The New York Yankees celebrate after winning the World Series in New York on Wednesday. The Yankees beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-3 in Game 6. (Photo: Kathy Willens/AP Images)
Yankees Win Their 27th World Series
With Game 6 victory over the Phillies, Yankees take the title for the first time since 2000
This article is an update of the article originally posted on 11.03.09.
The New York Yankees are back on top.
The Yankees won the World Series for the 27th time. On Wednesday, they beat the Philadelphia Phillies , 7-3. The Yankees won four games in the best-of-seven series. The Phillies won two.
In Game 6 Wednesday, the Yankees gave their home crowd a lot to cheer about. Japanese slugger Hideki Matsui smacked a homer, a single, and a double. Each hit brought in two runs. That gave him six runs batted in (RBIs) for the night. Matsui won the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award for the Series.
“Winning the championship is such a great feeling,” Matsui said. “I guess you can say that this is the best moment of my life right now.”
The National League (NL) Phillies won the World Series last year. They had hoped to win the title two years in a row. But the American League (AL) Yankees were too strong. The Yankees won the Series for the first time since beating the New York Mets in 2000.
The Yankees have played in the Series 40 times since the first World Series in 1903. That is a record in baseball. So is the team’s 27 World Series wins. The St. Louis Cardinals hold second place, with 10 Series wins.
Big Win in a New HomeYankees fans are always hungry for a trophy. But winning the World Series this year is especially sweet. The Yankees started the year in a brand-new Yankee Stadium. It replaced the old Yankee Stadium that was built in 1923. That was the place where the Yankees found so much glory. Bringing the World Series trophy to the new stadium says that the old Yankee glory is alive and well.
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