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Blyleven: Yanks on top, but dynasty talk premature
Blyleven: The New York Yankees are back on top of the baseball world, celebrating their record 27th championship. So how did they get here, and what do they have to do to stay there? Do we have another dynasty in the works? Let’s take a look.
World Series rematch? Don’t count it out
DeMarco: If you liked the 2009 World Series, we've got good news. It's more than just a longshot that both the New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies could make return trips to the 2010 Fall Classic.
Jeter, Pettitte, Posada appear on 'Letterman'
Andy Pettitte says on the "Late Show with David Letterman" that winning the World Series is especially gratifying in New York, where missing out on a championship is considered a failure.
Boswell: With a mighty Matsui roar, Yanks are back
Boswell: Once Hideki Matsui was the three-time MVP of Japanese baseball, nicknamed Godzilla. Now, he's the World Series MVP of the New York Yankees who, at the expense of Pedro Martínez and the Phillies, has become the chief ghost-buster of new Yankee Stadium.
DeMarco: At last, A-Rod earns a new validation
DeMarco: With the burden of past postseason failures lifted, and after a season that began in steroid-laced disgrace, Alex Rodriguez got the ultimate ending. All that's in the past now, replaced by a new perception, a new validation.
Yankees closing on crown
Live: Follow Phillies-Yankees live in Game 6 of World Series
Phillies try to force Game 7
Live: Follow Phillies-Yankees live in Game 6 of World Series
Pedro’s back! And he ain’t afraid
Opinion: Everyone in New York, it seems, wants the place to look perfect for the return of Pedro Martinez in Game 6 of the World Series. “This is the kind of stage that I deserve,” Martinez said, “and in a stadium like this, the most legendary of all places.”
Phillies trying to stay alive
Live: Follow Yankees-Phillies in Game 5 of World Series
Yanks' mound meetings slow Series, give MLB pause
All those meetings on the mound called by catcher Jorge Posada and the New York Yankees are giving Major League Baseball pause, too.
Burnett, Yankees try to close it out
Live: Follow Yankees-Phillies in Game 5 of World Series
