I'm happy for...
Watching the Yankees celebrate in person last night was exhilarating. It got me thinking about the guys we've gotten to know, who 'deserves' it the most, and who I'm most happy for.
For some reason, I was immediately most happy for Melky Cabrera. The guy is a bundle of energy that always has fun playing the game - but more than that, I feel like I've literally watched him grow up: from his disastrous start in centerfield in Fenway Park in 2005 (at the age of 20) to playing in his first World Series. It felt like watching my nephew grow up (is that strange?).
After him was Robbie Cano. Y'all have to remember this wasn't just the first time for Melky and Cano in the World Series, but also their first time in the ALCS. They debuted in 2005, so missed the Yanks consecutive LCS trips in the previous seasons, and saw their team lose in the first round every year (or miss the playoffs entirely) until this season.
Then there's Alexander Emmanuel, the poster-boy for overpaid, under-performing athletes. Someone at SI (either Tom Verducci or Jon Heyman) called out A-Rod (and CC Sabathia) for being 0-7 in their team's chances to clinch the ALCS. Alex ended that by hitting good enough to be the MVP runner-up (.429/.567/.952).
Joba, Hughes, Coke and Robertson: they all played integral parts in the playoffs, and never experienced a postseason series win. Now they each have two under their belt.
CC Sabathia pitched like the perennial Cy Young contender he is, (along with A-Rod) dispelling the 'can't perform in the clutch' stigma he acquired over the last few seasons.
Joe Girardi has now gone farther in his Yankee managerial career than Joe Torre has in L.A. He certainly made some questionable decisions, but all's well that ends well. For as bad as he might've been, his team is in the World Series.
Nick Swisher, the clubhouse pressure-reliever, and who is as fun to watch as any player I can remember, is also getting his first taste of late October baseball.
Who are you happiest for?
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I'm happy for all of them.
1. The Veterans.
2. The New Guys.
3. and A-Rod especially.
by Ooofa on Oct 26, 2009 5:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm happy for the fact we have Mariano Rivera.
..."I predict...the Giants are #1"...
...."That's not a prediction meatman, that's a FACT OF LIFE"!.
---Carl
by FreeBradshaw on Oct 26, 2009 6:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm happy for:
1. A-Rod. To have one of the best careers of all time and FINALLY appear in a World Series has to be gratifying.
2. The core four (Jeter, Pettitte, Jorge, Rivera). When mentioning this I think of Lethal Weapon 4: “We’re not too old for this shit!” Part of these guys were probably wondering if their best chances lay behind them, after so much early success in their careers.
3. C.C. Sabathia. Take that postseason demons.
by GMan83201 on Oct 26, 2009 6:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm happy for everyone!
I love seeing all of the guys who have never been there celebrating…especially AROD!
I’m also really happy for Andy Pettitte. He’s been my favorite since his rookie year, and I never would have thought he would become the winningest postseason pitcher. This is his eighth world series! I’m so glad that he has had such a good year and been such an important part of the staff, especially after the second half of last year and the contract situation.
by SLS on Oct 26, 2009 6:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I am happiest for...
the vets who suffered from the 04 fallout and are still around to redeem themselves…
but i find it a little odd that Arod, Jeter, and Tex were the three that started first… the combo seems a bit odd, don’t ya think?
by ZigKitsune on Oct 26, 2009 6:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm happy for
Myself personally. I’m gonna be selfish. Going to high school in Red Sox Nation is tough. And today was the first time in six years I could wear yankees gear and not get any lip. I was in fifth grade then. My chest has a bruise on it from all the pounding.
I’m happy for the core of four, They get some more glory. I’m happy for the Boss that he might get to see another title before he kicks the bucket. And I’m happy for the new four Swish, CC, AJ, and Tex for being the first new guys coming in and fulfilling expectations.
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~Rogers Hornsby
by sdhman11 on Oct 26, 2009 6:49 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
i was in 5th grade too, not in sox nation but at a school ful of yankee haters, today no one gave me crap and all just shutup. lets keep them quite through the offseason. GO YANKEES!!!!!!
"Yes we lost and yes we are upset. But like all Champs we will bounce back."
Osi umenyiora
by donnybaseball23 on Oct 26, 2009 6:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
In Detroit
we always encounter lots of haters, the bums pass out shirts with a guy pissing on a yankees ball cap.
Every year, I always get in a battle with someone =) Got to be strong when your a fan of the Yanks’! I love it tho!
by Kuzzie2 on Oct 26, 2009 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Andy Petite cause this may be his last season (hopefully not)
Arod and CC for quieting their playoff deamons
and the whole yankee universe cause we are great fans and are given a bad rep by yankee haters
but remember it isnt over yet, we havent even begun the most important part of this postseason.
GO YANKEES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Yes we lost and yes we are upset. But like all Champs we will bounce back."
Osi umenyiora
by donnybaseball23 on Oct 26, 2009 6:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Everyone
but if I had to list them…..
1. A-Rod. No WS appearances so far. Only insults from other idiot fans and being crushed by the media. People saying, “he can’t hit in the playoffs”. I really felt bad for him in spring training after that Press Conference when everybody was making fun of him. Well, guess what. Nobody is making fun of him now. Nice job Alex.
2. CC, A.J., Burnett, Swisher. They brought these guys in to help get this team to the World Series. And they succeeded. Teixeira in particular, I’m really happy for. He’d never been to a World Series. He said that he cried after being eliminated by the Sox last year. No crying now.
3. Anybody on the team who is having their first WS appearance. That includes the new guys they brought in, by the way. Johnny Damon (first as a Yankee), Cano, Melky, Gardner, Cervelli (otherwise known as God, so he obviously knew this would happen), and so on. Those guys who came to the Yankees to get a World Championship, and the young kids who have never been there. Those guys.
4. While I’m still very happy for them, Jeter, Pettitte, Posada, and Rivera I’m probably less happy for than everyone else on the team. Everyone else is experiencing something new, while this is old stuff for them.
It’s tough to rank them, but if I had to, thats how I would do it. I’m happy for the whole team. I’d be even happier if they won it all.
LETS GO YANKEES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by nyyrocks29 on Oct 26, 2009 6:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
i'm happy
that we’re in the fall clasic just 4 more to go
by Kevin L on Oct 26, 2009 8:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I just had a dream
That Utley jumped 10 feet in the air to grab a pop-up and the FOX guys were salivating about how amazing he was. Anybody else think I need to unwind before the World Series? :p
by pkyankeefan on Oct 26, 2009 9:46 PM EDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
I'm happy...
That I get another weekish of baseball! Life is so depressing during the offseason. Let’s do this thing, Yanks!
Oh, and rubbing it in the faces of all my anti-Yankee friends definitely doesn’t suck either. (:
by xsovogue on Oct 26, 2009 10:07 PM EDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
My NYY
I’m happy for all real NY Yankees fans. Nit these fair weather fans that jump on the bandwagon in the late 90s. And then with the down fall of one bad season they jumped ship. Also I’m glad for Jeter you are a great captin..
by BrownHornet . on Oct 26, 2009 10:29 PM EDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
Jeter. I know how much it’s hurt him to be out of it all these years.
by Dougrhon on Oct 26, 2009 10:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm Happy For..
All The People That Post Here That Have Had To Eat Crow For Things Like..
Bench Swisher
Bench Melky
Switch The Batting Order
Sit Damon
Pitch CC in Game 6
It feels like 2004 Again
There Is So Much More But This Will Do
by YankeesJets on Oct 26, 2009 11:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Awesome… Dave Robertson was on MLB Tonight.
Thank God for making us Yankees.
by noonoo on Oct 26, 2009 11:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
happy for the...
whole team. We played as a unit for the entire season and postseason so far. Sure, some of the guys didnt produce as much as we would have like them too so far, but the rest of the team was there to pick up the slack. I cant wait to face pedro! whos ur daddy!
by eddieo311 on Oct 26, 2009 11:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Happy and beat but we gotta go back to work
Happy for the City of New York, my mutilated city
The Yanks are in the city’s DNA, and since 2001
it’s been like being in exile
What a gift for the Yankees to win the next series, for the city and for
its people, for this country
I really loved the Angels series, for the fact we finally beat our nemesis
and I admire LAA; they are a very unique team, the incarnation of John McGraw and the NY Giants.
But then came the Babe.
and while I point at his likeness staring at me in my den, suring each and every time we go to bat, and throw
I’ll remember, when this is over, to toast the team’s haters, the one’s with the ‘Yankees Suck’ shirts, embroidered in RS lettering, those poor, sore losers, those sour, self-hating pugs
Proof God is in His heaven with order being restored to the baseball universe…
ejs
by ericjs on Oct 26, 2009 11:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
are you implying that God is a Yankees fan?
by Brian5517209 on Oct 27, 2009 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
God plays on the Yankees.....
..."I predict...the Giants are #1"...
...."That's not a prediction meatman, that's a FACT OF LIFE"!.
---Carl
by FreeBradshaw on Oct 27, 2009 7:21 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Seeing as God is Cervelli
yes, I’ll say that he’s a Yankees fan
by nyyrocks29 on Oct 27, 2009 2:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
A-Rod
by far!
"Basketball doesn't build character. It reveals it"
by PanamaSun on Oct 27, 2009 12:22 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Let's go Yankees!
lets win it, beer and Black Taco for everyone,
by BlackandGoldSSgt on Oct 27, 2009 12:27 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
A-Rod Without A Doubt
How can you not be happy for him? How much crap has he had to endure over the years? I will be the first to admit that he hasn’t been perfect as a person. He has dealt with humility this year and has learned how to not say too much.
I truly believe he was cursed b/c of that contract. It’s not his fault that Hicks offered him what he did. Was he just suppose to say..“um, sorry Mr. Hicks but that’s too much money and if I sign it all the haters will be out in full effect”?
He is playing really well and I am rooting for him like no other.
The 2nd person I am rooting for is Nick Swisher. He is a good human being. Just go to his website nickswisher.net and you will know what I mean. He gives and cares for others and that makes you root for him b/c people sometimes, especially when you are a pro athlete, forget about others when you are on top.
BTW, I can make that statement about the pro athlete because I played in the NFL for 5 years and I know A LOT about how they can be.
by Mondoas on Oct 27, 2009 1:02 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Swish is someone it is so easy to root for…
by BlackandGoldSSgt on Oct 27, 2009 1:42 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Matsui
Because as Godzilla, this might sadly be his last year as a player. A-Rod’s got a lot of life still in him, but we don’t know what Mat’s gonna do. So while I’m glad for everyone else, there’s only one man I think really deserves this the most. #55.
Not enough words can describe what he’s meant to this team. He’s the “Quiet” one, while A-Rod, Tex and CC take center stage, Mat’s the one just doing what he does best. ;)
by jigglytuffy on Oct 27, 2009 1:24 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
A-Rod/CC
A-Rod: that man is coming to the plate pissed off and focused..you can see it in those eyes.
CC: also pitching with a chip on his shoulder…the media saying he can’t pitch in the postseason…and he is pitching like a man possessed
by BlackandGoldSSgt on Oct 27, 2009 1:50 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
George Steinbrenner
Hands down this season means the most to the “Boss”. His health has not been that great and we could lose him before too long so I think that it would be more meaningful for him to see his Dynasty win once more.
by shawn p on Oct 27, 2009 2:02 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm happy
that my RedSux buddy had the cojones to pay up with the bottle of single malt scotch I won when the RedSux didn’t.
by GrandEd on Oct 27, 2009 8:38 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Arod & CC
+ 1
I always feel pressure. What I don't have is fear. -- El Duque
by LateInningRelief on Oct 27, 2009 8:54 AM EDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
CERVELLI!!!
The guy did an amazing job this year and deserves everything good that happens to him!
by jimwarren on Oct 27, 2009 10:24 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Don't get mad
But i’m happy for Girardi.I really think that if the Angels would have come back he might of met his maker.Now I get to see what he will do next.Got to admit it is great theatre.
by cashman bashman on Oct 27, 2009 10:46 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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