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Originally Posted by gales0678
my opinion on baseball proved correct
i said pitching would determine this series and it did
i thought the yankees had better pitchers and they do
pettite had a chance to implode in game 3 , but, he found a way through early on in the game to give his team a chance , hamels with a 3 run lead imploded - i thought that was the turning point of the seires -you can talk about lidge blowing game 4 all you want but even if you had won that game and went to NY ahead 3-2 who was going to get the ball in game 7 that you had any faith in?
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hamels blowing a three run lead was the turning point and lidge's meltdown was the final nail in the coffin. We had no chance winning 3 games in a row when Hamels would have to start game 7.
I really wasnt super impressed by your half billion dollar starting pitchers, though they didnt blow up (except burnett game 5), they were very hittable including CC (except burnett game 2). Howard going cold and swinging at every pitch 10 inches outside the plate slider that was thrown really didnt help.
Rivera was your pitching advantage over Lidge, as well as ANY of your pitchers over Hamels, but that is all IMO.
Starting Happ game 3 instead of Hamels could have been a difference maker.