World Series Game 4: Yankees (2) at Phillies (1)
by duck on Nov 1, 2009 7:30 PM EST
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joe blanton is not the guy i'd like to have out there right now
but i guess i’d rather save cliff lee for the desperation game. oh and i really don’t care about cc pitching on three days rest anymore. they’ve made such a big deal over it the entire playoffs
by twistedlogic on Nov 1, 2009 8:28 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I'd have gone with Lee
My best guy beat their best guy? Throw him in 1, 4, & 7.
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by duck on Nov 1, 2009 8:48 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
maybe
but if lee doesnt perform that well on short rest (as espn says he doesnt) then maybe they’re better off. if they were to lose game 4 with lee on the mound, then they have to rely on blanton as the stopper. the only thing i’d count on blanton to stop is the all you can eat buffett.
by twistedlogic on Nov 1, 2009 8:59 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I probably would have gone Lee tonight. I think tonight’s pretty much do or die for the Phils.
Blanton vs. CC…I wonder what the fattest starting pitching combo for a WS game ever is?
(Come on Phils or Yanks, sign Sir Sidney)
I wonder if I can bill Jeff Lurie and Peter Angelos for the years of therapy their teams are going to put me through.
by BrianS on Nov 1, 2009 8:35 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I think Lee was a must as well
So he’s never gone on short rest, it’s the world freaking series.
CC’s in a little trouble now, they gotta get to him.
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by Stacey on Nov 1, 2009 8:41 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
And he threw 20+ pitches
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by duck on Nov 1, 2009 8:49 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
the whole setup bothers me
i think they should play more games, 1 off day max – http://bit.ly/uIT0i
by joet on Nov 1, 2009 11:16 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Eww what's with the group of Yankee fans waving their little circle fans?
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by Stacey on Nov 1, 2009 8:43 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
apparently burnett is going to pitch game 5 on three days
i like the phils chances with lee on the mound
by twistedlogic on Nov 1, 2009 9:10 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Clutch hit by Feliz? I missed those.
Though, Howard, you really should touch the plate. Thanks for the run, CC.
Weaver's Fourth Law: Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs.
by Vuff on Nov 1, 2009 9:41 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Okay Utley, time to make amends for your ballerina impression earlier
by PhilR8 on Nov 1, 2009 10:03 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Curse you, Phillies
If you’re going to put yourself in a place where I must root for you, at least do me a favor and fucking win.
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by Eat More Esskay on Nov 1, 2009 10:36 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
wobbly fist pump!
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by birdman on Nov 1, 2009 11:19 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Just found the trend for 2010:
stealing every time the shift is on. Look for it.
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by CStoneNo37 on Nov 1, 2009 11:36 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
can they at least rule
that Joba was “ineffective” and doesn’t deserve the win?
That’ll be the new “Joba Rules.”
Joba Sucks.
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by CStoneNo37 on Nov 1, 2009 11:48 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Lesson of the day:
Someone needs to cover third on that overshift. Then Lidge could actually, you know, use his slider.
Weaver's Fourth Law: Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs.
by Vuff on Nov 1, 2009 11:53 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Well,
the Yankees bought this world series.
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by Michael18 on Nov 2, 2009 1:05 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
kind of
they still had to play the games. And it certainly helps when the opponent teams make a bunch of stupid plays.
by PhilR8 on Nov 2, 2009 10:01 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I don't buy it
They didn’t buy the World Series. They bought a ridiculous team that gave them the best chance to win the world series – an all-star team that’s stacked in a way that no other team in the league is stacked.
But they still have to play the season and play the games. The Phillies had their own chances to put it away. They couldn’t capitalize on a sloppy CC, Chase Utley shouldn’t have tried to do some stupid acrobatic flip toss to try and get a double play when it wasn’t possible, Manuel should have walked ARod in the ninth. etc etc.
by PhilR8 on Nov 2, 2009 3:50 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not sure I see the difference.
Buying all the best players is what people mean when they say they’ve bought themselves a world championship. Nobody is implying they didn’t play the season and the postseason games, just that they’ve bought themselves a championship team.
by O'sFan21 on Nov 2, 2009 3:56 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
+1
They’ve done a hell of a job ruining baseball. It’s a joke that it took them this long to get back here.
by mlb32001 on Nov 2, 2009 3:17 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Everyone has said that the Yankees have been "buying the world series" for the past nine years
and yet they haven’t even been to the world series since 2003.
by PhilR8 on Nov 2, 2009 3:51 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I've never heard a single person say that over the past 9 years since as you say they haven't been to a world series since 2003.
by O'sFan21 on Nov 2, 2009 3:56 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I guess in the offseasons
When they make their inevitable gigantic FA purchases you hear the “trying to buy a world series”, but if they win it this year (and it sure looks like they will) I don’t see how it’s unfair to say they’ve actually bought it this time around. Have they even had a starting pitcher make a start yet that wasn’t a FA signing?
by O'sFan21 on Nov 2, 2009 4:17 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I don't think it's an unfair assessment, really
I just don’t personally agree with it. To me, buying the world series would be paying money to buy the title. Like, paying off umps, behind-the-scenes corruption, stuff like that. To me it implies breaking the rules and cheating. But the way you’ve described how you use the phrase, it’s certainly true.
by PhilR8 on Nov 2, 2009 4:19 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
I think I was just using the phrase to emphasize that they haven’t really developed a championship organization, but have just gone out and bought one. Really I just want to detract from their achievment because I hate them and want to make whatever meaningless little digs at their fans that I can. haha the life of an O’s fan…
by O'sFan21 on Nov 2, 2009 4:27 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
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