redstatebluestate.mlblogs.com - 23 days ago
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Relax. Breathe easy. Enjoy this, fellow Yankee haters: Cliff Lee and the Phillies have given us another precious day of hearing "twenty-six rings" over the inevitable "twenty-seven". And remember, God made a "firmament" in just one day . Think of what we can do with ...
Can Cliff Lee save the Phillies’ season?
scoresreport.com 24 days ago —
The Phillies acquired Cliff Lee at the trade deadline this season to help bolster their starting pitching and help get the back to the World Series. But now that they’re back in the Fall Classic, the Phillies need one more thing from Lee: To ...
World Series Game#5: Yankees at Phillies
zellspinstripeblog.com 24 days ago —
Yankees (10-3) vs. Phillies (8-4)
Pitching Matchup:
RHP A.J. Burnett (1-0, 1.29) vs LHP Cliff Lee (1-0, 0.00)
Lineup
Jeter SS
Damon LF
Teixeira 1B
Rodriguez 3B
Swisher RF
Cano 2B
Gardner CF
Molina C
Burnett P
Game News & Notes (Courtesy of the LoHud Blog)
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AND THE WINNER IS… WELL IT’S ANYONE’S GUESS
mlbplayoffs2009.gearupforsports.com 30 days ago — So here we are. The final two teams. It was a long road, a long season, but we have arrived at the World Series. I don’t think anyone is shocked by the two teams left standing – the defending champion Philadelphia Phillies, who’s pretty much had the same team as last year, but added ...
PnP Conversations: Of Men and Supermen
pitchersandpoets.com 24 days ago — Ted: The best part about making predictions is praising the ones you got right and pretending the ones you got wrong never existed. That said, what hasn’t surprised you about the World Series so far?
Eric: You mean besides the fact that the Yankees are up 3-1? What hasn’t ...
Yankees take 2-1 series lead with Game 3 win
scoresreport.com 26 days ago —
Apparently all Nick Swisher needed was a fire lit under his ass.
Swisher, benched in Game 2, homered and doubled in the Yankees’ 8-5 win over the Phillies in Game 3 of the World Series on Saturday night. With the victory, New York takes a 2-1 lead in the best of seven series.
Alex ...
Yankees in the Ninth
baseballmusings.com 29 days ago — Cliff Lee comes out to try to finish the game. He’ll face the top of the Yankees order, Jeter, Damon and Teixeira. Only Jeter has looked good against Lee tonight. He has two of the Yankees four hits.
Update : Jeter bloops a single into centerfield to start the inning.
Update : Damon ...
Don't give up
macho-row.blogspot.com 24 days ago — The Phillies are chasing the Yankees right now, down 3-1 First I would like to apologize for the lack of updates on this site over the crucial World series weekend. An unfortunate time for my auto-scheduled posts to fail me I must say. But regardless we move on. Rather than rehash each ...
ANOTHER COMEBACK WIN FOR THE YANKS TO TAKE 2-1 SERIES LEAD
majorleagueblogging.com 26 days ago — Game 3 started exactly the way the Phillies needed it to. Cole Hamels set down the Yankees quickly through the first three innings, and the Phils jumped out to a 3-0 lead over Andy Pettitte, threatening in each of the first three innings. The crowd was roaring, and the Yanks were in a real ...
World Series Game 5 Recap: Phillies 8, Yankees 6
thefightins.com 24 days ago — What happened?
Chase Utley drove in four behind a solid start from Cliff Lee to lead the Phillies to a victory to force game six in the World Series.
Who did what?
Cliff Lee (W, 2-0) allowed five runs on four hits in seven plus innings. He ...
Cliff Lee Shuts Down the Yankees
fenwaywest.com 29 days ago —
Phillies starter Cliff Lee pitched a complete game and gave up just six hits without walking anyone. He struck out ten Yankees including Teixeira twice and A-Rod three times.
Chase Utley got the Phillies started with a homer into the short porch in right in the third inning and hit ...