13M DH leads Yankees to WS title...

The Yankees won the 2009 World Series as expected, besting the Phillies in six games.

 How did they do it? They opened the bank.

The sixth game of the series was won by the Yankees thanks to the batting exploits of their DH Hideki Matsui, the 35-year old from Japan who just happens to make 13 million a year.

And he's not anywhere close to being the highest paid player on the Yankees' payroll. In fact, he's tied for eighth on the list with Johnny Damon.

Of course, we know who's at the top.

Alex Rodriguez makes a cool 33 million per year. Total payroll yearly on the Yankees is a shade over 208 million. Compare that to the Arizona Diamondbacks' salary of 73.5 million. Enough said.

Still, it was a pleasure to watch Matsui go about his business. Matsui singled, doubled and homered, while knocking in six runs to lead the Yankees to a 7-3 win in Game 6 as New York won its 27th World Series title.

You either love or hate the Yankees. If you dislike the Yankees it is probably the money-thing.T he Yankees are the bully. They're like the man sitting at the poker table holding all the chips. He's tough to beat. It can be done and maybe next year the series will be won by a low-salaried team. That's why they play the game.

But if you're a gambler it would be hard to bet against the Yankees.