When Shane Victorino hit a routine 4-3 grounder to end the World Series Wednesday night November 4 2009, as far as I’m concerned winter officially came. It breaks your heart this game of ours, as late baseball commissioner Bart Giamatti put it eloquently. Just when you need it the most as the days grow short Read More
WINTER HAS COME
November 7, 2009
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Nov 07, 2009 2:19 PM EST
"There can be no doubt that the Yankees deserved to be crowned champions in 2009. They out-pitched, . . ." Lee, you need to qualify your choice of the word "deserved." By virtue of the size of the market they play in?
The Game 1 matchup between Sabatha and Clif Lee -- only in MLB. Someday the Yankees are going to build a monument to Donald Fehr, who saved them from the salary cap and preserved their right to pick off the best talent from the rest of the league. I wish you could have watched Game 1 at my favorite sports bar here in Cleveland. It would have given you another perspective. MLB doesn't particularly like Cleveland, does it? And Clevelanders are increasingly reciprocating the sentiment.
- Nick