Where were you when the Yankees won?

When your favorite sports team wins a championship I think it's important to document every single moment of that championship. As a writer, I'm trying to document all of my emotions at the time.
One moment which really sticks out came with one out in the top of the ninth.

I received a phone call from my Dad.

Baseball is a sport with a bond generally formed from the Father to the child. In this case, my Dad and I share a special bond over the Yankees. It means that if we disagree on anything or everything, we will always still cherish the happy memories with New York. That's why it was so very important to receive that phone call.

I spoke to Vincent Mercandetti Sr. through the second out and the 127 pitch at bat to Shane Victorino (ironically my favorite non-Yankee). It was even funnier because since he lives in Florida, his TV was about 3-4 seconds delayed from mine so I knew what was happening first.

I was sitting in a family room with a bunch of friends who were Yankees' family. I had Steve and Bri (two of the people I was at the ALCS clincher with), Andy and Kim (two more Yankees fans) and my girlfriend, Rhiannon, who is now a Red Sox AND Yankees fan (she was wearing my Yankees' sweatshirt!). This is somehow acceptable to her despite her family's Red Sox roots and being from Maine because the Red Sox were already eliminated and the Yankees winning keeps me in a good mood. I guess when you care about someone and you don't breathe a passion, you're allowed to bend the rivalry rules to see someone else happy. Would I ever in a million years do that for her? There's no chance, but I'll consider that my seven month anniversary present.

Either way the room was full of Yankees' fans for the night and my Dad there in spirit and through Blackberry connection. When the final out was made we didn't say anything because we were all shouting and hugging each other where I was sitting. My Dad told me he'd let me have my moment and that we'd talk later, but the important thing is we were together when the deed was done. It was special for me to be able to share that moment with my real family and my Yankees' family at the same time.

So with that I open the floor. Where were you last night? How did your clinching story go? I'm actually just as curious about Red Sox fans as I am Yankees fans so the comment section is open to anyone.

I can tell you in 2007 I was in my common room with almost all Red Sox fans and in 2004 I was alone in my family room with just my Dad.

So how about you? What made the night of November 4th special for you?