A.J. Burnett News

Monday night in Philly, Yankees starting pitcher A.J. Burnett started Game Five of the World Series on three days' rest, which he hadn't done since last season while in a Blue Jays uniform.

That's the going rate for a second Yankees World Series championship in the first decade of the 21st century.

Their home is a $1.5 billion stadium that is filled to capacity nearly every game.

Free agent pitchers A.J. Burnett, right, and C.C. Sabathia both signed long-term deals to help the Yankees capture their 27th World Series title.

It's never to early to look at the Yankees in 2010. New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman talking with manager Joe Girardi during batting practice in preparation for game three tomorrow against the Philadelphia Phillies .

Share + Nov 6, 2009 6:24 pm US/Central NEW YORK 1 of 5 Derek Jeter #2 of the New York Yankees waves to the crowd from a float during the Yankees World Series Victory Parade as actress Minka Kelly looks on November 6, 2009 in New York, New York.

George Steinbrenner always relied on Reggie Jackson to produce for him when he played for the Yankees, and Wednesday Jackson came though again, this time with an accurate and comforting prediction.

Let's get this straight. There's only one Mr. October. What Chase Utley has done is tremendous, hitting five home runs in this World Series, but don't even think about putting the Phillies' second baseman in the same class as Reggie Jackson's five home runs for the World Series champion Yankees in 1977.

The New York Yankees rolled down the Canyon of Heroes in the traditional World Series parade on Friday morning.

How many World Series titles does a manager have to win to be considered extraordinary? It's not a requirement None.

With their 27th World Series victory Wednesday night, add the 2009 New York Yankees to the team's pantheon of greatness.

Injured Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher wishes he was with his team preparing to face the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday.

Mickey Mantle was crying. When Bobby Richardson flashes back to how Bill Mazeroski's game-ending homer vaulted the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Yankees in the 1960 World Series, he remembers that Mantle wept.

Who would have thought that THIS team could win the World Series.A A Cinderella story about a rag-tag bunch of players who scrapped their way to their first World Series title in nine years.A Nine years is a long time.A A child could have been born in November of 2000 and that child would now be nine years old.A This child has gone an entire ...

Chase Utley needs to kiss the Yankee Stadium dirt tonight. Enough is enough, already.

In case you missed it, here's a recap of what happened in October - and November - in baseball's postseason: - The Rise of A-Rod: A bust in the playoffs so often, Alex Rodriguez became a beast this year.

The thing about going with starters on three-days rest: Once you're in, you're all in.

THE MOOD outside Citizens Bank Park yesterday afternoon reflected the gray skies.

And as the ball quickly left the yard and Utley quickly rounded the bases , most of the 46,000 fans, holding on desperately to hope, poured their love from every direction.

It has been a World Series of misunderstandings for Cole Hamels. First, after his dismal Game 3 performance, the Phillies' embattled left-hander chose his words poorly while explaining his eagerness to end a season that has been personally disappointing.