Game 6! [Wednesday Morning Quarterback]

It’s time for Wednesday Morning Quarterback, your weekly sports round-up.

Look at that, a World Series actually amounting to something in this day and age. Heck, with Pettitte on the mound tonight, we may even get a Game 7 for the first time in ages!

The series started out with a real bang and looked like it would be close after Cliff Lee took the mound against Sabathia, but it quickly took a turn for the Yankees as they mostly dominated the next three games with great performances from Burnett, Pettitte, and Sabathia.

Game 5 was a complete surprise, given Burnett’s great performance in Game 2, but the Phillies pounded him and held a respectable lead most of the game (but almost lost it). Special mention should be made of Chase Utley, who has tied Reggie Jackson for the most home runs hit in a single World Series at five (he locked down the most for the National League and most for a second baseman earlier). Tonight he just might pass him against a short rest Pettitte.

With the series now at 3-2 Yankees, we can all only hope to see the Phillies turn in a win tonight make the series even for a super-exciting Game 7. Rumor has it there might even be snow showers on Thursday, so it will be interesting.

In Japan Series news, their series is 2-1 in favor of the Giants. After a big win in Game 1, the Fighters surprised everyone by trotting out Yu Darvish to take on the Giants. Still hurt, he pitched with a modified delivery, relied on his curve ball and other junk pitches, and still turned in a marvelous game for the Fighters’ only win. They’ve really got to even up the series next game or they’ll be in a huge hole against the Giants

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2 responses to “Game 6! [Wednesday Morning Quarterback]”

  1. Eric Mesa Avatar

    No game 7. Yankees are the champions and Matsui is the MVP – or should be after his performance last night! I hear his reward for that is to be kicked off of the team. People are hoping he joins Ichiro in Seattle.

    1. Dan Avatar

      Matsui is the MVP and he was a key difference in this series, but he’s an old man who can’t really do anything but hit and the Yankees are going to have a whole bunch of those really soon. The Japanese baseball media I pay attention too were expecting him to come back to Japan before the Yankees went to the World Series, but they’re less confident now.

      Matsui would certainly be a DH upgrade for the Mariners (they’ve got Griffey, Jr. now), but if he’s not in a good physical condition, not much of an upgrade.

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