2009 World Series Odds – Phillies vs. Yankees: The 2009 MLB World Series parings are set. The Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees will play for baseball's World Championship when they meet in the 2009 MLB World Series set to begin Wednesday ( 7:55 pm ET) at new Yankee Stadium in New York.
Philadelphia, finished the regular season with a 93-69 record, then won the NLDS in five games over Colorado and the NLCS in five versus the Los Angeles Dodgers to get to the World Series. New York, with the best regular season record in baseball this year at 103-59, swept Minnesota in three games in the ALDS and fought off the Los Angeles Angels in six games in the ALCS.
World Series Odds experts have installed the New York Yankees as -195 World Series favorites on the Sportsbook.com moneyline to win the best of seven games (2-3-2) format series. Odds on the Los Angeles Angels to win the 2009 World Series as the underdog opened at +165.
While pitching parings for Game 1 are currently not set in stone, its is expected New York will go with its ace lefthander C.C. Sabathia. Likewise, Philadelphia manager Charlie Manuel is expected to start his ace lefthander, reigning AL Cy Young Award winner Cliff Lee. It is likely New York will go with A.J. Burnett in Game 2 on Thursday while Philadelphia will probably start Cole Hamels or Pedro Martinez on Thursday.
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