ALDS Game 1: Indians v. Yankees

[Pronk48]

Thursday, October 4, 2007

Jacobs Field, Cleveland, Ohio

Starting Pitchers:

Cleveland- C.C. Sabathia (19-7, 3.21)

New York- Chien-Ming Wang (19-7, 3.70)

Probable Lineups:

Cleveland-

Victor Martinez, Catcher
Ryan Garko, First Base
Asdrubal Cabrera, Second Base
Jhonny Peralta, Shortstop
Casey Blake, Third Base
Kenny Lofton, Left Field
Grady Sizemore, Center Field
Franklin Gutierrez, Right Field
Travis Hafner, Designated Hitter


New York-

Jorge Posada, Catcher
Jason Giambi, First Base
Robinson Cano, Second Base
Derek Jeter, Shortstop
Alex Rodriguez, Third Base
Hideki Matsui, Left Field
Melky Cabrera, Center Field
Bobby Abreu, Right Field
Johnny Damon, Designated Hitter

[Dry1313]

Matsui is our DH, Damon in LF I believe.

Persoally, I wish Giambi was dead.

[browntown653]

Mientkiewicz will be starting and playing first.

If I were a betting man, I would say Cleveland has the advantage here. Wang is shaky on the road and Sabathia has been an ace all season. But it should be a very competitive game.

[Pronk48]

I was going by the depth chart provided by Yahoo! Sports.

Just a few more hours, then it'll be time to PLAY BALL!

[Dry1313]

I'm saying Yankees, 8-6.

Neither pitcher shines, because everyone expects them to.

Sizemore Cheese Grady has a sick game, but Melky is god once again.

[BuckFoston]

Yankees win 8-4. (is that better Dry?)

Both pitchers will be giving up runs but it will come down to whos offense is better and that is without a doubt the Yankee offense.

[Dry1313]

Wow, way to think for yourself

[BuckFoston]

Wow, way to think for yourself

What do you mean by that?

[Dry1313]

You said basically what I did buddy.

Everyone's saying 3-1, 2-1, 3-2, something close and low scoring.

It's funny you post essentially the same thing I did, just with a slight disclaimer difference.

[BuckFoston]

Oh my... alright if it makes you feel any better I will change my prediction.

[Dry1313]

No, keep it, it's going to be right

[BuckFoston]

No because I also have a mind of my own so I will post a far off prediction that probably won't happen. But hey who knows, maybe the Yankees will put up 8 runs and beat the tribe by 4.

[Dry1313]

I hope. But at the same time, if we lose the first game of the series, we always take the series.

If we win, we need to sweep.

Weird.

[BuckFoston]

Yeah its a weird situation but thats what makes the Yankees great. Plus I put alot of my S3F money on the Yankees. So please Yankees don't screw me over.

[Dry1313]

Hahaha yeah well I bet Dougie Fresh goes G Status tonight and shows Big Papi what it's really about.