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LCS Game Thread: NYY@ LAA and LAD @ PHI

Yankees @ Angels, 4:13 PM EDT on FOX (NYY leads the series 2-0)

The Angels and Yankees played a heck of a game on Saturday night, a marathon that ended in the 13th inning on a throwing error that allowed Jerry Hairston to score the winning run. I admit when Hairston slid home and then jumped up cheering, I felt just a teeny, tiny bit happy for him. Don't worry, it didn't last long. But O's fans have a history with him, so I forgot myself for a millisecond.

Jered Weaver and Andy Pettitte are the starting pitchers for tonight's game as the Angels look to climb their way back into this series. I'm sure all of the players are happy to be in southern California where the gametime temperature will be about 67 degrees. I know I'll be happy not having to hear about how hard it is to play in the cold for a few days.

Dodgers @ Phillies, 8:07 PM EDT on TBS (PHI leads the series 2-1)

The Phillies blew out the Dodgers yesterday 11-0, as the Dodgers curiously decided to start Hiroki Kuroda, who hadn't pitched in a major league game since mid-September. He lasted just 1.1 innings, giving up 6 runs. Cliff Lee dominated again, allowing just three hits in 8 innings and even adding a hit so that he was on base for Shane Victorino's 3 run HR.

Randy Wolf will try to outduel Joe Blanton in the hopes of evening up the series. Joe Blanton has very unfortunate facial hair.

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Girardi's bullpen mismanagement

is Angels’ only hope.

Seems like Rivera & Hughes are the only relievers he’ll allow more than 1/3 of an inning. Joba? Quick hook. Coke? Quick hook. Marte? Eh, OK, that’s probably deserved.

After game 2 he defended leaving Gaudan as his only guy left in the bullpen by saying that he’s good for 3-4 innings.

Yeah, but not if his 1st pitch is a liner off his knee…

You can't fix stupid. Stupid is forever.

by sluggo 2.0 on Oct 19, 2009 4:21 PM EDT reply actions  

I love how

they just kept showing him sitting in the bullpen all lonely.

Some Day, Matt Wieters Will Make The Cooperstown Crowd Laugh By Talking About The Time He Batted Behind Melvin Mora And Luke Scott. -Keith Law via Matt Wieters Facts

by Stacey on Oct 19, 2009 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions  

As bad as Girardi is with the bullpen

Scosica removing Mike Napoli for Gary Matthews, Jr. is INFINITELY stupider.

"I like baseball, movies, good clothes, whiskey, fast cars ... and you. What else you need to know?"

by Andrew_G on Oct 19, 2009 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions  

I thought that Mathis was personall catching someone.

Maybe it was weaver….b/c I saw him catch one game and they were talking about why Mathis was in there.

Don't let the sunshine fool ya. - Townes Van Zandt

by BPinOK on Oct 19, 2009 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions  

I finished a season of mlb '09 the show with the Os

and guthrie led teh league in HRs surrendered and lost 15 games, Reimold won ROY and then tore his knee up in Sept. and retired, and I barely avoided losing 100 games. Talk about depressing. Even the video game version makes the Os suck.

Don't let the sunshine fool ya. - Townes Van Zandt

by BPinOK on Oct 19, 2009 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions  

that reminds me of

one of my least favorite baseball announcer sayings…the “he’s earned the right to pitch out there.”

WTF? A guy has hung around the league long enought that he doesn’t have to even throw strikes anymore?

Don't let the sunshine fool ya. - Townes Van Zandt

by BPinOK on Oct 19, 2009 4:35 PM EDT up reply actions  

A-Rod and Jeter are really letting Teixeira’s crappy performance off the hook.

"Well, I believe in the soul, the cock, the pussy, the small of a woman's back, the hanging curve ball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent, overrated crap."

by birdman on Oct 19, 2009 5:24 PM EDT reply actions  

YES BABY!

"Well, I believe in the soul, the cock, the pussy, the small of a woman's back, the hanging curve ball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent, overrated crap."

by birdman on Oct 19, 2009 6:29 PM EDT reply actions  

VVVLLLLLAAADDDYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"No one's going to give a damn in July if you lost a game in March." Earl Weaver on Spring Training

by BaltimoreSportsFan on Oct 19, 2009 6:30 PM EDT reply actions  

sit down captain

"Well, I believe in the soul, the cock, the pussy, the small of a woman's back, the hanging curve ball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent, overrated crap."

by birdman on Oct 19, 2009 6:36 PM EDT reply actions  

howie!

"Well, I believe in the soul, the cock, the pussy, the small of a woman's back, the hanging curve ball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent, overrated crap."

by birdman on Oct 19, 2009 6:54 PM EDT reply actions  

doing my joba dance right now.

"Well, I believe in the soul, the cock, the pussy, the small of a woman's back, the hanging curve ball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent, overrated crap."

by birdman on Oct 19, 2009 6:59 PM EDT reply actions  

way to go lil' izzy

I now have a blog: http://justanotherbaltimoresportsblog.blogspot.com/

by BaltimoreSportsFan on Oct 19, 2009 7:05 PM EDT reply actions  

the angels are kicking some butt now.

"Well, I believe in the soul, the cock, the pussy, the small of a woman's back, the hanging curve ball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent, overrated crap."

by birdman on Oct 19, 2009 7:11 PM EDT reply actions  

nevermind.

"Well, I believe in the soul, the cock, the pussy, the small of a woman's back, the hanging curve ball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent, overrated crap."

by birdman on Oct 19, 2009 7:11 PM EDT up reply actions  

the angels

they’re making the Orioles look like geniuses on the basepaths.

i mean seriously, don’t you guys WANT to win?

"I think my motivation is to see the other guys in the clubhouse. They’re contending for the playoffs, and when I see that it gets into my body. I play like it’s the playoffs too" —Memlo

by zknower on Oct 19, 2009 7:32 PM EDT up reply actions  

good move here. go after hairston.

"Well, I believe in the soul, the cock, the pussy, the small of a woman's back, the hanging curve ball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent, overrated crap."

by birdman on Oct 19, 2009 7:38 PM EDT reply actions  

Dear Angels

Try to actually play like major leaguers this half-inning, mkay?

"I think my motivation is to see the other guys in the clubhouse. They’re contending for the playoffs, and when I see that it gets into my body. I play like it’s the playoffs too" —Memlo

by zknower on Oct 19, 2009 7:42 PM EDT reply actions  

alas, the angels did not.

"I think my motivation is to see the other guys in the clubhouse. They’re contending for the playoffs, and when I see that it gets into my body. I play like it’s the playoffs too" —Memlo

by zknower on Oct 19, 2009 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions  

I didn't realize what a monster year Morales had.

"Well, I believe in the soul, the cock, the pussy, the small of a woman's back, the hanging curve ball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent, overrated crap."

by birdman on Oct 19, 2009 7:45 PM EDT reply actions  

yeah, he picked up right where tex left off

"I think my motivation is to see the other guys in the clubhouse. They’re contending for the playoffs, and when I see that it gets into my body. I play like it’s the playoffs too" —Memlo

by zknower on Oct 19, 2009 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions  

I also love McCarver...

….fellating Jeter for looking at which base to throw to on the Abreu play. “There’s no one to tell him WHERE TO THROW, HIS BACK IS TURNED! And see how he LOOKS TO THIRD AND THEN THROWS TO SECOND!!!”

"I think my motivation is to see the other guys in the clubhouse. They’re contending for the playoffs, and when I see that it gets into my body. I play like it’s the playoffs too" —Memlo

by zknower on Oct 19, 2009 7:45 PM EDT reply actions  

Abreu would've been toast

if Jeter had thrown to the first base coach

by Steve. on Oct 19, 2009 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions  

look at all the home grown players on the Angels

Hopefully, the O’s farm system will be just as productive.

"Well, I believe in the soul, the cock, the pussy, the small of a woman's back, the hanging curve ball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent, overrated crap."

by birdman on Oct 19, 2009 7:49 PM EDT reply actions  

here's a hint lady

if coffee gives you heartburn, instead of taking pumping your body fill of zantac, why don’t you just not drink coffee?

"I think my motivation is to see the other guys in the clubhouse. They’re contending for the playoffs, and when I see that it gets into my body. I play like it’s the playoffs too" —Memlo

by zknower on Oct 19, 2009 7:50 PM EDT reply actions  

We're Americans

There’s a pill for everything, dude.

"I would approve signing a pitcher that ate kitten tacos if he won 20 games a year." -BPinOK

by duck on Oct 19, 2009 8:27 PM EDT up reply actions  

Not pill addiction

"I like baseball, movies, good clothes, whiskey, fast cars ... and you. What else you need to know?"

by Andrew_G on Oct 20, 2009 12:09 AM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

Niiice pitch

"I think my motivation is to see the other guys in the clubhouse. They’re contending for the playoffs, and when I see that it gets into my body. I play like it’s the playoffs too" —Memlo

by zknower on Oct 19, 2009 7:52 PM EDT reply actions  

sweeeet

"I think my motivation is to see the other guys in the clubhouse. They’re contending for the playoffs, and when I see that it gets into my body. I play like it’s the playoffs too" —Memlo

by zknower on Oct 19, 2009 7:52 PM EDT reply actions  

i have a bad feeling about swisher with two outs here.

please let me be wrong.

"I think my motivation is to see the other guys in the clubhouse. They’re contending for the playoffs, and when I see that it gets into my body. I play like it’s the playoffs too" —Memlo

by zknower on Oct 19, 2009 7:54 PM EDT reply actions  

YAYYY

Mathis didn’t try to leg out a triple there!

"I think my motivation is to see the other guys in the clubhouse. They’re contending for the playoffs, and when I see that it gets into my body. I play like it’s the playoffs too" —Memlo

by zknower on Oct 19, 2009 8:00 PM EDT reply actions  

oh man

if the angels are a real baseball team then they HAVE to score here.

by Steve. on Oct 19, 2009 8:06 PM EDT reply actions  

FINISH THEM!

"Well, I believe in the soul, the cock, the pussy, the small of a woman's back, the hanging curve ball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent, overrated crap."

by birdman on Oct 19, 2009 8:07 PM EDT reply actions  

if mathis heads down the line a little on that grounder

he scores if he breaks for home. no way tex throws him out from that face-plant position.

"I think my motivation is to see the other guys in the clubhouse. They’re contending for the playoffs, and when I see that it gets into my body. I play like it’s the playoffs too" —Memlo

by zknower on Oct 19, 2009 8:08 PM EDT reply actions  

SHUTUPTIMMCCARVER

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"I think my motivation is to see the other guys in the clubhouse. They’re contending for the playoffs, and when I see that it gets into my body. I play like it’s the playoffs too" —Memlo

by zknower on Oct 19, 2009 8:09 PM EDT reply actions   1 recs

ooo, i'd love a mariano BB here

"I think my motivation is to see the other guys in the clubhouse. They’re contending for the playoffs, and when I see that it gets into my body. I play like it’s the playoffs too" —Memlo

by zknower on Oct 19, 2009 8:10 PM EDT reply actions  

swung at ball 3, tori

"I think my motivation is to see the other guys in the clubhouse. They’re contending for the playoffs, and when I see that it gets into my body. I play like it’s the playoffs too" —Memlo

by zknower on Oct 19, 2009 8:11 PM EDT reply actions  

motherfuck

"I think my motivation is to see the other guys in the clubhouse. They’re contending for the playoffs, and when I see that it gets into my body. I play like it’s the playoffs too" —Memlo

by zknower on Oct 19, 2009 8:12 PM EDT reply actions  

guarantee you something else

yankees will go ahead in the top of the 11th. probably on a solo dinger.

"I think my motivation is to see the other guys in the clubhouse. They’re contending for the playoffs, and when I see that it gets into my body. I play like it’s the playoffs too" —Memlo

by zknower on Oct 19, 2009 8:14 PM EDT reply actions  

happy to be wrong.

"I think my motivation is to see the other guys in the clubhouse. They’re contending for the playoffs, and when I see that it gets into my body. I play like it’s the playoffs too" —Memlo

by zknower on Oct 19, 2009 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions  

Mathis is clutch baby!

"Well, I believe in the soul, the cock, the pussy, the small of a woman's back, the hanging curve ball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent, overrated crap."

by birdman on Oct 19, 2009 8:35 PM EDT reply actions  

You mean bringing in Aceves?

"Well, I believe in the soul, the cock, the pussy, the small of a woman's back, the hanging curve ball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent, overrated crap."

by birdman on Oct 19, 2009 8:47 PM EDT up reply actions  

Yeah, weird move. Don’t get it either. Not complaining though. But still, you have to give Mathis props. 2 key hits for him.

"Well, I believe in the soul, the cock, the pussy, the small of a woman's back, the hanging curve ball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent, overrated crap."

by birdman on Oct 19, 2009 8:52 PM EDT up reply actions  

Yeah

And I was bitching about why they ever played him over Napoli before…

by O'sFan21 on Oct 19, 2009 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions  

listening to the post game on XM

Damn it, it’s over now. I wanted to hear Girardi’s answer on why he brought in Aceves.

"Well, I believe in the soul, the cock, the pussy, the small of a woman's back, the hanging curve ball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent, overrated crap."

by birdman on Oct 19, 2009 8:58 PM EDT up reply actions  

no, i think i missed that part.

"Well, I believe in the soul, the cock, the pussy, the small of a woman's back, the hanging curve ball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent, overrated crap."

by birdman on Oct 19, 2009 8:59 PM EDT up reply actions  

ABOUT FUCKING TIME HALOS

"I think my motivation is to see the other guys in the clubhouse. They’re contending for the playoffs, and when I see that it gets into my body. I play like it’s the playoffs too" —Memlo

by zknower on Oct 19, 2009 8:35 PM EDT reply actions  

Tiom McCarver went ON and ON about how Sciosa should ahve pinch run for Mathis.

I GUESS HE WAS DEAD WRONG, HMMMM?

"I think my motivation is to see the other guys in the clubhouse. They’re contending for the playoffs, and when I see that it gets into my body. I play like it’s the playoffs too" —Memlo

by zknower on Oct 19, 2009 8:37 PM EDT reply actions  

"I think my motivation is to see the other guys in the clubhouse. They’re contending for the playoffs, and when I see that it gets into my body. I play like it’s the playoffs too" —Memlo

by zknower on Oct 19, 2009 8:43 PM EDT reply actions  

suck on that yankees

my roommate is yelling at the damned tv about how the yankees should have won and the only baseball he’s ever seen is whatever o’s games i watch (and when melmo and wiggy are running the bases, its hard to call that baseball). gawddd i hate yankees “fans”

by twistedlogic on Oct 19, 2009 8:44 PM EDT reply actions  

Wasting a roster spot on a flea like Freddie Guzman

when Hinske could have been PHing instead of Cervelli.

Girardi suffers from what Borat would call, “the mental retardations”

You can't fix stupid. Stupid is forever.

by sluggo 2.0 on Oct 19, 2009 8:55 PM EDT reply actions  

Seriously.

It’s almost like he’s trying to make a lot of these really weird moves in the hopes that they work out and he’ll look really smart for doing the contrarian thing, but really they are just weird stupid moves.

by O'sFan21 on Oct 19, 2009 8:58 PM EDT up reply actions  

YAY ANGELS!!!!

coulda/shoulda/woulda be 2-1, or 3-0 laa, but whatev, win all 3 games in anaheim, then take one in ny

Trying to hit off me is like trying to eat soup with chopsticks.
-Ryohei Tanaka, with AA Bowie

by Timmy L. on Oct 19, 2009 8:56 PM EDT reply actions  

if mccarver were manager he would have pulled mathis in the 10th for pinch runner

by thewaywardO on Oct 19, 2009 9:10 PM EDT reply actions  

aw man

what did he do?

Some Day, Matt Wieters Will Make The Cooperstown Crowd Laugh By Talking About The Time He Batted Behind Melvin Mora And Luke Scott. -Keith Law via Matt Wieters Facts

by Stacey on Oct 19, 2009 11:41 PM EDT up reply actions  

Walks. Just like last time.

Although he did get 2 outs without giving up any runs. Broxton came in and bailed him out.

by O'sFan21 on Oct 19, 2009 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions  

Oh nevermind - he hit Victorino and then walked Utley.

Got Rollins and Howard out. Then Broxton got Werth to fly out.

by O'sFan21 on Oct 19, 2009 11:46 PM EDT up reply actions  

damn

Some Day, Matt Wieters Will Make The Cooperstown Crowd Laugh By Talking About The Time He Batted Behind Melvin Mora And Luke Scott. -Keith Law via Matt Wieters Facts

by Stacey on Oct 19, 2009 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions  

Broxton what the hell?

Some Day, Matt Wieters Will Make The Cooperstown Crowd Laugh By Talking About The Time He Batted Behind Melvin Mora And Luke Scott. -Keith Law via Matt Wieters Facts

by Stacey on Oct 19, 2009 11:48 PM EDT reply actions  

It's like they don't even want to win

Some Day, Matt Wieters Will Make The Cooperstown Crowd Laugh By Talking About The Time He Batted Behind Melvin Mora And Luke Scott. -Keith Law via Matt Wieters Facts

by Stacey on Oct 19, 2009 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions  

Geez

Ridiculous.

Some Day, Matt Wieters Will Make The Cooperstown Crowd Laugh By Talking About The Time He Batted Behind Melvin Mora And Luke Scott. -Keith Law via Matt Wieters Facts

by Stacey on Oct 19, 2009 11:54 PM EDT reply actions  

Sweet

I’ve been looking forward to a Philadelphia/New York world series for months now, although LA/NY wouldn’t have been bad either.

"There's only one cure for what's wrong with all of us pitchers, and that's to take a year off. Then, after you've gone a year without throwing, quit altogether." -Jim Palmer

by Baltimo on Oct 20, 2009 12:04 AM EDT reply actions  

I'm rooting for LAA/PHI series

No Yankees, and for god sakes, no Joe Torre either. Not even georgie is enough for me to root for that overrated, arrogant fuck.

"I think my motivation is to see the other guys in the clubhouse. They’re contending for the playoffs, and when I see that it gets into my body. I play like it’s the playoffs too" —Memlo

by zknower on Oct 20, 2009 1:39 AM EDT up reply actions  

I absolutely HATE the style of ball the Angels play

for details consult Earl’s “manager’s corner”

On the other hand, Scioscia’s got Girardi overmanaging like one of those neurotic NL egomaniacs.

You can't fix stupid. Stupid is forever.

by sluggo 2.0 on Oct 20, 2009 2:50 PM EDT up reply actions  

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