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New York Yankees (United States) Baseball
Thousands of Yankees fans came onto the streets of New York to celebrate the team's 27th - and record - World Series victory in November after beating reigning champions Philadelphia Phillies. The Yankees' World Series title was their first since 2000. In those nine years, owner George Steinbrenner has spent freely to put together a winning side, most recently bringing pitchers C.C. Sabathia, A.J. Burnett and first baseman Mark Teixeira into a team that already boasted the celebrated Alex Rodriguez. Yet the hero of the World Series victory was Hideki Matsui, who became the first Japanese-born player to be named Most Valuable Player in the World Series. He more than lived up to his nickname ‘Godzilla,’ hitting .615 (8 for 13) with three home runs and eight RBI, including a World Series record-tying six RBI performance in Game Six.
