< NEW YORK (Rueters) -- The New York Yankees (total team salary $208,097,414) are once again world champions of baseball. They defeated the Philadelphia Phillies (team salary only $111,209,046) 7-3 in the sixth game last night to win the series, four games to two. Hideki Matsui ($13,000,000) was the Yankees' hitting star with three hits and six RBIs. Andy Pettitte (only $5.500,000) was the pitching star, easily handling the likes of the Phils' Ryan Howard ($15,000,000), Chase Utley ($11,285714); Jimmy Rollins ($8,500,000) and Raul Ibanez ($7,166,666). Meanwhile, the Yankees believe they got their money's worth from Alex (A-Rod) Rodriquez $33,000,000); Derk Jeter ($21,600,000), Mark Teixeira ($20,625,000); and Mariano Rivera (only $15,000,000). Because of the nearly-quarter billion-dollar payroll, the Yankees announced that the least expensive seat next season will cost $150, hot dogs will climb to $7.50 ($8 with mustard), and beer (a 12-ouncer in a paper cup) will climb to $15. < a Typical Yankee fan IS shown near concession stand http://www.impiousdigest.com/rush_fatass.jpg < Incidentally, in an ESP exclusive after the game, Major League Baseball has finally admitted that the World Series is NOT REALLY the World Series, This is list of countries that do not have teams represented: < 1 Afghanistan 2 Akrotiri 3 Albania 4 Algeria 5 American Samoa 6 Andorra 7 Angola 8 Anguilla 9 Antarctica 10 Antigua and Barbuda 11 Argentina 12 Armenia 13 Aruba 14 Ashmore and Cartier Islands 15 Australia 16 Austria 17 Azerbaijan 18 Bahamas, The 19 Bahrain 20 Bangladesh 21 Barbados 22 Bassas da India 23 Belarus 24 Belgium 25 Belize 26 Benin 27 Bermuda 28 Bhutan 29 Bolivia 30 Bosnia and Herzegovina 31 Botswana 32 Bouvet Island 33 Brazil 34 British Indian Ocean Territory 35 British Virgin Islands 36 Brunei 37 Bulgaria 38 Burkina Faso 39 Burma 40 Burundi 41 Cambodia 42 Cameroon 44 Cape Verde 45 Cayman Islands 46 Central African Republic 47 Chad 48 Chile 49 China 50 Christmas Island 51 Clipperton Island 52 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 53 Colombia 54 Comoros 55 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 56 Congo, Republic of the 57 Cook Islands 58 Coral Sea Islands 59 Costa Rica 60 Cote d'Ivoire 61 Croatia 62 Cuba 63 Cyprus 64 Czech Republic 65 Denmark 66 Dhekelia 67 Djibouti 68 Dominica 69 Dominican Republic 70 Ecuador 71 Egypt 72 El Salvador 73 Equatorial Guinea 74 Eritrea 75 Estonia 76 Ethiopia 77 Europa Island 78 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 79 Faroe Islands 80 Fiji 81 Finland 82 France 83 French Guiana 84 French Polynesia 85 French Southern and Antarctic Lands 86 Gabon 87 Gambia, The 88 Gaza Strip 89 Georgia 90 Germany 91 Ghana 92 Gibraltar 93 Glorioso Islands 94 Greece 95 Greenland 96 Grenada 97 Guadeloupe 98 Guam 99 Guatemala 100 Guernsey 101 Guinea 102 Guinea-Bissau 103 Guyana 104 Haiti 105 Heard Island and McDonald Islands 106 Holy See (Vatican City) 107 Honduras 108 Hong Kong 109 Hungary 110 Iceland 111 India 112 Indonesia 113 Iran 114 Iraq 115 Ireland 116 Isle of Man 117 Israel 118 Italy 119 Jamaica 120 Jan Mayen 121 Japan 122 Jersey 123 Jordan 124 Juan de Nova Island 125 Kazakhstan 126 Kenya 127 Kiribati 128 Korea, North 129 Korea, South 130 Kuwait 131 Kyrgyzstan 132 Laos 133 Latvia 134 Lebanon 135 Lesotho 136 Liberia 137 Libya 138 Liechtenstein 139 Lithuania 140 Luxembourg 141 Macau 142 Macedonia 143 Madagascar 144 Malawi 145 Malaysia 146 Maldives 147 Mali 148 Malta 149 Marshall Islands 150 Martinique 151 Mauritania 152 Mauritius 153 Mayotte 154 Mexico 155 Micronesia, Federated States of 156 Moldova 157 Monaco 158 Mongolia 159 Montserrat 160 Morocco 161 Mozambique 162 Namibia 163 Nauru 164 Navassa Island 165 Nepal 166 Netherlands 167 Netherlands Antilles 168 New Caledonia 169 New Zealand 170 Nicaragua 171 Niger 172 Nigeria 173 Niue 174 Norfolk Island 175 Northern Mariana Islands 176 Norway 177 Oman 178 Pakistan 179 Palau 180 Panama 181 Papua New Guinea 182 Paracel Islands 183 Paraguay 184 Peru 185 Philippines 186 Pitcairn Islands 187 Poland 188 Portugal 189 Puerto Rico 190 Qatar 191 Reunion 192 Romania 193 Russia 194 Rwanda 195 Saint Helena 196 Saint Kitts and Nevis 197 Saint Lucia 198 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 199 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 200 Samoa 201 San Marino 202 Sao Tome and Principe 203 Saudi Arabia 204 Senegal 205 Serbia and Montenegro 206 Seychelles 207 Sierra Leone 208 Singapore 209 Slovakia 210 Slovenia 211 Solomon Islands 212 Somalia 213 South Africa 214 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 215 Spain 216 Spratly Islands 217 Sri Lanka 218 Sudan 219 Suriname 220 Svalbard 221 Swaziland 222 Sweden 223 Switzerland 224 Syria 225 Taiwan 226 Tajikistan 227 Tanzania 228 Thailand 229 Timor-Leste 230 Togo 231 Tokelau 232 Tonga 233 Trinidad and Tobago 234 Tromelin Island 235 Tunisia 236 Turkey 237 Turkmenistan 238 Turks and Caicos Islands 239 Tuvalu 240 Uganda 241 Ukraine 242 United Arab Emirates 243 United Kingdom 245 Uruguay 246 Uzbekistan 247 Vanuatu 248 Venezuela 249 Vietnam 250 Virgin Islands 251 Wake Island 252 Wallis and Futuna 253 West Bank 254 Western Sahara 255 Yemen 256 Zambia 257 Zimbabwe < Ed Conrad sports reporter http://www.edconrad.com
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