School’s Out for Winter: Here Are Lessons Learned From 2009 Postseason
September 2, 2010
by Ed Price
Filed under: MLB Playoffs
NEW YORK — The Yankees had just begun celebrating their 27th World Series title, and first in nine years (that’s 63 in Yankee-drought years), when general manager Brian Cashman was asked about people saying his team bought a title.
“You can call us anything you want,” Cashman said. “You’re also going to have to call us world champions.”
But if the Yankees’ latest championship teaches us anything, it’s that a big payroll is just money unless it’s combined with smarts.
Here’s what we can conclude off the 2009 postseason: