2009 World Series
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| Dates | October 28–November 1, 2, 4 or 5, (scheduled) | |||||||||
| Umpires | Joe West (crew chief), Dana DeMuth, Gerry Davis, Brian Gorman, Jeff Nelson and Mike Everitt | |||||||||
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| Television |  Fox (English), Fox Sports en Español (Spanish)  Fox Sports and ONE HD RSN (English), RDS (French) and  ESPN Latin America Meridiano TV, ESPN Latin America and Fox Sports  ESPN America NHK, J Sports Televisa ESPN Star Sports and FTV ESPN (UK) and ESPN AmericaArmed Forces Network | |||||||||
| TV announcers | Joe Buck and Tim McCarver (English, Fox); TBA (Spanish, FSE) International announcers TBA | |||||||||
| Radio | ESPN Radio (United States English); ESPN Deportes Radio (United States Spanish) WPHT (Phillies English); WUBA (Phillies Spanish) WCBS-AM (Yankees English) WQBU-FM (Yankees Spanish) | |||||||||
| Radio announcers | Jon Miller and Joe Morgan (ESPN, English); TBA (ESPN, Spanish) Scott Franzke, Larry Andersen, Tom McCarthy, Chris Wheeler and Gary Matthews (WPHT, English); Bill Kulik, Danny Martinez (WUBA, Spanish) John Sterling, Suzyn Waldman (WCBS, English) Beto Villa, Francisco Rivera (WQBU, Spanish) | |||||||||
| New York Yankees over Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (4–2) | ||||||||||
| NLCS | Philadelphia Phillies over Los Angeles Dodgers (4–1) | |||||||||
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The 2009 World Series will be the 105th edition of Major League Baseball's championship series. The best-of-seven playoff will be played between the Philadelphia Phillies, champions of the National League (NL), and the New York Yankees, champions of the American League (AL). The Phillies are seeking to become the first team to repeat as World Series champions since the Yankees did so from 1998–2000, while the Yankees are seeking to extend their major-league record with a 27th World Series championship. The two franchises previously met in the 1950 World Series in which the Yankees swept the Phillies four games to none. This World Series is being nicknamed the "Turnpike Series", because there are many Yankees and Phillies fans in New Jersey, with North Jersey being Yankees territory, and South Jersey preferring the Phillies.[1] Other nicknames include the "Amtrak Series" and the "I-95 Series."
This will be the fourth consecutive time that the Phillies will face a team from the AL East in the World Series. They faced the Baltimore Orioles in 1983, the Toronto Blue Jays in 1993 and the Tampa Bay Rays in 2008. The Yankees faced a NL East opponent in their last World Series appearance, the Florida Marlins in 2003, and their last World Series win, the New York Mets in 2000.
The Series is tentatively scheduled to start on October 28, 2009, which is the latest start in World Series history. For the first time ever, the World Series is regularly scheduled to end in November. Assuming no weather delays, Game 4 is tentatively scheduled for Sunday, November 1 and, if necessary, Game 7 will take place on November 5. Home field advantage for the Series will go to the American League for the eighth straight year as a result of their 4–3 win in the All-Star Game.
The Series will be only the third one ever to end in a month other than October. The first was in 1918, which was played entirely in September after the regular season was cut short due to World War I. The other was in 2001, when the September 11 attacks on the United States caused a delay in the season that eventually forced the end of the Series into November.
Teams
Philadelphia Phillies
The Phillies had won in the previous season's World Series against the Tampa Bay Rays. This was the team's second championship, their first since 1980.
During the off-season the Phillies named Rubén Amaro, Jr. general manager, replacing Pat Gillick who retired at the end of a three-year contract.[2] Notably Raúl Ibáñez agreed to play left field for the Phillies in a three-year, $31.5 millon deal taking Pat Burrell's position, who the Phillies did not re-sign.[3] Other offseason acquisitions included Mike Koplove[4] and Chan Ho Park.[5] Park was originally signed as an insurance policy for the bullpen, as reliever J. C. Romero was assigned a fifty-game suspension after violating the Major League Baseball drug policy, but won the fifth starter's job in Spring Training.[6]
By beating the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLCS, the Phillies became the first team to repeat as National League champions since the 1995–96 Atlanta Braves. They are also the first World Series champion to defend their title in the World Series since the 2000–01 New York Yankees. En route to the LCS, the Phillies beat the Colorado Rockies in the Division Series, 3–1.
New York Yankees
The New York Yankees defeated the Minnesota Twins in three games in the ALDS and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in six games in the ALCS to win their first American League Pennant since 2003. This is their 40th World Series appearance in franchise history.
World Series schedule
Commissioner Bud Selig explored options to include a game during daylight instead of the evening, which had been rumored to be October 31 due to the Halloween holiday, but eventually opted to move the start times of the games before 8 p.m. ET for the first time in 30 years, and also rejected suggestions to play the games at neutral sites.[7][8] The sole exception to the earlier starts will be on November 1, when the scheduled first pitch is approximately 8:20 p.m., due to an NFL doubleheader that day.
Summary
AL New York Yankees (0) vs. NL Philadelphia Phillies (0)
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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| 1 | October 28 | Philadelphia Phillies at New York Yankees | Yankee Stadium | - | - |
| 2 | October 29 | Philadelphia Phillies at New York Yankees | Yankee Stadium | - | - |
| 3 | October 31 | New York Yankees at Philadelphia Phillies | Citizens Bank Park | - | - |
| 4 | November 1 | New York Yankees at Philadelphia Phillies | Citizens Bank Park | - | - |
| 5 | November 2† | New York Yankees at Philadelphia Phillies | Citizens Bank Park | - | - |
| 6 | November 4† | Philadelphia Phillies at New York Yankees | Yankee Stadium | - | - |
| 7 | November 5† | Philadelphia Phillies at New York Yankees | Yankee Stadium | - | - |
† — if necessary
Matchups
Game 1
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 — 7:57PM (ET) at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Philadelphia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||
| New York | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Starting pitchers: PHI: Cliff Lee (0–0) NYY: CC Sabathia (0–0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 2
Thursday, October 29, 2009 — 7:57PM (ET) at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Philadelphia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||
| New York | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Starting pitchers: PHI: Pedro Martínez (0–0) NYY: A.J. Burnett (0–0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 3
Saturday, October 31, 2009 — 7:57PM (ET) at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| New York | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Philadelphia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Starting pitchers: NYY: Andy Pettitte (0–0) PHI: Cole Hamels (0–0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 4
Sunday, November 1, 2009 — 8:27PM (ET) at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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| New York | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Philadelphia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Starting pitchers: NYY: TBD PHI: TBD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Television and radio
For the tenth consecutive year, Fox will televise the Series in the United States; Joe Buck will call play-by-play and Tim McCarver will provide analysis. The Series will also be broadcast nationally on ESPN Radio, with Jon Miller and Joe Morgan calling the action. Fox Sports en Español and ESPN Deportes Radio will broadcast the Series for the US Spanish-speaking audience.
The flagship stations of the respective teams will broadcast all games; the team's radio network affiliates however will recieve the ESPN radiocast. In Philadelphia, WPHT (1210 AM) and WUBA (Spanish, 1480 AM) will broadcast all available games. In New York, WCBS-AM (880 AM) and WQBU-FM (Spanish, 92.7 FM) will have the honors.
Umpires
Stung by a rash of blown calls in the playoffs, Major League Baseball will break with tradition and use only experienced umpires for the World Series.
Longtime crew chiefs Joe West, Dana DeMuth and Gerry Davis, along with Brian Gorman, Jeff Nelson and Mike Everitt, will handle the games. In 24 of the past 25 Fall Classics, one new umpire has been put into position to replenish the umpiring crews.[9] [10]
Series quotes
How great would that be? A World Series here, us against the Yankees? [Rollins said with a grin] We've proved we can put on a pretty good show.
— Jimmy Rollins, "predicting" a Yankees–Phillies World Series on May 24, 2009, after the Phillies won two out of a three-game interleague series against the Yankees at Yankee Stadium[11]
Notes
- ^ Zinser, Lynn (2009-10-26). "Next Stop, World Series". nytime.com. New York Times. Retrieved 2009-10-26.
- ^ Mandel, Ken (2008-11-03). "Amaro Jr. takes over reins for Phillies". Phillies.MLB.com. Major League Baseball. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
- ^ Gonzalez, Alden (2008-12-16). "Ibanez excited to join world champs". Phillies.MLB.com. Major League Baseball. Retrieved 2009-03-02.
- ^ Falkoff, Robert (2008-11-28). "Phillies add Koplove to bullpen". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 2008-12-01.
- ^ DiComa, Anthony (2008-12-15). "Park agrees to one-year deal with Phils". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 2009-10-26.
- ^ "Phillies release veteran outfielder Jenkins, name Park fifth starter". CBS Sports. 2009-03-31. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
- ^ "WS games to start 40 minutes earlier". ESPN.com. May 18, 2009. Retrieved May 18, 2009.
- ^ Fine, Larry (2 December 2008). "Selig mulls World Series changes, not to home comforts". Reuters. Retrieved 3 December 2008.
- ^ "MLB may use veteran umps in Fall Classic: Change would break longstanding baseball tradition". MLB.com. 2009-10-22.
- ^ "Umpire's call on Damon draws attention: Yankee looked safe at first base on third-inning groundout". MLB.com. 2009-10-23.
- ^ Olson, Lisa (2009-05-24). "Yankees, Phillies Deliver October Feel". FanHouse.com. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
