Well?

Bombers in 6. CC and A-Rod too strong for Philly.

DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN.

They're not in yet. They probably will be, but not yet. ;)

You are correct they arent in yet. But Sabathia could pitch again in Game 7 if needed on more rest than he had for Game 4. I dont see the Yanks losing this series. The fact that CC can go 3 times in a 7 game series leads me to believe that NY will also win the WS.

Screw 'em both

Baseball in So Cal = :rip:

McCourt just fired his wife.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blo...rt-dodgers.html

This divorce is going to be fun.

good question. the Phils take it.

other question. is anyone actually rooting for the Yankees? as a local i'm biased, but how can you not root for the Phillies. even if it wasn't the Yankees, they seem to me to be a uniquely likeable team.

Shane Victorino makes it easy to root against them.

even for non LA or NY fans? i guess i can see his energy being perceived as annoying if he's a current opponent or a recent victim, but if you take an overview, the team strikes me as pretty damn magnetic.

but i live here, so there's that too.

I'm an LA fan, so I can't really answer for fans of other teams.

If it was any team other than the Yankers, I guarantee I wouldn't be rooting for the Phils.

Screw 'em both...

did I already mention that?

CC and A-Rod too strong for Philly



not

Two huge pitching performances rule the series so far. Gotta tip my hat to AJ tonight-he got out trouble when he started it, and was mostly locked in. Best sign of the series to far is that we can apparently touch their bullpen, supposedly their advantage. Cole's been worrying me lately, but if we can take tomorrow and they panic and throw CC game 4, I think he'll labor even more than he did game 1-(I'm much less worried about Lee doing that in game 4 if we go that route).

Cole's fine. He's the same pitcher as he was last year. Only difference is that he is getting unlucky with a higher BABIP then league average all season. His K's, walks and HRs per 9 innings are virtually identical to last year.

BABIP as a pure luck measure aside (it works sometimes, isn't perfect), Cole has had more meltdown innings this year than last year, and he's on a lousy streak in the playoffs. Hopefully, we can write it off to being jittery due to having a kid during the playoffs.

Back to the bronx. Hopefully Girardi's call to throw everyone on 2 days rest backfires. I don't think CC can do it twice.

This series is over. Who going to pitch for the Phillies on Wednesday? Pedro? He'll get chased early and the Yankees will shell the Phillies BP. As long as Pettite can keep the runs to under 6 I think the Yankees win that game.

Hmm looks like I hit the nail on the head with that prediction.

Gotta admit that watching the Yankees millions running around after the win kind of reminded me of why I am so down on baseball. Kinda like watching the Dream Team celebrate winning an Olympic gold. In both cases, there was a display of exuberance but it's hard to think of it as genuine when the accomplishment is almost anti-climactic for the players that went there in hopes of gaming the system.

A Yankee afterthought like Nick Swisher would be a vital cog on many teams around the Majors.

Somehow I doubt the players feel that way.

Still trying to figure out how the Phillies got to the WS with that pitching staff.

Probably because the NL cannot hit at all.

Well, the best pitcher that we began the year with (and NL rookie of the year candidate) was put in the bullpen-a rookie can't handle starting in the postseason, but apparently can handle learning an entirely new role. Yeah, that didn't work out. Hamels looked like he was bouncing back at the end of the season, but regressed in the playoffs. Yanks just jumped on every one of our mistakes though-that's ultimately why they won.

Hey, it's all good in a society where a Charles Barkley elbow to the head of an Angolan basketball player is just the cost of doing business on the way to Olympic gold.

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Bill Burr is the best.