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Worth The Wait: Yankees Win First World Series in Nine Years

On the night of Nov. 1, 2001, I was sitting alone in the second-floor lounge of Shaw Hall on the campus of Syracuse University, having been banished there after cheering too loudly in the room of two Red Sox fans following Scott Brosius' game-tying two-... Full Article at Bleacher Report

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  1. All of them were great. But this one is special. It was a drought for nine years and we finally got one
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  1. RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2009 - New York Yankees batter Derek Jeter tips his helmet after he singled against the Tampa Bay Rays to tie Lou Gehrig's record for career hits by a Yankee in the seventh inning of their MLB American League baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York, September 9, 2009.
  2. NEW YORK - DECEMBER 01: (L-R) Kim Girardi, Manager of the New York Yankees Joe Girardi and 2009 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year Derek Jeter attend the 2009 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year Celebration at The IAC Building on December 1, 2009 in New York City.
  3. LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 24: Actress Patricia Heaton (C) request an autograph from alugger Alex Rodriguez of the New Yankees during the NBA game between the New York Knicks and Los Angeles Lakers Staples Center on November 24, 2009 in Los Angeles, California.
  4. LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 24: Baseball player Alex Rodriguez (L) of the New York Yankees attends a game between the New York Knicks and the Los Angeles Lakers at Staples Center on November 24, 2009 in Los Angeles, California.
  5. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 23: Yankees Broadcaster Suzyn Waldman arrives at a screening of the '2009 World Series Film: Philadelphia Phillies vs. New York Yankees' at the Ziegfeld Theatre on November 23, 2009 in New York City.
  6. OAKLAND, CA - NOVEMBER 22: C.C. Sabathia of the New York Yankees walks on the field before the Oakland Raiders and the Cincinnati Bengals NFL game at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on November 22, 2009 in Oakland, California.
  7. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 13: New York Yankees baseball player Derek Jeter and Senior Vice President of New York Delta Gail Grimmett attend Delta's donation to the Derek Jeter Turn 2 Foundation at ESPN Zone in Times Square on November 13, 2009 in New York City.
  8. RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2009 - New York Yankees player Derek Jeter (C) celebrates as he holds the World Series trophy with teammates (L-R) A.J. Burnett, Jorge Posada, Mariano Rivera and Robinson Cano after the Yankees defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 6 to win the 2009 Major League Baseb...
  9. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 23: Yankees Broadcaster Suzyn Waldman arrives at a screening of the '2009 World Series Film: Philadelphia Phillies vs. New York Yankees' at the Ziegfeld Theatre on November 23, 2009 in New York City.

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  4. Andy Pettitte Andy Pettitte
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