BTW, slightly off topic but I think anyone who likes to discuss politics should read Scott Long's piece @ The Juice. Really well done.

I missed the live celebration, since my Mlb tv ended after the game, but managed to catch it on the YES site late last night. My wife thinks my baseball addiction is over the top, but even she loved seeing the video of the club house celebration.

I feel like a kid before xmas!!

"This will be in my story tomorrow: As the celebration slowed, reliever Kyle Farnsworth took note of the fact that the Red Sox would occupy the same sodden room tomorrow. 'The best thing is Boston has to come in here next,' he said. 'It's the smell of victory they've got to smell. You can print that.'"

Yeah, Alex, the Unit-Kim Jones dousing was funny at first, weird the 2nd (and 3rd?) time, but I think not so much mean-spirited as awkward.

Nothing against Kim Jones or women in the locker-room, but isn't planting an attractive, booze-soaked blonde in the midst of that frat house lunacy asking for trouble? Fortunately, but not the least bit surprisingly, the revelry stayed G-Rated, and the celebration was just giddy and proud.

On to the playoffs. The Yanks have two weeks to get rested and ready, and an easy enough schedule to stay in the race for home field advantage in the ALCS.

F the bitter Yankees-haters, and anybody who still wants to question A-Rod's place on the team, and the 'chemistry' of the Yanks in general.

Let's see Verducci write a ten page cover-story on A-Rod (the so-called Lonely Yankee) celebrating with his team last night, hugging Jeter etc., and let's hear ESPN talk for hours about how tight this band of Yankees brothers actually is.

Don't hold your breath. They won't, and I don't care.

The smiles and hugs last night said it all, and I have a feeling (like the song says) the best is yet to come.

6 Delicious. You wonder where he got that from, being relatively new to the team. That's a real heavy quote, more expected from someone who's gone through the '03 and '04 wars than someone from this year's team, where there wasn't much drama between the two teams. But still - love the fire. Love the emotion. You bring it, Mr. Farnswhacker. We want to see some 101mph cheese in October.

(for strikes)

He wanted to be a Yankee. That quote tells me he has a little Munson in him. Despite his back problems, and inconsistency, Yanks fans gotta love a guy who throws 100mph, and has a little Munson in him.

Bernie's swinging a sweet bat at just the right time, and looks ready to add a few RBI to his MLB-leading October resume. Good ol Bernie coming off the bench next month. Can't wait.

"Sir Farnstantinople accomplishes his mission, then screams "Fuck!" into his mitt, as if frustrated that he failed to get the ball to burst into flames."

Yep, no surprise he would say something like 6 >;)

Hooray for clinching! Only 12 days until the ALDS starts! I'm looking forward to seeing a lot of Kevin Thompson, Andy Cannizaro, and Gary Sheffield in the near future. And I'm sure that that's the first time Sheff's been in the same sentence with those two guys, ever.

Tartabull?

The best part of the celebration, I thought, was when Torre was being interviewed, Sheff doused him with champagne. He just smiled and said, "you got me!" Not even a minute later, he gets doused again and now he's like "what the..?", turns around, and sees a laughing Mo. A huge smile breaks across Torre's face and he jokingly says, "See? We were able to clinch without you!" Then they hugged and said stuff to each other which wasn't picked up by the mics.

I will admit that columns from Golum (aka Lupica) and the other media focusing on A-Rod and Verducci's SI article was a slight downer, but I got over it really quick.

6 Abraham has some great stuff in his blog and today's column.

At least that's my tactic for the weekend.

I've seen enough of Villone/Dotel/Myers/Veras in the 9th to know that I never want to see it again.

Now I'll have TMBG stuck in my head for hours, plus trying to figure out lyrics to fit this thread. Take it away, Bama >;)

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Wanted to point out that Bernie's post-dinger dugout glance is nothing new, he's been complimenting the bat-flip with it for as long as I can remember. And I love it.

GO YANKS!

Yeah, now that you mention it, I've seen that dugout glance before, but last night it seemed to be something more, and I don't think he does it all the time. Have any idea what it's about? or who it's directed toward?

You're right, Sliced, he doesn't do it all the time. He saves it for big spots, he must have felt last night merited it with the clinch a possibility.

I have no idea who it's directed toward, I always thought just his teammates in general....

Yankees rock!

37 Enjoy the party!

Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night

Every gal in Constantinople
Lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople
So if you've a date in Constantinople
She'll be waiting in Istanbul

Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
Why they changed it I can't say
People just liked it better that way

Also, YAOOOOAAAAAHOOOOOO!

As is 56 "That's the mystique of me." I always confuse Bernie and Sheff, they're so much alike. It's like a friend of mine who nicknamed Mattingly "Mr. T" because they were so hard to tell apart.

Still with us, Count Montefusco? We haven't scared you away or nuttin' right?

BTW, anyone know where I could get a video clip of the Deion dousing of McCarver?

0-<....

Oh, it seems to have spilled.

It's on a table in the corner of the visitors' clubhouse in Toronto, with a note.

"Dear Big Papi,
Congratulations on your fiftieth home run! All of your individual accomplishments this year must feel great. Enjoy."

The signature has been blurred by the spilled wine.

(I know, I know, it's low class. I'll always be a Farnsworth, never a Jeter. I've made my peace with that.)