Wednesday, April 4, 2012

3 Days till Opening Day : Get out Your Brooms 1999 Championship


1999 was the 2nd Year OD.  A number of big free agent resignings in typical Steinbrenner fashion and the addition of alleged roid head Roger Clemens made the team a lock to repeat as champs.  They're such a lock, they barely even change the World Series Logo.  Derek Jeter hits .349 in the regular season and the Yanks sweep the Braves in 4, winning their 8th consecutive World Series Game in doing so.

Clinching game 4: Alleged Roid-O Roger versus John Smoltz.  Jimmy Leyritz hits another huge homerun in a pretty uneventful Game.  Mariano Rivera gets the save, and wins the MVP honors.  The Yankees repeat as Champions and have won 3 of the last 4 world Series.

What Else?  Derek Jeter has an MVP Caliber year.  The Yankee Clipper - Joe Dimaggio passes away during the season and the Yankees wear a special arm band for him.  David Cone throws a perfect game.

Napster is absolutely awesome and I'm personally downloading at least 20-30 songs a night over my 56K modem.  Y2K is a big deal but ends up being a total waste of time.

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