Oct 23 2008
Similar Ending on Both Sides
Game one of the World Series was kicked off with a bang on Wednesday when the Philadelphia Phillies 2B Chase Utley hit a 2-run Homerun in the 1st inning. The Phillies would go on to win Game One 3-2 and take the first game of the World Series on the road.
The Tampa Bay Rays were not disappointed at the end of the game but as a young team on the biggest stage, they finally showed their slight inexperience. Rays young stars Evan Longoria, B.J. Upton, and Carlos Pena were not very affective in this game but it is just game one.
Not to mention the Rays had to face the Phillies Ace Cole Hamels who only allowed 2 runs then he turned the game over to the dominant bull-pen. Brad Lidge would then come in the 9th inning and close out the Rays in Tampa Bay and continue his streak of consecutive saves.
One interesting fact that caught my attention at the end of the game is the score 3-2, which was the same exact score of the Phillies first NLCS win over the Dodgers in game one. The other, is that the Rays also were defeated at home in the first game of the ALCS against the Red Sox.
Both the Rays and Phillies went on to win their next game in the series and eventually the League Championship so who knows what is going to happen tonight. The Series, although it does not have any historic rivalry, seems to be building its own identity.
The World Series has excited most baseball fans, but will fall short of expectations in normal ratings charts for baseballs showcase. Those expectations really mean nothing because game one was very entertaining and the series will be exciting from pitch-to-pitch.
J.M.Saucedo
