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Hideki Matsui took a meaty cut, watched the ball fly and winced when it hooked a foot foul.Matsui put the world in World Series MVP, earning the award by homering, doubling, singling and driving in six runs Wednesday night as the New York Yankees beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-3 to claim their 27th championship.Matsui became the first Japanese-born player to win the award that started in 1955. He hit .615 (8 for 13) with three home runs and eight RBIs. His performance in Game 6 matched the record for RBIs in a Series game. No one, however, had done it in a clincher.This year wrapped up Matsui's $52 million, four-year contract. It remains to be seen what the aging Yankees will do with him. Whatever happens, he certainly left his mark.

New York Yankees pitcher AJ Burnett has admitted that Thursday's World Series clash with Philadelphia Phillies was "the biggest game I've ever thrown in" as he helped inspire his team to a 3-1 win to level the best-of-seven contest 1-1 at Yankee Stadium.The four top hitters for the Phillies went 0-for-10 against Burnett, with Ryan Howard striking out three times.Mark Teixeira and Hideki Matsui then homered for the Yankees, who overcame a 1-0 second-innings deficit for the crucial victory as the series shifts to Philadelphia over the next three games, starting on Saturday."I wanted to come out and attack, feed off the crowd and the energy," said Burnett. "I've done a good job of being calm in situations but I wanted to come out with some fire."I knew it was a big game, the biggest I've ever thrown in for this team."I wanted to set the tone early, be very aggressive. I threw a lot of first-pitch strikes. It made a big difference. I went out with confidence and the game just rolled by."Philadelphia manager Charlie Manuel hailed the performance of Burnett. He said: "Burnett was good. He was very aggressive with his fastball and his slider was off the chart. He pitched a heck of a game."Teixiera, mired in a .186 play-off batting slump, hit a solo homer off Pedro Martinez in the fourth innings to pull New York level and Japan's Matsui struck a sixth-innings homer to give the Yankees a 2-1 lead."It was pretty special, this one," Teixiera said. "We hadn't done anything against them. It put a little bit of a crack in their armour. They had pitched so well. And Matsui's home run was great for our confidence."It was a must-win for us. If we went in there 0-2 it would have been a tough road for us."

The New York Yankees leveled the World Series at one game each as A.J. Burnett out dueled old Yankees nemesis Pedro Martinez in a 3-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday.Mark Teixeira and Hideki Matsui homered for the Yankees, who overcame a 1-0 second-inning deficit for the victory as the best-of-seven series shifts to Philadelphia for the next three games starting on Saturday.The hard-throwing Burnett gave up four hits in seven innings and struck out nine while walking two.Martinez, a familiar foe to New York in seven seasons with the Boston Red Sox, went six plus innings and was charged with three runs on six hits and struck out eight.Philadelphia manager Charlie Manuel admired the performances of both pitchers."Burnett was good. He was very aggressive with his fastball and his slider was off the chart. He pitched a heck of a game," Manuel told reporters."Pedro did a tremendous job, changing speeds, but he got hurt by the long ball from left-handed hitters."Philadelphia scored in the second when Raul Ibanez blooped a two-out double down the left-field line and came home when third baseman Alex Rodriguez failed to corral a smash off the bat of designated hitter Matt Stairs.Teixeira, who had been slumping with a .186 postseason average, blasted a 1-0 pitch into the Yankees bullpen in right-center to tie it 1-1.Two innings later Matsui put the Yankees in front by pulling a soft, 73 mph curve into the lower deck in right.New York added another run in the seventh after Jerry Hairston Jr and Melky Cabrera opened the inning with singles.Park Chan-ho relieved Martinez and yielded a single to center by pinch-hitter Jorge Posada that scored pinch-runner Brett Gardner.Closer Mariano Rivera pitched the last two innings for the save, escaping trouble in the eighth by getting Chase Utley to rap into a double play turned by Robinson Cano and Derek Jeter.Andy Pettitte, who has a record 16 career postseason wins, starts Saturday for the Yankees against fellow left-hander Cole Hamels, last year's World Series MVP for the Phillies.

NEW YORK — Well, rookie, ready for your big moment?We're talking to you, Yankee Stadium. The newcomer with big shoes to fill.Yeah, you have your wide aisles and your new seats, your Hard Rock Café and your sushi. You even have a women's team store down the right-field line — and even better, a toilet fixture ratio that is lower for women than it is for men, and don't the ladies appreciate that.But now you also have a World Series. You know how that runs in the family. Across the street, Yankee Stadium Sr. is a hulking echo of a place, reminding us of a famous aircraft carrier that has been decommissioned. But it saw 37 World Series and was home to 26 champions. Your walls are covered with the pictures of men who became legends playing there.You're aesthetically pleasing, and all that. You even have a Great Hall.A Great Hall? Are the Philadelphia Phillies coming to a prom?But you're not somebody in this town until you've hosted a championship, or maybe a dozen of them. The information sheet says you have about the same seats as the old place but are 63% larger. Good. Walking through the hallways of your predecessor had the ambience of trying to pass through a U-boat.It says you have an art gallery somewhere. More than a thousand high-definition monitors. A steakhouse, with a ribeye that lists at $51.75. At that price, the steer's name must have been A-Rod.But you don't have the ghosts of autumn. No late-October memories yet. That begins today.This is your first World Series game. That retiree across the street hosted 100. The New York Yankees won 64 of them – and one was a perfect game.Your first home run came from Jorge Posada. Not bad.But your father figure across the street, his first home run was hit by Babe Ruth. Feeling intimidated yet?And then there's your reputation with the men – at least the guys who homer. There's no diplomatic way to say this. People have gotten the idea you're easy.You served up home runs the way McDonald's serves up Happy Meals. The Yankees played eight games this regular season without hitting a baseball out of the park.But we're here to inspire you for the coming week, not nitpick.The players claim they feel the same magic. "I couldn't say that in April," Posada said, "but with the way we've played, the way we've come back to win games, I think the aura and mystique and everything are back."I know times have to change, and so must ballparks. George Steinbrenner bought the Yankees 36 years ago for $8.7 million – lock, stock and pinstripes. Now, nine Yankees make more than that in a single season.And let's be honest, the old stadium – rest in peace – had lost a step. You don't remember how its final World Series ended. That was in 2003, and you probably weren't even a twinkle in the architect's eye yet.The Yankees were shut out by a bunch of guys from Florida. Clearly, the old world was ending.So here you are, modern and ready for your true coming out party. If you're the house that George built, how nice would it be to give George one more title? He's not getting any younger.Just so you understand your expectations.It was raining Tuesday. In October, if the Bronx had 10,000 more trees and were 40 degrees warmer, it'd remind you of a tropical rain forest. Since they spent $1.5 billion to build you, maybe a few more monthly payments for a retractable roof might not have been the worst idea. Wimbledon did it. But then, you couldn't be a clone.

NEW YORK – They dashed from the dugout and in from the outfield, swarming Alex Rodriguez in a sea of pinstripes only steps from his spot at third base. "I couldn't be more excited," he said. "I feel like a 10-year-old kid." Making it to the World Series for the first time after all those misses will do that to you.The New York Yankees, baseball's biggest spenders, finally cashed in with their first pennant in six years Sunday night, beating the Los Angeles Angels 5-2 in Game 6 of the AL championship series behind the savvy pitching of that old October pro, Andy Pettitte."That's what you play for," Rodriguez said. "In order to win a World Series, you have to get there first."After Mariano Rivera fanned pinch-hitter Gary Matthews Jr. for the final out at 1 minute past midnight, Mark Teixeira, Derek Jeter and most Yankees rushed to mob a jubilant Rodriguez near third base.Rivera received a huge hug from catcher Jorge Posada in front of the mound. Then, Rodriguez and the Yankees partied with beer and bubbly in their swanky, high-tech clubhouse.Now, the Yankees go for their record 27th title — when manager Joe Girardi was hired two years ago, he took jersey No. 27 with that in mind.Not a bad way for Jeter, Posada and crew to finish up the first season at the team's new $1.5 billion ballpark. As Yankee Stadium grew dark, Sabathia's and Girardi's kids ran around the bases on an empty infield."We want to enjoy this tonight. We'll worry about Philly tomorrow," Jeter said. "Hopefully, we can play one more great series."For manager Mike Scioscia and his sloppy Angels, it was their latest playoff failure during a decade of steady regular-season success. Since winning their only championship in 2002, the Angels are yet to return to the World Series despite five AL West titles in the past six years.oba Chamberlain got two key outs and Girardi went to a well-rested Rivera in the eighth. He gave up a two-out RBI single to Vladimir Guerrero, making it 3-2, then retired Morales to end the inning. Always a picture of poise and focus in October, narrowed eyes peering between his cap and glove as he takes his signs on the mound, Pettitte also owns postseason records with 38 starts and 237 1-3 innings pitched.Pettitte was pitching at home for the Yankees in the postseason for the first time since their last World Series game, a 2-0 loss to Josh Beckett and the Florida Marlins in 2003.
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