The New York Yankees are one win away from making a return
trip to the World Series for the first time since 2009. With that in mind I am
feeling a little nostalgic this morning so I decided to take a look back,
waaaaaaay back, to the World and the Yankees back in the old days of 2009.
In 2009 I had zero children. While I would have my first son
five months after the New York Yankees would win the World Series it is hard
for me to imagine a life now without my children in it.
In 2009 the Yankees steamrolled through everyone in the
postseason with veteran players on huge contracts. Players like CC Sabathia, AJ
Burnett, Mark Teixeira, Nick Swisher and Alex Rodriguez. Now the team is doing
it with youth, aggression, and a demeanor that cannot and will not be stopped.
The team was in year one of a $1.1 billion stadium that no
one sat in or attended. Now it seems, at least during the postseason, that the
new Yankee Stadium is finally starting to find its voice. Also it seems like
maybe a ghost or two has bitten the bullet and made the trip over.
I was a 23-year old know-it-all in 2009. Now I’m a 31-year
old know-it-all. Some things never change.
In 2009 I didn’t know you, and that is the biggest tragedy
of them all. HEY YOU. It only took me eight more years to find you, but I did
and that’s all that matters. I love you!
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Sorry for the Capatcha... Blame the Russians :)