she's forgetting the Yanks won 14 out of 18. Plus Melky is going to be the ninth hitter and he's batting 316.

While not really a baseball guy, I could have sworn that the Yankees have won every world series since the begining of time. But what would I know since the Astro's are high level medicore since the killer B's have all retired but our stadium is awesome.

At least Astros fans had the pleasure of watching the great Nolan Ryan. I was a huge Ryan fan.

324 wins, 5714 strikeouts, 7 no hitters, 61 shutouts, 383 strikeouts in one season as a california Angel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Pp2UKJFgW8

My Yanks are on fire! Cuanto palo le dieron a Texas ayer.

You are right, Nolan Ryan is awesome. and one bad dude as well in his day.



He was 46 when he beat the crap out of Ventura in the video, WOW

Ryan's current business interests include ownership of two minor league teams: the Corpus Christi Hooks, which play in the Class AA Texas League, and the Round Rock Express, a Class AAA team in the Pacific Coast League. Both teams are affiliates of the Houston Astros, for whom Ryan also served as a special assistant to the general manager until he became the president of the Texas Rangers in 2008.

Ryan threw out the ceremonial "first pitch" before Game 3 of the 2005 World Series between the Astros and the White Sox, the first World Series game ever played in Texas. That game went 14 innings, equaling the longest in innings in World Series history (at 5:41, it was the longest in time). ESPN wryly suggested the Astros might have needed to pull the 58-year-old Ryan out of retirement if the game had gone much longer.

Ryan has co-written six books: autobiographies Miracle Man (with Jerry Jenkins, 1992), Throwing Heat (with Harvey Frommer, 1988) and The Road to Cooperstown (with Mickey Herskowitz and T.R. Sullivan, 1999); Kings of the Hill (with Mickey Herskowitz, 1992), about contemporary pitchers; and instructional books Pitching and Hitting (with Joe Torre and Joel Cohen, 1977), and Nolan Ryan's Pitcher's Bible (with Tom House, 1991).

In addition to his baseball activities, Ryan was majority owner and chairman of Express Bank of Texas but sold his interest in 2005.[4] He also owns a restaurant in Three Rivers, Texas. He served on the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission from 1995 to 2001. He appeared as a TV spokesman for Advil for several years, promoting the pain medication he recommended for his own arm. He also has appeared in various television commercials shown in the Texas market.

During election years in the late 90s, Ryan's name would frequently come up in the news as a potential candidate for some statewide office (usually for the Republican Party). However, he has never run in any race, and these rumors have quieted. He appeared in print ads for the National Rifle Association's "I'm the NRA" campaign. While not running for office himself, in 1996 Ryan campaigned on behalf of Ron Paul in the Texas's 14th congressional district election.[5] He also served as the Snow Monkey Ambassador for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission during the mid 1990's.

In spite of his focus on physical fitness, Ryan suffered a heart attack on April 25, 2000, and had to receive a double coronary bypass.

He has also filmed a television advertisement for a joint pain reliever; the commercial also included the soccer player Mia Hamm.

Koufax would never lower himself to do commercials he was the greatest of the modern era A shooting star with a 7 year career unparalleled Nolan is also in the same pantheon of greatness

Koufax was something else. His arm looked like a Goddamn whip when releasing the ball. Had the good luck of meeting Mr. Koufax in the early 90s. A true gentleman. Marichal is also up there. My dad always felt that he pitched in Koufax's shadow and the bat incident involving him didn't help his image stateside either.

Don't Mess with Texans.

keep waiting yankee fans.its gonna be a long time until you get number 27. 1 championship in modern year huh? thats crazy,i though ya were the greatest,untouchable.well i thought you'd have 30 or some shit.keep wasting money on garbage players,i only give credit to teixiera,he wont be winning a championship ring anytime soon anyway.