Posted on 11/04/2009 9:26:39 PM PST by GoldStandard
Reporting from New York - The grand opening year for the new Yankee Stadium concluded in grand fashion, in the only way the New York Yankees know how.
In 1923, the inaugural season for the old Yankee Stadium, the Yankees won the World Series in six games, with three home runs from Babe Ruth.
In 2009, the Yankees won the World Series in six games, with three home runs from Hideki Matsui.
In what could have been the final game of his career with the Yankees, Matsui homered and drove in six runs, lifting New York to a 7-3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies Wednesday at Yankee Stadium.
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GO YANKS!!!!!!!!!
Ted Williams must be turning over in his ice bath.
Congrats!!!! Nice job. Glad to see Matsui get the MVP.
Thank Goodness!.....................Thank goodness that boring game is over and off the airwaves. Now maybe I can see House.
As a diehard Phillies fan, my hat’s off to the Yankees. They were the better team in this Series!
Matsui had a darn fine game!
Godzilla lives !!!
I love Lou Gehrig!! I love the Yankees!! I am happy tonight!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I like Matsui, but he goes to Shemp Howard’s barber.
A Roid seems to be “enjoying” himself a bit too much in that photo..
The first novel I ever read read was actually a bio of Gehrig. I was in the 4th grade. I should have stolen that book. The pickeled eels was something else! :^)
the richest franchise in all of sports....who will they buy next year?
Gack - another baseball season finished, and I’m already having withdrawal. Gack gack gack.
Must. go. to. St. Petersburg. Florida. sit. in. bleachers.
This just goes to show that despite all the obstacles they faced the richest team in MLB can win a world series.
The Clinton Curse ENDS!
Sorry to be a wet towel, but baseball has lost its appeal to me. From the high ticket prices, cost of food & beverages, parking... it's just not worth going to a game. They've priced the average fan out of the stadium.
I am soooo tired of listening to McCarver & Joe Buck. Will they ever put a sock in it?
...and don't even get me started on the 'thump-thump' beat on ESPN during the highlights.
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