The Yankees celebrated their 27th World Championship this afternoon in their home opener. As usual, the team overdid it in an arrogant fashion when it came to the pomp and circumstances of this achievement.
Yogi Berra and Whitey Ford handed out rings to the players. The team raised the World Championship flag. Michael Kay went overboard with the introductions. The national anthem took forever to end.
This took as long as it really had to be.
The Yankees got that right. When a team wins, they can celebrate whatever they want. There is a saying about to the victor go the spoils.
Everyone laughs at the Yankees for all these years of failing to win a championship. Critics don't like it when the team buys a championship.
Today was the day the Yankees laughed at the haters. They stuck it to them ...
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New York Celebrates While Other Baseball Towns Die
Posted: 13th April 2010 by Leslie Monteiro in MLBComments Off on New York Celebrates While Other Baseball Towns Die