Monday, November 2, 2009 2:36 PM
No rush for this Series to end
So. Reggie Jackson walks by my pal Howard Bryant of ESPN early Monday morning after the Yankees beat the Phillies and says to Bryant: “Tell the Phillies the varsity are in town.”
Indeed. By now, you’ve probably read about the Philadelphia Inquirer’s mistaken ad celebrating the Phillies' back-to-back World Series titles. It’s a funny little mistake that happens. No autopsy, no foul. It’s not even the funniest thing I’ve seen this week. When the Yankees beat the Phillies in Game 2, the Philadelphia Daily News’ front page read: “Yankees Avert Sweep.” That’s pretty cheeky.
Looking forward to seeing A.J. Burnett and Cliff Lee hook up Monday night. I had a chance to talk to Burnett for about 10 minutes Friday to see how his dad was doing. His father underwent triple-bypass heart surgery late in the season. Burnett said he was doing fine but that he was bitter about not being able to come down to New York to see his son pitch.
We reporters are a whiny lot, but this is one of the few series I’ve covered in recent years where there isn’t a mass hankering for the thing to end. Deep down, I think most of us would like to see this go back to New York and maybe see the Yankees win it at home in Game 6 with Andy Pettitte on the mound. Seems like a waste winning it here when there’s a perfectly good new ballpark sitting there in the Bronx just dying for some history.
