bases.nbcsports.com - 27 days ago
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Here's the situation: your team is unable to do anything against a Cy Young caliber pitcher. Your ace gave up two home runs to the same guy on the other team. Your bullpen was less than stellar. You've now lost the...
World Series Preview: Can the Phillies Repeat?
sportsthenandnow.com 28 days ago —
Fans of the Phillies are hoping to have more to celebrate following the World Series.
Asked last April who were the last two teams I would like to see in the World Series, anybody and everybody who knows me well enough would have said the Yankees vs. the Phillies.
As a lifetime New ...
Yankees and Phillies will be sure not to disappoint
soxandpinstripes.com 28 days ago — The last time the Yankees won the World Series I had not yet entered high school. The last time they reached the World Series I had not even started applying to colleges yet. Most fans will crucify me for saying this, but in terms of what my life was like then and what it is now, six years has ...
Phillies Versus Yankees, World Series Preview
baseballmusings.com 28 days ago — The Phillies and Yankees kick off the 2009 World Series on Wednesday in the Bronx. The following table shows the team ranks in their respective leagues for various offensive and pitching categories:
2009 Season (NL/AL Ranks)
Philadelphia ...
Other People's Predictions
noyoureatowel.net 27 days ago — It has been a very odd season . So making predictions in the World Series is probably useless. But everyone, including us, tries to do so. Let's look at some of them.
Some of the Experts :
20 out of 22 ESPN experts take the Yankees to win it all. RealClearSports says that it will be the ...
Sweet Home Chicago
fackyouk.blogspot.com 25 days ago — Earlier this year, as the Braves and Yankees met in an interleague series, Jay and I decided to revisit both the 1996 and 1999 World Series between the two clubs, much like we did earlier this week with the 1950 Yanks-Phils World Series . In addition to recaps of each of the six games in the ...
A World-Class World Series
baseballanalysts.com 28 days ago — The World Series begins tonight and it should be a real treat for baseball fans everywhere (except maybe those in LA). The Fall Classic doesn't always produce great match-ups, but this year the playoffs have produced a doozy. The 2009 Series features an outstanding a Yankees team and a good ...
The wait is over! Here are my World Series predictions
subwaysquawkers.blogspot.com 27 days ago — Phillie Phanatic, you're going down. Rocky, you too. And Michael Vick, stop barking! For the next week or so, Philadelphia is enemy territory. Until this series, I didn't really have anything against the city, or the Phillies - after all, the team makes Met fan Squawker Jon miserable, and that ...
Why You Should Feel Good Yankees Fans
yankeesredsox.com 21 days ago — I was not surprised to hear Girardi killed on the airwaves today for using AJ on short rest, that's an easy criticism to make. (Though I am not making it) What did surprise me was the fact that so many Yankees' fans seem down in the dumps. Now there is a fine line between ...
I'm Changing My Vote
amazinavenue.com 26 days ago —
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by Elise Amendola - AP
Can I really bring myself to root for these guys? (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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It’s Over Before it Started
nybaseballdigest.com 28 days ago — Well Yankees fans, the World Series in now officially over. Don’t even bother watching, because your team doesn’t have a chance in hell. Why? Because Mike Silva, aka “Silvadamus,” the soothsayer of NY Baseball Digest, has predicted that Philadelphia will defeat the ...
Utley hits 2 solo homers off Sabathia (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 27 days ago
With his short, compact stroke, Chase Utley is a dangerous hitter with two strikes. CC Sabathia found out the hard way. Philadelphia's All-Star second baseman hit two solo homers off the Yankees ace, helping the defending champion Phillies beat New ...
Yankees' big bats shut down in opener (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 27 days ago
Alex Rodriguez and the New York Yankees better hope they can muster more offense against Pedro Martinez than they did against Cliff Lee. Baffled all game by the quick-working lefty, the normally potent Yankees went silent at the plate during a 6-1 ...