Phillies-Yanks World Series Gamer VI

Petey and Pettitte. Let's get it on. Comment away.

Lineups from LoHud:

Philadelphia Phillies

Jimmy Rollins SS
Shane Victorino CF
Chase Utley 2B
Ryan Howard 1B
Jayson Werth RF
Raul Ibanez DH
Pedro Feliz 3B
Ben Francisco LF
Carlos Ruiz C

Pedro Martinez RHP

New York Yankees

Derek Jeter SS
Johnny Damon LF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Hideki Matsui DH
Jorge Posada C
Robinson Cano 2B
Nick Swisher RF
Brett Gardner CF

Andy Pettitte LHP

Comments

[Nick-YF]

just waking up.

go yanks!

[walein]

BTW Nick, Tim is going with Danny to the game tonight.

[IronHorse (YF)]

"just waking up"

Read that and hoped it would be signed by Mark Teixeira's bat. Alas, it was only you Nick. Good morning anyway!

[YF]

jeter in the hole! yeah!!!!

but wasn't mary j. just the fucking bomb!? best stadium anthem rendition of all time.

but gah, a cheapie off the plate for victorino.

1 on 1 out

[walein]

Allright. Andy gets the sweet DP on Utley.

[YF]

YEAH!!!!!!!!

Chase the pomade king down in a 463dp

BRING ON PEDRO!!!! LET'S GO YANKS

[attackgerbil]

Teixeira is fantastic at first. What a blessing even if he isn't hitting as well as one might wish.

[YF]

can we talk a bit more during the break here about mary j? the glasses came OFF.

big time in the boogeydown. that was awesome.

okay LETS GO DJ!!!!

[walein]

Hopefully Jeter has a better idea this time against Pedro.

[YF]

WHOA!!!! JD ks on the SLOW curve after jeter rips one to left but caught. damn.

come on tex.

i see homers in our future.

[walein]

TEx still don't got it!

[YF]

tex goes to 3-2, puts one to the track. man. two big shots and nothing to show. but if andy can hold off the phils.....

[Hudson]

Teix gives it a ride to right, but Pedro has a clean inning.

[attackgerbil]

Martinez is pitching like a 45 played at 33 1/3

teix just misses. 123 for PeteySlowMan.

[walein]

I want to see Pettitte really jam Werth with the cutter

[doug YF]

Those line drives are going to drop on Pedro very soon.

[YF]

3-1 werth = danger

[doug YF]

Pedro is topping out at 84 mph. Should we have been worried about him on 5 days' rest instead of Andy on 3?

[walein]

Andy needs to get the balls inside inside. None of that missing over the plate to werth.

[YF]

outside corner fastball to 3-2 and then a beauty slider for 3-2 but loses him on another one outside.

ibanez.

[Hudson]

But, according to FOX, Pedro is "wily."

[YF]

ibanez: 1st pitch pop to swish. 2 down

pettitte hndling the lefties.

[walein]

Nice quick pop out on Ibanez. Strange camera work by Fox on the pop out itself.

[walein]

Looks like that outside part of the plate is going to be called inconsistently.

[YF]

first pitch curve to feliz.

they've seen feliz hit the fastball so maybe they make him swing at a curve now?

fastball outside to 1-1

[YF]

slider now: 2-1.

he should get a red fastball now. don't wanna go 3-1 here.

[attackgerbil]

> according to FOX, Pedro is "wily."

they also said brilliant and a superb craftsman when slurping him last start.

[doug YF]

Peter Happy retired. Well done, Andy.

[YF]

bad call. bad pitch. pettitte throws a slider in the dirt and werth advances.

but, phew, feliz pops the inevitable 3-1 heater to jorge.

bad, but good.

alex leads off. if he gueses right, it's 1-0 and there's a souvenir 450 away.

[walein]

It's the excruciating thing about Pettitte. All that silliness with Werth at first and fucking Pedro Feliz at the plate, and then he just throws a wild pitch. Then he remembers to throw a fastball down the middle so Feliz can pop out behind the plate, like he's done 75 percent of his career.

[Hudson]

Philly fails to capitalize on a walk an a wild pitch. 24 for Pettitte.

[attackgerbil]

Those levis commercials kind of freak me out.

[YF]

alex vs pedro:
1-0 low
2-0 waaay inside
3-0 low and away
just walk him here, right?
yep.
ball 4. high and in.

[walein]

That would have been the furthest Matsui homerun ever if the timing had been better

[attackgerbil]

Buck, we don't need you to say the speed of every fricking pitch.

[walein]

AG,
I know. It's like you guys put that number up on the screen and so we know what the speed is if we want to know.

[YF]

matsui:
0-1 not sure what that was. little tailing fball
0-2 rips a hi fball foul and deep
1-2 wastes one high. hm doesn't chase
2-2 just wide. just.
2-2 fastball pulled just wide of 1st
lots of dallying.
throw to first.
3-2 ball inside
this is kind of epic.
throw to first. alex back.
....

[AndrewYF]

Pedro now getting up to 89. Was he just saving it in the first?

[attackgerbil]

Hideki!!!!

[walein]

DESTROYED

[YF]

....
3-2 low fastball golfed foul into the stands
UPPER DECK SHOT! 2-0

[openid.aol.com/skunkwade]

HUGE - wearing my Matsui t-shirt from his opening day grand slam !!!!

[doug YF]

TOWERING shot from Godzilla.

Tokyo lies in ashes.

[attackgerbil]

Epic indeed.

[YF]

epic. you could see it coming. great at bat. glad we have the whole thing for the record.

now. jorge. MAKE HIM WORK.

[doug YF]

Hideki looked like he was taking BP against Pedro.

Should we get one of those three-quarter cages out to the pitcher's mound?

[YF]

just a titanic at bat by matsui. 7 pitches. 2 throw overs. back from 0-2. huge.

posada ks on high heat

[attackgerbil]

Jorge looked lost up there.

[openid.aol.com/skunkwade]

Fans are too quiet we need to get on Pedro more - he is too crafty to not kick in the nuts while he's down.

[openid.aol.com/skunkwade]

@attackgerbil Jorge's looked a bit lost all year. Just sayin'.

[Hudson]

Matsui has long had Pedro's number. 2-0 NY, Martinez at 37 pitches.

[YF]

yanks hitting lots of balls on the nose, so a little disturbing they've only got two out of it.

but pedro does look naked out there. he's doing it with mirrors.

[YF]

francisco 5-3.

[openid.aol.com/skunkwade]

If for no other reason the Yanks need to win this to remove Tim McCarver and Jack Buck from my life for the next few months.

[IronHorse (YF)]

u guys are my eyes and ears for this one. Not at all shocked by Matsui coming up huge. Don't know if Fox is talking about it but he has been a monster in the post-season. And in general, if I had to pick a Yankee to be up in a clutch spot, he would be right at the top of the list with Jeter and the odd-year (and '09 post-season) version of A-Rod.

[YF]

catcher hits a trip. ugh.

[openid.aol.com/skunkwade]

not sure why Jeter held the relay throw, thought they had a shot...

[attackgerbil]

Oof, Gardner, bad play on that carom.

Sac fly scores Ruiz. Feck.

[Hudson]

Strange carom flummoxes Gardner, turns a double onto a triple for Ruiz. Rollins gets him home with a sac fly. 2 out, 2-1.

[doug YF]

Freaking lucky bounce for Ruiz. If that ball hits the wall an inch higher, it goes off the plexiglass and Gardner fields it easily.

[Hudson]

APet at 37 after three turns.

[attackgerbil]

> monster in the post-season

IH, fox only talks about phillies that are having monster posts.

[attackgerbil]

Wide strike to Gardner for 1st pitch of bottom three -- now he's defending wide.

[openid.aol.com/skunkwade]

striking out on an 86 mph fastball isn't good.

[YF]

garnder the only yankee overmatched by pedro's heater.

[YF]

victorino botches a liner by jeter. that should be an error but dj gets a single.

[doug YF]

Shane Victorino catching FAIL

[attackgerbil]

Jeter! Victorino misread the drive.

[YF]

down 2-0 to jd.

fouled off: 2-1.

definitely rally potential here.

[openid.aol.com/skunkwade]

weird blimp shot of old stadium. all dark.

[YF]

bb for jd.

tex and alex now w/ 2 men on. time to put the hurt on here.

[openid.aol.com/skunkwade]

phone call to bullpen by one of the doobie brothers.

[YF]

tex pegged in the thigh. loaded.

that hurt.

here's alex.

pedro in a world of hurt here.

[Hudson]

Wheels coming off the Crazy Pedro Train. He needs a double play here like Ozzy needs rehab.

[doug YF]

A-Rod is chomping at the bit to smash the ball.

/centaur reference?

[walein]

Awful call.

[attackgerbil]

BS call. Awful.

[AndrewYF]

Just another huge, game-changing call by humans who aren't physically capable of consistently calling balls and strikes.

It's ok, I'm not blaming them, they're put in a very tough position. I blame Bud Selig, who is a first-class moron on this issue.

[attackgerbil]

Matsui is just a bit early. Would have emptied the bases.

[YF]

GODZILLA AGAIN!

[doug YF]

The Return of Godzilla!

[AndrewYF]

Matsui makes it not matter.

He DESTROYS Pedro in the postseason. Wow.

[walein]

BEst thing that happened was that Pedro couldn't put Matsui on.

[Nick-YF]

Re-sign Hideki now!!!

[attackgerbil]

Brilliant, hideki. Just brilliant hitting.

[Hudson]

Matsui is Pedro's Mami, way back to 2003. 4-1.

[AndrewYF]

How do you not take out Pedro here?

[walein]

I think the reality is that Pedro is actually owning most of the Yankees...just not Matsui.

[Nick-YF]

I give Hideki a 6-year extension. We need to grow old together.

[Hudson]

PMar at 63 through just 3. Happ warming.

[attackgerbil]

Damon hurt now. Crap.

[YF]

uh oh. we lose damon for hairston. egads. that's not nice.

[Nick-YF]

what happened to Damon?!

[attackgerbil]

Pulled calf running on hideki single.

[YF]

utley k.

yeah!!!

[doug YF]

Utley strike out? That's unpossible!

[YF]

cano snags a howard liner.

[walein]

whoa. Great pitching by Pettitte. I"m super bummed about Damon.

[YF]

werth bb again.

[walein]

Well, Pettitte doesn't get the outside strike call. Walk.