Joe Posnanski: What made this Yankees team so different?

Courtesy SI.com  Thu, 11/05/2009 - 02:32

NEW YORK -- The Yankees clubhouse reeked of champagne, it smelled the way you might imagine Don Ho's living room used to smell.

Well, this is what you get when you win a World Series. Here Mariano Rivera stood in the doorway waiting for family.

There Mark Teixeira wore goggles and talked about how God led him to the right team. Over there two Yankees players prepared to double-team Johnny Damon with a champagne attack.

The sound was laughter and...

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