Burnett Roulette: Yankees 3, Phillies 1

Looks like it’s going to be a low-scoring WS dominated by strong pitching and a few clutch hits.

Wow, did he really expand that outside corner for AJ Burnett, i don’t think i have ever seen that many outside pitches as called strikes, some of those were not strikes, but to be consistent i guess he had to call them all, i was wondering when the phillies would start swinging at em, but they just refused, i will say that last strikeout on howard was bs though, no way that high and outside pitch from mo was a strike. Good to see a series split, i was not expecting a win tonight, but pedro pitched very well again, good sign for things to come…GO PHILS!!

…but it’s even tougher when: (1) you get called out on a double play when you’re clearly safe; and (2) the strike zone grows exponentially when your cleanup hitter is at the plate. Actually, it’s damn near impossible when those things happen.

That said, the Yanks deserved to win this game. They got screwed even worse by a call than we did (although it was a bang-bang play, and was certainly a tough call), and they got fantastic starting pitching and a 2-inning save from their closer. It just sucks to lose a game that felt like it was there for the taking.

And it’s only because he looks exactly like this dickweed I used to know a few years back. Every time I see him, I remember this guy, and I get angry.

Just watched the HBO Real Sports segment on Nick Adenhart. Kind of puts things in perspective.

"It was the funnest I’ve ever had on the baseball field."

Quoth A.J. Burnett. So at least we lost to a MENSA member tonight.

I’m surely not the only one to notice the similarities to the previous Game Two loss. But while Pedro wasn’t quite up to the form he showed in LA—though still pretty damn good—Burnett was even better than Padilla that day. (And he’s more talented and less inconsistent generally.) to me at least, this loss didn’t sting as badly in real time.

But we might regret it more. Pettitte is a tough matchup for our bats. If Hamels doesnt finally find his form, it’ll be very tough.

yankees got lucky is all. the ump called utley out at first, which clearly showed that he was safe

Also, Marianos stuff wasn’t that good. His fastball wasn’t fast, and he had little deceptions. Reminded me of Sherrill.

Good placement on his fastball, but the hitters were laying off that high fastball. He was only putting it at around 89 mph. I can see a good fastball hitter going hard on that stuff, Maybe Werth. I was happy to see him throw so much pitches. That will effect his availibility for future games.