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Well, it is finally here and it seems like it took forever!  The 2009 World Series is about to begin!  Below is the schedule for the 2009 World Series baseball schedule.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 – 7:57 PM Eastern – Yankee Stadium

Thursday, October 29, 2009 – 7:57 PM Eastern – Yankee Stadium

Saturday, October 31, 2009 – 7:57 PM Eastern – Citizens Bank Park

Sunday, November 1, 2009 – 8:20 PM Eastern – Citizens Bank Park

Monday, November 2, 2009 – 7:57 PM Eastern – Citizens Bank Park (if needed)

Wednesday, November 4, 2009 – 7:57 PM Eastern – Yankee Stadium (if needed)

Thursday, November 5, 2009 – 7:57 PM Eastern – Yankee Stadium (if needed)

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The Yankees get home field advantage because the American League won the All Star game.  In fact, the National League has not had the home advantage in the World Series since that rule started in 2003.  They have not won the All Star game since 1996!  That is really hard to believe.

All games will be carried by Fox.  The series will start on a Wednesday night as it has for the past couple of years.  This is supposedly for better ratings because the networks do not want to carry a game on Friday night.  Friday night is the night viewers watch the least TV besides Saturday night, and the networks don’t want to have back to back games on a Friday and Saturday.

So who will win?  I really think that the Phillies are going to win.  The Yankees are a very, very good team made of great players.  But I don’t think they are the best team in the series.  The Phillies are playing great baseball now.  They cleaned up their competition early and have had a few days’ rest.  And they certainly know the World Series drill after winning it all last year.  Interestingly enough, this will be the first time that most Yankee players have been in the World Series so expect them to be awestruck in the beginning.

How many games will the 2009 World Series go?  Well, baseball is hard enough to predict the winner much less in how many games.  But I think this will be a 7-game series.  If the Phillies are going to win it, they will have to do it in new Yankee Stadium.