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Phils' Rollins: We'll beat Yanks in 5 games

Published Oct. 28, 2009 7:42 a.m. ET

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Jimmy Rollins has again predicted that his Phillies are going to beat a New York team.




But this is a little different than saying Philadelphia was the "team to beat" in the National League East two years ago.

On Monday night, Rollins said on "The Jay Leno Show" that the defending champion Phillies would beat the Yankees in the World Series.

In five games.

"Of course we're gonna win," Rollins told Leno.

As one would expect, Rollins hardly backed down from his statement on Tuesday, when players from both teams met with the media at Yankee Stadium.

"The positive about confidence is it radiates throughout the clubhouse," he explained. "Being one of the leaders, if you go out there with a negative mindset, people pick up on that. I've always been a confident person, a happy person."

The Yankees were not moved by Rollins' boast, dismissing the Philadelphia shortstop's comment Tuesday.

"He's been Nostradamus, that's what I heard," Yankees catcher Jorge Posada said. "He's been (making) a lot of good predictions, so we've got to take that away from him."

Rollins' boasts have drawn the ire of rival Mets fans in the past. He will likely encounter a similarly hostile reaction in the other New York ballpark on Wednesday night, when he digs in against CC Sabathia as the first batter of the World Series.

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