Make it Here: Phillies 6, Yankees 1
by dajafi on Oct 28, 2009 11:49 PM EDT
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PrintIn a hostile environment, against the toughest lineup they've seen in two Octobers, the Phillies took a long step toward a second straight World Series title behind a man who was nowhere near Citizens Bank Park last October. Cliff Lee continued his superb October run with his best playoff start yet: a complete-game six-hitter, allowing no earned runs and striking out ten. Lee not only dominated the vaunted Yankee lineup--he did it in style, nonchalantly catching a popup with one hand in the sixth and fielding a grounder behind his back in the eighth. If the lefty ace felt any nervousness at his first Fall Classic appearance, he gave an Oscar-worthy performance in hiding it.
On the offensive side, Chase Utley--a big question mark coming into the Series, with whispers that he might be hiding an injury that had sapped his power and compromised his defense--was the hero. Facing CC Sabathia, untouchable in three previous wins through the 2009 postseason, Utley broke a scoreless tie with a solo home run with two outs in the third inning--battling back from behind in the count, working it full, then taking Sabathia out just over the wall in right field on the ninth pitch. Three innings later--after Sabathia had set down the intervening eight hitters--Utley got Sabathia again for another solo shot, this time a no-doubter to right.
Meanwhile, Lee cruised. He started the night by striking out Derek Jeter, and went on to hold Mark Teixeira, Alex Rodriguez, and Jorge Posada--the Yankees' 3-4-5 hitters--to a collective 0 1 for 12 with seven strikeouts. Jeter, who had three hits after the first-inning K, notched the Yankees' only extra-base hit of the night, a two-out double in the third. The Yankees wouldn't get another runner into scoring position until the ninth.
Sabathia left after seven mostly superb innings, a hard-luck loser after allowing four hits, three walks and two runs and striking out six. But the New York bullpen couldn't hold the line: Phil Hughes started the eighth and walked Jimmy Rollins and Shane Victorino, the only two hitters he faced. Then Damaso Marte got a gift strikeout of Utley and a flyout of Howard that moved Rollins to third. David Robertson came on and walked Jayson Werth, loading the bases. Then Raul Ibanez delivered the knockout punch, a two-run seeing-eye single to the right side that made it 4-0. An inning later, the Phils added two more on a Carlos Ruiz double, a Rollins infield single, a Victorino single that scored Ruiz and, after an Utley flyout, a Howard double that scored Rollins on which Victorino was out at the plate.
Lee came back out for the ninth despite a six-run lead and a pitch count over 100. He gave up a squib single to Jeter and a harder-hit knock to Damon, then the Yankees finally got on the scoreboard with a Mark Teixiera grounder back through the middle that Utley fielded and flipped to Rollins for an out before the Gold Glove shortstop airmailed the relay throw, allowing Jeter to cross the plate. But Lee ended it with swinging strikeouts of Rodriguez and Posada, putting the Phils up 1-0 in the Series and finishing another chapter in his burgeoning postseason legend.
Pedro Martinez takes the mound tomorrow as the Phillies seek a 2-0 lead in the Series. A.J. Burnett goes for the Yankees.
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Very true. Haven’t they beaten him four straight times? Twice in a row in the post season.
And let’s have some fun here at the Yankees expense.
by Pedro45 on Oct 28, 2009 11:59 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I dont know, he never had a good grasp at the strike zone though. Getting out that early in the game could partially be blamed on Yankees offense/Lee but part of the blame has to go on CC as well.
Is Pedro for 5 innings and 2 ER a good game?
An okay game I would say.
Would love to see six or seven and two ER.
If you put a knife to my throat I would take a 5 IP 2ER outing right now.
by Pedro45 on Oct 29, 2009 12:06 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I love Pedro going with less pressure again tomorrow. And on the other side, I love Burnett going in a must-win.
Sobering thought, but you’re definitely right.
I like FM’s logic better though. More in line with Mr. Positive!
by PhillyFriar on Oct 29, 2009 12:21 AM EDT up reply actions
FM in line with Mr. Positive. We have won game 1 in the WS vs. NYY. That’s enough, I’m putting this day to bed.
Let’s get them tomorrow.
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 29, 2009 12:23 AM EDT up reply actions
Burnett has a history of getting wild though. He can be cruising through a game and then get wild in one inning.
True. If they can have an approach similar to the one they had against Sabathia tonight (and unlike the one they had against Padilla in game 2 NLCS), then I think we will be fine.
by FuquaManuel on Oct 29, 2009 12:28 AM EDT up reply actions
If Chase was hurt, maybe the week off helped, alot..............
by SmilingJPhilsPhan on Oct 29, 2009 12:01 AM EDT reply actions
Phillies handle weeklong breaks very well, it seems
unlike the Rockies in 2007
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Just curious
Do you guys do overflow threads when you need to change the direction of the game?
Great win for the Phils, and all the Yankee hating baseball fans everywhere, and especially for you guys…
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yeah, i know, those thread changes over at PA kept coming
like they thought they would help, calling them rally threads
by SmilingJPhilsPhan on Oct 29, 2009 12:09 AM EDT up reply actions
not that ERA matters, but Lee in the postseason has a 0.54 ERA acc to CSN, for someone with >30IP this is the lowest ever.
Listening to Lee’s presser. Man I wish we had him longer than next year. All the guy keeps talkin about is puttin in his work between starts. Like that work ethic.
"I tried to run him over but Eli had his big boy pads on and he kind of stopped me from getting in the end zone. The next time I’ll try to jump over his head.’’ - Asante Samuel
by foos05 on Oct 29, 2009 12:10 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
we WILL sign him, I think he wants to be a winner more than anything
by SmilingJPhilsPhan on Oct 29, 2009 12:13 AM EDT up reply actions
I wouldn’t even worry about it right now. It’s like Burrell last year: let’s live in the moment, and whatever happens in the future happens.
by PhillyFriar on Oct 29, 2009 12:23 AM EDT up reply actions
A key moment in the game:
When Girardi, maligned for overmanaging throughout the postseason, actually undermanaged by leaving Robertson in to face Ibanez, with Phil Coke sitting idly by in the bullpen. A 2-0 lead might not have held up with the way the 9th inning played out, but a 4+ run lead? Put it in the books.
And God, what a performance from Lee. I’m out of superlatives to describe it.
Huge advantage for Phils in the manager category this series. But honestly with his bullpen outside of Mariano what does he have to work with? I hope Joba and Hughes pitch every game. Phils will eat them up. Unless Feliz is at bat.
by Pedro45 on Oct 29, 2009 12:16 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Dajafi called it in the game thread: I think Hughes is probably done for the series. I don’t know if it’s his mechanics or what, but he flat out doesn’t have his command right now, and the Yanks can’t wait around for him to figure it out.
But their bullpen is still no slouch. Robertson is really good, Aceves throws strikes with some good offspeed stuff, and Marte and Coke are tough against lefties (if eminently hittable by righties). And while Joba hasn’t looked great by any stretch, he got some key outs in ALCS Game 6, and we saw in 2007 how filthy he can when dialing it up out of the bullpen. Given that, and that Mo can go multiple innings if needed, you can scratch together a pretty good bullpen… all of which means little, of course, if Girardi fracks it up by pitching the wrong guys in the wrong spots.
by PhillyFriar on Oct 29, 2009 12:28 AM EDT up reply actions
All good points. Just think this phils team is so talented and mentally stronger than Yanks young relievers. . Not sure if we even realize it yet. Confident with anyone at the plate against those guys. Again, except maybe Feliz.
by Pedro45 on Oct 29, 2009 12:32 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
agree here. Another change and he could have had a better shot at wriggling out. You called it at the time on the game thread as I was thinking it - yet over on PA Robertson is known as a Houdini, but but but…. Ibanez is not a guy who will typically look bad throughout the entire game (ok, yes, I did watch in August and September), but he was simply having trouble picking up Sabathia.
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 29, 2009 12:17 AM EDT up reply actions
Exactly. He just wasn’t picking up the ball coming out of Sabathia’s hand, which is indicative of his struggles against lefties in the second half. Coke was the right move there, and Girardi blew it.
That’s big because the gap between the bullpens grows smaller and smaller as Girardi deploys his incorrectly, and Charlie deploys his correctly (i.e. as little as possible!).
by PhillyFriar on Oct 29, 2009 12:19 AM EDT up reply actions
Raul's hit was lucky
In defense of Robertson, Ibanez didn’t hit it very hard. It was a good pitch and Ibanez did a good job of putting it in play, but it’s hard to fault Robertson for the result. (That being said, the Phils had a bad break during the Utley at bat that inning when the ump inexplicably expanded his strike zone.) Robertson is a better reliever than Coke. I can completely understand why Girardi stuck with him, regardless of the splits. I agree that we have probably seen the last of Hughes in that type of situation, but I would guess that given the same situation again in this series, Girardi will start the inning with Robertson. Right now, he is their second best reliever.
by uneasy rider on Oct 29, 2009 8:03 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m not knocking Robertson at all — he’s a damn good reliever, and he’s quite rightfully earned Girardi’s trust. And you’re right that he merely gave up a ground ball that found a hole, so it wasn’t like he got rocked.
But it’s not the result that was wrong there — it was the whole thought process. It’s 2-0, bases loaded, 2 out, and Ibanez had looked helpless against the left-handed Sabathia all night. Any advance scouting report would tell Girardi that Ibanez has struggled to see the ball from lefties since returning from the DL, and that he has a career .090 point platoon split anyway. Meanwhile, Coke has surrendered only a .197/.221/.349 line against lefties in his short career.
You can’t say “regardless of the splits.” With the game on the line, you need to play the percentages, and Girardi gave the Phillies a break by playing them wrong. Coke was the man for the job there, and Girardi didn’t go to him. I expect Joe Sheehan doesn’t say the same thing on BP later today.
by PhillyFriar on Oct 29, 2009 11:05 AM EDT up reply actions
You're right about the strike zone
I thought the umps were very consistent all night, but they had a big hiccup during Utley’s at bat. He would need to be swinging a telephone pole to hit that second strike.
um, details? He let Sabathia shake him off on Utley. But it’s not like the guy he was shaking off is a stiff. And he tried to locate the fastball high and inside on Utley, but Sabathia didn’t hit the spot. And he nearly lost the ball on the play on the plate vs. Victorino, but didn’t.
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 29, 2009 12:20 AM EDT up reply actions
Maybe terrible is a bit much. But CC was shaking him off a lot, and that is not a good thing for a variety of reasons.
so they had trouble getting together. It happens. Thought he was able to get it together.
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 29, 2009 12:25 AM EDT up reply actions
Personally, I wasn’t that impressed with his overall ball handling. It was a combination of body positioning and glovework, but a couple missed pitches (that weren’t particularly wild) went skipping way out of the box – luckily for Posada, it was with bases empty, or else even Stairs could have gotten a base off him. It wasn’t terrible, but it wasn’t good. He did call a decent game, but the high number of shakeoffs surprised me. I’d be interested to know whether it was Posada calling pitches CC just didn’t like, or if Posada was calling pitches CC isn’t comfortable with (and yes, I know that can’t really be known, since we don’t know their signs – it’s a hypothetical).
"When you make your final stand
I'll be right there
I'll never leave
And all I ask of you is
Believe"
Bases empty passed balls aren’t very concerning. Most of the time Ruiz doesn’t bother blocking them either. Posada’s not the greatest defensive catcher, but it’s hard to fault him for those.
Who catches tonight, since Burnett seems to dislike Posada? I know they’ve been having Molina catch for Burnett and I’d be alright with that change offensively, though Molina is harder to run on.
The worst defeat inflicted on a group of Yankees by a guy named Lee since the Second Battle of Bull Run.
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I c whut you did there General.
Will Game Four be our Gettysburg?
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by WholeCamels on Oct 29, 2009 12:27 AM EDT up reply actions
Unfortunately I don’t think any Martinez’ fought in the Civil War
by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Oct 29, 2009 12:29 AM EDT up reply actions
You are probably wrong on that one actually. A lot of people fought in the Civil War, chances are there was at least one Martinez.
by FuquaManuel on Oct 29, 2009 12:30 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m not so strong on my history of the Dominican Republic.
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 29, 2009 12:30 AM EDT up reply actions
I like First Bull Run better
All you guys need is a guy named Jackson to stand like a stone wall.
Me babe, steppin' out
Into the night, into the light
by Orlando Rays on Oct 29, 2009 7:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Nice fact. I’m asking permission to use that tomorrow at water cooler. Okay??
by Pedro45 on Oct 29, 2009 12:28 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Yanks fan here...
Just wanted to say that even though the Yankees lost, it was a great game. There were many moments where Cliff Lee made me smile as he nonchalantly made that pop-up catch or behind the back glove stop, he was phenomenal and deserved to win. Hopefully the Yankees will make things more interesting tomorrow. I like the Phillies and feel no shame in losing to them,so enjoy you victory, but hopefully it won’t last :)
BTW, Burnett will probably hit Utley tomorrow, but don’t expect it to be out of revenge, he hits more batters than anyone else (especially lefties) and Utley gets hit more than anyone else, bound to happen sometime this series.
Good luck and thanks for the great performance, hope your ready for a Yankees team that just got hit with the reality that this series will be no pushover.
by Monotonousblob on Oct 29, 2009 12:30 AM EDT reply actions
Hey, thanks for joining the discussion and being civil in the process.
The final score looks like a blowout, but Game 1 was anything but — right up until Howard’s double in the top of the 9th, I was insanely worried about facing the top of your lineup in the bottom of the inning.
Tomorrow’s another day, and obviously no one’s going to hold down your lineup like Lee did tonight. We just have to hope Burnett blows up before Pedro does.
Best of luck the rest of the series. Not too much luck, of course.
by PhillyFriar on Oct 29, 2009 12:34 AM EDT up reply actions
HBP
I have no problem with hitting Utley. He likes it, plus he gets on base in front of Howard. Hit away, sir.
Remember the Phitans
by RememberthePhitans on Oct 29, 2009 10:53 AM EDT up reply actions
From HH
Great game guys!! PLS PLS PLS Sweep!! :D
RIP Nick Adenhart 4/9/09
by vlad IS my man on Oct 29, 2009 12:48 AM EDT reply actions
Congrats dudes. Lee flat out embarrassed us tonight.
I pretty much shut the tv off when he started fielding ground balls behind his back. Lookin forward to hopefully gettin some revenge vs our old pal Pedro. Round one belongs to you.
Strikeouts are boring- Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic.
Rob Neyer
Even though I already made my own prediction of the Phils winning in 7 based on my own shoddy analysis, and did entertain the possibility of CC losing 2 games, I’ve decided to change it.
Phillies in 5. Purely based on the fact that Neyer predicted both the Dodgers and Yankees over the Phillies in 5. And we all know what happened to the Dodgers.
Only 3 of 25 ESPN “experts” picked the Phillies to win. And 2, Kruk and Karabell, are Philly homers.
My fearless prediction for Pedro is that he pitches great. And Burnett gives up 4 runs in an inning, maybe the 4th or 5th. Phils win to stun ESPN, make Ed Goren weep, and take a stranglehold on the series.
Yankees vs. the champs
Now that game one is in the books I thought I’d mention something that didn’t seem to be mentioned in the coverage tonight. There has been a lot of talk over the last week about how the Phillies are the first NL defending WS champions to go back to the Series the next year since the 1996 Braves and how they could be the first NL team since the 1975-76 Reds to win back-to-back WS titles. Interestingly, both times the opponent the second year was the Yankees. That got me to thinking, how many times have the Yankees been in this position, facing a defending champion in the World Series? The answer is, quite often and more than any other team. This is the eighth time they’ve done it. (The second highest is the Dodgers, who have faced the defending champions six times.) The two times listed above were the most recent. The five times before that were all re-matches, meaning that the year before the Yankees had met the same team and lost to them.
1922 vs. New York Giants Lost again
1923 vs. New York Giants Won
1943 vs. St. Louis Cardinals Won
1956 vs. Brooklyn Dodgers Won
1958 vs. Milwaukee Braves Won
1976 vs. Cincinnati Reds Lost
1996 vs. Atlanta Braves Won
2009 vs. Philadelphia Phillies
The Phillies themselves have been in that position twice: 1950 vs. the Yankees and 1993 vs. the Blue Jays.
A final thought on defending champions. As unlikely as it might seem that the Phillies have gotten to this point, consider this: in the 1925 World Series the Washington Senators appeared as defending World Champions. Part of the very brief and nearly forgotten golden era of Senators baseball.
by phillyinportland on Oct 29, 2009 2:14 AM EDT reply actions
It was nice to see Jamie Moyer in the dugout.
by fan since late 40's on Oct 29, 2009 3:34 AM EDT reply actions
I imagine that he was freaking out when Cliff caught that pop-up with one hand.
by Sals Stache on Oct 29, 2009 3:54 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
There's only one thing I could think as I saw Cliff Lee non-chalantly mowing down the Yankees:
DOWN GOES FRAZIER! DOWN GOES FRAZIER! DOWN GOES FRAZIER! The heavyweight champion is taking the mandatory eight count, and Foreman is poised as can be in a neutral corner! He is poised as can be!
Yeah, I know, the Yankees aren’t the champs, but the way the press has been talking, they’d been anointed such.
I also saw some similarities to Game 6 of the 2003 World Series. This first WS game at the Porcelain Palace ended the same way the final WS game at the old Toilet did: a complete-game win for the opposing pitcher. Lee even got a tagout of Jorge Posada on his way to first base, the exact way the Marlins clinched their second world championship.
The series is hardly over, but the Yankees losing, and so handily at that, pleases me.
Me babe, steppin' out
Into the night, into the light
I was at the game last night. Great atmosphere. What was really enjoyable was that by the end of the game enough people had left that the crowd was much closer to 50/50 split with the Phils fans being obviously much louder. Very different than riding the subway up to the game surrounded by Yankee fans!
Double play
I’m curious as to what was going through Rollins’ head on the disputed double play ball by Cano. Was he considering trying to catch it on the bounce or was he trying to confuse Matsui (which is what happened)? And did he step on second to continue the fake, or was he just playing it safe to cover himself in case the umps saw the play wrong? Whether intentional or instinctive, it was a great, heady baseball play — although a better throw to Howard would have mooted the controversy.
Here's the story from the Inky
Yankees designated hitter Hideki Matsui had singled to center off Lee. Up next, second baseman Robinson Cano hit a weak flare to Rollins, who had options. If Rollins didn’t catch it cleanly, he could step on second for the force, then get Cano at first for a double play. Or he could catch the ball on the fly and possibly double Matsui off first.
Rollins came up with an even better option. He caught the ball, but didn’t let everybody know he had caught it cleanly. “I was trying to let it hit the ground,” Rollins said. But when he heard second-base umpire Brian Gorman yelling “Catch! Catch!”, "I was kind of disappointed. I was thinking, ‘Noooo!’ "
Matsui was looking at Rollins, not Gorman. Giving the runner no indication that he had caught the ball, Rollins stepped on second and threw to first baseman Ryan Howard as if he were trying to gun down Cano to complete a conventional double play. The first-base umpire, Jeff Nelson, was fooled. Nelson correctly signaled that Cano had beaten the throw. The only problem: Cano was already out because of Rollins’ catch.
Between first and second, Matsui was stuck in no-man’s land, thinking he was already out, while Cano stood on first, thinking he was safe on a fielder’s choice. Knowing better, Rollins pointed with his glove toward Matsui, yelling at Howard.
“He was yelling at me to tag him,” Howard said. "Everything was chaotic. It was like, ‘OK, hey, don’t yell at me anymore.’ "
Howard followed directions and applied the tag. Then it was time for that umpires conference. Once the second-base umpire confirmed he had called Cano out, everything fell into line.
I don’t get why Howard had to tag Matsui. With Rollins catching it, all the Phils had to do to get Matsui out was tag the bag, which they did on the throw to first.
by David S. Cohen on Oct 29, 2009 9:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Thanks,
I got some bizarre early edition of the Inky this morning that didn’t have game coverage.
I was wondering the same thing about the need for the tag, unless Howard was pulled off the base by the throw which was a little high.
In any case it was a weird and ultimately wonderful play. Great on his feet thinking by Rollins. And when you factor in the attempted bunt and the walk he drew and the stolen base (not to mention the swinging bunt hit) it was a pretty godo game for Rollins despite the ninth inning throwing error.
Howard was pulled off the bag by the throw. Had the throw been on target, the first base ump would have called it a double play anyway.
Actually, a second replay angle , which they only showed once, showed that Howard did maintain contact eith the bag.
by SmilingJPhilsPhan on Oct 29, 2009 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions
He did get pulled away though
I don’t think anyone on the field thought he had maintained contact, Therefore, he needed to tag Matsui, otherwise risking the call be botched.
Jimmy outsmarted McCarver on that play. McCarver kept insisting that Rollins had intended to let the ball drop and had inadvertently lucked into a DP. The way I saw it, Rollins intentionally waited until the last second to decide whether or not to catch the ball depending on what Matsui did at first. He tagged the second base bag just to be safe, since he had time to do it anyway.
Utley AB for the first HR and Utley in the rest of the series
As I mentioned when I joined the game thread, that was an epic, epic at-bat. YATM-squared.
Lee was great, but giving him a run, and then another, and then not letting up was just huge. I do not really believe that MLB players should need “leadership” but having Utley give them a two run lead may have had some benefit. Even if only to avoid “pressing”, it had to have helped, especially with Lee being lights out.
Game one will give Girardi a lot to think about the rest of the series, since there were, I am sure, some thoughts by Yanks people that Utley had been declawed at the end of the year for some reason. They cannot be thinking that right now.
Remember the Phitans
by RememberthePhitans on Oct 29, 2009 11:00 AM EDT reply actions
How about those Yankees --- NOT !!!!!!
If Pedro can pitch great tonight and the Phillies can put up another 6 to 7 runs. I think we will be in good shape to repeat as WFC’s agin !!!! Let’s go Phillies !!! Let’s get those back to back championships.
GREAT JOB PHILLIES!!!!!
I’m so excited for you guys. I’m pulling for you all the way. I love how your team has also shut up Joe Buck and Tim McCarver. I’ll be watching tonight too pulling for you all the way. I’d love to see you win it on their field just out of spite and your fans can celebrate at the parade.
GO PHILLIES!!!
Its funny, while I was on both blogs last night, the gang at PA all thought the media
(ESPN, Fox, etc.) had a Phillies slant and that the yankees should spank us for all the coverage
that seemed to be going against them.
by SmilingJPhilsPhan on Oct 29, 2009 1:18 PM EDT up reply actions
My trip to PA
I also noticed the feeling at Pinstripe Alley that “everybody” hates the Yankees – some of their descriptions were almost exactly the same as those on TGP regarding the TBS coverage of the Phillies earlier. What I got a kick out of was in the ninth inning when the Yankees scored on Rollins’ bad throw how many of them were so excited – at breaking up the shutout. “Suck on that, Lee” was the general feeling. If there had been some offense to speak of I might see a little joy at finally scoring – but the run scored on an infield out and an error. I guess it’s an indication of how little there was to cheer for all night for the Yankees fans.
by phillyinportland on Oct 29, 2009 2:17 PM EDT up reply actions
I’ve perceived a qualitative difference between Pinstripe Alley and almost every other SBN blogs I’ve visited throughout the postseason and regular season.
I don’t know how to put this politely, so I’m just going to flatly state that there’s just a significantly higher percentage of nuts and morons on that blog. Simple as that. I didn’t get anywhere near the same kind of feeling from True Blue LA or Purple Row.
Even the Mets blog has been full of basically sane, intelligent people when I’ve read it. Some of them are a bit twisted in their hatred toward the Phillies’ players and Philadelphia in general, which can be a little bit annoying, but that all just has to do with their subjective opinions. They aren’t delusional about facts the way a disproportionate number of PA commenters seem to be.
I’m sure it’s tough for New Yorkers being smack between Newark and Hartford, they probably feel like there’s no attention left for them. I’m sure it’s difficult running a team in the shadow of the Newark Bears and the long shadow of the Hartford Whalers. What they really need is an owner who will publicize the team and maybe if they had their own network they could get their message out. YES, that would be a great idea. Sadly, with their small budget and near obscurity (Can anyone even find NYC on a map?), they will need to get by with their small band of scruffy overachievers and obscure free agents. Maybe one day they will be recognized and mentioned nationally like the metropolises of Minneapolis, Anaheim and Philadelphia.
by Cormican on Oct 29, 2009 3:42 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
You can best believe the Bleacher Creatures will be chanting "Who's Your Daddy?" tonight.
But Pedro can get by that. You remember what happened last time they did.
Me babe, steppin' out
Into the night, into the light
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