Your 2009 World Series Schedule

I meant to mention this right after the Yankees won the ALCS, but forgot about it for the time. Remember Jim Karol the Psychic Madman, the guy whose show I saw in the middle of September and I told you he predicted the World Series and the Super Bowl. I already told you his NL East pick was the Phillies. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that his pick to be the AL representative was in fact the New York Yankees. I shit you not. Karol hit the nail right on the head, especially during a time in September when the Phillies were slumping and it looked like would be unlikely to get to this point. As far as his Super Bowl pick, that is not looking as well, especially seeing as one of his picks was on the bad end of one of Sunday's big blowouts. The other was a victor in one of the (relatively) close games of the week.

Anyway....

We are practically 25 hours away from the start of the World Series in the Bronx. With that and the announcement from Charlie Manual that Pedro Martinez will be starting Game 2, here is the schedule for the 2009 World Series. (all times eastern)

Philadelphia Phillies vs. New York Yankees (Fox - Joe Buck and Tim McCarver, SR: Ken Rosenthal)

Game 1: Phillies 6-1
Game 2: Yankees 3-1
Game 3: Yankees 8-5
Game 4: Yankees 7-4
Game 5: Phillies 8-6
Game 6: Yankees 7-3
New York wins the series 4-2.

Some notable roster changes from the LCS series. The Phillies are taking out a bat and and adding an arm by dropping Miguel Cairo and adding the classiest Phillie of them all, Brett Myers to the roster. The Yankees on the other hand, are thinking ahead to the NL rules games played in Philly by dropping Freddy Guzman, mainly a pinch runner, and adding Eric Hinske, who was on the receiving end of this strikeout, the last of the 2008 World Series.

The weather in New York tomorrow is looking rainy during the day, but as of now (and we all know that weather people never lie!), it's going clear up over the course of the night so while it looks like there could be a possible delay, with the forecast that I am looking at, I would be shocked if we don't have baseball tomorrow. Then again, I would not be shocked if for better or for worse, this forecast changed.

Unless there is a postponement in game 1 or 2 and a game is scheduled for Friday, I will be live blogging every game of this series. And hell, I may still be around on Friday, that will depend on what time I get back from my own trip to NYC.

Phillies, Yankees, are you ready?