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Found October 27, 2009 on Baseball & The Boogie Down: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Jimmy Rollins,  Ryan Howard,  Mariano Rivera,  Phil Hughes,  Cliff Lee,  Pedro Martinez,  Johnny Damon,  Brett Gardner,  Carlos Gomez
TEAMS: Philadelphia Phillies,  New York Yankees,  Minnesota Twins

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It's about 10:15pm EST on Tuesday night. The first pitch of the 2009 World Series is a little more than 22 hours from now. I just got finished watching MLB Network's "Path To The Pennant - New York Yankees" special. If you missed it, it was basically a recap of the Yankees 2009 postseason so far. Right now I'm tuned in to MLB Tonight, the World Series preview edition. (Side note: I don't think I watched ESPN's Baseball Tonight once this year.) I'm sure all of you are pumped for tomorrow. I know I am. I can't wait to get this thing started. Happy reading. It's a long one.Joe Girardi announced today that A.J. Burnett was going to start game 2 of the World Series. So we're looking at CC in game 1, Burnett in game 2, and Andy Pettitte in game 3. The unanswered question right now is are the Yankees going to go with a 3-man or 4-man rotation. Regardless of what they decide to do, I think CC is a guarantee to pitch games 1, 4 and 7. CC has shown before he can pitch well on 3 days rest. It'...
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