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Allow me to be one of the very first to congratulate the New York Yankees on their World Series win.

It’s been a long nine years since the Yankees won a World Series. They dominated baseball back then, and they’ve finally returned to form after a number of unsuccessful playoff runs.

When you have the biggest payroll in baseball, one could say that a World Series win should be expected. The Yankees went on a spending spree during the off season, adding some huge names to the mix.

Hank Steinbrenner made some bold moves for a team that had just spent hundreds of millions on dollars on the development of a brand new stadium. Everyone in New York was ready for another victory.

The veterans of the Yankees came together with some newly acquired talent to form a team that was as powerful as any in recent memory, and they played consistently the whole way through.

Their newly acquired players played at the level that many had expected of them. CC Sabathia pitched in vintage form through most of the year, getting better when it counted most. Andy Pettitte and AJ Burnett were very reliable, especially in the playoffs. Mark Teixeira was the best home run hitter in the American League.

Perhaps the biggest surprise was the fact that Alex Rodriguez was the team’s most clutch hitter during the playoffs. Typically a player who would get big hits when they didn’t matter and falter under pressure, Rodriguez was anything but that during October.

Many doubted them through the course of the season and thought they would flop in the playoffs. Others thought the Phillies were simply too strong. In the end, they did what they had set out to do.

The 2009 baseball season was marked by the incredible success of the New York Yankees. That makes it 27 World Series wins now.

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