2009 American League Championship Series

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The 2009 American League Championship Series (ALCS) was the best-of-seven playoff series pitted the overall #1 seed New York Yankees against the second-seeded Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for the American League pennant. The Yankees won the series, four games to two, and went on to defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 4–2 in the World Series. This was the third time that these two teams faced each other in the playoffs. They met in the 2002 ALDS and 2005 ALDS with the Angels winning both series by 3–1 and 3–2, respectively. The Yankees held home-field advantage because they had a better regular-season record than Los Angeles Angels. The series, the 39th in league history, began on October 16 and ended on October 25. Fox Sports carried all games with Joe Buck and Tim McCarver in the broadcast booth. Starting with the 2009 season, weeknight games began 40 minutes earlier as suggested by Commissioner Bud Selig.

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