What a year it has been in the Bronx! It began on a sour note with Alex Rodriguez admitting to using performance enhancing drugs, then losing the 1st eight games to the hated Red Sox. Then June came around andduring a series in Atlanta the Yankees turned on the switch and never looked back. Finally in the first half of the season the American League wins the All-Star Game paving the way for the Yankees to win a championship in the first year of the new Yankee stadium, just as they did in 1923.
The second half of the 2009 season continued the same way the first half ended, the Yankees dominated and took the Red Sox to the woodshed and basically walked home with the AL East crown and the best record in MLB. CC Sabathia, AJ Burnett and Mark Teixeira were HUGE during the regular season, but the question is how would they perform in the post-season?
That questioned would be answered early when the Yankees only went with a three man rotation in the playoffs and both of the new starting pitchers came up big and helped the Yankees win the first 5 games. Mark Teixeira was not dominant at the dish but in the field he saved the Yankees several times, I guess with a powerful lineup there is room for error. The Yankees went to to face the defending World Series champion Phillies in the fall classic, and take it six games and capping a dream season to win their 27th World Championship and 1st in the new stadium thanks to the WS MVP Hideki Matsui.
What would happen after the season is over and the free agent barage happens? The Yankees get rid of Melky Cabrera to the Atlanta Braves, Phil Coke and minor league stud Austin Jackson to the Detroit Tigers, and Ian Kennedy to the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Yankees bring in all-star outfielder Curtis Granderson, former Yankees Nick Johnson and Javier Vasquez. How will the new pinstripers fit in to the WS champions? Spring Training starts in February and we will be following every move by the champs. I think we can repeat, do you? Join Yankeescast the rest of the offseason thru the 2010 season as the Yankees look to begin a new decade the same way the started and ended the 00’s. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!
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