Cody's Blog

With one person knocking in six of a team’s seven runs, it is kind off hard to loose, and the Yankees rode the hot hand of Hideki Matsui to a World Series win. On the game, Matsui knocked in 6 runs while going 3 for 4 and also scored a run to take home World Series MVP honors. The Yankees jumped out to a 2-0 lead on a Matsui home run, and would score 2 more in the third and 3 more in the 5th on their way to a 7-3 win. Ryan Howard finally found some offense for the Phils as he went deep to the opposite field in the sixth inning that cut the Yankee lead to 4, but that is where it would stay as the Yanks pulled out their first World title in 9 years. A-Rod, Andy Pettite, and C.C. Sabathia also found their step in the World Series, as Sabathia went 3-1 with a .198 ERA, A-Rod ignited for multiple game altering hits, and Pettite pitched in the clinching game in each round a he dispatched the Twins, Angels, and former champion Phillies. With the postseason monkey finally off of A-Rod’s back and as long as baseball does not implement a salary cap, the Yankees will continue to spend big to get the players needed for them to return the the Fall Classic. (Matsui’s second inning homerun: photo by Ron Vesely of Getty Images)