a quick reaction to game 1 and a prediction about game 2.

i'm breaking stride here.

sorry if you've become used to the trend.

change is eminent, and of course they say it's good, too.

anyway.

game 1.

wtf.

as K.O. knows, a bad call to the pen.

....

joe g. has done this before, but he's also made the correct call numerous times.

true, cliff lee and chase utley certainly wanted to come in and steal game 1.

which they successfully did.

but the yankees easily should have kept game 1 to themselves.

thank you #2, for doing your part, as you always do.

love you, DJ.

am i worried that cliff lee fanned us 10 times last night?

no.

can i say fanned?

probably not. it's probably too light of a word for each K.

am i worried that chase utley airmailed two balls to ebay, driving in the first runs of the series like last year?

no/

am i worred that Karl Ravech tells me that 11 of the last 12 WS winners have won game one?

and that 6 straight WS winners have won game one?

maybe.

am i worried that everybody is pulling for the phillies because they hate NYY?

no.

am i worried that everybody want the phils to win to see a repeat?

maybe.

when was the last repeat though?

the NYY three-peat.

am i worried that pedro is pitching game 2?

ha.

critics, and even critical yankee fans, might argue, given the position of a.j. burnett.

if i had to pick one though, (call my opinion biased) i'd pick a.j.

i don't care about pedro's postseasons past.

i don't care about earlier this postseason.

look at pedro this year.

i know i'm in korea, but didn't he rehab back from single A, after barely being offered a contract?

all the way at the beginning of the season?

call it what you will.

some may deem it a great athletic story.

some may see it as a good underdog motief.

i see it is unreliability, even in light of his performance against the dodgers.

anyway. all i can say is i hope the yankees win game 2 and eventually the rest of the series.

you guys know me.

call it wishful thinking.

but even with our bullpen mishap, i think our bullpen and rotation should top that of the phils.

our bats are more than capable of beating those of the phils as well, even though they pack a punch.

::jo opens can of worms.....now.::

i guess we'll just have to wait and see.

anyway.

just some quick thoughts on the world series from the other hemisphere.

i wish i could have a live discussion with somebody who could offer counterpoints.

i know my argument is far from perfect.

but my faith in the yankees makes believe it actually is.

i wish i could actually watch the games live.

but alas, the time difference puts my first class and the first pitch within minutes of each other.

all in all, even if we don't win, i just hope we don't get peed on like the rays did last year.

you know, the tampa bay rays?

from tampa bay-ish, florida?

the underdog story of last year, or perhaps the decade?

the team whose hat you have sitting on the top shelf of your closet?

oh....

i guess everybody forgot....

lots of love,

jo