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post #1081 of 1171
10/24/09 at 6:29am
Eric,

Yeah, the weather may not cooperate today/tonight.  I think another day off would not be a bad thing for either team.  Sabathia already would have had four days rest if he were to pitch Sunday (unfortunately).  With five days rest, there is no way that Sabathia could possibly give up even one hit, let alone lose the game. ;)
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post #1082 of 1171
10/25/09 at 9:03pm
Thread Starter 
Congrats to the Yankees...who will host the Phillies in Game 1 of the World Series Wednesday night.

Tim McCarver:  I couldn't help but think of how appropriate it is for Mariano Rivera to start each pitch with a bow.

Are you kidding me? 

Tim must think Mariano is bowing to Jeter's calm eyes. 
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post #1083 of 1171
10/26/09 at 6:13am
Mike,

If you had to make a prediction for the World Series, what would it be?
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post #1084 of 1171
10/26/09 at 6:16am
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I'll be rootin' for the Phillies...but if I was laying down $$$ it'd be on the Yankees. 

I wonder if it was the cold or if something got inside the Angels' heads during those games at Yankee Stadium.  There were an awful lot of errors which cost them those losses.
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post #1085 of 1171
10/26/09 at 6:24am
I too will be rooting for the Phillies, obviously.  I'd love for Sabathia to get hammered badly in game one.  Now watch Cliff Lee get shelled. ;)
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post #1086 of 1171
10/26/09 at 7:07am
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Originally Posted by Mike Frezon View Post

Congrats to the Yankees...who will host the Phillies in Game 1 of the World Series Wednesday night.

Tim McCarver:  I couldn't help but think of how appropriate it is for Mariano Rivera to start each pitch with a bow.

Are you kidding me? 

Tim must think Mariano is bowing to Jeter's calm eyes. 
 
I laughed loudly when he said that.  McCarver and Morgan need to retire from broadcasting games.

Anyhow, at least Steve Phillips is history.:)
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post #1087 of 1171
10/26/09 at 8:41am
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Originally Posted by Robert Crawford View Post



I laughed loudly when he said that.  McCarver and Morgan need to retire from broadcasting games.

Anyhow, at least Steve Phillips is history.:)
 

Morgan could have retired years ago, Robert!    (And it would've been okay with me...)

You see, I laughed outloud when I heard that, too.  It was delivered with that McCarver drama flair.

Whaddya say...we get together sometime next season and watch a YES broadcast of a Yankee/Red Sox game and critique the announcers.  If we can swing it, we'll switch half-way and critique the NESN announcers too!  I'll bring the beer!  
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post #1088 of 1171
10/26/09 at 10:49am
Ozzie Guillen will be doing analysis for the WS, it should be pretty entertaining :)
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post #1089 of 1171
10/26/09 at 11:12am
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Is he going to be "on the field" ala Ken Rosenthal?  They wouldn't put him in the booth...would they?
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post #1090 of 1171
10/26/09 at 11:22am
Hopefully, Craig Sager will be on the field.  Just seeing what style and color suit jacket he's wearing is almost worth the price of admission. ;)



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post #1091 of 1171
10/26/09 at 11:30am
Thread Starter 
Heywood Hale Broun was doing that schtick long before Craig Sager was on anyone's horizons... 
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post #1092 of 1171
10/26/09 at 11:35am
^^^

Then why not bring him along for the event?

;)
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post #1093 of 1171
10/26/09 at 11:50am
We got Joba, we got Phil Hughes, we got Damaso Marte, we got Phil Coke, etc.
Who gets the call when the game is on the line ?  A balding almost 40 year old with one pitch that's about 3 or 4 mph slower than it used to be. I LOVE IT !
All of a sudden Girardi is a genius because Mo can get him 6 outs.  CC is a horse and we may yet ride him to #27 but for my money, Mo is the MVP of every series the Yanks win. 
P.S. saw an interesting article online yesterday.  Seems some of the concrete in the $1.5B palace is already cracking
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post #1094 of 1171
10/26/09 at 12:28pm
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Originally Posted by Ockeghem View Post

Then why not bring him along for the event?

Things may start to get smelly...


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Originally Posted by LewB View Post

Seems some of the concrete in the $1.5B palace is already cracking

When you don't have the likes of Jimmy Hoffa to use as reinforcement...
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post #1095 of 1171
10/27/09 at 6:53am
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Originally Posted by Ockeghem View Post

Hopefully, Craig Sager will be on the field.  Just seeing what style and color suit jacket he's wearing is almost worth the price of admission. ;)




 
Did you see Cole Hamels commenting on his suit at the end of an interview in the NLCS?  Classic.  His ties are just as fantastic.
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post #1096 of 1171
10/27/09 at 7:40am
Philip,

Yes!  And every time I see Cole Hamels on the mound, I really do expect his father to trot out there to talk to him....

Go Phillies!
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post #1097 of 1171
10/27/09 at 11:40am
That wasn't his father, he was the father to the 2 kids still sitting in the stands.
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post #1098 of 1171
10/27/09 at 11:56am
Tony,

No, it was his father.  I know Cole Hamels personally.
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post #1099 of 1171
10/28/09 at 5:34pm
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Originally Posted by Ockeghem View Post

Tony,

No, it was his father.  I know Cole Hamels personally.
Well he does say, who are you to the guy.

Anyway the phils really let C.C. off the hook in the first inning.
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post #1100 of 1171
10/28/09 at 8:02pm
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Yet still seem to have this game well-in-hand...thanks to Cliff Lee.
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post #1101 of 1171
10/28/09 at 8:39pm
Cliff Lee and Chase Utley wow.

So the Yanks play that song even when they lose?
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post #1102 of 1171
10/28/09 at 8:43pm
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Yeah.  They used to play the Liza Minnelli version when they lost...but they finally ditched that and just loop Frank over and over and over and over while patrons exit the park--after every game. 
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post #1103 of 1171
10/29/09 at 6:58am
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Well he does say, who are you to the guy.
 

Tony,

You're right, of course.  I was just kidding around.

Goodness, Christy Mathewson has been incredible in this post-season, hasn't he? ;)

Seriously, what a remarkable outing by Lee last night.  I knew he was good, but not this good.  His ERA is looking Bob Gibson-esque at this point.

One of the two-best road teams in baseball played like it last night.  I was thankful that the Phillies didn't resemble either Boston or the Angels against New York.  But I was a little concerned in the ninth inning after the throwing error.  Not too much, but just a little.  And dare I say it, Philadelphia may have just as good a starting lineup as the Yankees, and that is saying a ton.
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post #1104 of 1171
10/29/09 at 7:04am
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I am so curious to watch tonight's game. 

The "Pedro factor" will be huge.  The Zimmer throwdown, "Who's your daddy?", etc.

Should be fun. 

Of all the pitchers in MLB, Pedro is still the guy--because of the way he throws and the movement on his pitches--who is "must see" for me. 
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post #1105 of 1171
10/29/09 at 7:09am
I'm just suprised that after Chase utley ropped that ball foul, that Sabathia shrugged off Posada's next pitch and wanted to pitch him again to the inside.  Of course even worse, he left it out over the plate for the 2nd homer.
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post #1106 of 1171
10/29/09 at 7:56am
I have never been a Yankee fan because originally I was a Brooklyn Dodger fan. I am rooting for the Phillies because I don't like teams who spend alot of $$$$ to buy championships. Last year while Tampa Bay had a bad WS - they had a better TEAM without  spending alot of money.
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post #1107 of 1171
10/29/09 at 11:15am
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Originally Posted by Mike Frezon View Post

I am so curious to watch tonight's game. 

The "Pedro factor" will be huge.  The Zimmer throwdown, "Who's your daddy?", etc.

Should be fun. 

Of all the pitchers in MLB, Pedro is still the guy--because of the way he throws and the movement on his pitches--who is "must see" for me. 

Mike,

I am very impressed with Sabathia, but not so much with the rest of the Yankees starters.  I could easily see this series heading to Philly with the Phillies up 2-0.  Odd how one game can mean so much.  This is almost a must-win for New York.
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post #1108 of 1171
10/29/09 at 9:49pm
MO IS THE MAN.  and to think that he's dominating the way he is, at his age.  words cannot describe.

but wow, that strike zone was huge tonight.  but consistently huge.  A-rod has been off 2 nights in a row(!)  i heard something like in the first 3 games of the Angels series, he never swung-and-missed at ANY pitch.  that's how locked in he was.  and how about Matsui taking that Guerrero-like swing downtown. 
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post #1109 of 1171
10/30/09 at 5:28am
That Matsui home run was unbelievable.  He golfed it; it was so far out of the strike zone.  The gigantic strike zone put a damper on the game IMO.  Neither side's batters could figure out what to swing at.
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post #1110 of 1171
10/30/09 at 6:37am
Maybe A-Rod is a bit unnerved about being on the biggest baseball stage?

Well, the Phillies are sending Hamels to the mound for game three, and hopefully Lee to the mound for game four.  Hopefully, the Phillies will be up 3-1 by the time game five rolls around.  I really hope this series doesn't return to New York.
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