Yanks Win 7-4 to Move to Within One Win of #27
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 11/2/2009 — (AP Photo) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E NYY 2 0  ...

In World Series, Umpires Find Themselves Back in Center of Dispute
nytimes.com 10/30/2009 — Baseball’s first two playoff rounds were pockmarked by umpiring rulings that were later shown to be incorrect, and the issue resurfaced in the World Series in Game 2 on Thursday. The first-base umpire Brian Gorman was involved in two close calls on ...

Will the Yankees pitch to Chase Utley?
perfectknight.blogspot.com 11/4/2009 — There's been a minor amount of hysteria regarding Chase Utley and his HR binge during this year's post season. The Yankees were widely recognized as having the appropriate medicine to neutralize Philadelphia's lefty-heavy power with Sabathia and Pettitte starting, and Marte/Coke relieving. And ...

Game Diary: WS Game 4, Yankees vs. Phillies
mlbnotebook.com 11/2/2009 — Well, that was quite a rollercoaster of a game. I hope you folks enjoyed it as much as...well, as much as any New Yorker did. If you ask me, the most important part of this game is that the national audience got to experience the glory...well, the schadenfreude that accompanies ...

UTLEY, HOWARD SET RECORDS IN PHILLIES’ GAME 5 WIN
bigleaguescrew.com 11/3/2009 — Unfortunately, Bad A.J. picked a bad time to show up for the Yankees. The Yankees #2 starter had an awful performance on Monday night as the Yankees dropped Game 5 of the World Series . Cliff Lee overcame a rocky start before the Bombers were able to get to him in the 8th inning. At that ...

Prospectus Hit and Run: From One to the Other by Jay Jaffe
baseballprospectus.com 10/29/2009 — The Game One showdown between star southpaws, and tonight`s matchup features a recently phoaled Phillie.

Lee, Utley Spur Phils To Victory
fackyouk.blogspot.com 10/29/2009 — Through the first seven innings, Game One unfolded like the pitchers' duel it promised to be. CC Sabathia needed just five pitches to retire the game's first two batters. The next two plate appearances however would foreshadow things to come. Sabathia got ahead of Chase Utley 1-2, but ...

Odds & Ends From Last Night
fackyouk.blogspot.com 11/2/2009 — Good morning, Fackers. There were some incredible moments in last night's game that ranged from brutal to ecstatic. We covered the latter in the recap focusing on the 9th inning last night early this morning, but still wanted to talk about some of the events that set the stage for the ...

Phillies-Yankees: Game Four Notes
bleacherreport.com 11/2/2009 — > In the first, Joe Blanton had no movement on his pitches, not that he's usually drowning in it, and wound up surrendering two runs after the first two men reached base. Adding to the interest was watching A-Rod get hit, the third time that's ...

Two Strike Madness: Chase Utley Would Like To Teach You Some Things
310tojoba.blogspot.com 11/4/2009 — Namely, he would like to teach you, Mr. Pitcher, that there are these things we call "pitcher's counts." Furthermore, when one of these situations arises, there are certain ways you, as a mound figure, should go about pitching to a hitter, since you possess a clear advantage by most metrics. ...

Yankees 27 outs from 27th title — Red Sox & MLB - BostonHerald.com
PHILADELPHIA - It was all starting to slip away from the Yankees. CC Sabathia and Joba Chamberlain let the Phillies tie the game and Brad Lidge was on the mound in the...

Yankees 27 outs from 27th title — Boston.com -- Baseball News
It was all starting to slip away from the Yankees. CC Sabathia and Joba Chamberlain had let the Phillies tie the game. Brad Lidge was on the mound, dominating Hideki Matsui and even Derek Jeter.

Yankees 27 outs from 27th championship (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLB News
It was all starting to slip away from the Yankees. CC Sabathia and Joba Chamberlain had let the Phillies tie the game. Brad Lidge was on the mound, dominating Hideki Matsui and even Derek Jeter. And up walked Johnny Damon, with as pesky an at-bat ...

Gametracker: Tied heading to the ninth — NY Post: Sports
A solo home run by Chase Utley in the seventh inning cut the Yankees lead to 4-3 and sent CC Sabathia to the showers. The following inning, Pedro Feliz took Joba Chamberlain yard to even things up. They are headed to the ninth in Philadelphia. ...

Joba Chamberlain Braces for Renewed Talk About His Role With Yankees — NYT > Baseball
Despite surrendering the tying home run in the eighth inning of Game 4, Joba Chamberlain added a World Series victory to his résumé.