the yankees played philadelphia phillies in 2009 world series.
who did the yankees play in 2009 world series?
philadelphia phillies
the 2009 world series was the championship series of major league baseball's (mlb) 2009 season. as the 105th edition of the world series, it was a best-of-seven playoff contested between the philadelphia phillies, champions of the national league (nl) and defending world series champions, and the new york yankees, champions of the american league (al). the yankees defeated the phillies, 4 games to 2, winning their 27th world series championship. the series was played between october 28 and november 4, broadcast on fox, and watched by an average of roughly 19 million viewers. due to the start of the season being pushed back by the 2009 world baseball classic in march, this was the first world series regularly scheduled to be played into the month of november. this series was a rematch of the 1950 world series.
2009 world series
jay-z was due to perform "empire state of mind" with keys during the opening game of the baseball 2009 world series in early october 2009 but, due to an inclement weather, the duo did not perform. they ultimately performed the song live in the yankee stadium before game 2 of the 2009 world series in mid-october. the two musicians performed the song on a custom-made stage adorned with yankees flags, while images of new york city flashed across several large screens throughout the stadium. jayson rodriguez of mtv news wrote of the performance, "if the yankees were looking to change their tune heading into game 2 of the world series, they couldn't have picked better musical guests." during most live performances of the track, the lyrics containing profanity are included in the song, but they were omitted for the world series set. on november 5, 2009, jay-z and keys sang "empire state of mind" at the mtv europe music awards (ema) in berlin, germany, while performing in front of a new york cityscape. jocelyn vena and eric ditzian of mtv news noted that jay-z "took his hometown pride rather seriously" during the performance. jay-z also performed the song at the yankees' world series victory ceremonies in new york city hall on november 6, 2009. keys was not in attendance for the performance, so singer and roc nation recording artist bridget kelly filled in. as the last verse of the song was sung, yankee members got up from their seats to shower jay-z with handshakes and hugs.
empire state of mind