I am happy.

Probably the first time any of you have seen me say that and actually mean it. :)

And to Marcia Drew, too - all the best!

King of the Hill!

A #1

Alex, update the side bar...Game 7 is NOT necessary!!

[3] From previous thread Q: the media here will go APESHIT over Matsui being MVP! Can't wait to get the sports tabloids tonight!

Also a word up to Jim Dean. The BUC was good enough to start in the World Serious. twice. And we won!

I'm so glad Matsui got to win one. The only one of the Mussina, Giambi, era to get one. And to be MVP. So classy. I hope he comes back on a two year deal.

Also, スコーアトラック !!!!

Yes, word up to Jim Dean and Marcia Drew for sure! And to us. Here's raising a glass to all of you who keep coming back.

[7] [8] Its not relevant to your point, but I understand he's done a lot of animal-based charity work. =)

スコーアトラック !!

thanks alex, and everyone else. this is amazing!! i wish the parade weren't on friday since i have a test i need to study for on saturday, but i guess i'll just have to stay up late.

i can't believe it's been exactly 8 years since my worst baseball memory. i've been waiting a long time to see mo back on the mound to close out a series for us. i won't say it was worth the wait, since i would have loved a few more championships, but this sure is gratifying. who would have thought that 8 years later mariano would be maybe even better than he was then??

[6] Jim Dean was never a big Teixeira fan...always argued against signing him. He was wrong in the regular season. Thanks to Arod, CC, Jeter, Matsui, etc...no one cares about whether he would have been right about the post season! So much for the curse of Mark Teixeira!!

yes, we LOVE Todd Drew!!!!

i thought of Marcia Drew today. i wonder if she watched the game from their YS seats!

[1] in general, i'm a happy person, but i've had an incredibly rough few years. tonight, i can honestly say that my heart and i are truly happy. the Yankees mean that much to me.

this RULES!!!!!!!!! : )

If Hughes doesn't think he contributed to this team, he is nuts! I wish he could have had a bigger role in October, but he really helped turn around the bullpen. Don't forget that Phil!

[13] They mean that much to all of us, which is what makes this place unique and most of us bordeline crazy!!!

[12] After watching his defense this season, he would have come around.

I hope he and my grandfather who saw the previous 26, but fell 8 months short of this one are bantering it up tonight ;-)

[12] The glove was worth it, though! And I bet that might have won Jim over.

[10] And thank you Alex for leaving the lights on for us, through it all! Bottoms up!

[9] thanks for having us, Alex!

not sure if you saw it at the end of the last thread...but, i hope you'll come hang out with Ed & me in NYC Turkey Day weekend!!! when we solidify plans, i'm sure he'll let you know. will be a great hang!!!!

[16] Well Bob, by Banter rules, I believe I owe you a rootbeer!

Gosh this is something. I wish they'd go back to the clubhouse already!!

And word to muther-effing Brian Cashman, ninja assasin. Cash money, every move you made this year was genius. Marte baby! Swisher! J-Hair!

Isolated from very many Yankees fans in Durham, NC, you guys are the best bar full of Yankees fans I could ever think of celebrating with!

This feels so awesome!

These little town blues.... are melting away....

[16] whoa, same *exact* situation with my grandpa. next week will be 8 months. i can't believe it. when my mom told me it was 7 months a few weeks back, i lost my shit. i couldn't believe. i still don't believe he's gone.

when i go to NY in a few weeks, this will be my first Turkey Day and first birthday w/out him. ain't gonna be easy...

[19] Thanks man! Drinking Michter's right now, but I'll take that rootbeer too :-)

[21] ditto from Atlanta!!!

i still have a few old college roommates who live in Raleigh...

[23] Yeah, where's Cashmoney! I hope he is drenched through to the skin with champaigne! He's earned it and then some!

When is the Parade? Friday?

[15] i know. this place RULES and so do all of you!!!

[26] yeah, that's what they said.

[22] I know exactly what he would be saying tonight. I miss him so much. He was 12 years old for the first WS win. He predicted they'd win it this year. Thelarmis, I hope they are enjoying it tonight with the other ghosts ;-)

I love how every player is lauding the orgainzation for putting this team together (i.e., spending the money). Let the haters wring their hands...I celebrate the Yankees passion to win and love it that the players do too.

well, i did call Yanks in 6 for the LCS & WS!!! : )

Ok, now that the deal is sealed and I see Mo doused in champagne, I can tell you all that I had a dream last night that we won.

The focal point of the dream was Mariano flashing that gorgeous smile, mobbed by his teammates between the mound and the plate.

is mariano the most likable athlete of all time??

[33] No....I LOVE him.

[32] Living the dream, weeping - we're all living it now!

Five more years Mo - and then another five please!

[29] : )

[33] [34] Woe to any Hall of Fame voter who does not vote for him on the first ballot!

God bless that man - God bless him.

my mom is gonna save ALL the WS newspaper stuff in NY for me. i can't wait to consume it all at Thanksgiving. hell, i might use it as a blanket! ; )

well it's tough for anyone to follow mo, but randy levine? seriously??

[25] yeah, where IS Ca$h?!?!

Tex Rox. i hope he gets more rings with us!!!

i only get to see whatever ESPN is showing. that's it...

Fabulous feeling here in Cooperstown, too!

I've been around since '65, so this is the seventh world championship of my lifetime. It is as satisfying as any of them. Perhaps not as thrilling as either '77 or '96, but every bit as satisfying!

Have a great night, everyone! I don't drink, so have one for me.

Having to play two game sixes probably added $10-15mn to the Yankees' coffers. I wonder what they plan to do with that!??!

[40] He's signing Aroldis Chapman right now ;-)

[44] Hmmmm....sounds like a good use for [43].

[43] see [44] :)

Derek Jeter his .407 in this World Series!!!!! That such an accomplishment goes unnoticed is exactly why Derek Jeter is as great as he is.

Alex, thanks to you and Cliff and Bruce and Diane and Will and Emma for all that y'all do to make the Banter the best Yankees home on the internetS.

Cheers! The Yanks are champs. The "Papi jersey" curse was broken inside a year.

whoa - nomaas has a completely new design. me no likey. then again, i'm just not very good with change. i'm sure i'll get used to it, at some point...

[48] John Henry's TCOMT didn't even last a season either!

Well friends - good night! This is something I don't think any of us will ever forget.

See you all in the morning!

I asked the question in game four -- but I'll answer it for myself. I'm NOW very thankful that the Phillies beat the Yankees in game five because winning the series in the New Stadium is much much much much more satisfying than winning it on the road...See the team run around the field (in the background because Fox doesn't know how to cover baseball) was absolutely great and echoed back to the closing of the Stadium last year. What a fantastic bridge from the past to the future.

BTW, the only thing I liked about Fox's coverage was in the middle of the game when they showed the old stadium in darkness. Otherwise, I wish MLB would rethink the contract when renewal time comes around.

[42] i'm about to pour one on ya, bruce!

[51] afternoon! : )

[52] And, it made the Yankees an extra $8-10mn to spend!

MLB definitely needs a new partner. With the game at its most tense moments, we were being told things like Scott Eyre was excited by a chocolate covered Twinkie or Brett Meyers is a great bowler.

[54] You and me buddy, we'll hold down the fort awhile while the other sleep (pass out). T-minus 2 hours and counting..Guinness and maybe a few free vodka shots from Rob the bartender round the corner..

I know Mets fans probably wont appreciate it, but the Yankees did a good job making the two Phillies who antagonized their team the most look bad. Rolllins prediction was proven to be hot air, and Cole Hamels completely destroyed his reputation. I am sure Mets fans probably wanted the Phillies to win anyway, but that's not a bad consolation prize.

[55] Maybe MLB network? Very cool the Yankees won it the first year of MLB network as well as NYS.

CC I hope you hang around for the rest of your contract . 1.98 ERA... awesome.

[55] Or that the Cowboys have a good running game (or whatever NFL related BS they sport during the baseball game).

I think Mets fans have all jumped off of Derek Jeter Bridge.

By the way, is Mariano standing on the other side of that bridge? Or is that the Chamberlain-Marte Bridge?

[52] you're right. seeing damon flex his muscles, bend down and point to the bleacher creatures and andy running around, grinning ear to ear, slapping hands w/ the fans.

nice shot of jetes hugging his dad just now on espn.

thankfully, chutley is covering his "hot mess of shit on his head" (h/t ms. october), with a hat, for his interview.

[57] a student/buddy of mine, is a Muts fan and he and his lady were both rooting for the Yanks!

[47] Indeed.

Can't wait to watch all the celebrations..I guess on mlb.com archive + YES.com I should be able to get most of it?

Matsui coverage starting already from what I hear!

Mo is injured. his side is killing him. hopefully, he'll rest up and be fine for #28, next October!!!

OMG, there is an absolutely HYSTERICAL comment over at NoMaas in the Matsui post..you got to check it out!

berman just said "maybe" the greatest closer of all time.

really?

MAYBE???

fuck you.

GREATEST. EVER. EVER. EVER.

Long Live MO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[66] the one about him speaking English well?

Great picture of Jeter and Matsui giving each other a goofy "Yes we are badasses, why are people suprised?" look.

[66] btw, i am HATING the new design over there...

Shout out to Cervelli, Pena, Coke, Phil, Joba, Gardner and all the other new guys too.

[68] Yes, posted by "Peter North". He saw Matsui at the "Hentai Fetsival". "Hentai" in Japanese means "Sexual Pervert". And am sure you know who Peter North is!

So, do the players vote Selena Roberts a share? Maybe it will help her make up for the lackluster book sales?

[71] DRob, can't forget him!!! ;-)

[56] i counted for you today - if my calculations were correct, i've added 108 Blue Note cd's in the last 6 months, and that's with a pretty big lull in there for half that time. it's prolly like 400 over the last 13 months...

i'm about to add 15-20 and that it for the year and possibly then some...

i still have a wish list. as i scratch titles off, i find new ones to seek out. either way, i've got a ways to go, but i've got a nice BN collection! : )

[73] Give Selena's share to Dr. Marc Phillipon

it was sooo many hours ago, but it's kinda kool that we beat Pedro to win the World Serious in da Bronx!!!!

hey OK Tokyo - did you see that bullshit Neyer wrote about Jeter getting hurt by Huckaby and people actually cheering that? really pissed me off. that was just uncalled for. i might stop reading him 'coz of that. if it was Dusty McFuckface, he NEVER woulda written something like that. asshole. i used to like that guy. fuck 'im.

Winfield just called Mariano "pedro". ugh.

i love Winny, but he's really *terrible* on BBTN. they only hired him 'coz of MLBN, but it was a bad hire. i wish Kruk only weighed 300 lbs - maybe he, too, could date an espn intern and get FIRED!!!

Amazing night. I'm so happy I don't really know what to write here!

"Every time I see the replay, I think I'm kind of crazy."--Damon on the double steal.

Hah ah hah ah aha a ha !!!

My favorite baseball stoner!

Joba to Johnny... "I love YOu". Hysterical.

is anyone watching this damon interview?? it's incredible. at one point joba comes over and whispers "i love you" then empties a tall boy down his back.

[77] Yeah that was in pretty poor taste, and historically inaccurate to boot. Jeter made it to the base, then Huckaby slammed into him, drove him off the base, injured him, then tagged him. Was a bull shit play then, and it still is. And a bit of bull shit from Neyer in this case, too.

[82] Loved that.

[72] uh...he's not on my blue note roster. is he??? here i go proving how dumb i am... : ~

damn kim jones looks good covered in champagne!

my pinstriped heroes = WORLD CHAMPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

has any pitcher done what Andy's done?

clinched Division, LDS, LCS, WS in the same season?!?!?!

highly impressive!!!

[86] Lowe did it in 2004, I believe.

[86] Yeah, word to Andy and his beak over the glove.

If Andy was around in 2004, there would have been no collapse.

Bring him back one more year Cash!

[87] Or was it Lester in 2007, or both?

[88] Roger would have helped too. In retrospect, that was a bad mistake, but thanfully it only took 6 years to recover.

[82] that sounds awesome! is it on YES? do you think they'll have it on the website tomorrow?!?! hope so!!!

[83] i'm glad you saw that and were as pissed as i was. i was gonna copy/paste earlier today for Mr. OK Jazz Tokyo, but i was rushing around too much today...

[90] I'm glad Roger had nothing to do with this one ;-)

william - you may be right about lowe and/or lester. i'm not sure...

bobtaco - i think andy will be back for a 1-yr deal, but i don't think it'll be a low base salary + incentives. i think it'll be, at least a guaranteed $10 mil + a few incentives. i don't think it'll be like the other year, where it could reach $16 mil, but maybe $12.5 mil, tops, or something....

[93] Andy deserves it.

I hope Wang gets a deal too. I feel bad for him that he didn't get a chance to pitch in a WS.

when i move into this house sometime next month, i might try to tap a toe into the 21st century. not sure what i'm gonna do, but it's possible i discard of my landline, upgrade from dsl to whatever is faster (cable modem?), basic cable to something that has to do with tivo/dvr (whatever that is), etc.

i'm in atlanta - what would i have to do to get YES and/or MLB network? could they be on the same plan? my brother mentioned direct tv. i'm not sure what that is, but i was told it needs a satellite and i don't know if i can do that. can i get it via a different package? i have a month or more to research...

[95] thelarmis, get yourself some DirecTV, plus the Sports package, + the MLB package.

[94] i wonder if they feel IPK will be able to take over for the Wanger. wouldn't it be crazy if IPK ends up starting more games than Joba and/or Hughes next season?

i don't know how confident i am in Cokey being the 2nd lefty in the pen next year. it's been mentioned here that we could try to stretch him out - as a starter - in the spring, to increase his trade value. i'm down...

Still smiling, gang! This rules!

[95] Everyone vouches for the MLB package.

Yeah, saw that Neyer bit. He's becoming too anti-Yankee. Annoying from one of my fave analysts.

Can't wait to see all the interviews later!

[96] is it expensive? i don't need ANY other sport. just baseball, YES, mlb network.

my new landlord said it'd prolly be okay, just that they have to be super careful on the roof...