August 2013 Pics

Smiling in my apartment

Always keeping the faith with the Yankees 

Yankees 2009 WS & Parade Highlights

Highlights of Yankees game 6 and ticker-tape parade

NYY Parade Videos-'09 Championship

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In Honor of the Quest for 28

Pettite, Jeter and Posada on Letterman

H/T: Zell's Pinestripe Blog

"The Quest for 28 Begins"-The Boss Speaketh

Yankees-MLB.com:

"The Steinbrenner Family and the Yankees organization are extremely proud of the members of the 2009 New York Yankees for bringing a 27th World Championship to New York City and our fans, the greatest fans in the world," Steinbrenner said on Thursday in a statement. "Every World Series victory is special, but this one is especially sweet coming in the first year in our new home."

"The 2009 New York Yankees proved that we are the best in baseball," Steinbrenner said. "We beat truly worthy opponents in the American League Division Series, the American League Championship Series and the World Series.

"As we did all season long, we fought hard, never lost focus and gave a true team victory. Our players have a lot to be proud of. This group will become legendary -- similar to the 26 World Championship teams that preceded them."

"Joe Girardi and his team deserve great credit for racking up wins over a long, tough season," Steinbrenner said. "We are so grateful to our fans. They have never wavered in their faith or enthusiasm through the good and bad years. This World Series belongs to them and to all Yankees, past, present and future."

"We'll enjoy this win," Steinbrenner said. "And the quest for number 28 begins."

Yankees 27th Championship Pictures

All pictures courtesy of Zell's Pinstripe Blog

Champagne pics can be found here.

'09 NYY World Championship Links

Picture courtesy of Len's NY Yankees

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The Yankees will celebrate their 27th World Series title in grand New York fashion - with a "ticker tape" parade up the Canyon of Heroes on Friday starting at 11am

Matsui did all sorts of damage Wednesday night, setting a record with six RBIs in a World Series clincher and leading the New York Yankees over the Philadelphia Phillies 7-3. His performance won Game 6 - and clinched the MVP trophy

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Pettitte needn't have worried, attacking the Phillies' lineup and holding the National League champions to three runs over 5 2/3 innings, extending his all-time postseason record with an 18th victory and his third in a clinching game this year

Just as they did in 1923, when they won their first-ever title, the Yankees inaugurated Yankee Stadium with a world championship, ending the third-longest drought with a championship since winning their first

A-Rod's post season, the new Mr. October

Godzilla, MVP

1923

Gameday and box score wrap

Official World Series merchandise

Official Yankees Facebook page

The Last Call

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2009 World Series Champions-New York Yankees

Yankees Take Commanding 3-1 Series Lead

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The Bombers stunned Brad Lidge and a sellout crowd at Citizens Bank Park with an astonishing ninth-inning rally on Sunday, securing Game 4 of the Fall Classic with a wild 7-4 decision, moving just nine innings away from celebrating in the Canyon of Heroes

No Guts, No Glory...CC resilient

A-Rod's secret weapon according to Boomer

Cabrera out tonight

Damon, that crafty veteran

Gardner or Hairston tonight?

Box Score

Posada consoled Joba after the 8th inning

Rodriguez delivered a go-ahead, two-out double in the ninth inning off Brad Lidge and the Yankees took advantage of Johnny Damon’s daring dash to beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-4 on Sunday night for a 3-1 lead in the World Series

A huge 9th inning from Damon, Tex, A-Rod and Jorge

More regarding Damon's key play

Johnny Damon

AJ can bring home #27 tonight

Bush League Phillies tactics

Bombers Outslug Phillies 8-5

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A-Rod two run blast turns game around

Yankees beat up on the Phillies in an 8-5 victory that gave the 26-time world champions a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series

Hammels hammered

Andy's hit ties the game

17 post season wins for Pettitte

Swisher, Matsui and A-Rod go yard

Complete NJ.com coverage

Swishalicious

Andy the base runner

Reply confirmed Rodriguez dinger

Godzilla slams a pinch hit HR

Hughes wobbly, again

Steady Andy

CC going tonight in Game 4

Box Score

Godzilla & Tex Go Yard, Yanks Overcome Pedro

Yankees Tie Series with a 3-1 Victory

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Burnett allowed just one run in seven innings, retiring 11 of the final 12 batters he faced. He walked three and struck out nine

Burnett leaned on a pair of solo home runs from Mark Teixeira and Hideki Matsui to help the Yankees defeat the Phillies

Jorge Posada gets key, late pinch hit

Cole Hamels, the Phillies' starter Saturday in Game 3 at Citizens Bank Park, will take an unsightly 6.75 playoff ERA into that contest

AJ-Molina combo pays dividends again

Godzilla Strikes

Hideki Matsui is Pedro’s Daddy or as the Japanese pronounce it, “Otoh-san.”

Sandman went two innings, 39 pitches, to close the door

Tex went yard on Pedro

Hairston, Jr., in the lineup pays off

No additional replay in the future?

Matsui in the outfield?

Saturday, Sunday, Monday in Philly

More Godzilla

NJ.com slideshow

Where is A-Rod?

The Skipper makes all the right moves

A special night for AJ

“I wanted to come out and feed off this crowd and feed off the energy and not try to just be calm,” Burnett said. “I think I’ve done a good job of being calm in situations, but I wanted to make it a point to come out with some fire tonight, and I think I did that.”

Box score

Gameday Wrapup

Yankees Looking for that Elusive 27th Title

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Led by the veteran arms of Andy Pettitte and Mariano Rivera, the Yankees won their 40th American League pennant last night with a 5-2 victory over the Angels in ALCS Game 6 in front of a crowd of 50,173, a record for the new Yankee Stadium

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Posada, Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera and Andy Pettitte will have a chance to win their fifth World Series championship together, but their first since 2000

Mo's 6 out save

A-Rod's first World Series

CC Sabathia is the MVP of the ALCS

Phillies vs. Yankees breakdown

Pedro Martinez in Game 2

"We expect to win a championship," Hal Steinbrenner, the Yankees' managing general partner, said after the Yankees punched their ticket to the World Series against the Phillies that opens Wednesday

This one is for the Boss

The Core of 4

Andy Pettitte was his typically masterful postseason self, limiting the Angels to one run and seven hits in 6 1/3 superb innings, win was his 16th in the playoffs

Johnny "Be Good" Damon comes through in clutch fashion

"Big Game" Andy is stellar, AGAIN

Mr. George Steinbrenner will be in attendance Wednesday

40th AL Pennant

Rodriguez played a huge role in leading the Yankees through the playoffs, batting .438 with five home runs and 12 RBIs

A-Rod is one winning series away from validating his scorching post-season

The Phillies are coming to town

Gene "Stick" Michael

We're backkkk

Photo gallery

Party background info

Daylife photos

Pettitte picture courtesy of AP-Sporting News

Group picture courtesy of LuHud.com

New York Wins 40th AL Pennant, 5-2 Triumph, Andy & Mo Victorius

CC & A-Rod Propel the Yankees Closer to the World Series

Photo courtesy of Newsday-AP

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Yankees are a win from their first World Series appearance in six years after routing the Angels, 10-1. They have won six of their seven playoff games. Sabathia has won three of them. Rodriguez has five home runs and 11 RBIs. Welcome to the new Yankees

A-Rods numbers: 3-for-4 with a double, home run and two RBIs - and he also proved that he can still hurt the Angels on the basepaths

CC is the man

Sabathia has three of the Yankees' six postseason wins. He has pitched 22 2/3 of a possible 27 innings in his games. He has yielded just three earned runs in those 22 2/3 innings, walking three and striking out 20

Cabrera, who entered the game batting .200 for the playoffs, finished 3-for-4 with four RBIs -- for his first runs batted in this postseason

Johnny "Be Good" Damon delivers

Damon turning the corner

Texeira makes up offensive woes with his glove

NJ.com analysis

Box Score

Game 5 at Angel Stadium on Thursday night at 7:57 ET

Pivotal Game 5 for both LA teams

AJ can close it out tomorrow

1 win away from a return to the World Series

Those umps again

Cano, Swisher and Tex are struggling at the plate

Bombs Away-Yankees Nail Angels Hard

10-1 Victory over the Anaheim Angels

Wet and Wild, Yankees Defiantly Prevail

Picture courtesy of Yahoo Sports

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The Yankees eventually outlasted the Angels, 4-3, in 13 innings to take a 2-0 lead in the ALCS

Rodriguez’s game-tying home run in an eventual 4-3 victory over Los Angeles in the 13th

Finally, after five hours Melky Cabrera's ground ball to second baseman Maicer Izturis was thrown away at second, allowing Jerry Hairston Jr. to score from second and lift the Yankees to a pulsating 4-3 victory in front of 49,922 soggy and chilled fans at Yankee Stadium that took 13 innings -- and five hours and 10 minutes -- to finish

Jeter's night

The incredible A-Rod

David Robertson gets the victory

Another Molina night

Costly error in the 11th by the Angels

When Jerry Hairston Jr. got the call to pinch hit in the 13th inning, he dedicated the at-bat to his grandfather. This was the Yankee reserve's first ever playoff at-bat, and he knew how lucky he was to get the chance.

2-0, going back to Cali

More on Jeter

Yankees never give in

The Hairston way

Tynan apologizes

Box Score

Yankees Take Game 1, Sabathia Sterling

Picture courtesy of Newsday-(AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

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CC Sabathia sizzled, hurling the Yankees to a 4-1 victory over the clumsy Angels in Game 1 of the ALCS

Sabathia dominant

Costly Angels error leads to run

Johnny Be Good....Damon bounces back

A-Rod continues performing well

Contingency plan for Game 2

Cleveland weather helped CC

Tex's great play at first

Alex Rodriguez admitted he ran through the stop sign of Rob Thomson (no relation) on Hideki Matsui’s double in the fifth. “Once I saw the go (sign), I put my head down,” Rodriguez said. “It was my mistake.”

Girardi supports A-Rod's exhuberance

Game 2-Saunders vs. Burnett

Tynan's Jewish remark

NJ.com wrap up

Box Score

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Yankees Sweep Minnesota, Angels on the Horizon

Picture courtesy of Daylife-AP

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Alex Rodriguez and Jorge Posada belted solo home runs as the Yankees penned the final chapter of baseball at the Metrodome, posting a 4-1 victory over the Twins on Sunday to wrap up a three-game American League Division Series sweep

Gameday Wrap

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Back in the ALCS for the first time since '04

Pettitte turned in seven-plus innings in which he allowed Minnesota just one run