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Unbiased WORLD Series Recap: Game Two

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R1235127487_medium Rays 4, Phillies 2 (Series tied, 1-1)

That whirling dervish to your right is Vanderbilt phenom David Price, who overcame some rough spots to punch out the Phillies and secure a game two win for Tampa Bay, evening up the series at one apiece.

The song above is the main theme from Rudy, one of my very favorite movies ever made, and my favorite movie soundtrack, period. Jerry Goldsmith captured football and autumn sounds, welding them together in such a way as to make a grown man tear up on his 500th viewing of the movie. You can't beat that. It was playing either on FOX or in the stadium before the game tonight, and I can't get it out of my head. I watched Rudy again the other day, actually. It still got me. With his dad and brother clapping in the stands. Fat Jon Favreau going wild. Vince Vaughn redeeming himself. Oh man.

Shut up.

The Phillies threatened late and looked like they might bounce back into it with the big hitters coming up, but no dice. So it's all even steven heading to Philadelphia for game three on Saturday night.

Buck and McCarver about tripped over each other in the rush to smooch James Shields, but the dude went 5 2/3 innings. He did his job and handed it over to the pen and they held it down, but forgive me if I don't crap my pants about it.

Home plate umpire Kerwin Danley should be removed from the World Series, as he ridiculously blew two calls. The first one was Delaney calling a check swing third strike on Rocco Baldelli on a full count, then checking down to first AFTER making the call himself. First base umpire Fieldin Culbreth (who are these nerdy named weirdos that become Major League umpires?) said no swing, and Baldelli was awarded first base. Terrible for a JV game, let alone the World Series.

In the ninth, Jimmy Rollins' jersey was clearly clipped by a David Price pitch, and as Rollins started making his way to first, Delaney called a ball. You could hear it, you could see it, and there was no doubt about it. The ball hit his jersey.

Get a pair of glasses, Kerwin. Or a new job. However, I do like that he strongly resembles John Beasley, who you may know from many movies or TV pro-grums, but a man I will never see as anything other than one of three characters:

1. Chris Vaughn, Sr., from the insane remake of Walking Tall.

2. The father of Terry and Jesse in The Mighty Ducks. (Where did Terry go after the first movie?)

3. Coach Warren in -- you guessed it -- Rudy.

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A striking resemblance!

To me that guy will always be the bus driver from Everwood.

[Guthrie's] president of my heart. ~PhilR8

by Stacey on Oct 24, 2008 9:05 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

It's actually Danley, not Delaney

But after those two horrendous calls, he doesn’t deserve to be known by the correct name. Boy is he going to get a warm welcome in Philly this weekend.

by Brotz13 on Oct 24, 2008 10:41 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

The sparkling Phillies are now, let's see, 4-16 against AL teams this year-- and that's with the Rayz getting jobbed in Game 1.

Does anyone understand why the Phillies aren’t playing the Hiroshima Carp right now in a fair match-up?

Oh yeah, this is the real World Series, all right…

"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Churchill,1942-- a rebuilding year.

by Titov on Oct 24, 2008 1:45 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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