BBTN Minute: World Series Game 2 Preview

Monika Graff/UPI via Newscom"However, the wry smile he cracked in the face of substantial booing from the crowd at Steinbrenner's House of Fiscal Excess was worth every moment of the six solid innings that he pitched. That smile was a coda. Someone should have talked about it more."Full ArticleFollow us on Twitter@HHReynolds or Click Here to get HHR in your inbox.

NEW YORK | In this city of larger-than-life stories, of heroes and villains, there's nobody quite like Pedro Martinez. Few pitchers have intersected with the New York Yankees in more big moments, enjoyed a more dominant peak or had more fun playing the role of the bad guy in the Bronx - first with the Boston Red Sox during their two-year postseason quest to overtake the Yankees...

Pedro was good but AJ Burnett was better as the Yankees defeated the Phillies 3-1 to send the series back to Philadelphia tied 1-1.

The Phillies head home with a split, which was really all we could ask for. I didn't talk much about Game 2 because I didn't really think there was much to talk about. In my opinion, you tip your hat to A.J. Burnett. He was locating a 95 mph moving fastball and painting the outside corner with a 77mph breaking ball. He threw first pitch strikes and had his good stuff. I'm sure Yankees...

Pedro Martinez believes he might be the most influential player ever to perform in the Bronx. And while Martinez is sorry he tossed Don Zimmer to the ground when the benches cleared during the 2003 ALCS, the former Red Sox ace placed the fault squarely on Zimmer.

Don Zimmer strongly denied saying something about Pedro Martinez's mother during their part of an ugly Yankees-Red Sox brawl in 2003 at Fenway Park. "He was trying to punch my mouth and told me a couple of bad words about my mom," Martinez said b...

Philadelphia Phillies vs. New York Yankees Schedule Yankee Stadium Game One: Wednesday, Oct. 28 7:57 ET. Cliff Lee vs. CC Sabathia Game Two: Thursday, Oct. 29 7:57 ET. Pedro Martinez vs...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...

Trailing 1-0 to the defending champs creates the first real October adversity the 2009 Yankees have faced and a must win situation in tonight's game 2. A.J. Burnett must go out and show the Yankees that throwing that $82.5 million contract his way last offseason was the right decision. CC Sabathia expressed the same feelings last night following the loss, saying “we need [A...

Ken Rosenthal wrote an article over on FOX Sports about how different the atmosphere in the new stadium is from the old. He even goes so far as saying "Thank goodness the World Series is leaving New York so we can get a little atmosphere."He then had these quotes from Jimmy Rollins:"Our ballpark is so loud and rowdy, I was really expecting some of that here," Phillies shortstop Jimmy...

PHILADELPHIA -- The doubters screamed when Phillies manager Charlie Manuel named Pedro Martinez as his Game 2 starter. Now he's giving them more fodder. Manuel has tabbed Joe Blanton as his World Series Game 4 starter instead of bringing back Game ...