It took five long years for the mighty Yankees to get back to the ALCS, but the celebration did not last long, as the Yankees started to prepare for the war with their haunted rivals out west.
In 2008, for the first time since 1995, the Yankees were not playing baseball in October. In the final season of the most historic ballpark in baseball, the Yankees were watching the postseason from home while their former manager, Joe Torre was stringing together wins for the Dodgers.
It seemed like the Yankees experiment with Joe Girardi was a failure and that many changes have to be made. 2008 marked the true end of the era starting in 1996 when Joe Torre arrived in New York. The Yankees powerhouse teams from the '90s were all but forgotten and only a few players remained.
The Yankees revamped th ...
Read Full Article at Bleacher Report - MLB
Article written by Tomer Talmy
Why the L.A. Angels Could Present a Mismatch for the New York Yankees
Posted: 16th October 2009 by Tomer Talmy in MLBComments Off on Why the L.A. Angels Could Present a Mismatch for the New York Yankees