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The article discusses the popularity of the 2009 baseball World Series, which is being played between the New York Yankees and the Philadelphia Phillies. A discussion of the success which several players, including Alex Rodriguez and Ryan Howard, have seen in the 2009 baseball season, is presented. Differences in the playing styles of the two teams and changes that the two teams have made to their 2009 playing roster are discussed.

This article recaps the 2004 American League Championship Series between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees. All of it-the greatest comeback in sports history, the manhandling of the Yankees mystique, the vanquishing of that massive inferiority complex, the triumph of idiocy-began with a wink. The Red Sox were clinically dead on Oct. 17: three outs from being swept in the American League Championship Series with the great Mariano Rivera on the mound for New York in the ninth inning of Game 4. When Rivera walked leadoff batter Kevin Millar on five pitches, Boston manager Terry Francona ordered Dave Roberts to run for Millar. As a base stealer Roberts is a Phi Beta Kappa student of pitchers and their tendencies and mannerisms, so as Rivera came set again and made his first movement, Roberts knew instantly that Rivera was delivering a pitch to Mueller and took off for second. The Yankees, up 4-2, had been six outs away from eliminating Boston in that one before a four-batter sequence in the eighth: Ortiz hit a home run over the Monster seats, Millar walked, Trot Nixon singled--all off Tom Gordon--and Jason Varitek tied the game with a sacrifice fly off Rivera.

This article reports on the American League Championship Series between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees. Mariano Rivera rode into the American League Championship Series, which had begun without him an hour earlier, in the back of a blue Cadillac with police cruisers providing an escort. The New York Yankees' closer stared out the window, and though it was New Jersey on the other side of the smoked glass, he still saw Panama and the two cherrywood coffins that had been lowered into the ground of his homeland just hours before. At the rate the Red Sox and the Yankees beat up on one another in the ALCS (they ranked one-two in runs, respectively, in the league this season) while the St. Louis Cardinals and the Houston Astros went at it with almost as much gusto in the National League Championship Series (they ranked first and sixth in runs, respectively, in the league), the World Series figures to be a shootout reminiscent of the one in 1993. The Red Sox did shut down the Yankees' 2-3-4-5 hitters in Game 4: They were 4 for 21, including nine hitless at bats against the Boston bullpen after New York had taken a 4-3 lead into the seventh.

This article focuses on the playoffs in Major League Baseball. Every October baseball comes home to its roots. Come the postseason, when runs and a resting pulse are at a premium, baseball rediscovers the beauty of the sacrifice bunt, the sublime tension of a low-scoring game and the urgent effort required by the brevity of a schedule blessed with those two magic words -- if necessary. In what has played out as the most riveting postseason since 1986, when the California Angels and Boston Red Sox each lost a series after they were within one strike of winning it, the 2003 playoffs featured 17 games decided by two runs or less among the 27 played through Monday, including eight that were decided in a team's last at bat. No matter your vantage point, the League Championship Series' (LCS) games in both leagues made for must-see TV. Take the game's two most accursed franchises, the three most ancient baseball cathedrals and the two most bitter rivals since Athens and Sparta, and what you get is 46% more people watching the LCS on television than tuned in last year. The Chicago Cubs were playing in a park built in 1914 while trying to win their first World Series since 1908, or five years after the Wright brothers' first flight. The Boston Red Sox were playing in a park built in 1912 while trying to win their first World Series since 1918, or two months before the signing of the armistice that ended World War I. And the New York Yankees, Boston's opponent, were playing in a park originally built in 1923 while trying to win their first World Series since 2000, which happens to be a drought of Biblical proportions on the Steinbrennerian calendar. INSET: Losing His Fastball--And More.

Focuses on the New York Yankees baseball team's victory against the New York Mets in the 2000 World Series in New York City. Consistency of the way the team wins; Highlights of the team's performance against the Mets in the 2000 series; Success of the team in previous years; People behind the team's success. INSETS: Bridesmaids from Queens;Hanging his head;What viewers missed;Mets pay for playing back

Highlights the World Series between baseball teams New York Yankees and the New York Mets called the Subway Series after two games. Individual performances of players; Conflict arising from the fact that the two teams vying for the championship are both from one city; Management of the games; Changes in the approach to the game by Joe Torre, manager of the New York Yankees. INSETS: A tale of one city;Stars underground.

Focuses on the 1999 Major League Baseball World Series between the New York Yankees and the Atlanta Braves. Importance of pitchers in the best-of-seven series; History of the World Series; Play details in 1999.

The article narrates the author's experience on his baseball tournament with the baseball team New York Yankees. He remembered a play with Eddie Stanky who was with the Giants baseball team in their 1951 World Series in which the Giants team has overcome a lead in the game. Moreover, he also remembered after the game with Brooklyn team in which Joe DiMaggio had hit a drive to the bull-pen gate that looked like a home run.

The article features Charles Dillon Stengel, manager of the New York Yankees baseball team. He is a funny man to almost everyone except his employers and players. He received an automobile from the team's fans after they won championship in 1948. He invested $43,000 in the Braves at the time when no one wants to invest in the ball club.

The author relates his experience of playing for New York Yankees baseball team. His roommate and fellow player Joe DiMaggio advised him to quit worrying over the game. Catcher Aaron Robinson's advice on pitching during a tournament with the Boston Red Sox helped him to become a popular relief pitcher. He had a leg injury after he was involved in a car accident which forced him to stay in the hospital for eleven months.

Relates the story behind the author's triple victory in the World Series as pitcher of the Milwaukee Braves. Personal desire to beat the New York Yankees more than any other baseball team; Experiences with the Yankees before it decided to trade him in with the Braves; Decision of his wife to save him from additional mental strain of knowing that his daughter had been taken to the hospital to remove a thorn from the pupil of her eye.

The article discusses the game strategy and plans of the baseball team Chicago White Sox to defeat the New York Yankees in the 1957 tournament. The speed of the White Sox athletes can be attributed to the errors charged to Billy Martin of the Yankees in the second game of the two-game series. The author intends to place Jim Rivera in the right field and Bubba Phillips at the third base. The resilience of the players is one of the advantages of the team.

The article focuses on the baseball tournament between the teams New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox to be held this weekend at Yankee Stadium. Because of pitching breakdowns, the Yankees and Red Sox haven't played as well this season as they did the past two years. Edgar Renteria has his batting average and on-base percentage in line with his career marks. Curt Schilling would rather be starting than closing. If Schilling's tender ankle stays stable, he should get stronger.

The New York Yankees may not have that same mystique of invincibility as their late 1990s dynasty. Ivan Rodriguez has done more for baseball in south Florida in the past week than anyone has since the Florida Marlins won the 1997 World Series. None of the mistakes was as obvious, or as painful, as the fly ball dropped by San Francisco Giants right fielder Jose Cruz Jr. in the 11th inning of Game 3. After Eric Chavez chased Boston Red Sox Jason Varitek toward home and threw to catcher Ramon Hernandez, Varitek tried retreating to third.

Presents an interview with former Boston Red Sox pitcher, Bill (Spaceman) Lee. Publishing of new book, "Have Glove, Will Travel"; Use of Butazone, blood-thinning agents and painkillers by Lee when he pitched in the American League; Thoughts on having designated pitchers; Comments on the Red Sox beating the New York Yankees and winning the World Series.

Focuses on the victory of the Boston Red Sox baseball team against the New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series. Statement that it was the greatest comeback in playoff history; Depression felt by Yankees fans following the defeat; Revelations about Yankees player Jason Giambi's steroid use.

The author comments on the antipathy of the New York Times newspaper towards the New York Yankees baseball team. After New York Yankees third baseman Aaron Boone hit one of the most memorable home runs in the storied history of the franchise, the editors of the New York Post made an embarrassing mistake. The Post's printers accidentally received an editorial written for publication in the event of a Yankee loss to the Boston Red Sox in this year's American League Championship Series. The New York Times, a perennial target of the conservative Post, highlighted the error under the smug headline "Memo to the post's editorial page: it isn't over till it's over." That was a brazen move on the part of the Times. The Times had deliberately published an editorial ten days earlier rooting against the home team in favor of its most hated rival. I understand that the Times is a national newspaper and has aggressively cultivated a readership outside of the tri-state area, where Yankee hatred is practically a religion. But, if the Times' newfound enthusiasm for the Red Sox was simply a craven pander, expect it to backfire. I suspect the paper's antipathy to the Yankees is due to the Yanks being rich and powerful. The Times, with its tradition of skepticism toward money and power, is naturally repulsed.

Discusses the possibility of the Major League Baseball World Series being held entirely in New York City. Hopes of New Yorker City residents that the New York Mets and the New York Yankees will each win their playoff series.

The article informs that the World Series is baseball's fanciest display piece, but for competitive brilliance and intensity, the best shows generally are seen in the final stages of a tight pennant race. The mounting feverishness as teams battle down to the wire usually brings a flurry of outstanding performances by contenders and tailenders alike. Last year a full World Series share was worth $8759 per man to the New York Yankees and $5896 to the Milwaukee Brewers. Contenders crack from mental fatigue, not physical weariness.

The article reports on the baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees in June 2019 at the London Stadium in England.

The article focuses on American baseball shortstop Derek Jeter of the New York Yankees baseball team who is set to retire in the fall season. It recalls the day when he was discovered by Dick Groch, a scout who used to cover the Midwest for the Yankees in 1991. It also notes the leadership of Jeter leading the teams to 16 postseason appearance and five World Series titles.