All Along Broadway, Pinstripes, Proposals and Chants to 'Go for 28'

All Along Broadway, Pinstripes, Proposals and Chants to 'Go for 28'

The Yankees took one last ride together to celebrate their championship. It was a slow, joyous journey up Broadway, an outdoor party attended by hundreds of thousands of their closest friends. For the first time in nine years — and time is measured in dog years in Yankeeland — the Yankees and their fans could brag about being the best.

The fans offered marriage proposals to players, suggested that the Yankees re-sign Hideki Matsui, shouted about the importance of repeating as champions and taunted Pedro Martinez by holding up pictures of him in a diaper. Not everyone in New York was a Yankee fan Friday, but across a few chilly hours, it felt and looked that way.

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