Yes. Paced by Derek Jeter's four hits and Alex Rodriguez's 600th career home run, the Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 5-1 at the new Yankee Stadium.
Yes. The New York Yankees won the 2009 American League pennant, and went on to win the 2009 World Series.
The Yankees won their last AL Pennant on October 25, 2009 defeating the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 4 games to 2. They went on to defeat the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series 4 games to 2.
The Phillies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers in 5 games to win the 2009 National League pennant and advance to the World Series to meet the American League Champion New York Yankees.
Derek Jeter has been part of seven American League pennant winning teams in his career with the Yankees.1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2009.
The New York Yankees and The Philadelphia Phillies qualified for the 2009 World Series by winning the pennant in their league. The Yankees beat the Phillies 4 games to 2.
Mark Teixeira of th New York Yankees led the American League in RBI's in 2009 with 122.
In 2009, the Yankees won their 40th pennant.
The Yankees play in the American League.
The Yankees have won 40 A.L. Pennants. They also won 17 A.L. East Division titles.
the Yankees in 2009
40 PennantsThe New York Yankees have won 40 American League Pennants. and won 27 World Series Championships. They have more championships than any other North American franchise in professional sports history. The New York Yankees were named the century's greatest team in 1999, with 25 World Series Championships at the time. That is 1 world series championship every 4 years.
In 2009 the New York Yankees won the American League East with 103 wins.
In 2009 the New York Yankees had 103 wins.