The best sign of the parade:
The MVP, Hideki Matsui and Eric Hinske
Mark Teixeira and CC Sabathia
Fittingly, they put A.J. Burnett with his personal catcher, Jose Molina, on the same float
The Captain
Jorge Posada telling all of us that the Yankees are, in fact, #1
Joba with his son running around having a great time
Thumbs up for Andy Pettitte
I yelled "one more year" at Andy Pettitte. He pointed back. I take that as a good sign
It ended with the closer, Mariano Rivera
A look at Broadway after the parade passed
It was an awesome experience in the Canyon of Heroes. I hope I will be back many, many times in the upcoming years. Great job by the city of New York, the fans, and the Yankees.
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Interesting point from Elissa as confirmed by my DVR: the only Yankees wearing any Yankees gear were the Core Four and Mark Teixeira. CC counts too since he held up a Yankees "27" sign for much of the parade.
ReplyDeleteNot sure if this means that those guys are "Truer" Yankees than others (i.e. A-Rod, who wore a funny hat and regular street clothes) but one thing is clear -- it feels good knowing the 1996-2009 guys have tens of millions of dollars but not too much pride that they can't sport a $40 hoodie.
Umm, A Rod was wearing a Yankee jacket with his funny hat
ReplyDeleteA bunch of guys were wearing the sweatshirts (Chad Gaudin, Phil Coke, etc.). I think some of the new guys figured they'd look good. Most failed at that, but at least some tried.
ReplyDeleteAnd when it finally goes on sale, I think I need to get that blue hoodie. It is really nice.