As A Phillies fan- I say Yanks in 6 because Cole Hamels will whine at the first bad call and then blow up.  If he’s undergone hypnosis and will no longer wilt at the first sign of adversity, then Phillies in 5

Yanks in 3. (Jeter will steal the 4th game.)

I still have Yankees in 5 (ok, 6 if Joba The New Big Toad, gets in at all). No disrespect (much) to Phine Phillies Phans, however they won 10 less games in the Legume League and the Dodgers were more than willing to give it away.
And, as mentioned in the illustrious Post by an interviwee, Yuengling swilling is produced in Pottsville PA (easterPA version of Steel City) which is 97 miles from Philly and 142 miles from the Bronx.  Although even Hal wasnted “no light beer” in Yankees Clubhouse celebration Woulda thought that would be Hank.
BTW, Reggie whispered in ARod’s (leave him alone)ear the secret of 77. Dan Brown novel in 5 years,

I clicked on the “kinda bad Columbus pizza” link hoping to see a reference to Donato’s; I was not disappointed.

Phillies in 5, but that’s more wishful thinking than an actual prediction.

Yankees in 5.  I hate the Yankees, but they had the best team in the game this year, and there’s also the AL-superiority thing (and I’m an NL guy, so it’s not something I’m happy about, it’s just the facts).  That said, I think the Phillies have a slight edge as far as position players are concerned, and their pitching isn’t too shabby, either, but the Yankees have a definite bullpen advantage, and a rotation of CC, Burnett, Pettite is just damn hard to beat.

That said, go Phillies!

Now you go (no, you don’t have to be as obtuse as me). While you’re thinking:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuBHzJ5LrXE

<3 family guy

I’m waffling between Yanks in 5 or 6, depending on the weather.  If the Yanks do a 3 man rotation throughout and no one shits the bed, I like the Yanks over the Phillies (hitting even, but pitching advantage to the Yanks).

Yanks in a tense, boisterous, profanity-laced 6. 

Reason #1 = Ryan Howard .653 OPS vs. LHP, which makes him slightly worse than David Eckstein or Kaz Matsui.

Reason #2 = Brad Lidge.  His GB% is under 40% and he has at least 4.1 BB/G since 2005.  If you throw out 2008 as the obvious outlier, his 2009 peripherals are surprisingly not that bad compared to his career averages other than a sharp drop in K/9.

Here’s his ERA by month vs. Kyle Farnsworth, who at least had 2 good months:

APR 7.27 - 9.95
MAY 7.98 - 0.00
JUN 6.75 - 6.35
JUL 5.91 - NA
AUG 6.75 - 10.80
SEP 9.00 - 2.00

I bow to both Wes’ movie reference and his analysis. I would have bet my children that their lefty-righty split was more pronounced than that.

Sorry about the analysis but I was expecting Lidge to be at least a little better than “the Mop” and had to share…

Yankees in 7.

The two teams are pretty evenly matched at the plate right now, and I think that the Yankees’ edge on starting pitching is not as big as everyone thinks, since Burnett is hit and miss.  The one place the Yanks dominate is in the bullpen, and only if Girardi doesn’t overmanage.  Which he might in Philly, since there is no DH. 

This makes me think that we could see a “home team wins” sort of series, even when CC pitches in Philly.

Of course, if tonight’s game is rained out, I think that changes everything and that the Phils could sneak by.