When it gets to Game Six, I get too nervous to make predictions. It’s always dramatic when Pedro Martinez pitches at Yankee Stadium. I can’t even count how many big games I’ve watched Andy Pettitte pitch. Suffice to say that Pettitte has won more playoff games than anyone in history, and I’ve seen them all.
I feel good about being back home in the new Stad, with the DH. I like facing a right-handed pitcher, even if he is one of the best pitchers to have ever played the game. I don’t know who will win, but I have a feeling that this game will have new heroes. Robinson Cano seems to be coming out his slump and Nick Swisher’s swing looks a lot better. Ryan Howard and Mark Teixeira have to snap out of their slumps sometime, don’t they?
I’m just going to enjoy the game. But it won’t be easy to relax with so much on the line.
Update [2009-11-5 0:7:37 by BooMan]: Yanks win in six. Congratulations to the Phillies on a great season and a great Series. They are a great team and they’ll probably be back in the Fall Classic soon. It’s been nine years since I’ve been able to celebrate a Yankee championship. An interesting side note is that the Yankees won the World Series in 1923 in their first year in the original Yankee Stadium and they won in 2009 in their first year in the new Yankee Stadium. Also, congratulations to Hideki Matsui on winning the MVP. I hope this wins him a contract for next year. He’s a class act.
