We hate to admit this, but we sort of wanted the Yankees to win the World Series.

Ugh, ’scuse us.  We have to go beat ourselves up a little.  But that won’t make it less true.

We’re fans of the game, and the way the game’s played, the New York Yankees were far and away the best at it this year.  They hit the best, pitched the best, gutted games out the best.

Which brings us to another point.  Bandwagon Yankee-hatred is just as bad as bandwagon fandom.  Deciding you hate a team because the people who love and know the game (whatever that game might be) is no more legitimate than jumping on the playoff train.  (Unless it’s your hometown team in a sport you don’t like…then the playoff train is fine, and we hope you’ll go to a few games next year!)

There’s only one October, and it’s finally over: in November.  On to basketball, more football, and the Winter Olympics!

And–gulp–congrats to the Bronx Bombers.

(Sorry, Sox gods. They took this one fair and square.)