Quick congratulations to the Yankees.

A true Cinderella story. They overcame a $208million payroll, Kate Hudson, Minka Kelly, and Steroids to win it all. *Clap Clap*

It’s okay, don’t fret Yankees fan, I’m also a Lakers fan, so I know the burdern of taking on the hate of “bought” championships… not really, none of my favorite teams ever needed to have $60million more than the next team to have a shot at a championship.

Congrats nontheless.

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The greatest team in all of American sports won its 27th World Series over the Philadelphia Phillies by a score of 7-3. Hideki Matsui won the MVP title, the first DH to do so.

Jeter, Pettite, Posada and Rivera now have enough rings for each finger on their hand. Butthurt fans of other teams began a chorus of whining about the lack of a salary cap. Order has been restored to the universe.

3-1 + 1 = 27

The Yankees avoid a sweep of NY sports at the hands of Philadelphia this weekend, after a loss by the Knicks to the Sixers on Saturday, and a loss by the Giants to the Eagles earlier today. Oh, and it sets up a 3-1 series lead.

The Phillies tried to come back several times. Ryan Howard scored a run via the generosity of the umpires after missing home plate. Utley and Feliz hit a pair of dingers to bring the game to a 4-4 tie.

But just as Lucy would pull the football away from Charlie Brown in Peanuts, so too did the Yankees pull the game away from the rallying Phils. Clutch-Rod drove in the go ahead run in the ninth off of the Brad “Disaster waiting to happen” Lidge. Prior to that, Johnny Damon managed to steal two bases for the price of one when Lidge failed to cover third base for Pedro Feliz, who was moved over due to the shift. Mariano closed out the game on 8 pitches.

The Phillies’ fate rests on Cliff Lee, who will probably be facing AJ Burnett on Monday. However, if it were up to me, I’d give Chad Gaudin the start against Lee. From there, Gaudin would hit both Utley and Howard in retaliation for all the times ARod and Tex have been hit. Gaudin would be thrown out, bringing in Burnett to face Lee. However, both benches would be warned, which effectively takes the inside part of the plate away from both pitchers.

Lee is now handcuffed, giving the Yankee hitters a slight edge. Or with any luck, Lee loses a pitch inside and hits a batter, gets thrown out early, and the Yankees feast on the Philly Bullpen as if it were a tasty cheesesteak. Phillies fans will probably ballistic after getting trolled like that, and I will enjoy drinking their tears as the Yankees win their 27th WS.

Coles Hamels Was In The Halloween Spirit

At least for three innings. He began the game jamming Jeter, catching A-Rod looking, and blanking Teixeira. Through the first three innings he looked like he was in 2008 form. Even better he got run support early in the second inning, Jayson Werth blasted a solo homer, Hamels even helped his own cause dropping a perfect bunt to load the bases, which allowed Jimmy Rollins to draw a bases loaded walk to make the score 2-0 early, leaving the 2nd inning 3-0 thanks to a sacrifice fly by Shane Victorino. Pettite looked like he was in an ‘09 Hamels costume, but than suddenly things started falling apart for the Phillies and going so right for Pettitte and the Yankees.

Suddenly Hamels walks Teixeira to lead off the fourth (personally think that last ball should have been a strike) and gives up a no out 2-run shot to A-Rod (Upon review, personally, looking at the angle of the ball I don’t think that should’ve been a homerun, but whatever, I’m not an ump, right?), and Hamels starts looking like his ‘09 form. He gave up 3 more runs in the fifth inning before being pulled for J.A. Happ (who should have started the game in place of Hamels). But that didn’t help much as the Yankees continued to drive in runs through to the first 8 innings, and Pettite blanked the Phillies all the way through to the sixth inning after his shaky 3-run jam in the second. All leading to an 8-5 Yankees win.

Have the Phillies met their match? Howard’s struggling bad, and Cliff Lee is the only reliable pitcher they have. Sucks for them even though I’m rooting for them to win.

Every other Dodgers fan (and seemingly, NL fan) I know is rooting for the Yankees, but I’ve hated the Yankees for years and just can’t bring myself to ever rooting for them. If the Yankees do win the World Series, I still think that it is going to be a bought championship.

Paternity test confirms Yankees as father of Pedro; Jay-Z booed

The Yankees evened up World Series 2009 with a 3-1 victory over the Phillies. Texeira and Matsui homered off of starter Pedro Martinez, who was taunted all night by the Bronx faithful.

The win enables the Yankees to rebound following the dominating performance of Cliff Lee. In other news, the umps blew another call, Jeter goes anti clutch by inexplicably bunting on 2 strikes, and A-Rod reverts to prior form. Oh, and Jay-Z’s performance of Empire State of Mind with Alicia Keys drew boos due to Mr. Carter announcement that he made the Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee can.

Cliff and Chase top the Yankees

Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Cliff Lee pitched a complete game, striking out 10 without giving up a walk. The final score was 6-1. The only run for the New York Yankees came in the bottom of the ninth due to a throwing error by Jimmy Rollins.

Chase Utley homered twice, while Alex Rodriguez was hitless and struck out three times.