World Series Game 1: By the numbers

Some minutia gathered from various sources:

.672: Winning percentage of the Yankees since Alex Rodriguez returned to the lineup after hip surgery. He missed the first 28 games.

0.74: Career postseason ERA for Phillies ace Cliff Lee. Of course, that's just the three games this year.

0.77: Career postseason ERA for Yankees closer Mariano Rivera. 84 games, 66 finished, 37 saves.

1: Number of times that two Cy Young Award-winning pitchers have faced off in Game 1, before Wednesday (Lee vs. CC Sabathia). Instead of two ex-Indians, it was one Indian and one Brave. Greg Maddux (Atlanta) vs. Orel Hershiser (Cleveland), 1995. Maddux won it in a 3-2 game at Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta. (From Rob Neyer, ESPN.com)

2: National League teams that have won back-to-back World Series (1921-22 Giants, 1975-76 Reds). The Phillies can make it three.

18: Postseason wins for the Phillies the last two years, against just five defeats.

21: The most total homers ever hit in a World Series, set in 2002 (Angels over Giants). With these lineups in hitter-friendly ballparks, that total is in jeopardy if this series is a close one. (Dave Shenin, Washington Post).

32: Number of World Series games the Phillies have played in.

40: Number of World Series the Yankees have played in.

468: Total homers hit by the Phillies and Yankees this season, a record for World Series teams. (Shenin)

$400,000: Cost of an average 30-second TV spot on Fox for the World Series. (Reuters)

$1.5 billion: The cost of building the site of Game 1, the new Yankee Stadium. That, of course, is also a record.