Posted by
OB Busch on Monday, November 09, 2009 3:05:39 PM
From Third Eye Sports
The New York Yankees won their 27th World Series which angers many
casual fans beyond the confines of the New York City area
(and numerous national fans).
Parity has never been the goal of Major League Baseball. The tradition of
baseball has been for a team from the hinterlands battling a big team in
the east for the championship. The New York Yankees, New York Giants,
Brooklyn Dodgers, Boston Red Sox, and to some extent the Pirates
and Phillies were the traditional east coast teams. Even thought the
Dodgers and Giants have moved west and some ‘hinterland’ teams are
well financed the tradition continues.
Some observations on this year’s World Series:
1 The Yankees stars outplayed the Phillies stars. 2b Chase Utley was
the only top name Philadelphia player to have a consistently good series.
New York had consistency from ss Derek Jeter, of Johnny Damon,
and 3b Alex Rodriguez.
2 The Yankees had better starting pitching. The highlight of the Phillies
was starting pitcher Cliff Lee. The man has icewater in his veins.
Why didn’t the Phil’s give J.A. Happ a start?
3 A peripheral player won the MVP. (Hideki Matsui)
It all begins again in April.