Despite the Boston Globe’s celebration of this week as the fifth anniversary of the victory of the Red Sox in the World Series of 2004, the headline news is that in New York, the Yankees will host the Philadelphia Phillies for the first two games of the 2009 World Series. Wednesday, mere hours before the Series began, Bill wrote about why we will watch the World Series.

As the Yankees settle into their new stadium, nearby schools have lamented the loss of their old sports digs. This week on Only A Game, broken promises over replacement parks on the site of old Yankee stadium. Also, a cricket tour of Eastern Europe.

Only A Game’s Kirk Carapezza visits All Hallows School in the Bronx, where the construction of the new Yankee Stadium has left the school’s athletes without a place to play.

Barry Bonds’ prejury trial was scheduled to begin next week, but a late appeal delayed it. This week on Only A Game, which legal team will hit the most home runs? Also, a World Baseball Classic Preview, and remembering Game 7 of the 1960 World Series between the New York Yankees and Pittsburgh Pirates.

Jim Reisler’s “The Best Game Ever” is an enthusiastic retelling of the events of Game 7 of the 1960 World Series between the New York Yankees and the Pittsburgh Pirates. Bill doesn’t review the 1960 game, but he does review Reisler’s book.

This week on “Only A Game,” Penn State strives for further football glory, a ghost named Grange gallops again across various gridirons, courtesy of his biographer, and we solve all your seasonal gridlock with our annual “Only A Game” gift guide.