Andy Pettitte (4.16, 107 ERA+) / Cole Hamles (4.32, 99 ERA+)Post:"Can you hear anything here that you haven't heard in Boston?" Jeter was asked prior to a Citizens Bank Park workout yesterday in preparation for tonight's World Series Game 3 against the Ph...

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Phillies - 010 000 000 - 1 6 0Yankees - 000 101 10x - 3 8 0Pedro allowed two solo home runs through six innings -- Mark Teixeira leading off the fourth and Hideki Matsui with two outs in the sixth -- but then gave up two singles to start the seventh....

In his complete game win over the Yankees last night, Philadelphia's Cliff Lee struck out 10 batters and did not walk anyone.Only one other pitcher in baseball history has won a World Series game in which he had at least 10 strikeouts and no walks. It hap...

Mark Feinsand, Daily News:Yankees fans are sure to be in panic mode on Thursday - judging by the e-mails I've already received and the comments on this blog, they're already there ...Could A.J. Burnett go out to the mound and completely fall apart? Absolu...

Phillies - 001 001 022 - 6 9 1Yankees - 000 000 001 - 1 6 0Cliff Lee pitched a complete game (9-6-1-0-10, 122), not allowing a Yankee beyond second base until an unearned run scored in the ninth. Chase Utley hit two solo home runs off Sabathia (7-4-2...

Two years ago tonight....

The Infinite Winter discussion board is here. Anyone out there -- regular commenter or lurker -- who wants to participate, sign up and drop me an email.Let me know what you think about the tentative reading schedule....

Pedro Martinez will get the ball for the Phillies on Thursday night in Yankee Stadium for Game 2 of the World Series.Pedro last faced the Yankees on June 27, 2008 at Shea Stadium (5.2-6-6-5-4, 106). He last pitched against the Yankees in their home park o...

Brad Mills has been hired to manage the Houston Astros.Mills had been the bench coach since Terry Francona was hired before the 2004 season. Before that, Mills had managed in the minors for 11 years: Cubs (1987-92), Rockies (1993-96) and Dodgers (2002).Te...

Five years ago tonight."I think you make your own destination."Videos from Brian Fox and Ben Cohen. ... The Final Out. ... And one my favourites: "ALCS 7/Cool Kids"....

Today is the deadline for submission of MVP ballots at the Baseball Bloggers Alliance. I had hoped to spend more time on this, but that didn't happen. So all I have is a list, with a few notes.Have at it. 1. Joe Mauer, Twins 2. Ben Zobrist, Rays 3. Zack G...

Back in June, I mentioned re-reading David Foster Wallace's 1996 novel Infinite Jest during the off-season. At that time, three commenters mentioned the possibility of reading it also.Game 7 of the World Series is scheduled for November 5. We could start ...

Alas. Go Pedro & the Phillies.Game 6, Take 2.Joe Saunders (Game 2: 7-6-2-1-5, 105) / Andy Pettitte (Game 3: 6.1-7-3-1-2, 95)George A. King III, Post:Officials made the call to postpone Game 6 although they were leery of making the move because the Ang...

Or maybe the fix is in.(Better and bigger screen shot here)...

Tim Wakefield had back surgery (herniated disc) on Wednesday.Everything was awesome. The whole procedure went as planned and even post-op, meeting with the surgeon, Dr. [Lawrence] Borges, everything went perfect. He didn't see any further damage in there....

Joel Sherman, 6 PM:Game 6 is postponed ... will be made up tomorrow [8:20] and Game 7 will be moved to Monday, if necessary [7:57] ... rained out because "Forecast was holding true and it predicted rain throughout the evening" MLB official ... Another exe...

Give it a try.Don't look at comments before you do, though.Note: When you type in a correct last name, it will automatically be inserted into the roster; you don't have to hit enter or anything.(Thanks to Tim for the link.)...