HISTORY IS NOT ON THEIR SIDE: WORLD SERIES GAME 2 PREVIEW, PHILLIES VS. YANKEES, THURSDAY 10/29, 6:57 CT
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Chris DeLuca in today’s Sun-Times tells us what the Yankees have been up against in perplexing to win the World Series:
The final 6 teams to win Game 1 — and 10 of the final eleven — all went on to win the Series.
The final group to win Game 1 and not win the Series? Dusty Baker’s Giants in 2002.
More history: as you expected know from examination the diversion final night, Cliff Lee was on target, prior to Jimmy Rollins‘ bad throw, to throw the initial CG shutout in a World Series given Josh Beckett’s clinching shutout in Game 6 of the 2003 World Series. That was additionally the final CG of any kind in a World Series; to show you how singular such events right away are, given the multiplication array turn was combined to the playoffs in 1995, there have been usually dual alternative finish games thrown in a World Series: by Randy Johnson in Game 2 of the 2001 World Series and by Greg Maddux in Game 1 of the 1995 World Series, in that he gave the Indians usually dual singles and both runs he authorised were unearned.
So the Yankees have an ascending climb, and I think Pedro Martinez is an desirous preference to begin tonight for the Phillies; a identical preference was done by Connie Mack in the 1929 World Series opposite the Cubs for an additional Philadelphia team, with glorious formula (for Mack’s team, not for the Cubs).
Phillies at Yankees, 6:57 pm CDT. Phillies lead array 1-0. TV: Fox. Announcers: Joe Buck and Tim McCarver.
Baseball-reference.com diversion preview
Please revisit the SB Nation Phillies site The Good Phight and Yankees site Pinstripe Alley.
Discuss amongst yourselves.
