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    His is a reasoned approach why the Yankees are going down. "The Phillies already faced [A.J.] Burnett, [Andy] Pettitte, and Sabathia, three days in a row, at Yankee Stadium [in interleague play in May]. And in all three games those pitchers left the game trailing ... I like the Phillies a lot but the Phillies’ fans better not bluff themselves. The Los Angeles Dodgers are not the New York Yankees." Still, Phillies’ fans feel they own this World Series, so they feel justified naming it. Full Article at Atlanta Journal Constitution
    The Phillies already faced [A.J.] Burnett, [Andy] Pettitte, and Sabathia, three days in a row, at Yankee Stadium [in interleague play in May]. And in all three games those pitchers left the game trailing ... I like the Phillies a lot but the Phillies’ fans better not bluff themselves. The Los Angeles Dodgers are not the New York Yankees.
    SOURCE: Atlanta Journal Constitution 4 weeks ago
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Metro Atlanta Yankees, Phillies fans talk trash
  1. The Yankees have all the latest and greatest workout gear, the ultra modern stuff. But we’re Rocky. We’re the guys running down the street in training, carrying the meat over our shoulder ... That’s Philly sports.
    – John Smith SOURCE: Atlanta Journal Constitution 4 weeks ago
  2. Liberty Bell vs. Statue of Liberty World Series
    SOURCE: Atlanta Journal Constitution 4 weeks ago
  3. I love this series, just the cities themselves. It’s like the battle of the neurotic versus the psychotic, but I can’t figure out which one is which
    SOURCE: Atlanta Journal Constitution 4 weeks ago
  4. We’re the New York Yankees, and you’re not.
    SOURCE: Atlanta Journal Constitution 4 weeks ago
  5. We’ll be repeating history ... C.C. [Sabathia] is the new Babe Ruth. Yankees in six.
    – Robert Ryan SOURCE: Atlanta Journal Constitution 4 weeks ago
  6. If we’re down 3-0, our fans will still pack the stadium.
    SOURCE: Atlanta Journal Constitution 4 weeks ago
  7. Going six games would give me a heart attack
    SOURCE: Atlanta Journal Constitution 4 weeks ago
  8. You watch, if we go up 3-0, their fans won’t be around
    SOURCE: Atlanta Journal Constitution 4 weeks ago
  9. The owner of the Twins [Carl Pohlad], who just passed, had a greater personal fortune than [Yankees owner] Mr. [George] Steinbrenner
    – Robert Ryan SOURCE: Atlanta Journal Constitution 4 weeks ago

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