I told you so.

I predicted Yankees in 6, and look what happens. Yankees in 6.

I must be pretty good at this stuff.

Seriously though, I liked the Yankees for a few reasons, and they proved it against the Phillies all series. The chemistry on this team, coupled with outstanding production from some of the usual suspects (C.C. Sabathia, Alex Rodriguez) and some unusual ones (MVP Hideki Matsui, Johnny Damon), helped the Yankees put away Philadelphia for their twenty-seventh World Series title.

Give the Phillies credit; Cliff Lee might be the best pitcher in baseball, and he certainly looked like it against a tough Yankees lineup, and players like Jayson Werth and Chase Utley proved that Philadelphia is for real. However, in the end it simply wasn't enough to beat the Bombers.

This was a captivating World Series as well, something Major League Baseball was hoping for. And while it wasn't the matchup they necessarily wanted to happen (imagine the ratings on a Dodgers-Yankees series...yeesh), the Phillies proved that they belonged in the same conversation with the Yankees and both teams gave the audience a great show.

Congratulations to the New York Yankees, and hopefully next year's World Series will be as good as this year's was.