World Series Game 5 Open Thread
by Ian Casselberry on Nov 2, 2009 7:30 PM EST
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PrintCliff Lee has been the Phillies' most important pitcher since they acquired him near the July trade deadline. So perhaps it's fitting that he's on the mound when his team needs him the most, with a 3-1 series deficit. (Surely, some Phillies fans would argue that Lee should've pitched last night.)
Meanwhile, Joe Girardi appears to be going for the kill, pitching A.J. Burnett on short rest, one night after doing so with CC Sabathia. Last night, a couple of analysts on MLB Network thought Girardi was being too hasty and could afford to take a chance with a lesser pitcher (Chad Gaudin) on the road, with two potential home games coming up. I think I prefer Girardi's approach.
Pinstripe Alley and The Good Phight are your SB Nation sites to follow, for what could be the last game of the 2009 season.
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You have no idea how bad I hope the Philies start curbstomping
I already saw a ton of articles today about ZOMG YANKEES LOOK WHAT THEY’VE DONE. Including this pile of garbage over at Big League Stew. Listen, David Brown, you aren’t the Red Sox or the Cubs and you don’t have a multi-decade drought. It’s not cute; it’s trite and pandering.
Rant over.
Get em Phils.
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the Yankees hagiography will be sickening
And I will proceed to vomit if A-Rod is the World Series MVP. Bleargh.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
Saw that from somewhere else
Can’t remember where, but it made me giggle. Like The Onion always does.
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should we try some rally creatures?
Maybe penguin will help?
I’m sure Philadelphia has a zoo with a penguin exhibit. The city is certainly large enough.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
Think about this
Since the last time the Yankees were in the world series, the Wings have won two more Cups. :D
Feel better now?
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
I'm fairly sure the penguin hasn't been working
We tried so hard with him during the Angels series, he came out looking like this:
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that is so sad!
But yes, I think the poor little chick was overextended. He needs the offseason off to grow up, get his adult plumage, and eat a bunch of fish to build up his strength. Come back strong in spring training. :)
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
I also don't want to hear about how Lee should have started last night
Couple of my local “baseball experts” were moaning and complaining that Lee didn’t get the start last night. I don’t understand why the Yankees going to a three-man rotation means that the Phillies have to do the same. Manuel clearly gambled on dictating the pace of the series in pitching, and it didn’t pay off — that doesn’t mean he was wrong to do it.
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right
Plus it isn’t as though Joe Blanton was bad – he was quite good.
Lidge could have blown the game for Cliff Lee just as easily as for Joe Blanton.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
DING!
I tried pitching that line, but the one guy wasn’t buying it. I just didn’t get it.
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No
Just so I don’t have to hear the announcers ramble on and on about it!
If a small bomb went off in the announcers’ booth right now, it wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world.
Unless they got replaced with the TBS crew. I guess that’d be worse.
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It would have to take out the equipment
Then it wouldn’t matter who they had in the booth, we couldn’t hear ANY of them!
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
ow ow ow ow
At least when A-Rod gets hit, he gets it in the ribs, not on the hand. Ouch.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
On the bunt, too?
Sucks hard. Only (basically) bare fingers between the ball and the bat. Not even some palm meat to absorb!
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Thank you Mr. Utley.
More of that, please. And from your silly teammates, too. :)
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
Did you do your part to help Illitch pay for this post-season?
$18 at Little Caesars today for me.
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We've opened two in Chi in the last 6 months.
Leases were a bitch to negotiate. Good lawyers Mr. I is paying.
if that is Cubbies territory
Then tell people that all the pizza they buy helps to beat the White Sox. :D
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
True story....
the dude I negotiated with on LC’s end is a huge Twins fan. Yikes.
Both stores are in Sox country, alas.
probably like religion or political parties
As long as it doesn’t affect his job performance, probably the only thing anyone can do is give him the stinkeye for lousy taste. :)
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
never good to give a crazy man something sharp and pointy
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
Did Frank Langella have half his jaw removed or something?
Or is that just semi-decent CGI for The Box?
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I don't care how they swing it
I’m mashing that button until they make me stop.
Six+ billion people, what are the odds amirite?
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and maybe you'd be lucky
And it would be someone who really, really needs killin’ – as they say in the old Westerns.
I know a few people like that right off the top of my head. :)
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
yeah it was terrible.
I was so bummed because I loved Donnie Darko. hope Kelly has more good ones in him
UPPER BODY OR LOWER BODY?
Because they never are open about that kind of stuff in the playoffs.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
out like "need to go to the kitchen?"
Or out like “need to go to the store?”
Someplace has to be open. There are another three hours of baseball left, after all. :)
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
how cool would delivery liquor stores be?
Like ordering pizza – but instead of a large thin crust with pepperoni, you could have a six-pack of beer and a bottle of gin delivered to your door.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
they have them in LA.
I dearly miss it sometimes. I also miss being able to purchase liquor past 9pm
you know me pretty well though
I could have easily meant it’s all the way in the kitchen, I am that lazy sometimes!
"We could be overdoing it a little bit"
GEE, YOU THINK, YOU F*CKING HACKS?!
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someone smash them on the right index finger
Then we can get a first-person account of how much it hurts.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
none that I can recall
But the Yankees haven’t warranted much loving applause yet.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
5-1 Philadelphia
And Burnett is getting pulled in the third inning.
So much for three days rest for him!
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
hurry and get your booze!
It might only be in the fourth inning when you get back!
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
yes
Right off the knuckles of his right hand – and they have been dwelling obsessively on it ever since. It’s pretty funny how much they have talked about it.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
ENDLESS hand coverage
First several replays from different angles, and the sound so you could hear that the ball hit off bone and not the bat. Then frequent shots of how he kept shaking his hand in the field and speculation about how much it might affect his throwing and how the Yankees might take advantage of that on the basepaths. Then talking about how he was getting his hand looked at, and how it might affect the team if he was out for a while.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
And it has four fingers and a thumb, right?
So I guess that would be a lower body injury as long as he holds it by his side.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
Yeah
I still say that the Rays were a better team than the Phillies, but they picked a bad time to go into a slump and looked overmatched the whole time.
by SabreRoseTiger on Nov 2, 2009 9:20 PM EST up reply actions
Hola
I don’t mind so much if the Phillies win this game. After all, I want the WS to go as many games as possible. Who’s done most of the damage for Philly, and is there anything else I should know about regarding this game?
Utley home run with a man on, Burnett had pretty bad control – pulled in the third inning without getting an out – and Shane Victorino took a ball off his right hand when attempting a bunt and his hand has been bothering him ever since.
Philly has had a very balanced attack, actually – although Howard has still been ineffective and flailing.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
SHANE VICTORINO UPDATE
IT GOT XRAYED AND IT’S NOT BROKEN
SORT OF INDICATIVE OF HIM STILL PLAYING IN THE GAME, YOU FUCKS
Can we please talk about the Phillies being up by five runs instead?
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Imagine if he got plunked in the hand
The hand fetish would be amazing.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
probably a bad bruise
It might be even more sore and stiff tomorrow. Glad it isn’t broken, though.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
Victorino's okay (I would hope so, since I voted for him a million times)
I like the way he plays. Dodger fans hate him, though.
by SabreRoseTiger on Nov 2, 2009 9:29 PM EST up reply actions
I actually started to cue up some Tigers games on the MLB.tv archives today
And I quickly discovered that there are large chunks of the season that I just can’t watch without getting depressed, namely the entire first half, any of Galarraga’s starts (because as much as I wanted it for him, it just didn’t happen, and I hope to God it was just injury-related), or the last two weeks. That limits me to the end of July, all of August, and the beginning of September.
by SabreRoseTiger on Nov 2, 2009 9:38 PM EST up reply actions
oh okay.
I was trying to find ESPN radio in the car and when I found it, all I knew is he was on base at some point and they scored again
better than getting a Christmas card from the auto mechanic
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
The man at the smoke shop asked where my "partner in crime" was today
The girl that always comes with me while we’re working on Fridays.
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My girlfriend just said she's rooting for the Yankees.
Suggestions for insults?
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tell her you're glad she has better taste in men than baseball teams
Because you like to think you are more than an expensive toy?
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
She's a Tigers' fan 99% of the time
Her justification is team colors (the blue) and they’re in the AL.
She doesn’t understand they’re the godamned Yankees.
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Wait a minute ...
She is cheering for the damn YANKEES because they have BLUE in their uniform? Even though they are the YANKEES?!?
//head explodes
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
As convoluted as my reasoning is for backing the Yankees (though not so much tonight)
That is not one of them. However, I have noticed that I’m not real crazy about most teams with red as their primary color scheme. I don’t know why. It’s not something I did on purpose. I hate the Red Sox, I don’t like the Phillies, and I’m not real crazy about the Angels, D’backs, or Reds. The Cardinals are okay, I guess, though. And I like the Rangers (which are half-red, so to speak).
And I used to be FIERCELY AL over NL as a kid.
by SabreRoseTiger on Nov 2, 2009 9:51 PM EST up reply actions
I laugh at ugly uniforms
But if I don’t like the team anyway, it is merely another point to mock, and if I like the team anyway, it is endearing that they have goofy uniforms.
If I went with colors, I’d be cheering for the Toronto Maple Leafs instead of the Red Wings (and promptly step in front of a commuter train, I suppose). Heh. :)
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
As I said, I think it's just a coincidence.
I still say that our home whites are the best in baseball, though.
by SabreRoseTiger on Nov 2, 2009 10:01 PM EST up reply actions
San Diego has a proud and noble history of UGLY uniforms
All you have to do is watch the ’84 World Series.
by SabreRoseTiger on Nov 2, 2009 10:05 PM EST up reply actions
If they do, let me know
I’d like to watch it for the first time (or maybe I watched it when it happened; I don’t know; I was a year old).
by SabreRoseTiger on Nov 2, 2009 10:12 PM EST up reply actions
I love that one
Only Homer could set cornflakes on fire. :)
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
Well, I kinda understand the Robinson Cano aspect
I don’t understand the black taco or the scantily-clad girl.
by SabreRoseTiger on Nov 2, 2009 9:45 PM EST up reply actions
I've never been able to figure out Cliff Lee
With other great pitchers, you hear about his “great fastball” or his “great changeup/slider/etc” or that he’s a maniacal strike-thrower, but I’ve never heard any of these things about Lee. What is it that makes him so effective?
I pointed that out to the Dodgers fans several times
(Granted, he never gave up more than three runs in any of those starts. He just got outpitched, twice by Verlander and once by Jackson).
by SabreRoseTiger on Nov 2, 2009 9:48 PM EST up reply actions
yes he did
that’s why I suggested JV against him twice in the 2010 match ups last night
JV seems to know what to do
I've got to get back to work on my JV portrait sometime soon
My goal is to finish it before spring training.
by SabreRoseTiger on Nov 2, 2009 9:52 PM EST up reply actions
Phillies need more runs
Got to get out of grand-slam-bullpen-meltdown range.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
Okay, I did not realize he was off the roster
I’ve been at work the last several hours. The last time I got any WS-related news was this morning. I take it the hamstring injury was worse than originally thought?
by SabreRoseTiger on Nov 2, 2009 9:56 PM EST up reply actions
I don't know the rules.
Wasn’t being dismissive. Not sure if you can go on and off. They haven’t released much, except that he’s off the roster, as far as I saw.
Basically I just imagine him playing LF for the Tigers.
Ahhh….he’d look good out there, wouldn’t he?
//sigh
Thank goodness there isn’t a baseball commandment against coveting other team’s players.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
should be opposite, anyway
Thou shalt covet thine opponent’s talent.
Thou shalt rip thine own players when they do something unforgivably stupid; however, thou shalt also be quick to forgive when they do something amazing to redeem thyselves.
Thou shalt devote far too much time to thinking about, reading about, and/or blogging about thine team, just short of the neglect of personal hygeine (although all rules are off in the playoffs).
…and so on. :)
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
I need to get ten, though.
Twould require a bit of thought. :)
Something to occupy my mind during the lulls at work, perhaps.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
Even Rick?
I like the sound of worshipping JV, though.
by SabreRoseTiger on Nov 2, 2009 10:07 PM EST up reply actions
Okay, I forgot the Kid.
Thou shall exhort him as well. And Polly if he comes back. Or even if he doesn’t, really.
I can think of a few guys who'd look good patrolling LF in the Olde English D
Several of them play for the Colorado Rockies (not Brad Hawpe).
by SabreRoseTiger on Nov 2, 2009 9:59 PM EST up reply actions
I generally like facial hair unless it's completely out of control
Or if it looks stupid like Clay Zavada
by SabreRoseTiger on Nov 2, 2009 9:58 PM EST up reply actions
I get that
I’m liking Werth the same way I developed a fondness for Andre Ethier in the Dodgers series.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
I'd like to say that it is the only chance they have to run on the field
but that would not be true and they would prove it soon
pelvis, yes
As to the finer details of anatomy, that is obscure.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
"Maybe he was speaking out of frustration..."
AND MAYBE YOU HACKS ARE ALSO TAKING A SINGLE SENTENCE OUT OF CONTEXT LIKE MORONS, TOO.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
Well, A-Rod's pants are too tight
Join the club, pitching coach
by SabreRoseTiger on Nov 2, 2009 10:14 PM EST up reply actions
Wasn't looking, myself.
It’s just fun what she notices during a game. She also says that Jorge has no chin.
I still remember a comment someone made in a Game Thread where CC was pitching once
“A family of four could live comfortably in CC Sabathia’s pants”
by SabreRoseTiger on Nov 2, 2009 10:17 PM EST up reply actions
does tex's arm get tired holding the glove out like that?
I’ve never noticed other first basemen doing that for so long when a guy is on base
Miggy did a decent job at first base
Purely observational on my part, but I thought he was definitely on the right track. And he did make some nice plays.
by SabreRoseTiger on Nov 2, 2009 10:19 PM EST up reply actions
I absolutely agree
I thought he played a great 1st base this year and I’m excited about how he’ll do in the future
I think it's pretty standard teaching
all the way back to little league.
by StringTheory on Nov 2, 2009 10:22 PM EST up reply actions
Cliff, Justin, and Rick.
Imagine how many quick games we’d have next year. :)
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
Most Predictable Called Third Strike Ever.
After Chinless Jorge showing him up, he’d have rung him up on a 45 foot curveball.
Should have seen Pinstripe Alley
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by john.kmiecik on Nov 2, 2009 10:23 PM EST up reply actions
They were not pleased.
Bitch bitch ump ump bitch bitch
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by john.kmiecik on Nov 2, 2009 10:25 PM EST up reply actions
They've also used Megan Fox
And every other woman with boobs you can think of.
by SabreRoseTiger on Nov 2, 2009 10:30 PM EST up reply actions
They also use Yankee legends as rally images
So you’ll get Rally Megan Fox immediately followed by Rally Babe Ruth.
by SabreRoseTiger on Nov 2, 2009 10:32 PM EST up reply actions
The black taco gets a lot of play as a rally object too
I’d question it, but it’s no more strange than vegetables.
by SabreRoseTiger on Nov 2, 2009 10:35 PM EST up reply actions
a black taco is probably safer as a rally object than as a food item
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
I'm on Pinstripe Alley, but I'm not paying real close attention right now
It’s hard to keep up when there are 19 new comments at a time
by SabreRoseTiger on Nov 2, 2009 10:26 PM EST up reply actions
No
6-2 Phills top 7 1-1 count 2 out
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by john.kmiecik on Nov 2, 2009 10:23 PM EST up reply actions
I don't hate the Yankees, but I'd like this thing to go back to Yankee Stadium regardless
If for no other reason but to give us another opportunity to make fun of CC Sabathia’s pants.
by SabreRoseTiger on Nov 2, 2009 10:27 PM EST up reply actions
I think you are right
Everywhere else, commercial city.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
The 7th inning stretch in Yankee Stadium
Now lasts about an hour and a half, with all the patriotic songs and invented traditions
Hi all
If I went to Philly and shot halloffamerJoe Morgan, no jury in the world would convict, me, right?
I think they have a take-a-number thing by the ammunition counter
There are so many people who want to finish him off.
And hello.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
Ah, so the Phils and Yanks HAVE played each other in the WS before
1950…my dad was born that year. The Orioles won the year I was born (1983). I wonder who won in 1948 (when my mom was born).
Cleveland
Beat Boston Braves. I remember it like it was yesterday. Which is strange because I was born in 1977
I just recently started watching that
I blew through all the episodes until I was current, in about 2 weeks. hilarious show
I really want to like that show,
but I find myself unable to laugh at any of it.
by StringTheory on Nov 2, 2009 10:33 PM EST up reply actions
I know!
My love-interest likes is and I’ll watch it with her, but I just end up nit-picking about the huge misrepresentation of science geeks. Plus it has laugh tracks, and only Seinfeld can get away with that.
by StringTheory on Nov 2, 2009 10:37 PM EST up reply actions
I do the same thing
Point out the glaring errors of biology and ecology more than anything else.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
haven't seen it
But usually I don’t watch comedies. Somehow they never strike me as nearly as funny as they are supposed to be.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
Joe Morgan will now have to find a way
to show that Reggie Jackson’s 5 HRS were better than Chase Utley’s
and none of Utley's are so short that they require video review to see if they got over the wall or not
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
He said he wasn't going to be home or something last night, didn't he?
by SabreRoseTiger on Nov 2, 2009 10:38 PM EST up reply actions
maybe he's going to the game?
I hope so. He’s got to be having a blast watching his team do this. :)
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
To be fair, several of the fans at Pinstripe Alley are giving Utley props right now
They then proceed to cuss out Joe Buck
Actually, they hate Buck/McCarver just as much as the rest of us
by SabreRoseTiger on Nov 2, 2009 10:40 PM EST up reply actions
Joe Buck and Tim McCarver
Uniting disparate fan bases for many years.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
It's too bad Randy Marsh isn't umpiring this series
Maybe if Yankees fans started complaining about his crapiness, Major League Baseball would finally take notice
by SabreRoseTiger on Nov 2, 2009 10:44 PM EST up reply actions
I can only think of 10 off the top of my head.
So maybe not then.
by StringTheory on Nov 2, 2009 10:46 PM EST up reply actions
Nice of Ibanez to do something not useless.
Bye, Phil Hughes! Thank you for playing – please come again in game six back in New York.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
Actually, that was Phil Coke
Who apparently isn’t that good against lefties.
by SabreRoseTiger on Nov 2, 2009 10:42 PM EST up reply actions
ah, my bad
I was only half-listening – NOW it’s Phil Hughes.
Funny that they have two Phils instead of the Phillies having two Phils in the bullpen.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
lol
The fans at Pinstripe Alley want to leave Phil Coke in Philadelphia.
by SabreRoseTiger on Nov 2, 2009 10:46 PM EST up reply actions
Perhaps we should have something explode at the Coma when the Tigs homer.
Nominations? I’ll lead it off: Kid Rock himself lights some sort of explosive from the Pepsi Porch.
funny to read teh Damon Genius articles today...
about a guy reputed to be one of the dumbest guys in the sport.
It's late. That does weird things to you.
See my comment last night about the Tigers playing the Tigers in the WS next year.
by SabreRoseTiger on Nov 2, 2009 10:50 PM EST up reply actions
teh is the internet the
I think it is practically an alternative spelling of the word by now.
I blame it on keyboard design.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
I am hating Ibanez right now
Even Raburn would have had that. :(
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
that looks even crappier on replay
Useless in the outfield.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
8-4 Philly, new pitcher coming in
Okay, Philly bullpen – be adequate, please. You are in position to win and push it to a game six, so DON’T F*** IT UP NOW.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
i hope craig monroe wasnt watching that...
That hit close to home.
by rook34 on Nov 2, 2009 10:54 PM EST via mobile reply actions
I think it is
But I don’t remember this play
by SabreRoseTiger on Nov 2, 2009 10:56 PM EST up reply actions
especially in that scene with the penguins
Hard to tell there, but he pulled his pants down and kind of danced with his feet like penguin webbed feet. Funny to see.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
Lousy throw from the outfield.
Granderson would have had him.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
8-5 Phillies
Yankees cut the lead down to three runs, but the Phillies get out of the inning and come to bat now.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
Throwing has to be the weakest element of his game.
by StringTheory on Nov 2, 2009 11:01 PM EST up reply actions
that tells you how bad I thought the throw was
Late and off the plate. Either would have been bad enough.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
By the way, Pinstripe Alley's rally images for that last inning:
Francisco Cervelli and the Count from Sesame Street
that makes no sense
At least when we posted aardvarks or penguins or vegetables there was a logical reason behind it.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
Well, the Count had something to do with Nick Swisher
Best I can figure, it’s an inside joke
by SabreRoseTiger on Nov 2, 2009 11:05 PM EST up reply actions
Hahahahahaha...True!
And he has the ears for it, too.
by SabreRoseTiger on Nov 2, 2009 11:10 PM EST up reply actions
More Sesame Street stuff
This time from TrueBlueLA:
by SabreRoseTiger on Nov 2, 2009 11:08 PM EST up reply actions
Well, we have "The Bird" in Tigers history
A few more and we’ll have the entire cast of Sesame Street in baseball.
by SabreRoseTiger on Nov 2, 2009 11:11 PM EST up reply actions
I love Miller.
Please spare him in your rampage against Morgan. :)
by StringTheory on Nov 2, 2009 11:08 PM EST up reply actions
I meant it in the most benevolent way possible. Sorry if it read differently. I didn’t think you were criticizing him.
by StringTheory on Nov 2, 2009 11:17 PM EST up reply actions
Joe Morgan
“feels” that Posada is a better hitter from the left side, although all his statistics say the opposite.
Of course he only shares this “feeling” after Posada gets a leftie double.
COME ON PHILLIES
Yankees on first and third, Jeter up, NO ONE OUT.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
Run scores, but a double play 6-4-3
Bases empty, two outs, 8-6 Phillies still lead, and Noodle-Arm Damon up now.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
Okay, not technically "in" the stadium.
But across the street. It’s still the closest I’ll ever have been to the postseason. (Went to Tigers-Yankees playoffs in 2006, rained out).
Hey guys-
Sorry i got on late tonight – I had to recharge my pacemaker during that inning…
Oh, I'm glad you're here. I have a question to ask you
What’s the music that they play when the Phillies win at home?
by SabreRoseTiger on Nov 2, 2009 11:29 PM EST up reply actions
And by the way, I don't mind so much that the Phillies won tonight
I wanted a seven-game series.
by SabreRoseTiger on Nov 2, 2009 11:30 PM EST up reply actions
Pinstripe Alley is questioning Fox's choice of Cliff Lee as the player of the game
They think it should be Chase Utley
I'd say Utley as well
Lee was a little bit shaky. He gave up some hard hit outs and was probably left in there too long.
by SabreRoseTiger on Nov 2, 2009 11:32 PM EST up reply actions
I didn't recognize the music in the background-
though the fans broke into “Fly eagles Fly”, the football fight song, lol
I got on the computer when the score was 8-2
I didn’t want to jinx anything by logging on – maybe I SHOULD have!!
ah, the stress of figuring out exactly which superstitions are the most powerful :)
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
I blame myself for yesterday -
I was all ready to type in “what a great job by Lidge”
It never happened…
it sounds inappropriately dramatic
“Historical documentary” dramatic as opposed to “playoffs sports” dramatic. Too ponderous and slow.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
lol - I'm glad you don't mind another game, sabre
Win or lose game 6, I’ll have to log on for Wednesday’s game – the drama is just crazy!
if nothing else
It lets everyone else know when to call in the paramedics with the defibrillator.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
My heart rate is now just
dropping below 120 ;)
good night
Make sure you have enough booze this time so you don’t need to make an emergency alcohol run.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
Phils will need one of the following for game 6:
1. Complete game shutout by Pedro
2. Another 6 run lead.
Both would be safer.
Although a 9 run lead would be even better. I’d ask for 10, but I don’t want to seem greedy. :D
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
I hear ya
I was greedy after game 1 – I wanted a sweep. Now I’ll take a dust buster.
fingers crossed
That he can pitch as well in game six as he did in game two.
(And that the manager doesn’t pull a Grady Little and leave him in too long.)
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
Displaying my ignorance here
But what is all this constant reference to Grady Little? All I know about him is that he managed the Dodgers before Joe Torre.
by SabreRoseTiger on Nov 2, 2009 11:50 PM EST up reply actions
Grady left Pedro in too long
in a 2003 playoff game against the Yanks. Pedro got hammered, and the Yanks won. Grady was promptly fired.
Well, that makes sense based on the context of everyone else's comments
2003 ultimately didn’t end that well for the Yankees, either, I know that. And it’s kind of an odd World Series for me to look back on. At the time I would’ve rooted for the Yankees, but back then I did not know anyone who played for the 2003 Marlins. Since then, I have grown to know and love two of them and respect several others, so I kinda wish I could go back in time and tell myself that.
by SabreRoseTiger on Nov 2, 2009 11:54 PM EST up reply actions
when he was managing the Red Sox
He left Pedro in too long against the Yankees. He had already settled down on the bench, had a high pitch count (100+), shaken hands with other guys, and was as surprised as anyone that he was sent back out to the mound.
Boston had a 5-2 lead after seven innings and everyone was surprised that Pedro was sent out for the 8th, as the Boston bullpen had some effective relievers.
It was game seven of the series, the one where Aaron Boone hit a game-winning home run in the 11th inning after he entered as a defensive replacement.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
Good night all!
When next you see me I will either be
1) cheering like crazy
2) sobbing hysterically
Either way it’s been fun chatting with everyone!
good night
Either way, we understand the need to vent. Hoping it will be choice number one.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
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