The Nightmare in Flushing Series is heading back to Philly all tied up…maybe all it took was Jay-Z and a smoking hot Alicia Keys…A.J Burnett looked solid in his first ever World Series start by going 7 strong and whiffing 9 in a 3-1 Game 2 win…
Burnett started off with a 1-2-3 first inning, something he couldn’t do in Anaheim and then from there on out his breaking stuff was on like Donkey Kong…A.J threw 22 first strikes to the first 26 batters he faced…like the great Tom Seaver once said, it all starts with strike 1….Clutch performance
With that being said, Pedro had a solid outing of his own…The Yankees didn’t have the chance to make him their daddy because Pedro went six strong striking out 8….Watching him in that game immediately gave me a nostalgia trip back to ’03 and ’04 when he was one of the most feared pitchers in the game…I felt the smirk symbolized 2 things…that Pedro was back to form, even though it’s more finesse these days, and that he knows someone will undoubtedly offer him a contract before July of next year…I’m sure the Mets are glad the balked on a man that wanted to come back to Flushing, but that’s a story for another day…
Philly got it going early in the second when Beer League Softball extraordinaire Matt Stairs came through with an RBI Single…..The tide turned, however, when Jose Molina picked off Jayson Werth from first base…Big Tex ties it up in the 4th with a solo bomb and Matsui counters with one of his own in the 6th and then Posada hit an RBI single off of Park in the 7th to put it away…
Kudos to Girardi for going with Hairston, who had a solid 1-3 night…
What grinded my gears was that we had yet another night with lousy displays of umpiring….(is that even a word?)
Scott Eyre came in, with bone chips and everything, and Johnny Damon seemingly lined into a Double Play…However, Howard caught it on a bounce and the inning was still deemed over…where was the home plate, second and third base ump on that one???
Big play of the game in the top of the 8th when Utley grounded into the inning-ending DP…on a 3-2 count down 2, you need to absolutely start the runners! If Manuel sent them, it would have been bases loaded with 1 out for Howard….
Game 2 wasn’t a “must-win”, but it was as close to one as it could have been….It was key to tie it up before the Yanks went to the raucous crowd that Philly is sure to be…As much as I hate Philly, their crowd will show the Yankee fans what a World Series crowd should act like….We all know that Susan Finklestein will be cheering her clothes…I mean..her heart out!
Tonight we get Cole Hamels facing his idol and fellow lefty Andy Pettitte….Cole didn’t pitch until now because he has been horrible on the road and this entire postseason…Andy is a warrior and I fully expect him to show up tonight….Hopefully for Andy’s sake, A-Rod decides to show up ….If he does, the Yanks go up 2-1……
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