I can hate Derek Jeter for playing to the cameras on the top step of the dugout as he cheered on his teammates.

I can hate the national media's turbo-fawning over the Yankees, especially the media outlets on the East Coast and extra especially ESPN, which has an acute sense of who butters its bread.

I can hate Rudy Giuliani for his prominent seat at Yankee Stadium and his even more prominent PD-NY-FD baseball cap. Yes, Rudy, we remember you used to be the mayor.

I can hate the way the franchise spent gobs more money than anybody else to build a team of stars and then talked about "team chemistry."

I could go on.

So I will.

I can hate the song "New York, New York," which is played after every Yankees' game. Start spreadin' the news: It's the anthem of a completely self-absorbed city.

I can hate that the Alex Rodriguez story line turned into how liberating it had been for him to come clean on his use of performance-enhancing drugs. Explain to me why we're convinced he's clean now?

I can hate how Andy Pettitte basically has been given a free pass for his PED usage.

I can hate how New York bought into Nick Swisher's phoniness.

That's a lot of hate, I know. But what can I say? The Yankees bring out the best in me.

This hatred is a good thing, a healthy thing. So thank you, Yankees. You're the bonfire on which some of us can throw our frustrations, whether it be the economy, job problems, marriage woes or those stickers on pears that seem to have no purpose other than to make people crazy.

You're here for us. You're the mental health counselors who are standing by.

We need villains. We need big, bad nasties to hate. We don't really want to get to know them. We would prefer not to find out they might even be human. We just want to hiss when they slither into our living rooms.

This is exactly what's wrong with the NFL. Revenue sharing and a salary cap ensures parity, which ensures there won't be an evil empire to detest. What team can you hate in pro football other than the regional rivals that crop up across the league? Besides Bill Belichick's hoodie and the fact that Tom Brady has everything, there's not a whole lot to hate about the Patriots.

We're left to be disgusted with Terrell Owens. There's not a whole lot of lasting fun in that.

On Friday, New York put on a ticker-tape parade for the conquering ballplayers that ambled through the Canyon of Heroes. Aptness required that the confetti be from shredded C-notes, but, alas, no. Even the conspicuously consuming Yankees have their limits. They might build a $1.5 billion stadium in a bad economy, but they're not that crazy.

Some of us laughed at Yankees fans' outrage during the barren years between World Series championships. I read a story Friday that described the "nine long years" fans had waited for title No. 27. Nine years? Dude, that's 10 minutes in Cub years.

Yankees fans don't think God is a Yankees fan. They think the Almighty is powerless in the face of the Steinbrenner family's greatness.

You know what George Steinbrenner is? He's the parent who does his kid's science project for him. There is nothing special about the Yankees other than the fact they have owners who will spend in wretched excess to buy a winner. That's not an art. That's a payoff.

There's no doubt baseball is better when the Yankees are winning. They are polarizing. They restart the discussion about the economic inequities in the sport. Everybody needs a bad guy in a cape and dastardly mustache to root against.

I will say this: It's hard to hate nice-guy Yankees manager Joe Girardi. And it's hard to hate Kate Hudson, A-Rod's girlfriend, no matter how excessively the cameras showed her.

Other than that, I'm whole again.

Source: Chicago Tribune

"Hate" involving a baseball game? A pretty strong word to use. As a National League fan, I wanted the Phillies to win. But "hate" the Yankees for winning? I think not. As SB points out, you celebrate accomplishments. That should be enough.

How apropos, considering CC's stuff is filthy.

This excellent article from hardballtimes.com entitled "Why the Phillies lost the World Series" (there's also one "Why the Yankees won the WS") motivated an excellent discussion that puts to rest any claim that Phillies fans are stupid. one of them made a great point about Jimmy Rollins that makes me understand Charlie Manuel's moves a bit more:

"Platoons and flexible/undefined roles work with some players, but rarely with the elite ones. Manuel knows that you get the most out of players like Rollins, year-in and year-out when they have an absolutely fixed role, and know they have the manager’s full support through all the inevitable slumps."

basically that's why the Phillies might stick with J-Roll at leadoff and why Manuel doesn't move Howard down in the order against lefties.

another guy points out that the Phillies hit far more extra base hits than the Yankees and that both pitching staffs played similar roles in the WS except for the Godfather Mariano Rivera, and that he (Rivera) and the fact that the Phillies' line drives, deep flies and hard hit grounders went direclty to someone's glove instead of dropping in between fielders are the main reasons why Philadelphia lost. I'm not sure that's right but it's very interesting.

those Phillie fans deinitely know about baseball!

New York Yankees 2009 World Series Championship gear!

Enjoy that for the next 365 days