Phillies going for rare World Series repeat

Hats off to the Phillies organization even though I am not a Philly fan. You have to give them there just due... Getting Cliff Lee was a hell of a move!

Wow! Listening to the Yankees fans, one would wonder why we should even show up. Did the Yankees even win the AL Pennant yet? The last I saw them, they lost 7-6 and were headed back to NY Saturday night.

Let's set the stage correctly. THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES ARE THE REIGNING CHAMPIONS OF MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL. They just beat everything the National League could throw at them. AND the Angels and Yankees have us waiting because neither could close the deal!

Keep talking trash. I hope the Phillies players read your stuff. This team feeds off of disrespect. So go ahead Yank fans! Make your misery more miserable! We INVITE IT! That's Philly tough!

For all the yankees fans, I hope your team is not as confident as you guys. Because you guys are already looking at the phillies heading into game six of the alcs. I'm not a fan of any of the remaining teams, but the phillies have more world series experience than anybody left. Phillies would beat the angels in five, and the yankees in six.

philles fans have to be the dumbest @#$% fan base on the planet...who have the philles played a colorado team with no pitching,and wow the dodgers whos top 4 starters wouldnt even crack the yankees bullpen,,..the philles beat cc last year pitching on 3 days rest for a whole month with a brewers lineup backing him up i think its safe to say the yankees lineup is alot better than the brewers..and to back up my comment on why phille fans are idiots,jimmy rollins 2 years ago called philly baseball fans front-runners,if some clown like that on the yankees disrespected our fan base he would be booed out of town and we would make there lives a living hell...anyway i hope the philles win what would this be your 3rd ring,we have 26 of them,thats enough for another decade...yanks in 6 btw

i hope the yankees win the world series

John S,
Uh...The Phillies have a great team and it should be an outstanding series against the Yankees. I'm not sure how you classify A Rod as "unproven." He used steroids but he's still one of the best and most talented guys out there. Of course, no one knows how many other players in MLB used steroids. And...the Yankees are playing the Angels, the team with the 2nd best record in baseball. So you can't say they "haven't faced anyone yet." Both teams are playing well and have good pitching and power hitters throughout their lineups. I'm looking forward to it.

As a Dodger fan, I hate the Phillies, but wish them luck in beating those dang Yankees.

right on John!

Gee the Phillies Pen shut down the Dodgers Cliff Lee has been unhitable when will the Phillies get the respect they are do. I guess even if they play the Yankees and win we will still be second rate team because out Manager is not well spoken and they have not spent Billons of dollars to win a world series. Go Philles prove America wrong and beat some Yankee Butt. That is if they can win tonight.

Gee the Phillies Pen shut down the Dodgers Cliff Lee has been unhitable when will the Phillies get the respect they are do. I guess even if they play the Yankees and win we will still be second rate team because out Manager is not well spoken and they have not spent Billons of dollars to win a world series. Go Philles prove America wrong and beat some Yankee Butt. That is if they can win tonight.

i'm sorry...sabathia can't be beat? that wasn't sabathia who fell apart in the postseason last year when he walked a pitcher and gave up a grandslam? wasn't that the phillies that beat him? and please, he hasn't been beat since july, what does that have to do with anything? The phils just chased padilla out by the third inning in game 5, a pitcher who hasn't lost since july. Take your gaurantee and shove it up your ass, CC can and will be beat. The phils have to put up more than six runs? I thought it was the dodger bullpen that was best in the majors, and we destroyed them too. Yankees have not played any team as good as the Phillies, as you'll soon find out. The Phillies bullpen has become vastly better, in case you haven't watched any of the NLCS, probably cause you get off on your YES network. They shut down one of the best hitting teams in the majors. The Yanks have not faced anyone yet. Just like the Rays fans last year, thinking they know the facts when they haven't watched any baseball at all this whole year. The Yankees clearly want it more? Building an outrageous stadium and buying your wins with unproven players like Arod does not mean you want it more, it just means you have no idea how to build a winner like the Phillie organization clearly had done.

Yanks implode in 5, then they'll go buy off another overrated player past his prime. Suck on it.

This year will be no different unfortunately. The Yankees are just to superior in pitching. Phillies bullpen are very iffy, they've been having trouble and that is when the Yankees come alive. So unless the Phillies relievers vastly becomes better and near perfect, the Yankees will win it in 6 games. They will not win against CC Sabathia. He has not lost a game since July. He has only given up one run in each of his three starts. So that is a guarantee win for the Yanks for Game 1, 4, and 7 if it goes that far. Between A.J and Andy, the Phillies will need to score 6 or more runs to even have a chance of beating the Yankees especially in the late innings, and no one has done that yet this postseason. If either AJ or Andy wins their game, then the Phillies can kiss this year good-bye. The Phillies can't hope that the Yankees have a meltdown, because it's not happening. It may come down to who wants it the most, and the Yankees clearly do want it more.

yup

All teams have been hurt by and helped by crappy calls this postseason.

Yankees have definitely got all the calls this postseason, I just hope they don't shrink the strike zone down. Phillies also got some good calls in the Colorado series.


When are these umps going to call the low strike.

Hey werd please explain to everyone why the Umpires would want the Yankees to win, please fill everybody in on what they would get in return! You gotta be a Sox fan...

Yankees will win because the Umpires want them too.

OutkastATL,

You obviously do - at least enough to post at 5:15 in the morning! GO PHILS!

Who Cares!!!!