Yankees celebrate their World Series win.Summary: The New York Yankees  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. have been given a heroes'
reception as thousands of fans celebrated the team's 27th World
Series' triumph.
The New York Yankees have been given a heroes' reception as thousands of fans celebrated the team's 27th World Series' triumph. The Yankees defeated the Philadelphia Phillies “Phillies” redirects here. For other uses, see Phillies (disambiguation). The Philadelphia Phillies are a professional baseball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. on Wednesday night, in the sixth game of the best-of-seven series to secure their first championship since 2000. Following the ticker-tape parade A ticker-tape parade is a parade event, held in a downtown urban setting, allowing the jettison of large amounts of shredded paper products from nearby office buildings onto the parade route, creating a triumphal effect by the snowstorm-like flurry. , New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. Mayor Michael Bloomberg Michael Rubens Bloomberg (born 14 February 1942) is an American businessman, and the founder of Bloomberg L.P., currently serving as the Mayor of New York City. He was a general partner at Salomon Brothers before founding the financial software service company in 1981. presented each member of the team with an honorary "key to the city" at a public reception at City Hall. Receiving an enormous ovation was Hideki Matsui Hideki "Godzilla" Matsui (松井 秀喜 Matsui Hideki , whose six runs-batted-in in the final game of the series helped earn him the World Series' Most Valuable Player award - the first Japanese-born player to achieve that in the 54-year history of the accolade. Also receiving thunderous cheers were the "core four" players who have been with the Yankees since their championship years in the mid-nineties - relief pitcher Mariano Rivera, starting pitcher Andy Pettite, who returned to the Yankees in 2007 after two years with the Houston Astros, team captain Derek Jeter and catcher Jorge Posada. Rapper Jay-Z, a New York City native, joined the parade and also performed at a reception for the team at City Hall. Independent Television News Limited 2009. All rights reserved. Independent Television News Limited 2009. All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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