Nov 5, 2009 3:40 pm US/Eastern
2 Wins: Girardi Bags Series, Stops To Aid Motorist
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Yankees Manager Joe Girardi capped off a victorious evening by helping a car crash victim in Westchester County.
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Mark Teixeira #25 of the New York Yankees celebrates after the final out of the Yankees' 7-3 win against the Philadelphia Phillies in Game Six of the 2009 MLB World Series at Yankee Stadium on Nov. 4, 2009.
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A.J. Burnett (L), Jorge Posada (2nd L), Derek Jeter #2 (C) and Mariano Rivera #42 of the New York Yankees celebrate with their teammates after their 7-3 win against the Philadelphia Phillies in Game Six of the 2009 MLB World Series at Yankee Stadium.
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Hideki Matsui #55 of the New York Yankees hits a 2-run home run in the bottom of the second inning against the Philadelphia Phillies in Game Six of the 2009 MLB World Series at Yankee Stadium on Nov. 4, 2009, in the Bronx borough of New York City.
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Mariano Rivera #42 of the New York Yankees gestures against the Philadelphia Phillies in Game Six of the 2009 MLB World Series at Yankee Stadium on Nov. 4, 2009.
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Alex Rodriguez, right, and Mark Teixeira celebrate after scoring early in the Yankees' 7-3 World Series-clinching victory over the Phillies on Nov. 4, 2009.
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The New York Yankees celebrate after their 7-3 win against the Philadelphia Phillies in Game Six of the 2009 MLB World Series at Yankee Stadium on Nov. 4, 2009, in the Bronx borough of New York City.
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Yankees Manager Joe Girardi capped off a victorious evening by helping a car crash victim in Westchester County.
Police say Girardi pulled over to help after a woman lost control of her car on the Cross County Parkway and crashed into a wall around 2:30 a.m. on Thursday. That was just hours after Girardi's team claimed World Series victory.
The woman was able to walk away from the accident and declined to be taken to the hospital.
Girardi flagged down police responding to a 911 call. Just 15 minutes earlier Officer Kathleen Cristiano had waved him through a driving while intoxicated checkpoint and congratulated him.
Cristiano says that seeing Girardi at the accident scene later "was totally surreal." She said: "The guy wins the World Series, what does he do? He stops to help."
Girardi's first year as Yankee manager, in 2008, was met with disappointment, as it was the first time in 14 years the Yankees did not reach the postseason.
On Thursday night, in his second year as manager, he led the Yankees to win their 40th AL pennant and the Yankee's 27th World Series title against the Philadelphia Phillies, his first World Series title as manager and the Yankees' first since 2000.
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World Series section.
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