World Series Game 5 Chat
by Eric Stephen on Nov 2, 2009 4:30 PM PST
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PrintThe baseball season could end tonight. Here are the lineups for Game 5:
| Yankees | Phillies | |||
| SS | Jeter | SS | Rollins |
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| LF |
Damon | CF | Victorino |
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| 1B | Teixeira | 2B | Utley | |
| 3B | A-Rod | 1B | Howard | |
| RF | Swisher | RF | Werth |
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| 2B | Cano | LF | Ibañez |
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| CF | Gardner |
3B | Feliz |
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| C | Molina | C | Ruiz | |
| P | Burnett | P | Lee |
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I Want the Series Over Tonight
But odds are it goes on (or maybe not where is the sim?)
Well, I’ll just have to go with the fact that the Yanks have too much heart and veteran leadership for the gritty Phillies to overcome a 3-1 deficit.
The sooner this is over with, the sooner this post-season is in the past, the closer we are to opening day next year, the better.
How’s the weather?
Yanks have heart?
i never understood this. they have no more heart than any other team. they just have a $200 million payroll which means at any point in the game one of their all-stars can get hot.
all those walks killed us
When I look at Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of the romantics... -The Great Bill Walton
Yep
But what’s going on down on the farm? Seeing alot of guys coming up with great stuff and shitty command. Logan likes these guys figuring they will learn to throw strikes in the minors, but then they don’t.
Yep
we need Dave Duncan’s minor league equivalent.
by Seanny Rotten on Nov 2, 2009 6:26 PM PST up reply actions
victorino got beaned hehe
When I look at Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of the romantics... -The Great Bill Walton
went off the finger
ouch
When I look at Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of the romantics... -The Great Bill Walton
3-0
utley HR
When I look at Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of the romantics... -The Great Bill Walton
WAS THAT Intentional?
When I look at Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of the romantics... -The Great Bill Walton
no
victorino didnt even get hit.. if he wasnt offering at the ball or bunting he wouldnt have got hit..
Did Victorino point at his head?
And then at the pitcher?
Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man
first non solo HR for the phillies in the WS
When I look at Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of the romantics... -The Great Bill Walton
maybe it was a mistake for Girardi
to start burnett on 3 days rest..
no it was a mistake for manuel not to start lee yesterday
When I look at Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of the romantics... -The Great Bill Walton
pretty much that cost them the series
When I look at Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of the romantics... -The Great Bill Walton
Yeah
This is more of a case where the right decision didn’t work, similar to Kuroda going in game 3.
That wasn't the right decision. The right decision was
Bills 1, Kershaw 2, Wolf 3, Padilla 4 and if needed Bills 5, Kershaw 6 and Wolf to close it out.
Bills was still a good pitcher, his FIP was crazy good (better than Wolf’s) and Kershaw was too young to start a game 1, in my opinion.
by Seanny Rotten on Nov 2, 2009 6:29 PM PST up reply actions
Agree
I thought it was a mistake not to start Lee last night, and also to start Burnett tonight. Yanks have house money, use it. Burnett and Pettite at home on near full rest vs the ass end of the Phils rotation is nothing to sneeze at.
There’s no way they’d throw Pettite in game 7 over Sabathia, which I’d assume is the main reason why they are using Burnett and Pettite on short rest as well.
I agree
I would not have started Burnett tonight.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
I thought the Dodgers were the only ones who
liked to stare at pitches down the pipe for strikes, but the Yanks have them beat methinks.
And yet they’re still up 3-1…
theyre down 5-1 now
and burnett is done
When I look at Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of the romantics... -The Great Bill Walton
Maybe Lee on short rest would have gotten hammered. Hasn’t history shown that since baseball moved to the five man rotation starting a pitcher in the postseason on three days rest has not gone very well?
The Phillies almost had a 2 – 2 series with Lee going against Burnett, one rested, one not. I’m going to go contrary and liked what Manuel did. Blanton did his job against that offense in that park, the Phillie hitters didn’t.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
I can agree with you for the most part. I think there’s a small set of pitchers that can be effective on short rest and the manager has got to recognize who they are. CC is apparently part horse and can be effective that way – he’s done it before. But Burnett, not so sure. An aging Pettitte, not so sure.
6-1
unless lee or the bullpen have a total meltdown
it looks like there will be a game 6
though yankees still got this anyway…
When I look at Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of the romantics... -The Great Bill Walton
if lee doesnt go more than 6
When I look at Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of the romantics... -The Great Bill Walton
Hello, Dodger fans
Well, we kind of figured the Yankees would lose this game, right? And wow, Shane Victorino’s hand sure does look swollen.
yeah
i said theyll lose tonight
and win it in 6
When I look at Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of the romantics... -The Great Bill Walton
imma laugh if posada gets injured...
who would catch if he does,,,????
Every manager's worst nightmare (seemingly)
is getting the backup catcher injured. It has been the rationale used for not PH catchers, or to carry 3 catchers.
Not that I want non-Victorinos to get hurt
but I would like to see whom is the Yankees’ emergency catcher tonight.
If Posada is significantly injured, they can replace him on the roster with Cerevelli, but of course that wouldn’t help tonight.
yeah like if he does something where he needs to get out for the rest of the game..
like a flu or some kind of small injury…
who would catch??
maybe nick swisher? jeter is so great he can probably catch too right
What are the chances Manuel pulls Lee
and gives him a shot at pitching game seven against CC in game 7?
0%
If Manuel wouldn’t start Lee on 3 days rest, he won’t start on 2 days rest either.
More likely is that Pedro goes in 6, Hamels in 7, with Lee available for 2 IP or so in Game 7 in relief (a la Randy Johnson 2001)
I just looked at the schedule
I thought there was an extra day off. Now I know better.
CC might pull a Jack Coombs if they would let him
1910 World Series: Coombs & the A’s faced the Cubs
Game 2, October 18: 9 IP for Coombs
Game 3, October 20: 9 IP for Coombs (on one day rest!!!!)
Game 5, October 23: 9 IP for Coombs (on only two days rest!)
6 days, 3 starts, 27 innings, 3 wins
From a yahoo! sports article on Phil Coke of the Yankees, who makes about the MLB minimum.
A-Rod bought him two suits. He did the same for all the rookies. “Pretty cool,” Coke said. Even now, Coke said, when he goes out to dinner with more well-heeled teammates, someone else usually picks up the tab. “They do it secretly, too,” he said. “I still don’t know who bought me dinner the last time we were in Seattle.”I suppose that is pretty cool. Maybe that makes the rookie hazing worth it.
A guy like Coke is going to really enjoy getting his post-season share money.
this is the inning
that the yankkess get back into the game..
chase utley
is a 93 MPH fastball from leftys to right field stands hitting machine
Planned shut down
From Bill Mitchell at Baseball America:
The Dodgers shut down lefthahnder Aaron Miller as planned after three appearances in which the 2009 supplemental first-round pick yielded only one run in 4 1/3 innings.
Emphasis mine.
Nevermind
The Dodgers shut down lefthahnder Aaron Miller as planned after three appearances in which the 2009 supplemental first-round pick yielded only one run in 4 1/3 innings. In his brief stint, the Baylor product drew raves from many in the scout section at his games. One scout in particular wondered aloud how Miller had gotten past the first round before being selected with the 36th overall pick.
the yanks have the wrong scouting report on utley...
it must be from when he was in the minors or something…
Which long term deal will pay off the most
A) Alfonso Soriano’s (34) remaining contract:
5 years, $90 million
B) Vernon Wells’ (31) remaining contract:
5 years, $107 million
C) Carlos Lee (34) remaining contract
3 years, $55 million
D) Chase Utley’s (31) remaining contract:
4 years, $60 million
E) Barry Zito (32) remaining contract
4 years, $93 million
Lidge will face 5 of 6 possible Hall of Famers in the next inning....
First up is Possible Future Hall of Famer Jorge Posada…
then With his japanese and american career.. hideki matsui has a chance to get in..
then D jeter who is a lock
johnny damon is a great player but no hall of famer
texiera who is headed to the hall if he keeps up his stellar Regular season performances..
and a-rod who is going to the hall for sure..
thats a good call from the old man manuel...
actually second thought its not… lidge has blown 10 or 11 saves on the road this year and just one at home… i think he would have gotten it done…. but how funny would it be if madson gets in trouble and lidge comes in to save the game..
Yeah, as bad as Lidge has been, pretty much any animate carbon-based life form can protect a 3-run lead (although as you pointed out against a tough lineup)
madsen in trouble
When I look at Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of the romantics... -The Great Bill Walton
one or the other
When I look at Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of the romantics... -The Great Bill Walton
From Jayson Stark
Most career World Series HR by LH hitters off LH pitchers: 5 — by Chase Utley and . . . Babe Ruth. Mickey Mantle non-LH-hitting leader (7)
posada double
When I look at Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of the romantics... -The Great Bill Walton
tying run to da plate
When I look at Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of the romantics... -The Great Bill Walton
what happened to clifton lee???
missed the middle portion of da game
When I look at Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of the romantics... -The Great Bill Walton
this is new to me
When I look at Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of the romantics... -The Great Bill Walton
jeter is human too
When I look at Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of the romantics... -The Great Bill Walton
2 runs through 6
on 100 or so pitches.
First 3 batters reached in the 7th, including a 2-run double by A-Rod to chase him
DP
When I look at Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of the romantics... -The Great Bill Walton
hey almost the same position for damon
When I look at Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of the romantics... -The Great Bill Walton
nasty stuff
Tex decided not to chase it again nxt pitch
When I look at Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of the romantics... -The Great Bill Walton
but he chased the last changeup
When I look at Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of the romantics... -The Great Bill Walton
yep
Jeter was most decidedly not a True Yankee tonight. Good thing he has a high baseball IQ and 4 WS Rings to more than establish his bona fides as a TY.
by Seanny Rotten on Nov 2, 2009 8:31 PM PST up reply actions
seriouslyyy
fox f’ed up on that one…
2 homers 4 RBIs its obviously chase utley
they must still think this is game 1 cliff lee
When I look at Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of the romantics... -The Great Bill Walton
yeah
did they forget he gave up 5 ERs?
whats his ERA for the day 7.00?
If the Phillies win the World Series, what are the odds that we can push a straight-up Loney for Teixiera trade? Is anyone here a member of the NY sports media?
texiera has choked pretty much this postseason...
if not for 2 timely hits… he’d be killed by the media/.. besides those 2 hits hes been HORRIBLE
about the same odds as loney and martin for fielder
like some nutty fan said
When I look at Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of the romantics... -The Great Bill Walton
But like I mentioned earlier in the season . . .
. . . Fielder really wanted to get inside the Dodger clubhouse.
jesus utley
5 HRs
damn
When I look at Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of the romantics... -The Great Bill Walton
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