Yankee Parade Route Returns Yankees to 'Canyon of Heroes' Tomorrow

The Yankee parade route hasn't been ridden in nine years, but the 2009 Yankee parade route should make up for lost time. The Yankee parade route is routine, although it's been a while since it was used. As usual, the Yankee parade route will go down the famed Canyon of Heroes, and allow untold Yankee fanatics to celebrate another world championship. Tomorrow at 11 a.m. New York time, the Yankee parade route will take this latest batch of championship Yankees to their place in New York history.

After the Yankees finally won the World Series last night, it didn't take too long for the Yankee parade route to get announced. The ceremonies will be held tomorrow morning, with no real deviation from all those other Yankee parade routes. It will start at Battery Place at 11 a.m., before going north up the Canyon of Heroes, and ending at City Hall Plaza for a few victory speeches.

According to the Associated Press, Mayor Bloomberg will give the Yankees the keys to the city at the end. On the way there, the Yankees will be driven in convertibles, while the usual ticker-tape mess is made.

The Yankee parade route ends an uncommonly long nine-year parade drought for the Bronx Bombers. However, New York hasn't gone that long without a parade down the Canyon of Heroes. In February 2008, the Giants celebrated their shocking Super Bowl win - yet there is still no victory celebration in New York quite like one for the Yankees.

Besides, this is the first time since 2000 that a team who actually plays in New York will get a parade. No one expected anything from the Giants before their victory party, but everyone expected and demanded the Yankees to be here. There was a brief fear over Joe Girardi's three-man rotation at the end, but Hideki Matsui took most of the load off last night.

The Yankee parade route ends a long wait for the city, though it is a small wait by comparison to last year. The team they beat this year, the Phillies, ended a 25-year drought for the entire city of Philadelphia last year, and packed about a million people in their parade route. But by New York Yankees standards, a nine-year drought for them is equal to a 25 year wait for others, if not more so.

Although this is the first time a Yankee parade route will be planned in November, the faithful don't care what day it is, as long as it happens this year. The final stage of the Yankees return to glory will be tomorrow, with all New York channels likely to air the parade, for those few who can't be there.

Sources

Associated Press- "NYC to host ticker-tape parade for Yankees"

Newsday- "Yankee parade will be 11 a.m. on Friday"

SB Nation- "Yankees Parade Set For Friday"