The Yankees beat the Angles 5-2 to return to the World Series. It's been a six year drought for the Yankees of not being in the World Series. For most baseball teams a six year drought would be nothing but for Yankee fans it has probably felt like a long time. Write-ups of game six can be found at the New York Times, Newsday and the Daily Fix.
Man Pretends to be Yankee Pitcher Joba Chamberlain
A New Jersey man has pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct for pretending he was New York Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain. The man pretended to be the ball player and even signed autographed, chatted with women and scored freebies. He does look a lot like the baseball player. Take a look:
Yankee Stadium is closing its doors after eight decades of serving Yankee fans.
USA Today offers a look back at the memories and the old stadium in this article. Another way to remember a baseball stadium is to build it with Legos.
For information on the new Yankee stadium try here, here, here and here.
The above photograph of Yankee Stadium from July 4th is midly interesting but wait until you zoom in on it and can see every fan and all of the players. You can see the panaromic view here on the Sport's Illustrated's website. This panoramic view of Yankee Stadium was taken by a robotic camera using GigaPan technology. The photo was shot over the course of 10 minutes and consists of 124 frames stitched together. SI says Carnegie Mellon developed the GigaPan technology last year in collaboration with NASA.
60-year-old actor and comedian Billy Crystal got to live a life long dream. He was the lead-off batter in an exhibition game for the New York Yankees playing against the Pirates. Crystal managed to foul one off but ended up going down swinging. He did better in batting practice before the game as you can see in this clip.
