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Found October 26, 2009 on Lady At The Bat: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Phil Hughes,  Nick Swisher,  Andy Pettitte,  Esteban Loaiza
TEAMS: New York Yankees,  Chicago White Sox

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Ladies and gentlemen, meet your 2009 American League Champions, the New York Yankees:After the Yankees won the ALCS last night 4 games to 2, it was pretty clear that these are not your 2004 "choke's on us" Yankees. Actually it was clear before that, but for Yankee fans, it probably was hard to see the proverbial forest for the trees.The trees in this case would be inviduals like AJ Burnett, Phil Hughes and Nick Swisher. Some would add Andy Pettitte to this mix. I could not believe how many people trashed Pettitte in the days leading up to his start last night. But, come on guys, these trees are stronger than the ones from 2004. They're not as bad as guys like Javier Vasquez and Esteban Loaiza, who were weak little palm trees breaking under the force of Hurricane Bosox. Compared to them, Burnett, Hughes and Swisher are Mighty Sequoias.This is not to say that this team compares to the 1998 team. Many have said that they do. I don't agree. The '98 team was a m...
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1 Comment:
  • Come by it hard or easy I don't care. So long as it ends with #27 in the fold. And I am having a lot of fun reading some of the tags on other articles from the PATHETIC YANKEE HATERS. This is just eating those losers up and I Love It. GO YANKEES!!!!!!!!!!!!
    by giantsrepeat   October 26, 2009   Reply   Options  
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