2009 WORLD SERIES. PHILLIES v YANKEES

lee was light's-out.
utley gets kudos for taking cc deep twice.
up to pedro to keep 'er going tonight...

When a pitcher's red hot like that, ain't no team gonna beat him. Gotta give it another game or two to see how it will trend, though.

did you see that little,behind-the-back catch that lee made on a grounder ? Was that rubbing it in or was he just not well positioned to make a "Standard" stop?

missed that one, but i did see the non-chalant catch on the mound.
he was in da zone...

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=4604260&categoryid=2521705

most excellent

Phillies in 3







they're just that good

ALl the tickets for game 4 are already sold. And the price in Philly is waaaay higher than in NYC. Philly fans are rabid and totally nuts.

Really? That's not what you'd expect.

Well, i am a Yankee fan, but Lee was awesome last night, He was under total control of the game.

My hatred for the Phillies is a 9, my hatred for the Yanks a 10. So I enjoyed watching Lee's masterful performance. The swagger he demonstrated is an advantage the Phillies have in what is otherwise, I think, an even matchup.

The Yanks' pen was bad last night, but you saw the guys Girardi calls when the team is behind (with the exception of Hughes). When they have the lead, and Girardi goes Chamberlain-Hughes-Rivera, it's quite often lights out. Whereas the opposite is true for the Phils. The Yankees have had two come-from-behind wins this postseason; bad news when your closer's season ERA is 7.

Anyway, it's a blast to finally watch a dynamic matchup in the World Series. And even more fun to see the millionaire-seats empty before the game is over.

His swaggerel was , admittedly, over the top.

It's the swagger the Yankees used to have and are now missing dearly!

So much intrigue with Pedro starting tonight: http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AmspV7LUed1J5hmQaN3RH6A5nYcB?slug=ti-pedrogametwo102809&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

What do y'all think? Charlie Manuel is starting Pedro ostensibly because he has WS experience and experience owning the Yanks. I say, however, that Pedro's past is precisely the reason you don't start him tonight. He's an old villain, and one whose fastball is about 10 mph slower than it was at his peak. Beating Pedro tonight wouldn't simply even the series, it would give the Yanks a morale boost sorely needed after last night's deflating loss. Better to start Pedro at home, no?

good point, but Philly embraces that kind of drama.

I think both starters are gonna getted knocked around and then it comes down
to which bullpen can stop the bleeding.

no need for a game four, by game three the yankees are going to be so humiliated they'll concede

he was throwing 92-93 against LAD.
that, plus the off-speed stuff, plus the veteran savvy should be enough to silnce those bats again.
doubt he'll be intimidated by the environs.

if he goes 7, madsen pitches the 8th, lidge the 9th.
lidge looks more like the '08 version this month...

lidge is 100% in playoffs. COURSE, he does it by loading bases then getting double plays a lot.