Big spending, big return for Yankees

NEW YORK | As the New York Yankees mobbed one another on the Yankee Stadium mound Wednesday night, exercising their World Series rite of passage to act like the world's richest 12-year-olds, it was easy to mistake the dogpile for a group of baseball players celebrating the conclusion of a journey. In reality, it was a solid return on an investment. The Yankees' six-game World Series victory over the Philadelphia Phillies, which followed a 103-win regular season and playoff victories over the Minnesota Twins and Los Angeles Angels, was greeted with all the enthusiasm of a corporation announcing it had ... Email