NEW YORK, NY (AP) -- New York City is hosting a ticker-tape parade and ceremony in honor of the World Series champion New York Yankees.
The parade began on Broadway at Battery Place at 11 a.m. and continues northbound up the Canyon of Heroes to City Hall Plaza where Mayor Michael Bloomberg will present the Bronx Bombers with the keys to the city.
Hideki Matsui's record-tying six RBIs helped the Yankees to the 7-3 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. New York won the series 4-2.
Yankees fans had waited nine years since the team's previous World Series title, a Subway Series against their cross-town rivals, the Mets, in 2000.
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