One Down, Three to Go

Never a doubt in this game, from the way Cliff Lee was pitching, yet again in this postseason.  CC Sabathia tried to keep up, escaping a dicey first thanks to a horrendous swing by Raul Ibanez on an outside 3-1 pitch, but he ran into the Chase Utley chainsaw, which provided all the runs Lee would need on the night.  A solid effort by the "vaunted" Yankees pen put the game out of reach, and only a throwing error in the 9th that allowed an unearned run to ruin the shutout.   A great effort throughout, and we certainly needed the win, with the less heralded Pedro going tomorrow, but yeah, I was pretty confident we were going to win game 1 and nothing on the night deterred that thought.  Well done, Phillies.  The only surprise to me during the game was the early comment by McCarver on a shot by Jimmy Rollins that stayed in the park that the ball wasn't carrying in Yankee Stadium in the postseason.  I hadn't actually seen any of the Yankees postseason (it's taking way too much of my time just watching all these Phillies wins), so I was a little surprised about that.  So maybe tomorrow won't be the high-scoring affair that it looks like on paper -- I think Burnett's control problems are really going to show against such a patient lineup as the Phils (unlike the free-swinging Angels and Twins), but we'll see.  I'm not expecting a win tomorrow as much as I expected one today, but I'd sure as hell take it.  Pedro shocked me once this postseason, so let's see if he can do it again.  And let's put up a bunch of runs on Burnett and that non-Rivera Yankee bullpen so that we don't need to worry about who's going to close for us for a second straight win.  Well done.

Oh, and to all the Yankee fans expecting me to make fun of them, just be happy that most of you -- with a few exceptions -- have been very un-Yankee-like and cordial to me coming into the series, so I'll lay off for now.  Of course, I did have three different people send me "Fuck You" e-mails and texts between 11 pm and 11:30, so that was fun.  Go Phillies!

Comments

[Switsky]

Fuck you.

[Bill]

woo hoo!

[pc zubehör]

Enjoy getting these!!! It want going to change...people caught from frustration after the game.

[creatine]

I love to play the Baseball Game. I am glad to see such a nice article here in this site. I hope people will definitely enjoy reading this article.

[LegFuJohnson]

Has there still only been one game in the World Series?
Well, VS has never promised fair and balanced coverage like some outlets.

[Bill]

As far as I know, only one game has been played. I think there's been a lot of rainouts or something.

[Switsky]

That Fuck You was not from me by the way. I havent been on here in like a month till today.