Both the Phillies and the Yankees have had AAA franchises in Scranton-Wilkes-Barre. Here’s a pretty nice look at the Series from, to that area, a local angle.
And speaking of local angles….
Chase Utley has won over at least one New York scribe.
Tim McCarver made a good point that I missed in last night’s live blog: You have to pitch inside to Utley, but it’s a very fine line. Get it to far in, and you hit him. Not inside enough and, well, you saw last night what happens.
Here’s an interesting look at the impact of the DH on the series.
