It’s the 2009 World Series all over again, as the Yankees host the Phillies for three games in the Bronx. The last time the Phillies were in town, the Yankees became world champions. A feeling Yankees fans hope to relive by beating the Phillies once again. Both line-ups are stacked with power, from Utley to [...]
Archive of posts tagged Cy Young
Grading The Champs
As baseball season begins, all eyes are on the Yankees attempting to answer the ageless question. Are the defending champs strong enough to repeat? Let’s take a look: Line-up: The Yankees lead the league in both home-runs, with 244 and runs scored with 900 in 2009. Even with Matsui and Damon’s bats gone, the Yanks bats are still the [...]
The Yankees Dive Off A Cliff In Game One
Game one was all Cliff Lee. The Cy Young hero has his best stuff against the Yankees heavy line-up throwing 10 strikeouts and allowing zero walks. It was a tough loss for the Bombers and Lee’s former teammate CC Sabathia. Sabathia pitched well but not lights out. Without the bats helping out it was Lee’s [...]
Pitching Will Predict The Phillies Verdict
The Phillies are a terrific team, no doubt about it. Consistently performing at this high level to have another opportunity to win the championship says enough.The defending champions have everyone watching, learning and hopefully incorporating some of that swagger. When looking at the Phillies the players are the first a sense of teamwork and I [...]
3 Reality Checks That Reminded Me, The Yankees Are Human
Yankee fans remember playoffs as if it was light years ago that we had been involved. At the very least, a team good enough, excuse me great enough to be post-season worthy. Technically the Yanks only have missed October baseball one time, last season. But baseball fever is everywhere in NYC as if it is [...]
