Discussion
Top 10 most important Series players
Updated: October 27, 2009, 7:09 PM ET
ESPN.com
Who are the most important players in this year's World Series? ESPN.com asked many of ESPN's baseball writers, analysts and contributors to rank the players. Here are the results:
1. CLIFF LEE, LHP, PHILLIES
• Why is he important? Lee is the Phillies' Game 1 starter; he would also likely start Game 5.
• Key numbers: Lee is the seventh pitcher in major league history to go seven-plus innings and allow an earned run or fewer in each ...Read full story
WORLD SERIES PREVIEW

ANALYSIS
- Crasnick: Girardi going one step at a time
- Arangure: Manuel thinking things through
- Wojciechowski: A case for instant replay
- Meet the World Series umpiring crew
- BP: Scouting the six Series umpires
- Olney: Old friends to meet in Game 1
- Ten most important players in Series
- Law: Intel Report -- Five keys for each team
- Bryant: The Series we've been waiting for
- Kurkjian: Five key Series questions
- BP: How weather could affect Fall Classic
- Neyer: Weather has its Series moments
- Stark: Defending champs dreaming big
VIDEO
- Baseball Tonight: Kruk, Valentine differ
- Perez: World Series question marks
- Flashback: Pedro vs. Yankees in postseason
You must be signed in to post a comment