After sitting through 162 games and two rounds of the playoffs, the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees will square off Wednesday night to open up the first game of the 2009 World Series.
Philadelphia vs New York.
Broad Street vs Broadway.
Liberty Bell vs Statue of Liberty.
David vs Goliath.
Whatever you want to call this series, the only thing that matters is the matchup between the Phillies and Yankees has everything baseball fans could ask for.
A pitching matchup between two former Cleveland Indians teammates in Cliff Lee and C.C. Sabathia. Two of the best hitters in the game in Ryan Howard and Alex Rodriguez. Two of the best team leaders in all of baseball in Jimmy Rollins and Derek Jeter.
Oh yeah, did I mention this series consists of two cities with one of the most intense fan ...
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Phillies vs. Yankees Causing Fans to Become “Frienemies” in World Series
Posted: 27th October 2009 by Dan Parzych in MLBComments Off on Phillies vs. Yankees Causing Fans to Become “Frienemies” in World Series