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To be honest I'm more concerned with Game 3 right now than I am with Game 2. Obviously Game 2 is important, but from a hitting perspective I would be more concerned with Pettitte in the postseason than with Burnett.

Gonna be cool to see Pedro return to the Bronx; however, I really don't like how the media is playing this up as this enormous rivalry. The only players around from when Pedro was full-on in the rivalry are Jeter, Posada, Matsui, Rivera and Pettitte, and really only Jeter, Matsui and Posada were directly involved in most of those games.

The last time this rivalry was big, the Yanks' rotation went Vazquez-Jon Lieber-Mussina-Kevin Brown-Contreras/El Duque, Bernie was still the CF, Ruben Sierra was the DH, and Miguel Cairo was playing 2nd base for them and not the Phils (though he's off the WS roster as of now).

As much as I would love to see the Yankees become champions again, there's no guarantee as anything can happen so I won't be holding my breath.

What the FUCK just happened? Luck and A-Rod trying to show off. That was BARELY a double.

2am yesterday morning - I got fed up with Cliff Lee dominating the game, set the V-Box to record the rest of the game and watched it this morning.

3.25am this morning - I watched the Yanks win Game 2, evening the series. If we hadn't have, I'd have been complaining about the umpiring, but since we won, we don't need to go there, as it was a difficult call to make. Face it, we deserved this victory and now it's off to Philly with 3 games to play over there.

Time to break out the bats!

AJ was spectacular, as was his battery-mate Jose Molina - that play to pick off Jayson Werth in the 4th gave us the impetus to win, with Mark Teixeira the chance to prove that he belongs here with the rest of the Yanks. A great all around performance, with everyone making a performance in the game and I can go to sleep happy.

Credit to Burnett. I really didn't think he'd be able to be on his game on such a grand stage. Touche, you contract-year anomaly, touche.

Hamels-Pettitte tonight should be interesting. Probably going to get into another fight with my girlfriend...the only thing we fight about is Yankees-Phillies because she's a big Yanks fan. Bleh.

At 10/31/09 05:17 PM, Buddhist wrote: Credit to Burnett. I really didn't think he'd be able to be on his game on such a grand stage. Touche, you contract-year anomaly, touche.

He pitched really well and it's a great way to win your first Postseason decision.

(8/11, since I forgot it after game 2)

Hamels-Pettitte tonight should be interesting. Probably going to get into another fight with my girlfriend...the only thing we fight about is Yankees-Phillies because she's a big Yanks fan. Bleh.

Well, she wins tonight :P

Some big hits from sleeping Yankee bats and don't look now, but we've taken a 2-1 lead in the World Series. Andy Pettitte came through, not necessarily with his best stuff, but he did enough. A-Rod clawing us back into it with the camera-assisted Home Run was what got the Yanks going, but big hits from Nick Swisher and Johnny Damon countered the Home Run threat of Jayson Werth.

Philly's big fall down was Ryan Howard misfiring and Chase Utley's 27 consecutive games being on base streak being broken. (Only his second career postseason game that he hasn't been on base in, I might add.) Cole Hamels isn't the pitcher he was this time last year and Joe Blanton goes against CC on short rest tomorrow. Should be real fun to watch.

9/11

Clutch hitting was the story of the night - A-Rod really made the biggest hit of his entire career, getting that RBI Single in the top of the 9th. Johnny Damon's heads up base running made that possible, advancing to 3rd from 1st on the infield shift for Mark Teixeira.

Cliff Lee is the man who stands between the Yankees and their 27th World Championship. AJ Burnett goes against him, with a potential World Series MVP award available, if he can get the job done.

10/11

I....Lidge...but...two outs, 1-2 count....one strike away...one fucking strike...

it sums up the failures of our 2009 season: we work hard to come back, and give it away when Lidge gets the ball. this may very likely be the play that ruined our repeat aspirations and all the work put in in the 174 prior games.

I'm gonna go shower now. I feel unclean after this one...this one fucking hurt.

A-Rod has officially put to rest his critics and finally exercised his postseason ghosts with a swing of his bat tonight. I believe he has finally earned the "True" Yankee title.

One of us! One of us!

At 11/2/09 12:24 AM, Buddhist wrote: I....Lidge...but...two outs, 1-2 count....one strike away...one fucking strike...

Yeah, this was kind of how I felt in 2004. I know 1 strike is closer than 1 win, but to throw a series away from 3-0 up against your biggest foe still stings.

You weren't one strike away from winning - the game was only tied, so take some solace.

it sums up the failures of our 2009 season: we work hard to come back, and give it away when Lidge gets the ball. this may very likely be the play that ruined our repeat aspirations and all the work put in in the 174 prior games.

To be honest, I think that the repeat aspirations were ruined after Game 3. Now, with Rollins' prediction completely blown out of the water, we can focus on seeing if our number 2 pitcher can step it up to beat your ace.

I'm gonna go shower now. I feel unclean after this one...this one fucking hurt.

See you tomorrow then? Party at your place, I heard.

At 11/2/09 12:26 AM, MultiCanimefan wrote: A-Rod has officially put to rest his critics and finally exercised his postseason ghosts with a swing of his bat tonight. I believe he has finally earned the "True" Yankee title.

He's proven that he can hit in pressure situations and he's looking dangerous at the moment. He's done it all, including getting hit by a pitch 3 times in 2 nights. What the hell was that umpiring farce about last night? I thought that they warned the benches when A-Rod got drilled and as a result, when Lidge hit Tex, I thought he was out of there for sure.

Clearly, the umpires kept him in there for a painfully obvious reason and so we move on.

At 11/2/09 03:57 AM, Coop83 wrote: Yeah, this was kind of how I felt in 2004. I know 1 strike is closer than 1 win, but to throw a series away from 3-0 up against your biggest foe still stings.

MUST you keep bringing that up?? :-P

He's proven that he can hit in pressure situations and he's looking dangerous at the moment. He's done it all, including getting hit by a pitch 3 times in 2 nights. What the hell was that umpiring farce about last night? I thought that they warned the benches when A-Rod got drilled and as a result, when Lidge hit Tex, I thought he was out of there for sure.

Yeah, but i still think that second hit was unintentional. Fishy, maybe, but I doubt it was on purpose. Even Girardi didn't bother to argue it.

I'm quite interested to see how tonight will pan out. I think everyone knows that Cliff Lee is the best answer to the Yanks that the Phillies have right now. If the Yanks are gonna lose a game, tonight's probably the night.

However, I think AJ Burnett is probably the best pitcher to go up against him at this point. When Burnett is in the zone, he's damn near unhittable. When he sucks, though, he SUCKS. I'd say it could go two ways tonight: either Burnett holds his own against Lee and the game could basically come up to the Bullpens, or Burnett sucks balls and gives up 87 runs in the first inning and the Yanks try to take it back in the Bronx. Either way, a loss to the Phillies tonight seems status quo to me.

I sure hope the Yankees win tonight.

I love how in last nights game the announcers just decided to randomly talk shit about the Blue Jays. When someone from Toronto wrote in about how they'd like to see Halladay and the Jays in the world series next year, the announcers just scoffed and actually called it impossible. 2 years ago you could have made a similar statement about the Rays and you would have been proven dead wrong. Not that I disagree - I know the Jays are terrible and as long as they have that douchebag Riccardi calling the shots they will continue to be, but it is rather unprofessional to make unfounded subjective projections about future seasons, when this one isn't even over yet. This is just one example that stood out in my mind since it involved my home city, but in general I really have found the quality of announcing really poor throughout the post-season and particularly hate the guys calling the world series. Mute button, here I come.

You know what, Burnett, now that you've pitched ike it, go play golf until Spring.

At 11/2/09 10:20 PM, MultiCanimefan wrote: You know what, Burnett, now that you've pitched ike it, go play golf until Spring.

It's not Burnett's fault, it's Girardi's for continuously rolling his starters on short rest, eventually it's going to backfire. Particularly when you are up 3-1 in the series.

Speaking of which, some more announcer douchebaggery tonight. The incident that stood out this time was when they were commenting on how the Yankees have only utilized 3 starters this post-season, and they give the tidbit of information that the Atlanta Braves of the 90's were the last team to only use 3 starters in the playoffs. The colour commentator was like: "I don't know who those guys were, but they didn't win..."

I was just like... are you fucking serious?

Maddux. Smoltz. Glavine.

I guess It's understandable that he didn't know what he was talking about, it's not like they're potential hall of famers or anything. Learn something about the fucking game before you condescendingly expound your faggotry on national... international television.

Also, a big O-M-G directed at the Phillies bullpen. If they end up blowing this game...

Great, now we're going back to NY, where hopefully we'll win there.

At 11/2/09 03:57 AM, Coop83 wrote: You weren't one strike away from winning - the game was only tied, so take some solace.

Yeah, but a tie game going into the bottom of the ninth looks a lot more hopeful than being down 3 going into the bottom of the ninth.

To be honest, I think that the repeat aspirations were ruined after Game 3. Now, with Rollins' prediction completely blown out of the water, we can focus on seeing if our number 2 pitcher can step it up to beat your ace.

I'll disagree a bit with you here. As much as winning game 3 would've been a boost to a Phils repeat, I'm sure a lot of people didn't see it happening with Cole Hamels on the mound. He's been sub-par this year and I don't know anyone who thought for certain that he was going to do well in the game, and true to form, he didn't. But after that game you're only down 2-1 with 2 more to play at home.

As for game 4, well we all sort of knew what we'd get out of Joe Blanton in game 4, and he also was true to form, eating up some innings and giving up a few runs, but nothing catastrophic. Being able to tie it up in the bottom of the 8th was a huge momentum swing by the Phils that was rebuffed in just the next inning with emphasis. So instead of keeping the game tied and thinking "hey we can still win it and tie up the series" they go down 3-1.

So now they've got Cliff Lee back on the mound, who's been money this entire post-season. And of course they end up winning behind him, even though it looked a little shaky in the late goings there. So the series is 3-2 in New York's favor, but letting game 4 slip away like that hurts even more, knowing that they could've been up 3-2. You could argue that winning game 3 gives the same result, but winning game 4 and then 5 would've definitely given the Phils more momentum going into game 6 instead of back and forth in terms of wins and losses.

At 11/2/09 10:20 PM, MultiCanimefan wrote: You know what, Burnett, now that you've pitched ike it, go play golf until Spring.

Realistically he can. I mean unless Girardi plans on using him out of the pen he's done pitching for this year.

At 11/2/09 11:34 PM, VGmasters wrote: Great, now we're going back to NY, where hopefully we'll win there.

Interesting that the new Yankee stadium will see a Champion crowned on their field in it's first year of play. Unfortunately I didn't think the Phils would be the team, and I still don't. Although they've been the best road team in the major league this year and they've already won 3 of 5 of the games they've played there, I don't see them winning 2 in a row. They've got to have so many things go right for them, and they need to pray that using Pettitte and then Sabathia successively - both of whom are on 3 days rest - works out in the Phils favor.

At 11/2/09 02:42 PM, EagleRock wrote:

At 11/2/09 03:57 AM, Coop83 wrote: Yeah, this was kind of how I felt in 2004. I know 1 strike is closer than 1 win, but to throw a series away from 3-0 up against your biggest foe still stings.

MUST you keep bringing that up?? :-P

I'm hoping to go a long way towards exorcising the ghosts of that series tomorrow night ;)

He's proven that he can hit in pressure situations and he's looking dangerous at the moment. He's done it all, including getting hit by a pitch 3 times in 2 nights. What the hell was that umpiring farce about last night? I thought that they warned the benches when A-Rod got drilled and as a result, when Lidge hit Tex, I thought he was out of there for sure.

Yeah, but i still think that second hit was unintentional. Fishy, maybe, but I doubt it was on purpose. Even Girardi didn't bother to argue it.

Saying the Phils didn't intend to hit a batter (especially Blanton's offering that found A-Rod's shoulder) is like saying the Yankees don't intend to win the Championship.

However, I think AJ Burnett is probably the best pitcher to go up against him at this point. When Burnett is in the zone, he's damn near unhittable. When he sucks, though, he SUCKS.

And he would have pitched like the latter, last night.

At 11/2/09 11:18 PM, EternitySpent wrote:

At 11/2/09 10:20 PM, MultiCanimefan wrote: You know what, Burnett, now that you've pitched ike it, go play golf until Spring.

It's not Burnett's fault, it's Girardi's for continuously rolling his starters on short rest, eventually it's going to backfire. Particularly when you are up 3-1 in the series.

I'd rather lose game 5 when we're in the driving seat with this tactic, than if we were tied at 2 before. It was worth a roll of the dice, but personally, I feel that we should go with Gaudin for this next start - I'm not sure I trust Pettitte on short rest.

Speaking of which, some more announcer douchebaggery tonight. The incident that stood out this time was when they were commenting on how the Yankees have only utilized 3 starters this post-season, and they give the tidbit of information that the Atlanta Braves of the 90's were the last team to only use 3 starters in the playoffs. The colour commentator was like: "I don't know who those guys were, but they didn't win..."

I was just like... are you fucking serious?

Maddux. Smoltz. Glavine.

Actually, you're wrong. It was Smoltz, Glavine and Steve Avery. Greg Maddux didn't join the Braves until 1993.

I guess It's understandable that he didn't know what he was talking about, it's not like they're potential hall of famers or anything. Learn something about the fucking game before you condescendingly expound your faggotry on national... international television.

When you're colour commentating on International television and you're not sure, it's always best to let the guys in the truck with Google look it up first ;)

At 11/3/09 12:15 AM, phileeguy wrote: Interesting that the new Yankee stadium will see a Champion crowned on their field in it's first year of play.

A good point - we've seen a lot of firsts in that ball park this year. A World Championship for us would kind of be the icing on the cake.

Unfortunately I didn't think the Phils would be the team, and I still don't. Although they've been the best road team in the major league this year and they've already won 3 of 5 of the games they've played there, I don't see them winning 2 in a row.

Regardless of whether or not you do, you're very worthy champions of the National League. Bearing in mind that I've only really been watching the World Series since 1999, this is the best one that I've seen and it's certainly been entertaining.

They've got to have so many things go right for them, and they need to pray that using Pettitte and then Sabathia successively - both of whom are on 3 days rest - works out in the Phils favor.

I can't personally see that happening, but that could be me just having wishful thinking. Tex and Cano have been quiet, when it comes to the bats, so perhaps it's their turns to break out?

Keep in mind anything can happen, I still remember what happened in 2004, just hope it won't happen again but who knows...

At 11/3/09 04:13 AM, Coop83 wrote: Actually, you're wrong. It was Smoltz, Glavine and Steve Avery. Greg Maddux didn't join the Braves until 1993.

Yeah they mentioned that later, but that pertains only to the '92 team, where the Braves only used those 3 guys throughout the entire playoffs. Where as I was more directly referring to their early 90s teams in general, including the 95/96 teams that like spotted Denny Neagle a start in the NLDS, but for the most part just rolled the 3 big guns.

Also what bothered me most about the comment didn't actually have anything to do with that anyway. It was more that this announcer, supposedly an expert to inform us about the game, couldn't even name one of the Braves starters of the 90s; a pitching staff that may have been one of the best OF ALL TIME, certainly the most iconic of my generation.

Additionally, I seem to recall someone predicting the Yankees to take it in 6, just saying. Though I hope I'm wrong, the Phillies are kind of growing on me - I don't know if it's the underdog effect, or if I just dislike the Yanks that much or what, but Pettite on short rest - who knows how it will go.

Also, Chase Utley. Reggie who?

At 11/3/09 11:16 AM, EternitySpent wrote: Also, Chase Utley. Reggie who?

It would be a real shame to let his and Cliff Lee's world series performances be for naught with a loss to the series, but like I said I think that's how it's going to go. I mean if Chase hit's just 1 more HR in game 6 (or 7) he's broken "Mr. October's" record. That would be pretty cool, but instead of taking on the feeling that he is the new Mr. October (which if anyone tried to call him that, I'm sure he'd denounce), the aura of it will just go the wayside in the fact that the Phils lost the series.

At 11/3/09 11:16 AM, EternitySpent wrote: Also what bothered me most about the comment didn't actually have anything to do with that anyway. It was more that this announcer, supposedly an expert to inform us about the game, couldn't even name one of the Braves starters of the 90s; a pitching staff that may have been one of the best OF ALL TIME, certainly the most iconic of my generation.

Well, Rick Suttcliffe seems to have been a pretty good pitcher in his time and he was still playing when the 1992 World Series was taking place. In my experience, commentators may speculate a little, but then get the guys in the truck to get the information they want.

I think he was referring to Maddux / Smolz / Glavine, to be honest.

Additionally, I seem to recall someone predicting the Yankees to take it in 6, just saying. Though I hope I'm wrong, the Phillies are kind of growing on me - I don't know if it's the underdog effect, or if I just dislike the Yanks that much or what, but Pettite on short rest - who knows how it will go.

Well, laud thy prediction after it's come true, not before ;)

Also, Chase Utley. Reggie who?

He's had the Yanks' number this World Series. Hopefully, we can shut him down tomorrow and set a good foundation for #27

Hopefully the Yanks will win it this time.

Right now I can't bear to watch.

Anyway Pedro's wikipedia article was somewhat vandalized. It's pretty obvious since the game wasn't even over yet although it's a wishful thinking in our part but seriously...

At 11/3/09 03:18 PM, Coop83 wrote: He's had the Yanks' number this World Series. Hopefully, we can shut him down tomorrow and set a good foundation for #27

WOOHOO 4-1 so far! I'm drinking rum and coke right now, but I've got my best scotch out and waiting for the final out! Pettitte is proving able to hold together after such short rest, so let's hope he keeps this up!

The score is now 7-1 with the Yankees on top in the bottom of the 5th!

The Yankees have won it all! On a chilly November night in the Bronx, the New York Yankees beat the Philadelphia Phillies in six games and became 2009 World Series champions, earning their 27th World Series title! Congratulations to you guys, what a year you've had to make it this far!

While the Yankees won, I tip my hat to the Phillies for forcing a game 6, not an easy feat against the Yankees. Not one game of the Yankees or Phillies victories was easy, and none of the 6 were a walk in the park for either team. Both teams played very well and played hard. Good luck to the Philadelphia Phillies next season, you gave it your all this time and I'm sure you will again.

With all due respect to people like Phillies fans worldwide and Mr. Chase Utley, it gives me great pleasure to say:

World Champions.

World Fuckin' Champions!

Joe Girardi is going to get fitted with a #28 jersey for 2010 now ;)

At 11/4/09 11:53 PM, Coop83 wrote: With all due respect to people like Phillies fans worldwide and Mr. Chase Utley, it gives me great pleasure to say:
World Champions.
World Fuckin' Champions!

*cough*stolen*cough*
Oh excuse me there. So yeah, Yankees won, just like I thought they would. So, props to them.

You know it's funny, if this happened last year I probably wouldn't be seen on this board for probably a few weeks if not a few months or until the start of spring training. But since the Phils won last year, and had a great year this year to come back to actually make a defense attempt at the title, I'm not really all that depressed.

I know what you're thinking, "a Philadelphia sports fan not depressed or angry?!" It's true though. I mean last year broke a 25 year drought of no major sports championship teams in the city, which was great. That was the first title I've ever seen in my life. And those memories and DVDs will last for quite a while (I've posted a pic of my championship shrine right?). So I can't be greedy because I know what it's like to wait forever for a special team to come along and win it all. Philly sports has about a window of probably 2 more years until I really want a championship team again. But anywho, once again congrats to the Yankees, I'll be gracious in defeat... for the most part.

I'm just glad I'm not a Mets fan.

Joe Girardi is going to get fitted with a #28 jersey for 2010 now ;)

Uhh, not so fast there mi amigo. There's a lot of ball to be played until next year about this time and 29 other teams that would have it otherwise. I know Yankee fans are a cocky and title-expectant bunch, but there's no guarantee that you can buy a second title in a row. And yes, I played that card. As much as I respect the zeal of the Yankee ownership and would love a guy who'd shell out that much for a winning my favorite club year after year, since it isn't my team shelling out that cash I've gotta dislike the Yankees.

Oh and just for fun, sticking with the George Costanza/WS theme... KHAAAAN!