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The top matchups of the World Series

By Buster Olney

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

These are my top matchups of the World Series, beyond the battle of old friends CC Sabathia and Cliff Lee: The Yankees' hitters against Cliff Lee's frantic pace. The Phillies' ace left-hander works on the mound like a fireman getting word of a four-alarm blaze, and the Yankees will try to at least slow him down from pitch to pitch, stepping out of the box and calling time between pitches. They want to force him to go deeper into counts than he's accustomed to. Kevin Long, the Yankees' hitting c ...

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