World Series Game 1: Philadelphia Philles @ New York Yankees, 7:57 PM
As much as you might hate the Yankees, as much as you might hate the Phillies, as much as you might not even want to watch this World Series, remember that there are those out there who have it worse than us, at least tonight. For one second, imagine that you are a Cleveland Indians fan. Yeah, I feel sorry for those dudes.
That being said, this should be a hell of a game. CC Sabathia and Cliff Lee didn't win the Cy Young in back-to-back years for no reason. They're also apparently BFF, which is sort of cute.
The Yankees and Phillies last met in the World Series in 1950, a matchup that included 8 future Hall of Famers, including 23 year-old future Oriole Robin Roberts. The Yankees swept the series as their pitching staff allowed just 3 runs the entire series.
If you're in the mood to shake your head in disbelief, check out the headline at Pinstripe Alley today: "Finally! Our World Series Wait is Nearly Over" I read the article just in case, but the writer doesn't appear to be using irony in any way.
Let's play ball! I'm ready to get the hot stove cooking and that can't happen until this series is over.
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A hot stove suggestion
Rerun some classic gameday threads.
Opening Day ’07 (or may be it was ’08) when 2632 was going on about the “woo girls” stands out in my mind as a good example.
You can't fix stupid. Stupid is forever.
Imperial March used to introduce the Phillies. Odd choice of music by the “Evil Empire”
I wonder if I can bill Jeff Lurie and Peter Angelos for the years of therapy their teams are going to put me through.
oh, i'm sure lots of folks got it.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
LOL…that took me WAY too long.
I wonder if I can bill Jeff Lurie and Peter Angelos for the years of therapy their teams are going to put me through.
I at first
thought the Yankees had chosen the Rocky theme as their music, and now I’m disappointed they didn’t.
How ballsy would that have been?
"I like baseball, movies, good clothes, whiskey, fast cars ... and you. What else you need to know?"
I yell “O” at any sporting event in the Baltimore or Washington area, or any location if I’ve had more than a few beers.
Usually its at Eagles games (including Green Bay and Cleveland) where people look at me like I’ve got two heads.
It’s weird the places you hear it, though.
I wonder if I can bill Jeff Lurie and Peter Angelos for the years of therapy their teams are going to put me through.
i always do the "hoo"
in “hoos” broad stripes and bright stars…..
by twistedlogic on Oct 28, 2009 8:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Hard to break that habit
Cry havoc and unleash the Esskay hot dogs of war! - The Wayward Oriole, Opening Day 2008
by Eat More Esskay on Oct 28, 2009 7:54 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm so glad they didn't put Michelle Obama in a Yankees jacket
That might have put me right over the edge.
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
Random WJZ Ad...
1. MD, Williams Expect Big Things (normal)
2. Flacco Visits 2 MD Elementary Schools (must be a slow news day)
3. Andre Agassi Admits Using Crystal Meth (WTF?!?!?!)
From the Land of Pleasant Living...
It explains the neon, though, doesn't it?
"I hate making excuses. If I suck, then I suck. And I suck. That's the way I'm playing. If you suck, you suck. You have to take responsibility in this game. Right now, that's the way I feel. Yes, I suck." - Jose Guillen/quote of the year
AND hair extentions
Not sure which disappoints me more.
"I would approve signing a pitcher that ate kitten tacos if he won 20 games a year." -BPinOK
Just to get it out of the way early
Fuck Joe Buck and Tim McCarver, I hope they both get incurable laryngitis.
"I hate making excuses. If I suck, then I suck. And I suck. That's the way I'm playing. If you suck, you suck. You have to take responsibility in this game. Right now, that's the way I feel. Yes, I suck." - Jose Guillen/quote of the year
oh man I missed it
Classy, Derek.
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
I'm rewinding
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
I didn't see it
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
I dont have DVR
it was real quick between him shaking the hand of the the 2nd lady and walking back to take the photo with the group.
hm. Maybe I'll check again between innings.
Because if it is true, I want to know.
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
That spit cures cancer, you know.
I wonder if I can bill Jeff Lurie and Peter Angelos for the years of therapy their teams are going to put me through.
Derek Jeter is a false idol
Worship him instead of Matt Wieters and you’ll go straight to 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
Finks, all of you, finks!
Dogma is a severely underrated movie.
"I hate making excuses. If I suck, then I suck. And I suck. That's the way I'm playing. If you suck, you suck. You have to take responsibility in this game. Right now, that's the way I feel. Yes, I suck." - Jose Guillen/quote of the year
Can we get an SB nation audio feed for this series?
I’d take any blogger from this whole network calling the game over Buck and McCarver
i'd give it a shot
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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Oct 28, 2009 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions
how about john mayer
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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Oct 28, 2009 8:09 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm more excited about Pedro in game two
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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Oct 28, 2009 8:05 PM EDT reply actions
I can't figure out why.
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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Oct 28, 2009 8:05 PM EDT up reply actions
I'd really love to not have fucking law school exams during the World Series, especially being in Philadelphia
I guess i know all i ever will for my environmental exam tomorrow morning. Go Phils.
what law school do you go to?
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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Oct 28, 2009 8:12 PM EDT up reply actions
What a waste.
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
"I've never heard the term spiked curveball before"
Well then its a good thing you arent a baseball announcer or anything
Is seeing mark teixeira cry at some point too much to ask from this series?
by kba26 on Oct 28, 2009 8:20 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I'll settle for the K for now
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
Dear Tim McCarver and Joe Buck

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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Oct 28, 2009 8:21 PM EDT reply actions
I've been watching Glee on fox.com
and EVERY single commercial is an ad for Wanda Sykes’ show. The ads are painfully unfunny… like, how-could-anyone-think-this-qualifies-as-humor unfunny.
She's great as the talking apple in those Applebees commercials
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
Satan.
"I hate making excuses. If I suck, then I suck. And I suck. That's the way I'm playing. If you suck, you suck. You have to take responsibility in this game. Right now, that's the way I feel. Yes, I suck." - Jose Guillen/quote of the year
Hey guys
Did you hear that Alex Rodriguez used to not be good in the playoffs and now he is?
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
What? How has no one told me about this?
reminds me of a recent onion article:
ESPN Completely Misses Brett Favre Vs. Green Bay Packers Storyline
I love the onion
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
The Onion is one of my favorite time wasters.
I wonder if I can bill Jeff Lurie and Peter Angelos for the years of therapy their teams are going to put me through.
the onion is the best thing since matt wieters.
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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Oct 28, 2009 8:41 PM EDT up reply actions
They got that off my rest stop blog
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
my life won't be complete
until i visit all 5!
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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Oct 28, 2009 8:50 PM EDT up reply actions
chase utley is so the man.
Vizzini: Let me put it this way. Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?
Man in Black: Yes.
Vizzini: Morons.
Bomb Utley
Boo? Fuck you.
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 28, 2009 8:51 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
rec'd
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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Oct 28, 2009 8:52 PM EDT up reply actions
chase ultley rules.
His name is a sentence.
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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Oct 28, 2009 8:52 PM EDT reply actions
What's Jayson Werth?
There’s a bunch, to be sure.
"I would approve signing a pitcher that ate kitten tacos if he won 20 games a year." -BPinOK
Free Tacos!
I wonder if I can bill Jeff Lurie and Peter Angelos for the years of therapy their teams are going to put me through.
Fuck the Yan-kees! *clap clap clap-clap-clap*
Cry havoc and unleash the Esskay hot dogs of war! - The Wayward Oriole, Opening Day 2008
by Eat More Esskay on Oct 28, 2009 8:56 PM EDT reply actions
Is this the best pitching matchup in the World Series ever?
Is it better than Koufax-Palmer in ’66?
"I like baseball, movies, good clothes, whiskey, fast cars ... and you. What else you need to know?"
Cliff Lee is amazing
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
sorry
I decided to try my hand at blingee. We havent had enough blingee lately. Mine may cause seizures though. I apologize.
thanks
I am but an student of the blingee though. Huff’s “Only the Strong Survive” masterpiece will always be the true CC blingee
Yes indeed
that is a true masterpiece.
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
oh hes here
forever enshrined with my avatar
by twistedlogic on Oct 28, 2009 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions
I luv blingees
they are the best
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
stare at that for a while
gives you a headache
by twistedlogic on Oct 28, 2009 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions
true story
you did improve it quite a bit. i wonder if that philthies kid knew he was gonna become a star on CC…..
by twistedlogic on Oct 28, 2009 9:41 PM EDT up reply actions
"And it was the right call"
You just know McCarver didn’t want to say that.
"I would approve signing a pitcher that ate kitten tacos if he won 20 games a year." -BPinOK
Wow...
I wonder if I can bill Jeff Lurie and Peter Angelos for the years of therapy their teams are going to put me through.
It's so gross
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
And distracting!
When the camera panned to him 7434678 times after his dinger, I got re-grossed out each time.
I'm guessing
that he’s either not allowed to own any mirrors, or he’s not allowed to own shampoo.
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
At least the O’s got good trade value for Jayson Werth.
I wonder if I can bill Jeff Lurie and Peter Angelos for the years of therapy their teams are going to put me through.
Let it go, man
Jayson Werth didn’t figure things out until his third organization.
"I hate making excuses. If I suck, then I suck. And I suck. That's the way I'm playing. If you suck, you suck. You have to take responsibility in this game. Right now, that's the way I feel. Yes, I suck." - Jose Guillen/quote of the year
Yankees bullpen is kinda sucky
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
don't get cocky, friend
it could all change very quickly
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
I know, dave
I know.
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
Jack doesn't work for the government anymore!
We’ve never heard that before…
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
He gives you his word.
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
Jack Bauer fears only one man.
Matt Wieters.
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
that'd be a good fight
definitely worth pay per view
by twistedlogic on Oct 28, 2009 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions
I missed a 24 promo
for the WORST fight in Ultimate Fighter history? Now I am pissed.
"I would approve signing a pitcher that ate kitten tacos if he won 20 games a year." -BPinOK
they showed Jack playing with his grandkid
So you know he’s going to end up especially tortured this year and will have to make extra awful sacrifices.
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
Gotta love those 24 hour comas
with no lasting effectgs
"I would approve signing a pitcher that ate kitten tacos if he won 20 games a year." -BPinOK
I am expecting a silent clock for Jack at the end of the season this year
"I would approve signing a pitcher that ate kitten tacos if he won 20 games a year." -BPinOK
Is this the last year of the show?
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
He's only signed through this year
and he’s said he thinks the show could go on without him, and intimated he wants Jack to die at the end.
"I would approve signing a pitcher that ate kitten tacos if he won 20 games a year." -BPinOK
Well I think Jack will die at the end, whenever that is
But I don’t think the show can go on without him.
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
noooooooo
i dont want him to die in the end.
by twistedlogic on Oct 28, 2009 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh, he's gonna die.
"I would approve signing a pitcher that ate kitten tacos if he won 20 games a year." -BPinOK
me and 24 are still in a little bit of a fight
After the character assassination they pulled on Tony last year.
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
yea that was annoying....i kinda liked tony
plus renee pisses me off. i still dont wanna see jack die although i know they’ve sorta exhausted all other options
by twistedlogic on Oct 28, 2009 11:29 PM EDT up reply actions
I'd wait until it's over.
If you can. Although I predict Lee will get them 1-2-3 in the 9th.
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
Hey Dave?
Forget what I said about waiting. It’s time.
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
I'm willing to take that chance.
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
Can they start beaning Yankees players now?
Might as well rough em up for the rest of the series while you can.
Dave, I fear we may have made a mistake.
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
Its ok
thats just a built in reflex we have to seeing the Yankees come up in the 9th losing. They are SUPPOSED to win, remember?
That being said, I’m afraid too…
yeah
plus we’re used to seeing the Yankees come up against the Orioles in the 9th inning.
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
good grief, pull lee already.
Vizzini: Let me put it this way. Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?
Man in Black: Yes.
Vizzini: Morons.
what the hell was lolly gag throw
Vizzini: Let me put it this way. Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?
Man in Black: Yes.
Vizzini: Morons.
what the fuck Jimmy
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
Dang it Again
Just 2 more outs Damn no shut out too
by browsermetrics on Oct 28, 2009 11:24 PM EDT reply actions
good grief, pull lee ALREADY
Vizzini: Let me put it this way. Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?
Man in Black: Yes.
Vizzini: Morons.
A lot of people are going to take satisfaction in the Phillies beating the Yankees . . .
but as someone who has lived among Philadelphia fans as well as New York fans, I really see no net gain if they strut around like the the champs. In some ways they are even uglier and nastier than the Yankee fans and that’s really saying something.
and
I don’t have to deal with Phillies fans ever so they can do whatever they want. I have to deal with the Yankees fans constantly.
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
And
it would be nice to taunt those yankees fans next year
by browsermetrics on Oct 28, 2009 11:29 PM EDT up reply actions
For me, this is not about seeing the Phillies win
It is about seeing the Yankees lose. I believe you, but fuck the Yanks and go Phillies.
I've found the complete opposite
Living in philly for two years now, the whole rep has seemed very exaggerated. I’m almost disappointed.
What part of philly are you hanging out in?
It wasn’t at all exagerated for the 4 years that I spent there.
I see a net gain
in that I live in north Jersey. If I lived in central Jersey, I may feel different. Probably not, though, as I hate the Yankees more than anything else (at least the other unimportant things) in this world.
For once I agree with you. But still FUCK THE YANKEES.
I may hate Philly fans more than Yerks fans, but I still hate the fucking yankees much more than the phillies. I really have nothing against their team, although I definitely hate their fans after spending 4 years in that shithole of a city.
and they dont try to buy every player in baseball
they may have pulled off a rather ridiculous trade for cliff lee, but at least their payroll isn’t fucking enormous
by twistedlogic on Oct 29, 2009 9:09 AM EDT up reply actions
3 Ks on the night for Arod.
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
nasty pitch to end the game.
Vizzini: Let me put it this way. Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?
Man in Black: Yes.
Vizzini: Morons.
HAHA, take that Yankees
My magic Jayson Werth shirt wasnt quite as effective tonight, but im still not washing it until they lose.
worst case scenario
but what happens if they win? that shirt’s gonna get pretty nasty
by twistedlogic on Oct 28, 2009 11:32 PM EDT up reply actions

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