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So many times this decade, the Yankees seemed to have a championship screenplay written only to go off-script at the exact wrong time.

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 .

David Zion , managing director of accounting research for New York-based Credit Suisse Holdings USA Inc., says hea s glad he didna t use his World Series tickets.

Johnny Damon's spikes are going to Cooperstown. The Hall of Fame museum collected a bunch of memorabilia -- 'treasures,'' the Hall calls them -- from the 2009 World Series, and included are the spikes Damon wore in what turned out to be the pivotal moment of the Series.

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.

CC Sabathia celebrates with fans along Canyon of Heroes. After accomplishing that goal, the foursome was rewarded with its first ticker-tape parade, an experience that left each player virtually speechless.

Thanks to Alex Rodriguez and the Yankees, Madison Square Garden finally had some champions on the court again.

There may be no stranger feeling for Yankee fans than the one they experienced when Mark Teixeira stepped in to face Ryan Madson on Monday night.

The stage is the biggest. The lights are the brightest. The stakes are the highest.

Mark Teixeira swings at a pitch near his eyes for strike three. Chase Utley makes a wild throw into the stands.

Today's Yankees championship parade runs almost a mile through the Canyon of Heroes, from Battery Park to City Hall.

Johnny Damon finally helped reverse the curse he was largely responsible for casting on the Yankees in 2004.

Alex Rodriguez 's first act as a World Series champion was to raise his arms and jump for joy.

This may end up being one of those "Dewey Defeats Truman" kinds of deals, but with the New York Yankees now an even 50 games over .500 in this 2009 season at 113-63, can it dare be suggested that we are looking at one of the great teams in baseball history? Absolutely, this question has the whiff of prematurity to it.

Mark Teixeira #25 and Mariano Rivera #42 of the New York Yankees celebrate after against Shane Victorino #8 of the Philadelphia Phillies grounded out for the final out of the Yankees 7-3 win in Game Six of the 2009 MLB World Series at Yankee Stadium on November 4, 2009 in the Bronx borough of New York City.

Cole Hamels isn't giving up on his team and he didn't have it out with fellow pitcher Brett Myers late Monday.

The night was intended to be about Pedro Martinez and his daddies, or the Yankees and their superstars, one or the other, but what fun would baseball be if it always went by script?And so it became about Hideki Matsui, that sweeping swing from that peculiar stance where he holds the bat straight in the air, powering baseballs glamour franchise to ...

Joba Chamberlain's mom Jackie Standley faces 20 years in jail for selling drugs.

Share + Nov 2, 2009 7:02 pm US/Eastern Reporting Lou Young 1 of 6 Mark Teixeira, left, and Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees celebrate after they scored on a 2-run single by Jorge Posada in the top of the ninth inning against the Philadelphia Phillies in Game Four of the 2009 MLB World Series on Nov.

After Hideki Matsui spent the last three games in Philadelphia being used solely as a pinch-hitter, the Yankees are looking forward to getting him back in the lineup for Game 6 tonight as the designated hitter.