That particular comment was as tongue-in-cheek as the rest of the article - I don't think it was meant to be taken even slightly literally. (edit) Sorry, that

That particular comment was as tongue-in-cheek as the rest of the article - I don't think it was meant to be taken even slightly literally. (edit) Sorry, that can't be right. Of course the Yankees did win the World Series, so that factual portion of it needs to be taken literally :)