WORLD SERIES Phillies / Yankees Game 1 Thread

toadstrangler · October 28, 2009 3:22AM

Post here! I will try and behave.

Rain stoping soon.

stevek · October 28, 2009 3:27AM

Keep the women and children out of this thread.

MantleMarisFordBerra · October 28, 2009 3:39AM

....ready to watch Mr. Sabathia make the Phillies look silly tonite. Should be a good game, Cliff Lee has been excellent as well.

SoFLPhillyFan · October 28, 2009 3:42AM

Phils in 6.

Cholly makes all of the difference in this series.

toadstrangler · October 28, 2009 4:00AM

Yankees in 6. Phils will not overcome Mariano. Yanks will bludgeon Philly bullpen.

Ok, with that said, NONE of us knows what is coming. Enjoy and like earlier stated ...... keep da womans and little ones away

stevek · October 28, 2009 6:26AM

I hired a NY working girl to go service Mariano and try to tire him out - hopefully it worked.

blu62vette · October 28, 2009 6:28AM

<< I hired a NY working girl to go service Mariano and try to tire him out - hopefully it worked. >>

like the philly fan prostitute for tickets?

Go Yankees!!

lawnmowerman · October 28, 2009 6:32AM

Jobu say Phillies in 6.

Seeing how he steered me wrong this year regarding the division title and the Mets, I'm gonna have to say Yankees in 5.

Up your butt Jobu!

LeeBone · October 28, 2009 6:57AM

Lets hope it`ll look like this again.........

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.....

toadstrangler · October 28, 2009 7:02AM

Just to make the throngs who do nothing but cry about payroll all years long happy... I hear young gun Hal spent 5 mil to hire Zimmer just for game 2 as bench coach so he can finally finish of that punk Pedro.

edmundfitzgerald · October 28, 2009 7:41AM

<< Keep the women and children out of this thread.

>>

Please make an exception for winpitcher !!!

WinPitcher · October 28, 2009 8:10AM

Typical no class remark by the resident idiot.

In any event Good luck to both teams.

It should be a great series. i'm thinking it will go the full 7!

Steve

TheVon · October 28, 2009 8:16AM

It looks like the Phillies are going to start Blanton in game 5. I'd love to hear from a Phillies fan why they think they aren't giving Happ a shot at a start? He was arguably their second best pitcher all season. Is it just because he's a rookie and they don't think he can handle the pressure?

SoFLPhillyFan · October 28, 2009 8:28AM

<< It looks like the Phillies are going to start Blanton in game 5. I'd love to hear from a Phillies fan why they think they aren't giving Happ a shot at a start? He was arguably their second best pitcher all season. Is it just because he's a rookie and they don't think he can handle the pressure? >>

Where did you hear that?

Why wouldn't Lee be back for Game 5?

So far I have only seen Lee, Pedro, Hamels, then maybe Happ.

WinPitcher · October 28, 2009 8:43AM

I heard they would either pitch Lee in game 4 so he could also pitch in a possible game 7

or have Happ or Blanton pitch game 4 not 5.

Lee 1

Pedro 2

Hamels 3

Happ or Blanton 4

Lee 5

Games 6 and 7 has not really been discussed yet.

Or

Lee 1

Pedro 2

Hamels 3

Lee (on short rest) 4

Blanton or Happ 5

Pedro or Hamels 6

Lee 7

These are the 2 scenarios that I have read about.

I doubt Lee pitches on short rest. he never has from what I read.

Phillies look awfully good as do the Yanks.

Steve

jdip9 · October 28, 2009 8:56AM

No sense in thinking that far ahead, but I don't see any way Blanton starts Game 5....

What I really don't understand is why Hamels isn't pitching Game 2? Now all the Yankee switch hitters get to bat lefty against Pedro, with that short porch in right. Hamels is freakin World Series MVP, you're telling me he can't handle a Yankee Stadium that isn't nearly as intimidating noise-wise as it used to be? Yes, Pedro was lights out vs. the Dodgers, but that is still an NL lineup he was facing.

The Yankees are getting gifts from everyone this postseason - umps blowing calls, players on opposite teams making boneheaded running/fielding plays, and, now, managers making poor decisions. Luckily Girardi is adept at countering the last factor.

toadstrangler · October 28, 2009 9:54AM

<< No sense in thinking that far ahead, but I don't see any way Blanton starts Game 5....

What I really don't understand is why Hamels isn't pitching Game 2? Now all the Yankee switch hitters get to bat lefty against Pedro, with that short porch in right. Hamels is freakin World Series MVP, you're telling me he can't handle a Yankee Stadium that isn't nearly as intimidating noise-wise as it used to be? Yes, Pedro was lights out vs. the Dodgers, but that is still an NL lineup he was facing.

The Yankees are getting gifts from everyone this postseason - umps blowing calls, players on opposite teams making boneheaded running/fielding plays, and, now, managers making poor decisions. Luckily Girardi is adept at countering the last factor. >>

Pedro is starting BECAUSE of his experience pitching in New York. Cole Hamels has been anything but the Hamels of last year. I can not speak for Phillie fans but I think Manuel knows what he is doing .... IF it works of course.

WinPitcher · October 28, 2009 10:25AM

Pedro is also pitching because he has pitched well for them since he has been on the team, what did he have

1 bad start? Hamels is pitching on reputation (actually he is the tuff luck guy this year) Even when he pitches well he has taken losses.

Lee may very well pitch on short rest so Manual gets him in there 3x.

Tuff first inning for them Ibanez could have taken the count to 3 and 2 there.

Steve

perkdog · October 28, 2009 10:30AM

<< Lets hope it`ll look like this again.........

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.....

>>

TNP777 · October 28, 2009 10:35AM

temporary Phillies phan checking in...

goose3 · October 28, 2009 11:04AM

I would like to see Pedro bodyslam someone.

gotsparks09 · October 28, 2009 11:20AM

Ol' Cliff looks phenomenal tonight!

MantleMarisFordBerra · October 28, 2009 11:24AM

<< Ol' Cliff looks phenomenal tonight! >>

Yeah, I hope we can at least get his pitch count high & maybe get to that soft Philly bullpen. Still a one run game, but Cliff is pitching lights out. We'll see...

Pigs · October 28, 2009 11:47AM

Utley WS MVP?

BigRedMachine · October 28, 2009 11:48AM

I hope none of you are in the market for Chase Utley rookie cards tonight.

You'll be paying a BIG premium.

shawn

toadstrangler · October 28, 2009 12:36PM

Things are gettin U G L Y .... for me

Cliff Lee is just flat out lights out. The Yanks might as well walk to the plate with pool sticks.

ziggy29 · October 28, 2009 12:52PM

<< Things are gettin U G L Y .... for me

Cliff Lee is just flat out lights out. The Yanks might as well walk to the plate with pool sticks. >>

Down 4-0 now, they have to hope Lee hits the wall or something. He's been flat-out ridiculous so far.

ziggy29 · October 28, 2009 1:01PM

Lee still looks sharp after 8 innings and 106 pitches. Does Chollie dare bring him out for the 9th?

stevek · October 28, 2009 1:09PM

lookin' good.

Connecticoin · October 28, 2009 1:16PM

for Cliff Lee!

stevek · October 28, 2009 1:20PM

Finish it up Cliff baby...............................

ziggy29 · October 28, 2009 1:22PM

I hate Jeter. Nothing personal, but I hate the Yankees and he oozes Yankee.

perkdog · October 28, 2009 1:24PM

<<

for Cliff Lee! >>

stevek · October 28, 2009 1:28PM

Arod clutch....ah ha ha ha ha............................................

ziggy29 · October 28, 2009 1:30PM

Cliff Lee = Stud.

TheVon · October 28, 2009 2:12PM

Lee and Utley played like stars tonight.

CC looked good too though. Ordinarily that was a good enough to win effort.

BTW, regarding my earlier post about the Phillie's probable pitchers - I got that information from Yahoo Sports. They had Lee, Pedro, Hamels, Lee, Blanton, Pedro, Lee as the 7 starters if needed.

SoFLPhillyFan · October 28, 2009 10:23PM

TheVon · October 29, 2009 7:25AM

Loved that catch!

Had they called the infield fly on that or not? The commentators didn't mention it either way, but they did talk about how nonchalant Lee looked. If the infield fly had been in effect, then Lee really didn't need to worry too much about catching it. Either way, it was a great World Series moment.

BigRedMachine · October 29, 2009 8:49AM

<< Loved that catch!

Had they called the infield fly on that or not? The commentators didn't mention it either way, but they did talk about how nonchalant Lee looked. If the infield fly had been in effect, then Lee really didn't need to worry too much about catching it. Either way, it was a great World Series moment. >>

I thought there was only a runner on first on that play, which would not make the infield fly rule apply.

If there were runners on first and second, then I'm wrong. I'm not sure I remember already.

But no infield fly rule with just one runner on.

shawn

TheVon · October 29, 2009 8:52AM

Oh, yeah. You're right. There was just one runner on 1st at the time. Nevermind.

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