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Two weeks ago today, I wrote a post titled "Happy Days Are Here Again for Yankees Fans." But I never thought it would get this good, this fast.

Because Monday, August 21, at 4:13 p.m., may rank as the happiest regular-season moment of the Joe Torre era.

Yankees fans are welcome to debate which regular-season victory since 1996 thrilled them the most. If you were at either of the perfect games thrown by Wells or Cone, I'm sure an "I was there" sentiment would vault them to the top the list.

There are, of course, the eight division-clinching games. But aside from last year, when Randy Johnson came through at Fenway on the second-to-last day of the season, those titles were never really in late peril. Other than that one, there wasn't a single win that simply had to be had on that day.

But this one had to be had on this day to become what it will forever be: another milestone achievement in the lopsided Yankees-Sux rivalry. I floated home from the bar Monday afternoon, because I knew this win meant more than a game in the standings. It meant history. The kind of history we're used to, the kind that reminds us that we're the Yankees and you're not. Every now and then, a wannabe has to be exposed. More often than not, it's the same opponent who makes like a nail to our hammer.

Make no mistake, this five-game road sweep will be remembered. It's going into the newspaper timelines, into the books, into the DVDs, into YES network's offseason rerun list.

This was the Beatdown in Beantown. And it was fucking magnificent.

More Thoughts on the Series:

• Should we print the AL East champs shirts yet? Nope, but start bidding out the contract. Can't imagine us looking stellar in the next six West Coast dates. I can see a lot of guys rushing to the windows in Vegas to bet against two teams that are primed for a letdown. The Sux are out there, too — and there's no reason to think they'd be any better than us — but us going 2-4 while they go 4-2 isn't impossible. Also consider: the Sux have four dates at Yankee Stadium next month, and the threat of unlucky injury is always present.

• The Yankees won five games at Fenway without hitting a single home run over the Green Monster. New York homers in the series: Damon (2), Williams, Cano, Giambi, Posada.

• Johnny Damon is third on the team in homers (20). Fifty bucks if you predicted that before the start of the season.

• I know a lot of impartial baseball fans are tired of the Yanks-Sux hype, but you have to admit the series always deliver. Not every game is a Picasso, but something always seems to happen that has you talking about the series even more when it's over. Just don't try to predict what will happen. You'll never get it right.

• Not a good time for Josh Beckett to make one of the most uninspiring starts I've ever seen. At least go out with a bang. Get lit up early and hit the showers. But nine runs on seven hits and nine walks into the sixth inning? That was brutal.

• If you know any Sux fans who attended all five games, call 'em and tell 'em you love 'em.

• Monday afternoon rush hour is Boston had to have been a blast, huh?

• Thank you, Johhny Pesky, for your pole. We finally curled around that short fucker for a change.

• We won Monday with Damon, Giambi and Posada starting the game on the bench. Unvelievable.

• With the Tigers faltering, the Mets might be the second-best team in baseball. And New York.

• I hate bashing A-Rod, but there are a ton of guys in the league who could have put up the numbers he has this year, with Damon, Jeter, Giambi and now Abreu ahead of him. And all those guys, plus Cano and Posada, stood out more at the plate in this series. Fantastic couple of plays in the field Monday, though.

• Can't say enough about what Manny did in this series, going 8-for-11 with two homers, seven RBIs and nine walks. He'd probably shoot everyone on the plane to L.A. if he knew how to fire a gun.

• The idea of Jeter as AL MVP makes me laugh. See above. (In other words, trade him for Manny in this lineup and see if the Sux are any closer in the standings.)

• Looks like Gabe Kapler couldn't get any good steroids in Japan.

• Melky Cabrera, with his youth, poise, decent offensive ability and rifle arm is exactly who teams look for when pawning off a pricey proven pitcher. With Matsui, Damon and Abreu, he won't have a starting role in 2007, and he'd be a great fourth OF/injury insurance. But you have to believe Brian Cashman is going to field a lot of offers for him in the offseason.

• Bravo to all the Yankees. Every one of 'em, coaches alike. They deserved a welcome-home celebration at the airport. Here's hoping a lot of Yankees fans in Seattle are there to greet 'em.