World Series Game 1 Open Thread
by Ian Casselberry on Oct 28, 2009 7:30 PM EDT
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Okay, here we go. After seven months of baseball, it's finally down to the last two teams. And it probably worked out the way it was supposed to. The Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees probably are the two best teams in baseball. This series should be a battle.
If you know any Cleveland Indians fans, you might want to be kind to them. Or confiscate their belts and shoelaces. Game 1 shouldn't be easy for them. Tonight's starting pitchers are Cliff Lee for the Phillies and CC Sabathia for the Yankees. The last two AL Cy Young Award winners, both former Indians, now starting for different teams in the World Series.
The Good Phight and Pinstripe Alley are your SB Nation sites to follow this evening.
So what are your predictions for the series? Here at BYB HQ, we say Phillies in six games.
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“Or confiscate their belts and shoelaces.” haha.
I’m predicting Yankees in five.
by StringTheory on Oct 28, 2009 7:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Big League Stew elaborated on that today
With a writer from Let’s Go Tribe. He really kills Sabathia.
(via Mack Avenue Tigers)
by Ian Casselberry on Oct 28, 2009 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Do you think more NY fans
Watch the Yankees tonight or the Knicks?
by Ian Casselberry on Oct 28, 2009 8:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Yankees by a long shot
New Yorkers have given up on the Knicks for now
by Dale S on Oct 28, 2009 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Going with the shock pick
Phillies in 5. Love the way they are playing.
by rook34 on Oct 28, 2009 8:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Phillies in 6.
but not if they squander as they did in the first. And I have a working laptop now!
by NCDee on Oct 28, 2009 8:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hey NCDee!
I can’t help it, as devastating as the game-that-shall-not-be-named was, I still love this time of year. Whoever wins…let there be 7!
by Dale S on Oct 28, 2009 8:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cliff Lee is filthy.
Yanks aren’t even close right now.
by rook34 on Oct 28, 2009 9:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Looking on the bright side
I have two whole new rosters of player name puns…Hmm, where to begin? 
by Dale S on Oct 28, 2009 9:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Good evening
I was listening to the game on my way home, and I never thought I’d see the day where I’d welcome Jon Miller and Joe Morgan, but after so much Joe Buck and Tim McCarver (not to mention Chip Caray), that is exactly what happened.
And to reiterate, I don’t like the Phillies.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 28, 2009 9:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Have to disagree
I like Miller, but Joe Morgan (or has he officially changed his first name to HalloffamerJoe?) is insufferable. I keep waiting for Miller to just slug him.
by Dale S on Oct 28, 2009 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Miller is fantastic.
He remembers that baseball is supposed to be fun.
Why so serious, McCarver?
by rook34 on Oct 28, 2009 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, usually I can't stand either of them
But I’m so sick of the Fox guys I’ll take almost anyone (Keyword “almost.” There’s a certain Chicago-area broadcaster I would NEVER prefer).
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 28, 2009 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The thought just occured to me
Isn’t the World Series normally over by now?
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 28, 2009 9:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
There's a reason
Reggie is not called Mr. November
by Dale S on Oct 28, 2009 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Okay, I'm officially confused
Was that a major baserunning error by the Yankees, or…?
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 28, 2009 9:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I think Rollins fooled him
into thinking he had dropped the ball
by Dale S on Oct 28, 2009 9:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I think Rollins wanted to do what I remember Polanco doing once (thanks to watching a video clip of it yesterday)
Letting it short-hop instead of catching it in order to get a double play, and then for some reason he didn’t do it. I wonder what the initial call at second was or why time had not been called.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 28, 2009 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can think of no graphic representation for Utley
But wow.
by Dale S on Oct 28, 2009 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yanks in 6
But I wouldn’t be surprised to see Phils in 6 either.
President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.
by demondeaconsbaseball on Oct 28, 2009 9:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Once again....
I’m hoping Randy Macho Man Savage shows up with a foldign chair and lays our Giuliani.
by rook34 on Oct 28, 2009 9:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
That should read...
folding chair…and lays out Giuliani.
Sorry.
by rook34 on Oct 28, 2009 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would NOT want to see Randy Savage lay Giuliani
by Dale S on Oct 28, 2009 9:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
lay out...sorry.
That is one horrible image.
by rook34 on Oct 28, 2009 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
the stupid dugout cam keeps zooming in on utley
and his nappy ass hair
by allikazoo on Oct 28, 2009 9:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Out of curiosity, who sang the Star-Spangled Banner tonight?
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 28, 2009 9:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
that catch was hilarious.
doot doot, pop up in the world series, I got dis
by allikazoo on Oct 28, 2009 10:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Somebody cut McCarver's laughing gas.
by StringTheory on Oct 28, 2009 10:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
All of a sudden, this game looks like it's on film
(Not watching on HD)
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 28, 2009 10:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
So
is everyone else enjoying this as much as I am thus far? :)
by MrPants20 on Oct 28, 2009 10:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
poor phil hughes.
I like him. I think he’s gonna be good.
by allikazoo on Oct 28, 2009 10:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I will head up to the Bronx now
with a plate of milk and cookies
by Dale S on Oct 28, 2009 10:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Welcome to the postseason, aka Bizarroland
Where the Phillies bullpen switches places with the bullpen of whatever team they’re playing.
The natives at Yankee Stadium are getting restless. They’re almost as trigger happy as Tigers fans.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 28, 2009 10:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
No kidding
Thought those strikes were reserved for card-carriers with elite status.
by Elfuego51 on Oct 28, 2009 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Surely I can't be the only one rooting against the Phillies?
Pretty please?
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 28, 2009 10:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
looks like it in here for now, at least
go hang in pinstripe alley? ;)
by allikazoo on Oct 28, 2009 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Actually, I'm here, there, AND over at TrueBlueLA (where several of them are rooting against the Phillies)
You guys are still the best, even though I can’t understand your preferences right now. :-)
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 28, 2009 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
it's just the rules
root for your favorite team, and always root against the yankees**.
**except when they are playing the twins less than 24 hours after the twins shattered your heart
by allikazoo on Oct 28, 2009 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hee hee
If it was the Dodgers facing the Yankees, I’d be rooting for the Dodgers. If it was the Rockies, well, going into the postseason I’d’ve said I’d root for the Yankees, but now I’d probably root for the Rockies. If it was the Cardinals, I’m not sure what I would’ve done (probably not cared who won; just enjoyed watching some baseball). Besides, my favorite Tigers keep getting traded to the Yankees.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 28, 2009 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Apparently the home ump can only see out his left eye right now.
by Elfuego51 on Oct 28, 2009 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Zone is all over the place.
Better be hacking.
by rook34 on Oct 28, 2009 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Probably not a bad play there.
Ibanez is not hitting as well as Werth.
by rook34 on Oct 28, 2009 10:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Another generous call for the Yankees
Usually if the catcher is lined up outside, the ump won’t give the borderline inside corner. Can’t miss by the full width of the plate.
by Elfuego51 on Oct 28, 2009 10:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
hate to see robertson suck, but
HA ha
by allikazoo on Oct 28, 2009 10:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Nice
Hitting a base hit with 2 outs and the bases loaded, what a concept.
by Elfuego51 on Oct 28, 2009 10:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
If the Yankees bullpen could throw strikes, it would've saved them a whole lot of trouble
And I seriously thought that was gonna be a ground ball to second. I thought the Phillies were supposed to have the worst bullpen of the eight postseason teams?
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 28, 2009 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tim McCarver's voice just went up by three octaves
Make it stop!
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 28, 2009 10:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Cliff Lee. Meh.
Verlander’s April start against the Yankees was more impressive.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 28, 2009 10:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
oops my bad I was looking at the wrong line
derp, his was too
by allikazoo on Oct 28, 2009 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I guess in terms of entertainment value
Verlander’s start was exciting. Cliff Lee’s kinda lulling me to sleep.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 28, 2009 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
really? I'm not at all.. the two grabs he made were great
and he works quickly, which is nice
by allikazoo on Oct 28, 2009 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
can someone help me find swisher's postseason stats?
what is he, like 5 for 30 or something?
by allikazoo on Oct 28, 2009 10:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Oh my God, I looked at Brian Bruney and initally thought I was looking at Nick Swisher
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 28, 2009 11:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Replying to above.
I’ve been a closet Yankee fan this postseason.
by StringTheory on Oct 28, 2009 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yay, that makes two of us (though I only did that once the Dodgers were eliminated)
Right now I just wish the Yankees’ ’pen would stop sucking.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 28, 2009 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hmmm....Sound familiar?
From a Yankees fan at Pinstripe Alley:
It feels like our offense is in one of those slumps where some guy on the Athletics could be making his 4th career start with a 12.94 ERA and shut us down for 7 innings.
By the way, you guys may hate the Yankees, but their SBN fans have come up with some funny stuff tonight.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 28, 2009 11:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Go Phillies, stomp the Yankees.
And, give Lee credit. Lee has been lights out in the playoffs.
by 13194013 on Oct 28, 2009 11:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
geez, does the good phight not believe in overflow threads?
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by ahtrap on Oct 28, 2009 11:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
they're up to 1400+ on their open thread and lagging badly
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by ahtrap on Oct 28, 2009 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well...at least I got a new laptop
That’ll probably end up providing me with much more pleasure than the World Series.
And, oh yeah, the Phillies may have a shaky bullpen, but that doesn’t matter if you can’t get the damn starter out of the game.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 28, 2009 11:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
And to think, two years ago, Lee was hurt, and some thought he was finished
Gotta give the guy credit for coming back from that, a lot better than he was before those struggles.
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by ahtrap on Oct 28, 2009 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I suppose you're right
It’s not his fault he pitches for a team that rubs me entirely the wrong way
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 28, 2009 11:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pedro was like that for me in Boston.
I loved watching him pitch but hated his team.
by 13194013 on Oct 28, 2009 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Phillies' middle infield has made some horrible throws to first in the postseason
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 28, 2009 11:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
at first I assumed it was utley
I didn’t see it when it happened, haha
by allikazoo on Oct 28, 2009 11:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Okay, Cliff Lee does NOT throw 99 mph
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 28, 2009 11:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Enough of the Cliff Lee mancrush
That was certainly boring. Hopefully tomorrow night’s game is exciting (though with AJ Burnett going, I’m not optimistic).
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 28, 2009 11:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm just saying give him some credit.
He won a Cy Young for a reason. Hopefully the Phillies sweep!
by 13194013 on Oct 28, 2009 11:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was aiming that comment at Tim McCarver
And I want a seven-game series because this is the last baseball I’ll get until April.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 28, 2009 11:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
are you sure you can hang in there if the phils keep winning
and it keeps boring you so much? heh
by allikazoo on Oct 28, 2009 11:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
But if the Phils keep winning, it won't be a seven-game series :-)
And I guess I should point out that if it were the Red Sox in the WS instead of the Yankees, I would totally be rooting for the Phillies.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 28, 2009 11:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I almost snorted Coke up my nose when I read that on your blog.
by 13194013 on Oct 28, 2009 11:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
haha, I wish I had come up with the idea for the post to begin with
but once I saw that my friend referenced the 2007 indians I had to do it :)
by allikazoo on Oct 28, 2009 11:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I remember someone on BYB saying that of all the players on the eight postseason rosters, 18 were former Indians
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 28, 2009 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lemme see...
Sabathia, Lee, V Martinez, Manny, Thome and I obviously know no more.
by 13194013 on Oct 28, 2009 11:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I heard that on the radio and threw it out at one point, dunno if it was here or at twinkietown
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by ahtrap on Oct 29, 2009 12:10 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
RE: utley's hair
http://bit.ly/2rC3s7 hilarious
by allikazoo on Oct 28, 2009 11:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hello, SabreRose tiger!
Why are you anti-Phillies? Is it because they are national league? I would think a Detroit fan would not want to root for the Yankees. Hopefully you were not swayed by the people on the Dodgers’ blog site!
by 2008Philz on Oct 28, 2009 11:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Well, at least there are some Phillies supporters in Detroit ;)
Thanks for the support!
by 2008Philz on Oct 29, 2009 12:08 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hello, 2008Philz
I don’t hate the Yankees, and I have never hated the Yankees. My reasons for this are numerous and complicated (I mentioned some of them to Alli earlier). I generally root for the AL over the NL (unless the Red Sox or Indians are representing the AL), though the three NL teams that I like are the Dodgers, Rockies, and Marlins. Since obviously my team is in the AL, the NL is a bit more fluid in terms of teams I dislike. About fifteen years ago, I HATED the Braves (this is, in turn, one of the reasons why I don’t hate the Yankees). That has pretty much subsided into neutrality. Right now, the Phillies keep beating teams I like. I rooted for the Rays in the 2008 WS. They beat the Rockies this year, and they beat the Dodgers this year and last year (and as far as the Marlins are concerned, which is a team I kinda/sorta like, they’re the division rival that presents the biggest threat). I guess it’s a case of “familiarity breeds contempt,” in a way. It’s actually more complicated than that (and it’s not at a level where I’ll shut the Phils off entirely…after all, I totally went along with the whole “Bran-Torino” thing), and really hard to explain, and I just did a horrible job of doing so.
However, I am nice to fans of any team as long as they are not trolls or idiots. You appear to be neither, so welcome to BYB if this is your first time here, and I hope you enjoy your stay and that we can agree to disagree. :-)
Okay, now I really am going to bed.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 29, 2009 12:23 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, 7 AM comes real soon so good night
Sorry if I seemed kinda cranky tonight. Work’s been stressing me out the last two nights. Hopefully I will be much more pleasant tomorrow night. I’ll see you guys then! :-)
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 29, 2009 12:08 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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