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Photograph of Alex Rodriguez reacting after scoring in the 9th inning by Rob Carr/AP
- Yankees 7, Phillies 4: Alex Rodriguez hit a go-ahead double in the top of the ninth to help the Yankees bounce back from a blown lead and take a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven World Series. Joba Chamberlain had served up a two-strike, two-out homer to Pedro Feliz in the bottom of the eighth, and the first two Yankees in the top of the ninth had made out. But Johnny Damon hit an opposite-field single and stole second and third on the same pitch. Mark Teixeira was hit by a pitch, and that set the stage for Rodriguez's double. Jorge Posada singled in two more runs to give Mariano Rivera some breathing room.
The Yankees turn to A.J. Burnett on short rest in Game 5 on Monday. He'll face Cliff Lee, who stifled the Yankees in Game 1. CC Sabathia labored in short rest Sunday and would be needed if this series goes seven. The Yankees, who will start their guys on short rest from here on out, can't count their chickens just yet.
- Dolphins 30, Jets 25: The Jets' special teams were hardly special. They allowed two kickoff return touchdowns -- of 100 and 101 yards by Ted Ginn Jr. -- and ruined a day in which the team's offense outgained Miami's 378 yards to 104. Shonn Greene's fumble was also returned for a touchdown. Mark Sanchez's strong effort (20 of 35 for 265 yards and two touchdowns, plus a rushing TD) also went to waste. The Jets enter their bye at 4-4 and have some work to do. They have lost four of five games and trail the Patriots by 1 1/2 games in the AFC East.
- Eagles 40, Giants 17: Maybe the Giants' hot start owed something to the team's schedule? Big Blue began 5-0 with wins over Washington, Tampa Bay, Oakland and Kansas City. The Giants' one good win came against Dallas. In the last two weeks, they have been annihilated by New Orleans and Philadelphia. In fairness, both games have been on the road, but the Giants can't be considered among the elite of the NFC crop after performances like those. They get San Diego at home in another decent test next week.
- Rangers 1, Bruins 0: This was Henrik Lundqvist's 150th win and his 21st career shutout. Marian Gaborik had the game's only goal as he returned from a right leg injury.
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fox coverage has been so fucking horrible. not that i expect them to be fair and balanced, but joe buck's nose is permanently stuck up the asses of the phillies. half the goddam commercials are shitty fox shows. if i see the cast of 'bones' dancing around like cunts again, i'm going to light my fucking tv on fire. yesterday they had some fox sitcom cast sing the goddam star spangled banner, and today they used clips of some shitty animated fox movie to recap the series. apparently the phillies are like blue fairies fighting against the evil, militaristic yankees.
Hit the mute button and listen to the radio broadcast. Except when Suzyn Waldman talks, you'll want to mute that, too.
Re: bias towards the Phillies...In many parts of the country, rooting for the Yankees is like rooting for Google. (Sadly, the ol' "...is like rooting for GM" line isn't appropriate anymore.) People like an underdog. The Phillies, despite being defending champs, are the underdog, based on their payroll compared to the Yankees and the fact that their hometown is mostly a toilet.
And be happy it's the Phillies and not the Cardinals, or else you'd hear him fapping every time Pujols stepped up to the plate.
Radio is ahead of the TV so that doesn't work.
Listen here Sandy Vagina, it's not that serious. You do have options. You CHOSE to watch Fox. You fucking loved it.
Please continue to watch the series. Or don't. Whatever.
mccarver "the yankees do have the option to send chamberlain back out for the ninth inning"
one minute goes by
mccarver "i'm sorry matsui pinch hit for chamberlain 2 minutes ago. i'm just so old and senile i forgot that it happened. what city are we in again?"
The Yankees can go to hell for all I care but Fox coverage can go deeper into hell. Joe Buck is just plain horrible as a play by play man and Tim McCarver, once a very good analyst, has succumbed to the brain eater in his old age. If I have to hear McCarver pronounce that a particular thing is going to happen and then contradict himself when it doesn't, I'll scream. As far as analysis goes, give me Keith Hernandez and Ron Darling any day.
As for the commercials: I never want to see that damned Direct TV ad with Dana Carvey (from Wayne's World) again. If there ever was a schmuck who you couldn't convince wasn't funny it's him. Aside from Jim Carrey, one of the least funny comedians ever to grace film.
At least that one's not as bad as the one with dead Chris Farley. Everytime I see it I think awww, poor Chris Farley. Is that what Directv wants from its advertising??
And yes, Dana Carvey was never funny. Neither was Wayne's World, if my memory serves.
The Chris Farley ad is just plain tasteless made especially so by his "friend" starring in it. Shame on David Spade for agreeing to do that.
Yeah but Kim Basinger is one hot piece of ass.
A-Rod had a clutch hit???
Where the fuck have you been???
Love it when the people who nothing about sports that they haven't read in gossip magazines drop in to comment on a sports story.
Yes, because that's clearly what happened here...
even with the extra hour, i couldn't stay awake to watch the end of this game...
I guess I'm not the only one here rooting against the Yankees...
Frankly I'm surprised that the Phillies are doing so poorly. I was expecting a better match-up.
I thought the Phillies would do better too.
Doing so poorly? A split in two games at Yankee Stadium was probably as good as anyone would expect; and then two close losses at home that were essentially decided between the two bullpens. The bullpen matchup was the area most people gave the Yankees an advantage.
Really I wouldn't see anything surprising in this series at this point being 3-1 NY or tied 2-2. The surprising results would be 3-1 Phillies or series already over in favor of either team.
The Yanks will take it all the way! Get ready to celebrate folks!
If the Yanks go on to win, this will prove that you can buy championships.
Stop saying the Yankees buy championships.
As a fan I waited 15 years for the Yankees to return to the World Series in 1996 after they lost to the 1981 Dodgers. When they put away the Phillies, I only waited 9 years since the last championship and 6 years since the last time they played in World Series.
If the title is for sale to the highest bidder, then we've been cheated royally for years.
I'm sorry man, but I've been a Yankee fan probably longer than most people on Gothamist have been alive and while I'm pleased the Yankees are winning I'm not really thrilled the way I have been in the past. Watching that 9th inning last night I saw $10 mil/yr Damon get a hit and steal third, then $18 mil/yr Teixeira get plunked, then $27 mil/yr Rodriguez get a double, and then $15 mil/yr Posada hit another double.
That's after watching $20 mil/yr Sabathia pitch. And you know what? I only really give a damn about one of those guys and that's Posada. It's not a level playing field and the fact the Yankees spent poorly the last few years doesn't change that.
I'm not thrilled at baseball's turn towards obvious mercenaries, but don't single out the Yankees. Two of Phillies key post-season pitchers, Lee and Pedro Martinez, were nowhere near Philadelphia, until the end of summer.
"$10 mil/yr Damon get a hit and steal third, then $18 mil/yr Teixeira get plunked, then $27 mil/yr Rodriguez get a double, and then $15 mil/yr Posada hit another double"
And, the Yankees scored those last runs against $12 million/year Brad Lidge, while $15 mil/yr Ryan Howard, $11 mil Chase Utley, $8.5 mil Jimmy Rollins were on the field.
So what? Salaries are a measure of little but past performance, and in some cases (as in A-Rod) potential profit-making in the future (home run record chase on the horizon).
And if spending money generates automatic wins, why did the team with the second biggest payroll this season win only 70 games?
Spending money doesn't guarantee you wins, but it virtually does guarantee that you're one of those handful of teams who are competing every year. MLB is basically a 10 or 12 team league now. You've got the Yanks, Red Sox, Phillies, Dodgers, Mets and a few other teams with money who can compete, and then you have the Royals and the rest of them who have to get really lucky to be competitive for even one year.
The Yanks don't make the playoffs for the first time in 14 years? No problem, they can just go out and sign the top three free agents. Put an NFL-type system in place in MLB and let's see the Yanks win it all. Then I'd go to the parade.
i'm sorry. but when you don't make the playoffs, and then you go out and sign the three biggest free agents available, completely outbidding any other team by breaking records in pay, you are "buying championships." You think the Yankees would be 1 game away from a ring without the aid of Sabbathia, Texiera and Burnett? Not a chance. And those are on top of their other huge free agency signings (A-Rod, Damon, Matsui, Swisher) and grossly overpaid developed players (Jeter, Mo, Posada, and Pettite)
"the first two Yankees in the top of the ninth had made out"
Hot.
Unless you mean they had made outs, which would be pretty routine.