Empire State of Mind

The New York Yankees won the World Series Wednesday night in the sixth game against the defending champion Philadelphia Phillies. To baseball fans, that's a great feat, as this makes the team's 27th championship win, the most of any American sports team. To non-sports fans, this means you now have one less sport to juggle, so you can focus on the NBA, NHL, NFL, and college football. That's all.

The (Monday Morning Girlfriend) Proof is in the Wedding

Here's proof that this Monday Morning Girlfriend stuff works. Phillies second baseman Chase Utley's wife told Access Hollywood, he fell for her after she tried to woo him with her feigned baseball knowledge. On their first date, she managed to drop the baseball term "sacrifice fly." Three years later, they are married. We'll say no more.

Wednesday brings game six of the World Series and your chance to score. A sacrifice fly is a fly ball that allows a runner to advance after it was caught. The following things have to happen in order to qualify as a sacrifice fly:

• There are fewer than two outs when the ball is hit.
• The ball is hit to the outfield.
• The batter is out because an outfielder or an infielder running in the outfield catches the ball (or would have been out if not for an error).
• A runner who is already on base scores on the play.

This is classic taking one for the team.

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Just when everything looked like it was going so well; one moment away from the big day; the Yankees lost to the Phillies in game 5 of the World Series. The celebration, should the chance ever come again, will have to wait until game 6 on Wednesday when the series moves back to the Bronx. The Yankees lead the series 3 games to 2.

Weekends Are For Champions

In a much welcomed diversion from baseball and football, Serena Williams ended the tennis season against older sister Venus Williams in the WTA Championships in Qatar. As seemed customary this year, Serena emerged the victor over Venus. Serena played it cool, after showing out months prior at the U.S. Open, and instead celebrated her Sony Ericsson Champsionship win with a simple fist pump, a la Tiger Woods.

In November, one can only turn a blind eye to football for but so long, so along we go to football updates. Most notably in college football, Texas beat Oklahoma State, who is missing key wide receiver Dez Bryant, due to ineligibility. Texas is now ranked #2 in the AP Poll, ousting Alabama who held the spot for like forever. Oregon put a dagger in the heart of USC. Been there? In the NFL, the Baltimore Ravens did the honors and finally defeated the Denver Broncos. The Indianapolis Colts and New Orleans Saints, on the other hand, can update their Facebook status with something obnoxious about still being unbreakable. Brett Favre's own might read: Current age: 40. Record with new team: 6-1. Getting booed upon my return to Lambeau field and beating my old team: Priceless.

Speaking of priceless, action on the diamond resumed in game 4 of the Major League Baseball World Series. The NY Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies kept it interesting with a tie game at the top of the 9th inning, but the Yankees eventually slid in a few, winning 7 to 4. The Yanks are up 3 games to 1 and need one more win to be the champs. Philly is thinking otherwise. Game 5 is Monday at 8 p.m. EST.