"I was expecting some of that [Philadelphia rowdiness] here," Rollins said early Friday morning, after a 3-1 Yankees victory tied the series 1-1, "but it was very tame and civilized, really.Jimmy Rollins 1, Yankee fans 0.
"You only had one big cheer, and that was on home runs."
"I was expecting some of that [Philadelphia rowdiness] here, but it was very tame and civilized, really."
-- Jimmy Rollins on the Yankee Stadium crowd Rollins was asked if this feels "more like a World Series" than last year's Series with Tampa Bay.
"When we get to Philly, it will," he said.
Because the atmosphere will be so different?
"Exactly."
While you never know with Fox's audio, that crowd in games 1 and 2 did seem more like a regular season crowd than a World Series crowd. And while I hate to make a sweeping generalization by saying that the Steinbrenners outpriced the screaming diehards, that seems to me exactly what happened. Nonetheless, if the Yankees want to get mad at Rollins for this, they can, but he is right, when this thing goes to Philly the atmosphere will be at an entirely different level regardless of the weather conditions, and Yankee fans have no one to blame but themselves for, regardless of the outcome of the series, being shown off and outclassed by Phillies fans.
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