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During the Yankees' run to the 2009 World Series title, most of the attention, understandably so, went to big free-agent acquisitions CC Sabathia, A.J. Burnett and Mark Teixeira.

Joe Girardi survived the criticism. He took his stances in the playoffs, he defended them and now he is a World Series champion.

As for the players the Yankees used to win a championship, note that sprinkled in with the stars were young players from the system who developed at the Major League level - Melky Cabrera, Brett Gardner, Hughes, Alfredo Aceves, Coke and Chamberlain.

I think ita TMs safe to say that Joe Girardi is no Joe Torre. Sure the Yankees made it to the World Series this year under Girardi, but not without him making some blundering decisions.

Thursday 05 Nov 2009 Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 11:46PM MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com - - The Trenton Thunder Minor League Baseball team had a total of 23 former players suit up for their Major League affiliate at some point during the New York Yankees World Series Championship season that concluded on Wednesday night.

As Yankees reliever Phil Coke paced back and forth between the video review room and the visiting clubhouse, the rookie reliever watched the ninth inning of Monday's Game 5 of the World Series unfold with a mixture of emotions.

While the box score for Monday night's game will indicate that A.J. Burnett went down as the loser for Game 5, Phil Coke wants to hear none of that.

Joe Torre was the Yankees' manager for a long time, 12 seasons in the Bronx, where he won four championships and created an image of how the face of the Yankees should look and act.

Phil Hughes , Joba Chamberlain and Alfredo Aceves have not had good postseasons in the Yankees bullpen.

Yankees manager Joe Girardi took some heat in the ALCS for his pitching moves. The most telling glimpse into Joe Girardi's 2009 postseason mindset came a week ago in Anaheim, Calif.

Yankees manager Joe Girardi was non-committal before Game 1 of the World Series about whether Jose Molina would start at catcher for Game 2. Molina has started in all three of A.J. Burnett's playoff starts so far, but since the Yankees are not carrying a third catcher for the World Series, they'd have less flexibility in the late innings with Jorge ...

Here are the player development origins of the 2009 American League Champion New York Yankees .

ANAHEIM, Calif. As hostile a place as Angel Stadium has been to them, the New York Yankees could see the AL pennant from their perch in the visiting dugout.

Joe Girardi, above, would have risked losing his clubhouse had he passed over the popular Andy Pettitte in Game 6, Steve Politi says.

ANAHEIM, Calif. - For a team that's playing pretty good baseball in the postseason, off days are a double-edged sword.

Jeff Mathis was the bare-chested hero leaning against his locker and nursing a Bud Light, looking more relaxed than a surfer dude lounging at the beach.

I'm not going to recap tonight's game, I am just going to rant about the decisions Girardi made.

Mike Scioscia was saved by his Smurfs. Scioscia, outdoing the Alfredo Aceves move by manager Joe Girardi in Game 3, pulled out his bulldog starter John Lackey with the bases loaded and two out in the seventh inning last night and his Angels leading 4-0. In the blink of an eye the Yankees put up six runs.

ANAHEIM - Don't expect Joe Girardi to change his overmanaging ways just because he was being criticized from coast to coast for his Game 3 bullpen moves.

David Waldstein, Jack Curry, Tyler Kepner and Richard Sandomir will be providing updates on Game 2 of the Angels-Yankees American League Championship Series.