World Series Game 1: Phillies at Yankees
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It is finally here. After 2,195 days, the Yankees have finally returned to the World Series. I’m so excited that I can hardly contain myself. It was so hard to do work today that I had a hard time focusing on writing a World Series preview! Damn. But, before long we’ll see the first pitch, and then the second, and then maybe it will feel like the Yankees are back in the Series. Until then it will continue to seem a bit surreal.
There’s nothing I can write here that we haven’t discussed in the past two days. So, in case you’re looking for some pre-game literature:
- Previewing the Phillies starters
- The Phillies bullpen
- The Phillies infield
- This Phillies outfield
- Yankees vs. Phillies 2009
- Yankees vs. Phillies in the 1950 World Series
And if you’re still looking for something to do before the game, make sure to check out the RAB World Series prediction thread. It’s a great time killer, I promise you. Also, if you want to bask in some glory, check out the Fan Confidence Poll. For the first time ever, the 10s won.
Ok, so by the time you get through all that, it has to be game time. Awesome. In case you missed it, Brian Bruney and Eric Hinske have been added to the active roster, replacing Francisco Cervelli and Freddy Guzman.
Ready to play ball?
Yankees
1. Derek Jeter, SS
2. Johnny Damon, LF
3. Mark Teixeira, 1B
4. Alex Rodriguez, 3B
5. Jorge Posada, C
6. Hideki Matsui, DH
7. Robinson Cano, 2B
8. Nick Swisher, RF
9. Melky Cabrera, CF
Pitching: Number fifty-two, Carsten Charles Sabathia
Phillies
1. Jimmy Rollins, SS
2. Shane Victorino, CF
3. Chase Utley, 2B
4. Ryan Howard, 1B
5. Jayson Werth, RF
6. Raul Ibanez, DH
7. Ben Francisco, LF
8. Pedro Feliz, 3B
9. Carlos Ruiz, C
Pitching: Cliff Lee
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Lets do the damn thang!!!
We play today…
We win today
…WE WIN TODAY, DAS IT!
Come on boys~!
Ozzie on the FOX pregame? That will not end well.
Karros: I pick the Yankees in 6.
Ozzie: Who is this fuckin gringo?
We’ve waited for this.
Make this moment last forever.
hey look, it’s Rollins the genius!
http://www.philadelphia-reflec....._Face.jpeg
He is a heady player.
(Sad trombone.)
haha. Fox really got Ozzie Guillen? I like Ozzie, but I mean.. C’mon.
no jayz? lame
Not tonight due to the rain screwing up the field, it got postponed for tomorrow. I’m sure HOV wanted to do it tonight.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96yv0oOieEg
Lets’s go Yanks!
LET’S GO YANKEES!!!!!!
Who’s pumped for the new episode of Gary Unmarried tonight?
What? There’s a game on…
You take a minute and read this article, it’s very funny, and would be wild to watch. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs.....e-elephant
I love it!
Brian Cashman “Oh look, I just picked Barry Zito (*yawns*). Maybe we can stick him in the bullpen.”
We’d have to throw Igawa out, right? Right?
I’m not sure, I know some people would suggest Rodriguez, not me, I love the big guy. I was thinking, if you the Yankees win the world series, and they can do no wrong, do they trade Igawa?
I can’t wait… 20 more minutes until i glue myself to the tv (with industrial strength glue might i add)
Let’s do this shiet, let’s lock it in and bring it home!
Work is done, nap was taken, I’m ready to go. 4 = 27.
So Ozzie picked the Phillies in 6 because “they know how to play the game”, you know Ozzie, I’m pretty sure the Yankees know something about this game you call baseball too.
I know how to play the game too, I think I have a shot against the Phillies…
From Lohud:
Girardi said he hasn’t ruled out using Posada to catch Burnett, but it sounds like he’s leaning more toward sticking with Molina. “It’s something that we’ll discuss,” he said. “But as I’ve said all along, it’s worked pretty well. And in the course of the season you go with two catchers all the time. I’m still comfortable using Molina, and if I have to, pinch hit Jorge.”
MOTHER FUCKER. I really thought we were past this idiotic atrocity of a managerial decision
You’re back! We’ve missed you.
i’m sure you have. thanks, man
I didn’t think it was possible to shed a negative light on anything right before this game starts.
I was wrong..
don’t get me wrong, i’m excited for this game. but i just saw that there and i was like “why the fuck”
4 more till #27.
CC is a horse and the Yankees will ride him to the promise land.
So Wells is going to ride CC after game 4?
Cairo get an applause?
Love the Star Wars music during the Phillies intros.
The Yankees should be playing the imperial march for themselves, not the Phillies.
Agreed wholeheartedly.
LOL. That would be great. Boggs can jump on also if he wants.
The Imperial March for the Phillies? Odd.
Oh, does the Series start tonight? Shit. I was hoping that “Glee” was on.
no Glee? NUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
The Yanks aren’t the Rebellion!
It’s the same music for every home game.
But, I agree they should switch it.
step on their throat
break their spirit
set the tone
no mercy
what about pillage their house and kill their pets?
we don’t have to…but I’m just saying
Sweep the Leg!
Is that the Johnny Damon look-alike from the game?
Props to being a Ranger and all but his voice is weak.
Cut your hair you hippie soldier.
Exactly what I thought.
I already hate this guy singing the anthem.
He’s running out of breath…. EVERY phrase. Annoying asshat.
He is a former Army Ranger and risked his life to serve our country in battle why do you hate America
2/10. Should have mentioned real amuricunz, Sarah Palin and why it’s Obama’s fault. Reptile Hillary would also be accepted. Also, never capitalize or punctuate. That’s key.
this was my first post of the game thread. I haven’t gotten warm yet. I went with brevity over thoroughness LEAVE ME ALONE YOU JACKALS
this guy preserved your freedom. do you still have the same sentiments?
Han Solo (Peter): So, whaddya think?
Luke (Chris): This is the ship? What a piece of junk!
Han Solo (Peter): Thank you, this was my brother’s, he died of leukemia. How do you feel now?
Is it that hard to sing the song without melisma?
Who wants to sound like a radio crooner from the 1930s?
Or, blame it on Boyz II Men.
lol, voice crack
I want auto-tune for the National Anthem.
Believe me when i say, I FUCKED A MERMAAAAAAID!!!
The Phillies are on very thin ice.
+the news
That was the best they could get to sing the national anthem at game 1 of the WS? Really?
Army Ranger with pretty good voice>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Random dude/chick with a great voice.
and years of voice training
in their defense, they still have alicia keys manana…
CC! CC! CC! CC!
I like that chant
Let’s go Yankees!!!
OK, describe your emotions as a fan right now:
1-Calm
2-Slightly Nervous
3-Terrified
4-Super Confident
5-Fucking Ecstatic
This.
6-Having sex right now, right this very fucking minute
A blow up doll with Jimmy Rollins face taped to it doesn’t count.
That wouldn’t be “sex”. That would be “prison rape”. Different can of worms.
Exactly.
i would put it at 2
i could barely sleep last night
6-to-midnight
Anxious. Nervous in a good way.
2, with a bit of pumpedness
For some reason, 0.
I’m an unhealthy level of giddy and anxious
You’re dead. You should probably have that checked out, it’s worse than herpes
3 – Terrified…I just realized that I have to listen to Buck and McCarver for four more games.
(otherwise: +27)
Nervous and very, very excited. A happy kind of nervous.
I’m calm. I was a nervous wreck in 1996 and 1998, but by 2001 I was surprised to find I was more worried in the ALDS and ALCS than I was in the WS. When we lost in 01 and 03, I wasn’t bummed out at all. Been like that ever since.
I have the Super Bowl approach now, I think just getting there is huge. Once I’m there, I just want to sit back and enjoy it.
yogi, you pimp
Check out Yogi with a broad on each arm.
No need to insult the other guy…
ebony and ivory amirite
“We Play Today, We Win Today” GO YANKEES!!!!!!
Will there be any way that I can get the image of Yogi with Michelle Obama and Jill Biden in poster form for my wall?
I was afraid Michelle Obama was gonna chew Jeters face off when they hugged
Confidence level: 28…
We’re gonna fucking kill ‘em… Let ‘em know TJSC!!!!!!!
TSJC… SORRY… LMAO
THIN ICE~
(passes out bayonets)
haha… sorry, didn’t even look at it when I typed it, when I read it over after I posted, I noticed…
It’s all good. Honest mistake, happens to the best of us.
DON’T EVER FUCKING LET THAT SHIT HAPPEN AGAIN OR I WILL COME THROUGH THE INTERNETS AND KILL YOU.
Now we wouldn’t want that to happen…
Damn, Tim McCarver did make his flight.
In baseball you’re only as strong as the middle. Remember that.
Michelee Obama is a F.L.I.L.F.
seriously ?
Hells yes. I’d tap that FLOTUS ass.
Yeah, when is the last time we had a really hittable First Lady? Barbara Bush?
I hear Dolly Madison was quite the tasty morsel.
She made ice cream, too! Quite the creamer.
/I’ll be in my bunk, watching Ken Burns documentaries.
So close to Cindy Mccain.
She’s actually hotter than Megan (or however her name is spelled). Definite hit. I’d sink that battleship!
She’s actually hotter than Megan (or however her name is spelled). Definite hit. I’d sink that battleship!
Ugh. CAN YOU WEAR ANY MORE RED, YOU TROLLOP! GO MAKE ME A SANDWICH!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYKT4lbjmN4
That’s brilliant.
There’s like 5 or six of them. Type in “McCain’s Brain” into YouTube and watch the whole series. Good comedy, irrespective of your political persuasion.
I saw the Sarah Palin is hot one. Obviously this is speculative, but some of those thoughts probably crossed his mind (although I really don’t believe McCain is a particularly sexist/racist man).
haha
I’ve always found Jill Biden pretty smashable myself.
Sarah Palin (Tina Fey): Please stop calling me a MILF.
Hillary Clinton (Amy Poehler): Yes, and please stop calling me a FLIRJ, I looked it up, I do not like that. No.
“FLIRJ”
Hahahahahh! Just looked that up.
+1
ha
quiero el beisbol iiahora!!
FINALLY! lets play!
big poppa waming up meow
Bean Ball. SET THE TONE!!
LOL PHAIL!
Good start
LOL, thanks for the out.
Bunting on the first pitch? YOU PUSSY.
Jimmy tried to get his Juan Pierre on.
I used to run base like Juan Pierre
Now I run the bass, hi-hat and the snare
26 more of those would be lovely.
lol at rollins
Rollins bunts and gets tagged out!
roflmao
take a seat you punk ass bitch….phillies in 5. smmhh
we’re going to sit through five, maybe six games of weak sh*t like that?
Bunting on the first pitch: Phillies surrender already!
I bet Pedro drills Jetes or Arod tomorrow, in fact i guarantee it
He can’t afford the extra baserunners.
He doesn’t care.
jorge got jeweled
does anybody else get a tiny bit annoyed at chan ho park and victorino’s double earflaps? o-hudson too i think
fail, chin soo
Where was Rollins running? Toward the seats?
popped up, 2 outs, GO YANKEES
So thru 2 batters, the “AL-like” line-up hasn’t gotten the ball out of the infield… nice!
They tell me it’s like then AL, then I see Victorino in the 2 slot. He’d hit 9th on our team.
I’d take the Cards being better than the Phillies everyday of the week and twice on Sundays. Shitty luck with Carpenter not being veyr sharp and Holliday dropping the 3rd out of a game they should have won screwed them over.
I’m sure you thought so too before they got eliminated Joe.
yea, they would have def been tougher pitching. they don’t have the power of phil’s though
Hi guys..checking in …happy ws
Victorino looks high and all wide eyed……
Well, he is from Hawaii.
they call it pakalolo, I would know; I just got back
True that.
damn, utley is very very patient
damn you utley
utley walks, go yankees
Cant do that CC
You can’t give this lineup free baserunners. They’re too good to give opportunities.
I’ve got faith in CC to shut it down here.
Ryan Howard has a GritBeard!
damn howard looks chunky!
Mrs. McNabb has been making lots of soup for him.
good sign, CC’s pants are blowing away from 1st base, no jet stream to right
You got this ZZ.
shit settle down CC
2 out hits!
Goddamn
come on CC. get out of it here.
This is why walks can kill you. C’mon CC, get out this two out situation and get our offense out there.
Really missed on that one.
meh, missed spot. bear down big guy!
damn it, why the hell throw him a fastball??
the guy can’t hit non fastballs
oh no
cmon zz, you got this shit
please
Come on CC lock it up.
I met Werth when he was at Syracuse in the Jays org… he’s as big of a f’n prick as he looks
The Phillies have really been patient and waiting for CC to make the mistakes in the inning. If anything about this team scares me, it’s their lineup.
Come on CC. Just Chill.
please throw strikes
please
what’s cc doing!
FIND IT…
Werth looks like a child molester. I bet he has a large van filed with candy.
here we go. battle back and get him.
fuck fuck fuck
Come on CC Get out of this inning.
Just missed there.
shit
cmon cc, you have to get out of this
this is crazy
why’d jorge stand up? digame?
Okay CC … wtf ??
Dear CC,
Settle down
FUCK dont let em score big guy.
C’mon CC, shut it down now.
Get out of this CC.
just throw strikes.
C’mon CC, just relax here big guy…
CC’s kinda all over
this could get ugly quick, you got this CC!
C’mon Carsten.
gotta stop throwing the changeup away, they aint fallin for it
He’s not sharp, hopefully it’s just first inning jitters
ohhhh boy…….
WTF
oh god, i can’t watch
whew.
Phew.
shew…
thank you jesus
thank you jesus
thank you mo
No worries, the big guy got this shit.
hell fucking yea… CC got this, he’s a fucking horse…
Alright, good job CC.
Oh thank Mo
Ibanez with the bailout. Thanks.
*exhales deeply*
that was tense, quick 2 outs to load the bases is not what we want
then to load the bases***
Okay CC, butterflies out. Cruise control rest of the way
Hey, what happened? I blacked out
Yesss!!! We got this shit!
Phew, I need to change my boxers after that.
all is well, get the “bad” inning out of the way
Get it out of your system now CC and then shut them down for 8 more. Let’s score some runs!
Okay CC, thanks for that reminder of what Yankee playoff games were like before you got here…
He figured it would be better to start it interesting so he doesn’t need to yawn again.
Phew. Lets not do that again.
atta boy Raul!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Aaaaand exhale…
Damn, batter’s don’t have to swing unless it’s a meatball. Everything else is a ball.
Good job CC.
Phew! looks like he was having a difficult time controlling his fastball. Hopefully he tightens it up next inning
Time to go to work, offense.
I think it’s just nerves. He didn’t seem to want to throw his fastball, though. Maybe he doesn’t have a feel for it?
Hey, folks…it’s the first inning of Game 1…stay calm.
Alright!
Now lets make the Phils wish they scored.
just an assumption, but it looks like the Phightins scouting reports said to not go after the slider
Yeah noticed that too.
yeah thats a little worrisome. Hopefully CC picks up on this and maybe utilizes that change up more
maybe they were taking each one of his sliders?
lets get some runs! jeter will lead off with a hit
Sabathia is nibbling. He has a good fastball, use it. What is he scared?
He’s toying with them.
It’s the first inning, chillax. He’ll be fine.
Well, we knew that part of their order would be tough. They are not great 1-2 and 7-9, but very strong 3-6. He got through it, and hopefully he deals with them better next time.
Let’s make LEE WORK!
Ah, the Empire State of Mind sounds great in the background right now.
let’s hope Lee isn’t on his game, this could be a very long night
this could be a very long night
Confidence Level: We’re gonna fucking kill ‘em.
thank you…
3 run lead going into the 2nd?
Way to work out of it, CC.
Start it up, Derek!
Start it up, Derek!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C_RwEciLL4
That curve is nuts!
Holy crap that had good movement.
I’m here. CC has got this. No fear.
That’s a nasty pitch
Cliff Lee’s second strike “spike” curve is sick.
Spiked curveball = knuckle curve?
Yeah. Moose threw one.
Total crossup on that curve. Ruiz had no idea it was coming.
Isn’t that just like a knuckle curve?
It’s a spike curve, knuckle curve… call it what you like.
i guess he needs/wants a second finger on the seam for leverage.. no idea
Nice start Dj.
damn, lee had that shit done
damn he made Jete look foolish
really as good as you can do? i thought 1 pitch, 1 out was better?
I’m assuming that first inning was just nerves from the big guy. I would expect him to come out and pitch better in the remaining innings.
But it would be great if the Yanks could score here. Lee has been lights out and he’s pitched well against the Yanks, but this team can rake.
Let’s start it up Damon. Get the stadium rockin early!
Derek Jeter is three times the man Rollins will ever be.
jeter whiffs on 3 pitches
what was that?
Really JD?
What are you doing Damon?
WTF Damon!
Huh?
that bunt was atrocious
What the fuck, Johnny? Please do not do that again. Ever.
Damn Lee looks good.
this is the WS johnny….you don’t bunt in the 1st inning
Is there a new rule that says you have to bunt in the first inning?
Somebody explain to me the virtue of bunting the pitch right back to the pitcher?
I think it’s pretty clear that wasn’t the plan.
Why did he bunt?
ruiz crossed up again.
WTF Johnny. Your better than Jimmy Rollins. Stop with the bunt single attempts.
Ruiz and Lee definitely seem crossed up.
Two crossups already between Ruiz and Lee.
Lee does work very quickly
that looked low.
Umm, CC better get that low call too.
Wow, they’re not kidding when they say Cliff Lee works fast.
Video game fast.
Shut up Buck.
Well that was uneventful.
Get it rollin now, Carsten.
That was too frigging easy to Lee.
holy shit he just blew threw that lineup like that was easy
We don’t like scoring in the first inning. It’s not our thing. We like to let the other team think they have a chance at first. It makes the sadist soul-crushing that comes later all the sweeter.
agreed
When Damon gives the ball back to him for an out it will look easy
not sure about this, cliff lee’s stuff looks NASTY
Well cliff lee looks good.
Lee looks super fuckin sharp! CC beter have his A game for the rest of the night
Well, Cliff Lee brought his “A” game tonight. But it seems the Yanks start to see a pitcher better their second time around.
Let’s see a less exciting inning CC. Maybe a quick one, two tree and back to the dugout.
Oh well, they’ll get Lee soon.
i maintain that working quickly is the most underrated positive trait that a pitcher can have. lee’s stuff is enhanced so much because guys are off balance.
Lee is crazy good… C.C. better have his good stuff tonight.
Has the bandwagon drop off started yet.
LOL
What? We’re not allowed to give an opponent some credit? Cliff Lee looked GREAT. I’m not ashamed to say it.
Thats entirely different that saying we have no chance.
1st inning 3 batters.
I see it has.
Who the what now?
Hal Steinbrenner is on the phone with Bud Selig right now, calling to concede defeat. We’ll have this shit packed up within an hour.
We’ll get ‘em next year, boys.
Sheesh, you people need to chill out. It was one inning. The Yanks always pounce the 2nd and 3rd time through the order.
yeah . can’t let him work this quick or it could be a long (or quick) night
Well if we were to listen to Joe Buck, we can just hand the World Series MVP award to Cliff Lee now.
Aite, CC get that fastball control.
this umps zone sucks
maybe cc can find his control very soon
the yanks need him to
Come on CC
CC not looking sharp so far.
CC needs to be throwing some strikes.
CC needs to settle down and find his control like now
throw strikes
like a lot please
cc getting squeezed…
CC rackin up the pitches. C’mon big man.
That rain does not look fun. At all.
Get some Smirnoff Ice, a giant tarp and that shit is fun!
/commercial’d
Hefty Lefty needs to figure it out soon.
lets go CC!
Anyone else think that brown spot on Lee’s hat looks suspicious? It’s been on his hat all post season, and he rubs his fingers on it before every pitch.
Not saying it’s a foreign substance, but it’s something to keep an eye on.
Is it raining slightly or is my TV that shitty?
It’s rain.
How many times between the ALCS and now has Joe Buck mentioned Sabathia’s $161MM?
I think baseball has done an excellent job by attempting to turn baseball into football. Thus riding the coat-tails of the current sport in season… Well done.
Much better
great job ZZ
Great job CC.
that’ll work
quick turn around for CC awesome! A-rod comin up
Will C.C. pitch to contact for the rest of the game?
nice comeback inning
Nice bounceback inning CC. Keep it up Big Poppa.