Phillies in 5. Because it will drive NY crazy…because AJ Burnett is unreliable, Andy Pettite is old and CC is due for a lousy game…because Joba and Hughes will choke…because Pedro will get his last hurrah…but mostly because I sacrificed a goat to the Baseball Gods last night, and they owe me for letting Lou Piniella blindly spear Jerry Remy’s fly on the first bounce in 1978.

Ooh, it’s the devastating right and Hate is hurt, he’s down. Left-Hand Hate K.O.ed by The City of Brotherly Love.  Phils in 6.  Pedro wins games 2 and 6.

I’ll add that I was expecting this match-up in ‘64 but, uh, something happened.

Yanks in 6.  Because they’re a substantially better team.  Because as good as the Phillies lineup is (and they’re strong), the Yankees still managed to score nearly 100 more runs this season.  Because if you believe in crazy stuff like third order wins, the Yankees were 16 games better than the Phils this year, widening the already substantial gap in wins.  But mostly because I’m a Mets fan living outside Philadelphia.  If I was still living in NYC, I’d give you a laundry list of reasons the Phils would win instead (though I wouldn’t believe it).

Craig -

Shocked you don’t think the candy Buckeyes are a worthy wager item - must be that WV upbringing to not think all think Buckeyes are priceless.

As a former resident of Columbus for 17 years (hard for me to believe) I agree that the city is limited in the swag it has to offer for such wagers.  However a large pizza from Adriatico’s, a Thurman Burger in addition to the Sliders, a case of bahama mama’s from Schmidt’s, ice cream from Jeni’s and a few Anthony Thomas Buckeyes would be a decent package. 

If that wasn’t enough, Mayor Coleman could always throw in a few originals from James Thurber.

Chris,if you don’t love the goat, the sacrifice won’t work. That’s why I couldn’t sacrifice my first choice, my next door Yankee fan next-door neighbor. Actually, Heidi went willingly. She hated the Yankees almost as much as she hates the Cubs.

I guess I’ll say Yankees in five, and A-Rod gets robbed of the Series MVP.

I honestly think the Phils have a better chance than that (they did win the Series last year, they do have a great team, etc), but that seems to be how things are going to roll this October.

Phillies win in 6.  They are clutch. Philly has 4 Derek Jeter’s on their team while the Yanks only have 1.

Phillies in six.

Reason: Curse of A-Rod
Real reason: Lee > CC, Hamels > Burnett

Let’s compare the #1 starters:

Cliff Lee vs. the AL (from earlier this year) = 7-9 with a 3.14 ERA.
CC Sabathia vs the NL (from the end of last year) = 11-2 1.65 ERA.

‘Nuff said, advantage Yankees.

The Yanks in 6, because they want to win this one in their new home and you gotta get the Philly fans’ hopes up a bit, just to crush them later on.