A Phil-miliar swagger
Posted by: Josh Thomson - Posted in Misc on Oct 27, 2009 
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Does any team in baseball portray confidence outwardly more than these Phillies? I don’t know. What I do know is they held court this afternoon in the Great Hall and appeared unintimidated. Jimmy Rollins stood behind the prediction he made on Jay Leno last night that Philadelphia would win the series in five. Why? “Our team,” Rollins said, as if to ask, “Why else?”
Here is Rollins, the captain of swagger himself, talking about the series, his confidence, fellow NoCal native CC Sabathia and Shane Victorino in a skirt:
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The Phillies are known for yapping, but their big man talks with his bat. Ryan Howard is one of only four players in baseball history with four straight seasons of 40 homers and 130 RBI. The others you’ve heard of: Ruth, Griffey Jr. and Sosa.
Howard talked about the challenge presented by CC Sabathia, the predictions of Rollins and how impressed he’s been with Alex Rodriguez this October:
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Like warm weather, sunshine, hot dogs and beer, games are always a little more fun when Pedro Martinez is involved. Love him or hate him, Pedro on the mound at Yankee Stadium in Game 2 will engender emotion more than perhaps any moment in the new park to that point.
Pedro had us all smiling with his unique answers this afternoon. However, he talked mostly serious talk, refusing mostly, as Chad said earlier, to address the Yankees.
Pedro talked about the vulgarity thrown his way over the years and how this World Series will be nothing; what it means to pitch in the World Series after vowing a return to his dying father; and how this club compares to the 2004 Red Sox.
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A couple other quick notes on the Phillies:
• Brett Myers will replace former Yankee Miguel Cairo on the roster.
• Brad Lidge said over the last month a healthier knee finally allowed him to push off the rubber. He credited it for his turnaround.
• Many Phillies wondered aloud why the New York Post chose Victorino to don the skirt. “It’s fun. I think it’s just a little weird that I became the villain, I guess, to be made a mockery of, but hey it’s about going out there and playing the game ultimately,” Victorino said. Someone told him they’d have picked a different skirt. “Different legs, too,” he said.
• With the Super Bowl-style media day, this World Series already has a bigger feel than last year in Tampa/St. Pete. “This is the stage,” Lidge said. “It doesn’t get any bigger than this.” Rollins later called Philadelphia “the little red-headed brother” of New York. Fan those flames, Jimmy.
I haven’t seen the Post today. What’s this Victorino in a skirt they’re talking about?
You don’t earn any respect when you run your mouth the way that Rollins does. Let your bat do the talking and keep quiet. It’s not like he has 4 rings or anything…..
Speaking of the Yankees and Phillies, here is a trivia question that my friend just asked:
Who are the two players that have played on both a Phillies and Yankees World Series team? One is a somewhat recent player that many should recall. The other one goes back quite a few years.
By taking Miguel Cairo off the roster, the Phillies have virtually thrown in the towel!
I love it– lets go get em!
Yanks win in 6 at the stadium.
I added a few links, including Rollins’ prediction on Leno and the cover of Victorino in a skirt.
Jimmy sounds a lil’ scared, stop talking and talk wit your bat, he knows repeating will most likely fade away, he knows it hahaha
Thanks Josh. Doing a great job on the blog.
On Pedro vs. Hamels
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs.....rtinez/#at
If anything, the writer understates his case.
I think saying the Phils win in 5 is a shot at the Yankees. There’s no way the Yankees will only win 1 game in this series.
I really don’t like the Yanks laughing so much at J-Roll’s prediction. It reminds me too much of Tom Brady laughing in the face of Plax’s prediction and then having to eat crow in the Super Bowl.
The post cover is pedestrian. Hate to say it, the Post has a thorough sports section but that cover is an embarrassment! And not for Victorino.
How lame is the Post? Shane Victorino already put on a hula skirt on Fox. What’s with the cheerleader skirt? Why didn’t they put that on Torii “the Head Cheerleader” Hunter?
For anyone going to the game tomorrow Francesa said make sure to get there very early. Michelle Obama and Mrs. Biden will be at the game so extra security. Gates open at 5, pre game stuff starts at 7:30.
The phrase is ‘red-headed step-child’ Rollins, and you’ll learn more about it tomorrow night!
My prediction is that Joe West is somehow going to figure in the outcome.
My boss is a Phillies fan. By 8:45 am this morning, someone already taped the picture of Victorino in the skirt on his door
Christina
Sparky and Jim Konstanty?
In the ALCS, Torii Hunter said the Angels would come back and defeat the Yankees; and his Angels lost game 6. Now, Jimmy Rollins is saying the Phillies will win the World Series in 5 games. As the good Book says, “Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.” I’m no prophet, but I do know that arrogantly overlooking an opponent is a dangerous thing to do. Keep talking trash Rollins and your Phillies may end up losing in 5 games.
Speaking of Phillies in skirts — the Philly ball girls are hot!
http://farm4.static.flickr.com.....0c55_o.jpg
Rollins is a loudmouth. Trash talking the Mets is one thing, but he will find the Yankees to be a much tougher team in which to back up his taunts.
iiicollies October 27th, 2009 at 5:42 pm
Christina
Sparky and Jim Konstanty?
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Konstanty is one.
“Girardi offered this doozy that is probably buzzing around Japan as you read this: “You know you don’t necessarily have to keep him healthy the next two or three months. You’ve got to keep him healthy for about 10 more days, and it’s something we’ll have to think about.”
I love this. I think that means they’re going to keep the bucket right there in the dugout (if necessary).
Don’t the Phillies use Hooter girls?
I know they do in Clearwater at least for Spring Training
…well I don’t know about Rollins…but the Yanks and Phils do match up pretty square.
I hate over confidence from players…doesn’t show a good side…i officially hate jimmy rollins now.
BUT what i forgot to post last night..
Comparison:(EDGE)
1B: gotta give it to us, Tex can hit for avg & power and good defense
2B: slight edge to phillies
SS: HUGE edge with JEter
3B: no competition…AROD!
Pitching: Yanks, if Pedro doesn’t do well, all they have is Lee
Bullpen: Yanks..Best closer
OF: Phillies w/ edge.
SO lets see:
Yankees got 5/7…hmm, all we have to do is execute!
Finally! A reasonable matchup analysis. (yes, I am aware that they don’t mean anything.)
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.c.....index.html
I don’t care what anyone says about the Yankees. If the Yankees aren’t pumped up to be in the World Series, then they won’t win. Period. They should already be desperate to win the World Series. No amount of Rollins saying that Phillies will win in 5 games should change the fact that the Yankees want to win it.
Jake, I think the right total is 5/9. By lumping the outfield, you turned 3 positions into 1.
Those ball girls are hot until you hear that thick Philly accent coming out.
Rain will end tomorrow by 8pm.
The only potential problem is that between now and then, there will be a lot of rain. Let’s hope the field doesn’t get too water logged.
I don’t hear any Yankees yapping about predictions…
They just lie in wait, ready to pounce.
Trash talking is for little men.
Rosenthal makes his pick…
http://msn.foxsports.com/other.....eries-edge
They are replaying on of Brad Lidge’s blow saves against the Yankees right now on the MLB network. I think the Yankees just tied it in the ninth.
interesting that it was Melky who got to Lidge two nights in a row. Should make for some interesting drama this week.
I’m in a library ignoring my research project in favor of forum hopping.
Sorry to miss Lidge’s blown save against us.
So does Ted Williams’ Frozen Head:
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/s.....eries-pick
(this one is hilarious. a nice little stroll though the alds & alcs)
Christina: Pictures from Game 6 on the blog!
October 27th, 2009 at 5:34 pm
Speaking of the Yankees and Phillies, here is a trivia question that my friend just asked:
Who are the two players that have played on both a Phillies and Yankees World Series team? One is a somewhat recent player that many should recall. The other one goes back quite a few years.
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Bobby Shantz
I can’t wait for tomorrow night, c’mon CC!!!!!!
I don’t care how confident the Phillies are – the Yankees are equally so. They don’t have to be intimidated because they ARE good. I’m impressed by the Phillies, not by their big mouths……sorry, Josh, lol.
Ninja Burglar October 27th, 2009 at 6:00 pm
Those ball girls are hot until you hear that thick Philly accent coming out.
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What does it sound like — how does it compare to a Queens/Brooklyn accent?
Yanks are better than the Phillies and that’s why the Phillies are yapping. Once the games start, no one’s gonna be talking to them.
Jimmy Rollins sure is a mouthy little cuss for having a sub-.300 OBP this year.
Let Philly do the trash talk. The Yankees are better served to keep their inner confidence. The ” Core Group ” will guard against getting baited by the numerous media looking for a ludicrous quote.
I think there’s a decent chance the Yankees win this one in four. That’s why Joe G is being a bit coy with the starters after game 3.
Look at the matchups declared so far, and it tells you a lot.
Game 1: CC versus Lee. Cliff Lee has been dominant this year–in the NL. He was 7-9 when he was traded. In two games against the Yankees this year, he’s gone no longer than 6, meaning the weak Philly middle relief will have to play a role in both games. I think playoff “You know who” CC shows up here–he’s ahd one bad start since August.
Game 2. AJ versus Pedro. You’re 38 with a history of elbow problems. You’ve pitched once in the past month, in beautiful Southern Cal 75 degree weather. You’ve likely sacrificed Nelson (remember him) to the devil to be able to pitch in the World Series. It’s 54 at game time, and getting colder. ARod still remembers 2004, and you, and he’s snorting like a bull in heat. Meanwhile, AJ is happy and relaxed that the focus and spotlight is not on him. I hope the picture is clear here.
Game 3: Pettitte versus Hamels. This is the Phils best chance. They come in all swaggering about “being home” in “their” park, and who do they front-Cole Hamels, who has pitched one quality start since mid-August.
Game 4: Joe G goes for the jugular and pitches CC on three days rest agains Joe Blanton, a number 5 starter in the NL. That should tell you enought. Lee isn’t pitching on three days rest, unless it’s an “all hands on deck” situation.
it may not happen this way. The Phils may get lots of HR to win a few, who knows. But this could be a likely scenario, when you think hard about the starting pitching, which is 80-90% of the game this time of year.
I like this team.
The Philly accent sounds like a cross between the New York accent and the Baltimore accent… maybe 65% Baltimore. To my untutored ear, that is.
Well, Jason, it stands to reason that a guy with no patience at the plate is going to lack the discipline to keep his mouth shut and let the games speak for themselves.
Look at Papelbon…. whining he should close the All-Star game ahead of the game’s greatest closer.
Meanwhile, the game’s greatest closer says: “Those guys (other closers) are all better than me,” with a beatific smile…and goes about his business breaking bats and hearts.
Those who can, do. Those who can’t, talk….way too much.
m
October 27th, 2009 at 3:01 pm
Pat M,
Just curious. How did Ibanez do against us when he was in the AL? I don’t remember him being a Yankee killer.
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Mel, I’m just catching up, but, Ibanez against the Yankees is hitting almost exactly what his career numbers are against the rest of baseball, based on 162 game schedule. career BA – .285, 23 homers, 95 RBI….against the Yanks, .286, 20 homers and 85 RBI. His actuall numbers vs Yanks are .285, 8 homers, 41 RBI, OBP is .343 and SLG is .443. He’s only slightly less against NYY. This year, his numbers came at a time when he was leading the world in everything. He came back to Earth.
# Christina: Pictures from Game 6 on the blog! October 27th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
Don’t the Phillies use Hooter girls?
I know they do in Clearwater at least for Spring Training
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How ironic — talk ’bout “mercenaries”
Is this the first year that MLB did SuperBowl kind of media day or did I just not notice before?
I really detest Girardi at this point. He’s going to catch Molina with AJ even though AJ can pitch to Posada as well or better? Even though Posada is light years ahead of Molina offensively? I’m sorry, there is absolutely no excuse for that and, IMO, Joe is getting off lightly.
Good analogies, bodhisattva.
The Yankees are not being arrogant. It the Phillies who are arrogant just like the Angels and we all saw what happened to them. Rollins and his Phillies can beat weak teams like the Mets and Dodgers but the Yankees are a different story.
Jimmy Rollins isn’t even the best leadoff hitter in the series
GB7,
A general impression would’ve sufficed.
But thank you very much.
Okay, which of the posters here is Susan Finkelstein? Do a search for more info.
SJ, how can you say AJ’s starts have gotten progressively worse? He has one bad inning in game 2 of the ALCS and didn’t blow up in any case. The rest of the game, he was dominant
Gotta admit, Philly has some nice tail — look at all that junk in that trunk
http://farm4.static.flickr.com.....64cb89.jpg
Destest, Betsy? How about you take a deep breath and dial that down to ‘respectfully disagree with’?
If you still feel strongly about it, throw a soft tomato at him during the parade!
Jason from The Heartland
October 27th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
Jimmy Rollins sure is a mouthy little cuss for having a sub-.300 OBP this year.
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Yeah people in philly are crazy saying he is better right now than Jeter. Honestly Rollins should not even be mentioned in the same league as Derek Jeter. Jeter had a much better year and you cannot even compare there careers.
Nick in SF
October 27th, 2009 at 6:24 pm
The Philly accent sounds like a cross between the New York accent and the Baltimore accent… maybe 65% Baltimore. To my untutored ear, that is.
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This is what it sounded like at the old Spectrum for Flyers games:
“You shiuut uiip now, Flahrz are giuuuuuud!!!”
“Ah hait Niuuuu Yark!”
That’s either before or after they swing at your head, shove you, spit on you, etc.
At the old Vet, I once saw an Eagles (“Eg-gles”) fan walk up to a guy in a Giants shirt in the parking lot and punch him in the mouth. His reason? The Giants had just beaten Philly in a playoff game (1981). The guy was just walking to his car, wasn’t shouting, wasn’t whooping it up, I daresay, the guy wasn’t even smiling.
Unfortunately, this has been common behavior in the city of brotherly love. I’ve been attending Philly-NY sporting events for a thousand years.
That’s why I had no quarrel with that idiot who hates the Yankees (forget his name), who was challenged on some Philly radio station re his blanket statement on Philly sports fans.
I’ve lived through it, and nothing I’ve lived through contradicts what this fella had to say.
The Philadelphia fan is unsophisticated and behaves horribly. I don’t care about the exceptions – there are too few of them.
In Philadelphia, Wayne Gretzky was a “derisive gay term” on every play – and they had no idea, nor did they even care, who Jari Kurri was.
To this day, they maintain their team was “cheated” and that the 1985 and 1987 Edmonton Oilers were inferior to them.
Like I said, to know them is to loathe them.
THIS IS A MUST READ! I tried to post the article earlier but it wouldn’t post. If you can’t link to it let me know.
This comes from the projo, one of the “reddest” (as in RSN) papers in New England.
Bye bye 2004*
http://www.projo.com/redsox/co.....aeb04.html
I’m watching the meat of the Phillies order swing against Mariano right now. The career national league guys are swinging like every other player with no experience against that cutter. The only one with a good swing was Ibanez. He was 1-15 before the hit. I think it takes at least that many AB to even get an idea of where that ball might go out of Mo’s hand. The others were just clueless. I think that is the one great advantage the Yankees have in the WS, that they don’t necessarily have in the American league playoffs, that very few of the players have even seen a pitch from Mo. Jason Werth hs one career AB vs. Mol so does Rollin, Howard has 3.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/1024.....s-p2-sr-i1
Philly
Is this the first year that MLB did SuperBowl kind of media day or did I just not notice before?
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I think this is the first year they did it SuperBowl style, unless my memory is failing me.
bodhisattva – Destiny Wears Pinstripes
The Philadelphia fan is unsophisticated and behaves horribly. I don’t care about the exceptions – there are too few of them.
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YEah, they infamously pelted Santa Clause with snow balls in 1968.
bodhi, I think it’s more “iggles” than “eggles”.
They’re also funny when they say “water ice”.
I love Philly for its cheesesteaks, but I admit I’ve never attended a sporting event there.
It’s funny you wrote “derisive gay term” — there’s a regular LoHud commenter who’s used that term on this message board at least once.
Nick, no – that’s how I feel. Well, maybe not detest, but I’m really angry at Joe and I don’t trust him, not one bit. I’m not giving him a pass for being a newbie to post-season baseball. The game doesn’t change just because it’s October and not May, but this guy is trying to reinvent the wheel. There is no earthy reason to pitch AJ/Molina……
The Phillies wanted the Yankees because the Yankees were the best team in baseball this year. I don’t doubt that they respect us, but they are just a yappy team. It’s annoying, but not particuarly relevent to what’s going to happen on the field.
Hamels pitched well against us earlier this year as did Happ; I am not going to underestimate Pedro either…..The Phillies are going to hit, I don’t doubt that. Maybe they don’t hit CC (hopefully last year was just a product of CC being tired), but I certainly expect them to hit AJ and Andy. If the Yankees hit like they did in the ALDS and ALCS, this will be a short series in favor of the Phils.
Not to open a can of worms, but what does a baltimore accent sound like?
Betsy, hitting NL pitching isn’t quite the same as facing AL pitching. JMO
Its Nor-Cal man. Go Yanks!
Nick in SF. You in San Francisco? Same here
I detest Keith Law, but he’s right:
1. Hog-tie Joe Girardi and leave him in a clubhouse locker
Girardi did everything he could to keep the Angels in the ALCS: mindless pitching changes, regressive sacrifice bunts and pinch runners replacing critical hitters in tight games. It probably wouldn’t be a good tactical approach for a 1980s National League team, but it couldn’t be more inappropriate for a patient, power-hitting lineup like the 2009 Yankees. I’m not sure Girardi has watched his club play at all this year, or whether he has those Roddy Piper gla -sses from “They Live” and is just seeing a different reality from the rest of us.
can’t stop listening to yankees run this town.
I didn’t read all the comments, but I haven’t heard the media mention the possibility of a rainout tomorrow. That would be a NIGHTMARE, as it would force Games 1-5 to be on consecutive nights. That leaves Gaudin as your Game 4 starter, CC on short rest for Game 5, and then Burnett and Pettitte for 6 and 7.
Not something the Yanks would want. AT ALL.
If the Yanks hit like they did in the ALCS they’ll win as long as they pitch like they did in the ALCS.
JMO, but it’s all about pitching.
I don’t want to hear about 3 games in June. Both teams are different, and lefties have been embarassing Hamels.
Another great example of the Yankee players reaching out locally. This story was just on Eyewitness News. Love Jeter!
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/video?id=7085462
TD, I don’t know exactly how to describe a Baltimore (ball-more) accent, but if you seach that term on youtube you can hear a few example. Or watch the movie “Tin Men”, it’s got some great accents througout. Danny DeVito kills it.
Gerard, I am indeed in San Francisco.
MG
October 27th, 2009 at 6:16 pm
Christina: Pictures from Game 6 on the blog!
October 27th, 2009 at 5:34 pm
Speaking of the Yankees and Phillies, here is a trivia question that my friend just asked:
Who are the two players that have played on both a Phillies and Yankees World Series team? One is a somewhat recent player that many should recall. The other one goes back quite a few years.
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Bobby Shantz
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Bobby Shantz pitched for the Philadelphia A’s.
There are a few players that played on both teams during WS years, but, didn’t play in the Series for both. Jim Konstanty, Hank Bowery, Larry Milbourne, Tom Gordon and Sparky Lyle among them.
Mariano Duncan is the only one that I can think of that played in the WS for both.
Nick in SF,
Yes, Ig-gles is truer phonetics.
I’m surprised that term made it through the filter.
I once wrote, “now, it does no good to go off half ……” and it was zapped. Funny.
This heard from in the Vet Stadium crowd, when spectator wanted Jaworski replaced with Cunningham: “Take out the “P” and put in the “N”"….
Besty, SJ’s major problem, IMO, isn’t with AJ but with the fact that Posada isn’t catching AJ. All of the justifying he continues to do is all designed not so much to discredit AJ but to “show” that AJ just isn’t what he should be AND IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH CATCHING!
SJ takes a hard line and feels that if AJ can’t the job done (however he is definining that) then he has no business pitching in the postseason. But if you remember correctly, he took the same hard line about Gaudin in one of Gaudin’s first starting outings here, throwing out some hogwash to the effect that Godin had no business pitching in a major league game if he couldn’t throw strikes.
I guess Gaudin showed him!
You know they say you should never spit in the air. I only hope that his nephew doesn’t suffer from the same type of intolerance if he doesn’t perform on cue.
It would be interesting to get stats from pitchers who were in their first postseason to see how many of them looked like Cy Young. Roger Clemens didn’t and he carried that through a lot of postseason games. His first innings always had the potential to be nailbiters!
For those who were moaning about Torii Hunter; Rollins is ten times worse. We better beat these bums.
Assuming 6 innings from Molina, win expectancy goes from about 60 to 59%. Stat noise and not too relevant in the context of short series
YEah, they infamously pelted Santa Clause with snow balls in 1968.
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Do tell. Don’t know what this references. I’ll check back later for response.
Off to dinner.
Jason, we’ll shut the punk up soon enough.
Trisha-
Yanks in 6
Thanks,
FB
Frank, you got it!
http://www.usatoday.com/sports.....alls_x.htm
Link to Santa snowball story
Baseball Tonight hour long special on ESPN2 right now
Frank, I have a lucky picture that I’ll post now that RSN is no longer in the picture. It was taken on the last day at the old Stadium, while we were waiting to go to Monument Park. I think I took some of the ghosts to the new Stadium when I went on opening day!
I’ll let you know when I have it up.
Karl Ravech has the worst hair piece.
Thanks Sun Devil. I’ve stayed away from all of that stuff for the past few days. I wanted to somehow “purify” myself for the world series but not getting dragged into anyone’s version of how it is. (I gave in to a little of the Molina debate, but otherwise I’ve stayed out of the fray.) Sitting back and letting Girardi do the work has done well by me throughout the season and up to this point. Maybe I’ll watch a bit of that just to see what they’re putting out there.
“mindless pitching changes, regressive sacrifice bunts and pinch runners replacing critical hitters in tight games.”
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Keith Law is a moron. Girardi made one really bad pitching decision which was taking out Robertson for Aceves. The sacrafice bunts were fine and it did work. The guys bunting were Swisher who couldn’t get a hit and Melky there number 9 hitter. I dont know I like having runners in scoring position for Jeter, Damon, Tex and A-Rod. The yanks cant always wait around for a 3 run homer that is why the last couple of years they were eliminated in the first round. I like the yankees won 2 games at the stadium against the angels without hitting a homerun. That shows they can score different ways.
Yes I didn’t like all the pinch running in the alcs. You dont have to worry about that because Guzman is off the roster.
Nick, would you like to give a world series prediction for our prediction chart?
Those sac bunts won game 6. Any time you can put pressure on a pitcher in the post season you have to do it. Pressure is what separates the men from the boys in October.
The Yankees were a mediocre team until Girardi started playing small ball out of desperation (Arod and Posada were out and Teix wasn’t hitting) He learned that small ball and big bats was deadly conmbination and also kept his team from an extended slump for the rest of the season.
I love New York overconfidence…as if this team accomplished anything in the past nine years other than “highest payroll”.
For a team that has consistently choked in big game situations since 2001, Yankee fans sure seem to believe that this World Series is already in the bank.
Bottom Line:
The Phillies lineup owned your multi-million dollar crown jewel Sabathia in ’08.
The head case Burnett has been trending downward and his sissy refusal to work with Posada takes a much needed bat out of your lineup.
Speaking of Posada, he and Damon have ten cent arms. The Phillies running game FAR outmatches New York’s defensive abilities, or lack thereof.
Since coming off the steroids, Pettitte’s ERA has gone from the 2′s and low 3′s to the mid 4′s. Lets see how he does against a team with four 30 HR hitters in the new Yankees bandbox.
Speaking of your new minuscule stadium, consider that this team just scored 8 runs a week ago in the cavern that is L.A. Games 1 and 2 will be a Philadelphia Home Run Derby while you face two Phillies starters that have a combined 28 scoreless innings in the 2009 post season.
Then, we go back to Philly where we take the bat out of the hands of your DH. Can’t wait to see Sabathia waddle out to the plate again in place of Matsui.
For all of the Yankee mystique, you’re just another ballclub. You had an easy road to the World Series facing an injury decimated Twins and an defensively inept Angels whose rotation has limited post season experience. Meanwhile, we played in freezing temperatures in Colorado and destroyed the media-favored Dodgers, led by your former steward, Joe Torre.
Your manager is wet behind the ears and in WAY over his head. Your rotation and ballpark are custom designed for the Phillies to tee off en mass. Rivera is scary, but he’ll never be an issue.
Phillies win in five with relative ease. Cliff Lee shuts out the Yankees tomorrow night in NY as we watch your bandwagon media eat the choking Bombers alive.
Enjoy the series.
^^^^ smoked crack by a computer with internet access.
Even Yankee fans have to wonder about the Post:
http://thesportshernia.typepad.....erage.html
There are some real dreamers talkin stuff. Them and their philthies are about to enter a nightmare where the only escape is to wake up TOAST! Yanks in 6.
Yankees in 6, tops, maybe less. Phils won WS in ’08 beating an overchieving Tampa Bay team that ran out of gas, then walked through a mediocore NL slate in ’09.
NoCal is for diets, NorCal is Superior California