and REV, another great call, as Ryan Howard as his new strike-out record is one of the big reason the Phillies have failed...

i didnt show up at the end. look a few threads ago where it old levy starting them on 3 days rest was a good idea.

and unlike you, i dont just jump on who i assume is the best team and cheer for them all season, like you.

whatever ass...and all I ever root for is NY and LA as those are the 2 places I live so again whatever ass!

Anyway, nice to show up once the win was in the bag!

Thanks Rev, Couldn't have said it better!

Anyway, tough call on MVP for WS?

congrats to the Yankees.

Matsui=MVP

gotta be

THANKS & SEE YOU IN 2010?

Thanks?

was thinking of him as he helped win 2 games. but so did CC & Petitte & Jeter/Rivera were also great.

well, he is classy, you are not.

PS. Get your Boston 2010 talk in early so I can rip it apart early for you...which I correctly did in 2009!

Matsui it is.

The Phillies killer.

OK....

Bot 2nd: NY Yankees
- H. Matsui homered to deep right, A. Rodriguez scored
Bot 3rd: NY Yankees
- H. Matsui singled to center, D. Jeter and J. Damon scored, M. Teixeira to second
Bot 5th: NY Yankees
- H. Matsui doubled to deep right center, M. Teixeira and A. Rodriguez scored

No. I guess my point was that for someone who goes to 20 something Dodgers games a year, saying thanks kind of makes no sense.

Hooray! We are "World" Champions!

Luckily a great Yankee offense led by Matsui made it irrelevant who we started on what rest. It couldn't have been beater. Clubbing Pedro Martinez around for title Nr. 27. I'm in heaven...

Damn you Yankees, and your money, and your roids. end rant.

Okay, outside my Angel fan alter ego, congrats on getting Number 27.

well F them...especially think they will be winning a few more in the next couple of years!

and in 2001, 2003, 2004, they had some close calls where the World Series was so close!

also saw that ESPN just called the Yankees the Team of the Decade for 2nd Straight Decade. Even though Decade really from 2001 - 2010 but if the Yanks win next year, still true!

Anyway, right now...for the decade

2 World Series wins
Playoffs in 9 of the 10 Years.
Most Wins during the regular season.

so for the 2nd straight decade! Yankees are Team of the Decade!

And the poor Dodgers have nothing.

Red Sox are the Team of the Decade.

well 2 League Series in a row but if you are talking World Series then...

they probably won't for awaile along with the Red Sox and Angels as the Yankees should tear of a bunch of wins over the next 5 years.

and like I asked before, so who should the Yankees get next with all the extra money that they made this year. Just glad they are smart enough to do this better than say, the Red Sox.

PS. Wonder if the Red Sox will ever get back on top, like the Patriots, who haven't won in what like 5/6 years?

gotta keep this on this page to see if anyone would ever debate this? As ESPN said it correctly!

sure, not making the playoffs in half the years, choked to Tampa Bay last year, 3 hits in Game 7 in 2008...getting swept by Angels in 3 this year...beating the Yankees for the division in what 2 of 10 years....

sure glad the Yanks got 2009 to answer this question as ESPN talked about....Yanks 2 World Series wins.

PS. Yanks going for 3 decades in a row: the 90s, the 00s and the 10s with hopefully a bunch of quick ones to start the decade. 3 out of 5 should pretty much close the 10s.

Now that the world series is over, now it time to predict the MLB awards (MVP, Cy Young, Rookie of the Year, Mananger of the Year, and Gold Gloves). Here are some of my predictions.

MVP
AL - Joe Mauer (MIN) (Highest batting average, great defense, and slugging numbers too, need I say more).
NL - Pujols (STL)

Cy Young
AL - I think Felix Hernandez (SEA) has the edge here. Barely edging out Greinke.
NL - Chris Carpenter (STL) (no contest here).

Rookie of the Year
AL - Elvis Andrus (TEX), although Beckham has a chance.
Nl - Chris Coghlan (FLA)

Manager of the Year
Al - Mike Scoscia (Angels), mainly because of what he had to deal with, and got to the ALCS despite the obsticles. Runner up - Ron Gardenhire (he is overdue for one someday).
NL - Jim Tracy (COL) (going from dead last to a wild card. need I say More).

I will do gold glove later.

Red Sox have 2 championships. Red Sox made the biggest comeback in the history of sports.

And the Yankees are built for the next few (3-4) years... not the next 10.

for starters....still hate the MVP picks...

Mauer, notice how Mauer did nothing in the last 2 months including the playoffs. Especially as his power numbers crashed...

and why not Jeter or Tex if you want to go with avg guy or hr.rbi champ with gold glove to boot.

and to me, mvp get you over the top. The Hank Aaron award is for the best offensive year plus they have the 3 crowns: batting avg, hr, & rbis. so again to me, mvp should get extra points for putting your team over the top.

and on pujolis, I don't get it as the cards didn't take off till holliday got there. and compare the numbers for howard and hanley Ramirez (esp as you push for Mauer).

Anyway, I would go for Jeter or Tex and Howard.