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Peter Abraham rules:
* This will be in my story tomorrow: As the celebration slowed, reliever Kyle Farnsworth took note of the fact that the Red Sox would occupy the same sodden room tomorrow. "The best thing is Boston has to come in here next," he said. "It's the smell of victory they've got to smell. You can print that."
* The Yanks were celebrating with Nicholas Feuillatte champagne and cans of Labatts. Pretty good, eh?
* Jason Giambi, ever an original, had a bottle of Jack Daniels. Brian Bruney took a healthy swig.
* The team watched the Red Sox game together. Once the final out was made, Joe Torre gave them a toast, said he was proud of what they accomplished and that there were 11 more wins to go. Then the celebration started.
* Say what you want about Torre. But virtually every player said the Yankees don't win this year without him. Back in June, when they were four games out and looked vulnerable, he kept them together. "We're not standing here without that man," Mariano Rivera told me, pointing to Torre. "All this, this is what he has done. Eleven years of this."
* Melky Cabrera, Robinson Cano and Jose Veras celebrated like madmen. Hopping around, singing songs in Spanish, dousing everybody.
* Randy Johnson, whose head nearly scraped the slanted celing of the small clubhouse, had himself a good time. But he, Mike Mussina and a lot of the veteran guys quickly turned the conversation to what comes next when we asked them questions.
* As the party was wearing down, Derek Jeter took command of the room. Told everybody to get ready to get on the bus to the airport. "Now we keep rolling," he said. "Let's go."
* Bernie Williams hugged every teammate and coach. He and Torre had a moment.
* Gary Sheffield actually grabbed a few reporters around the neck in semi hugs. As Sam Borden of the Daily News said, "Sheff is a strong, strong man."
* You had to feel good for guys like Aaron Guiel. Baseball lifer, never been around a team like this. He was sitting there at one point looking overwhelmed. I went over and shook his hand. "This must be great," I said. "You have no idea," he replied.
* One of the bullpen catchers, Mike Borzello, hugged Mike Myers and said, "Welcome to the dark side. You're not with the Sox any more."
* You know what is just ridiculous? That MLB has sold advertising on the plastic sheets that cover the lockers. Budweiser, the official beer of keeping your clothes dry.
* This will be in my story tomorrow: As the celebration slowed, reliever Kyle Farnsworth took note of the fact that the Red Sox would occupy the same sodden room tomorrow. "The best thing is Boston has to come in here next," he said. "It's the smell of victory they've got to smell. You can print that."
* The Yanks were celebrating with Nicholas Feuillatte champagne and cans of Labatts. Pretty good, eh?
* Jason Giambi, ever an original, had a bottle of Jack Daniels. Brian Bruney took a healthy swig.
* The team watched the Red Sox game together. Once the final out was made, Joe Torre gave them a toast, said he was proud of what they accomplished and that there were 11 more wins to go. Then the celebration started.
* Say what you want about Torre. But virtually every player said the Yankees don't win this year without him. Back in June, when they were four games out and looked vulnerable, he kept them together. "We're not standing here without that man," Mariano Rivera told me, pointing to Torre. "All this, this is what he has done. Eleven years of this."
* Melky Cabrera, Robinson Cano and Jose Veras celebrated like madmen. Hopping around, singing songs in Spanish, dousing everybody.
* Randy Johnson, whose head nearly scraped the slanted celing of the small clubhouse, had himself a good time. But he, Mike Mussina and a lot of the veteran guys quickly turned the conversation to what comes next when we asked them questions.
* As the party was wearing down, Derek Jeter took command of the room. Told everybody to get ready to get on the bus to the airport. "Now we keep rolling," he said. "Let's go."
* Bernie Williams hugged every teammate and coach. He and Torre had a moment.
* Gary Sheffield actually grabbed a few reporters around the neck in semi hugs. As Sam Borden of the Daily News said, "Sheff is a strong, strong man."
* You had to feel good for guys like Aaron Guiel. Baseball lifer, never been around a team like this. He was sitting there at one point looking overwhelmed. I went over and shook his hand. "This must be great," I said. "You have no idea," he replied.
* One of the bullpen catchers, Mike Borzello, hugged Mike Myers and said, "Welcome to the dark side. You're not with the Sox any more."
* You know what is just ridiculous? That MLB has sold advertising on the plastic sheets that cover the lockers. Budweiser, the official beer of keeping your clothes dry.