Monday, November 2, 2009

Get ready, New York. There's more baseball to be played. (Phillies 8, Yanks 6. Yankees lead World Series 3-2.)

There was campaign in the visitors clubhouse at Citizens Bank Park. The World Series championship trophy was in the house, somewhere, awaiting the claim from it's owner.

But it's owner has not yet been determined. Today Cliff Lee outpitched AJ Burnett, who imploded after just two innings pitched. The Yankee bullpen also succumbed to the Phillies hometown home run bats, and Philadelphia eventually built a lead that was just a bit too much for the Yankees to overcome.

The Yankees tried. As Mariano Rivera said this year, "On this team we play 9 innings." Down 8-2 after 7 the Yankees mounted a comeback in the late innings and by the 9th inning brought the tying run to the plate twice. But twice they were unable to continue the rally.

And so we go back to New York. The campaign will also come to NY. So will the championship trophy. On Wednesday night (Thursday morning, my time) Pettitte will face Pedro Martinez in game 6, with the Yankees on the brink of immortality.

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