Yankees Rotation On Short Rest
feedproxy.google.com 28 days ago — During the liveblog for Game 4 of the World Series yesterday, we discussed whether CC Sabathia should have started the game on short rest. In The Book there was a study about effectiveness for different rest periods, and the results seemed to be about a 17 point increase in wOBA ...

Blanton to start Game 4 for Phillies
pinstripealley.com 10/30/2009 — The Phillies have announced they will start Joe Blanton in Game 4 instead of having Cliff Lee go on 3 days rest, according to ESPN. I am VERY happy to hear this. I would much rather face Blanton on full rest than Lee on short rest. What does this mean as far as who the Yankees will ...

Blanton Will Start Game 4
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 10/30/2009 — Instead of Cliff Lee going on short rest, Charlie Manuel has decided to go with former Athletic Joe Blanton in game four . Blanton was 12-8 with a 4.05 ERA this season for Philly. If the Yankees start CC Sabathia in game four you have to give a huge edge to the Yankees in that matchup. While ...

CC preparing for short rest, but no decision made
yankees.lhblogs.com 10/31/2009 — The Yankees are on the field stretching and Joe Girardi – who seems to be battling a pretty bad cold – met with the media a short time ago. While Charline Manuel has announced Joe Blanton as his Game 4 starter, Girardi said the Yankees ...

CC Sabathia will start game 4 on short rest
pinstripealley.com 30 days ago — I realize that most everyone thought thise would happen, but the announcement is now official. MLB.com has an article here: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091031&content_id=7586234&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb It also says that they are contemplating AJ ...

Joe Blanton To Start For Phillies In Game Four
theghostofmoonlightgraham.wordpress.com 10/30/2009 — In his press conference today, Philadelphia Phillies manager Charlie Manuel announced that RHP Joe Blanton will start Game Four of the World Series. Cliff Lee will start Game Five.

Short on Rest, Big on Game
crazyyankeechick.blogspot.com 10/20/2009 — THE HOPES AND DREAMS OF A UNIVERSE LIE ON YOUR FAT, TUBBO!!! DON'T LET US DOWN! (also, a look at game 4)

Why Isn’t Cliff Lee Starting Tonight
cubiclegm.com 29 days ago — While I was not entirely enthused about the World Series prior to Game 1, I have been pleasantly surprised early on with a fairly entertaining series. Game 1 provided a superb pitching matchup between Cliff Lee and CC Sabathia. Game 2 also provided a great pitcher’s duel, with Pedro and AJ ...

Yankees Pick Burnett on Short Rest for Game 5
mlb.fanhouse.com 29 days ago — by Jeff Fletcher PHILADELPHIA -- A.J. Burnett is scheduled to start Game 5 of the World Series for the Yankees on Monday, manager Joe Girardi announced on Sunday. Burnett would be going on three days rest for the first time this season, although ...

Pitching Profile: Joe Blanton
itsaboutthemoney.net 29 days ago — Charlie Manuel must have absolutely no faith that Cliff Lee can perform on three days rest. Because if he thought he'd get even the 90% version of what we saw on Wednesday (both tonight and in a possible game seven) it'd look a thousand times better ...

Blanton's ready 4 action — NY Post: Sports 30 days ago
PHILADELPHIA -- Joe Blanton does not have the resume of CC Sabathia or Cliff Lee. There is no Cy Young Award on his mantle. He has never won 20 games, and no one is clamoring to see him on three days' rest. But Phillies manager Charlie Manuel has f...

Lee Jenkins: Phils' season -- and more -- hinges on Blanton — SI.com - MLB 29 days ago
It's Phillies No. 4 starter Joe Blanton against Yankees ace CC Sabathia in Game 4. With the Yanks up 2-1, Charlie Manuel's decision to rest Cliff Lee is a huge gamble, writes Lee Jenkins.

Joe Posnanski blogs Game 4 of World Series — SI.com - MLB 29 days ago
The World Series is slipping away from the Phillies. Trailing 2-1, the Phillies turn to Joe Blanton in Game 4 while the Yankees counter with CC Sabathia. Joe Posnanski blogs from Philly.

Gametracker: Starters struggling early — NY Post: Sports 29 days ago
The Yankees scored two runs in the first off of Phillies starter Joe Blanton. But Chase Utley got to CC Sabathia again with an RBI double that cut the Yankees lead to 2-1. ...

Yankees take 4-2 lead after 6 innings in Game 4 — Boston.com -- Baseball News 29 days ago
Derek Jeter and Johnny Damon hit run-scoring singles off Joe Blanton in the fifth to back CC Sabathia, and the New York Yankees led the Philadelphia Phillies 4-2 after six innings in Game 4 on Sunday night as they tried to take a 3-1 World Series ...