The Yankees Win! Thhhhhhhhhhheeeeeee Yankees win!

The New York Yankees are the world champions!

As predicted in the preseason by the folks here at TheSportsWatchers.com (and by the folks, I mean myself) the New York Yankees beat the Philadelphia Phillies to win the World Series.

That was my prediction the minute the Yankees brought in their two new pitchers, and if you don’t believe me, check out this video:

Anyway, enough with tooting my own horn! After a 7-3 win over the Phillies in Game 6, the Yankees are champions.

Quite frankly, the Yankees were the better team this series and they deserved to win. Their top hitters showed up throughout the series. From Alex Rodriguez’s resurgence in Game 3, to Hedeki Matsui’s unbelievable stretch of pinch-hitting and DH’ing, the Yankees hitters, outside of Mark Teixeira, managed to show up throughout the last 5 games of the series.

As for the pitching, there was no doubt which team had the better rotation and bullpen. After Cliff Lee, the Phillies didn’t have one pitcher you could trust to go out there and put up a 1-2-3 inning. As a Phillies fan, I found myself nervous at every bat. You could have sworn that the Yankees batting averages looked more like field goal percentages, and in some instances, they were even better. But the combination of CC Sabathia and Andy Pettitte were too much for the Phillies. Those two put up 4 quality starts, and in the end, that was more than enough to beat a Phillies rotation that didn’t even have a Game 7 option.

As for Joe Girardi; talk about somebody who deserves a pat on the back. Considering all of the criticism he faced throughout the season and playoffs, myself included, this guy really deserves the credit for this one. He stuck to his guns, pitched his starters on 3 days rest, and in the end it worked. Now the Yankees are champions, and he can start a new dynasty of his own in 2010.

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