Friday, May 22, 2009

Phillies at Yankees: May 22nd through May 24th

Friday 7:05, Saturday 4:10, Sunday 1:05

Records: Phillies 22-17, 1st Place in NL East (1 ½ games ahead of the Mets); Yankees 24-17, 3rd Place in AL East (2 games behind the Blue Jays)
Former Phillies with the Yankees: Since Bobby Abreu departed for the Los Angeles Angels - none.
Played with the Yankees and the Phillies: Per Baseball Reference.com, 145 players have played for both the Yankees and the Phillies, including: Johnny Callison, Sal Fasano, Oscar Gamble, Tom Gordon, Charlie Hayes, Jim Konstanty, Ricky Ledee, Sparky Lyle, Larry Milbourne, Terry Mulholland and Shane Rawley.
Notable: I'm not as excited about Interleague play as I used to be (more on that later), but I am excited about Sunday's pitching match-up.
Phillies Probables: Brett Myers, J.A. Happ, Cole Hamels
Yankees Probables: A.J. Burnett, Andy Pettitte, CC Sabathia

2 comments:

Pop-Pop said...

Milbourne...a graduate of Millville High School, he had an excellent counselor

Jim said...

Stay tuned . . .