World Series Game Two: Phillies @ Yankees (PHI leads series 1-0), 7:57 PM
by Stacey on Oct 29, 2009 7:15 PM EDT
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PrintI have this friend, and since the playoffs began he and I have been saying to each other, "There's just no way the Yankees can lose the World Series. They're just too good. I don't see any way around it." Then last night we were talking during the game and as Cliff Lee struck out Jorge Posada to secure the win he said to me, "I think the Phillies could beat them!"
Now, obviously the series is FAR from over, and I still believe the Yankees will probably end up winning the whole thing. But it's funny how it doesn't seem an imminent conclusion anymore. The Phillies have been playing and trash talking with confidence, so you know they believe they can do it. Those Phillies fans/Yankee haters who might not have felt the same way now have a reason to feel some confidence as well. And that's all based on one game, a game in which Cliff Lee pitched his way into my heart (check out Jayson Stark's ESPN.com story on him, it's great).
Another good postseason story begins tonight as Pedro Martinez takes the mound for the Phillies. I'm actually pretty excited to see how he does. Back when Pedro was on the Red Sox, which was back before I hated the Red Sox, I loved to watch him pitch. You know what I mean. He was brilliant. I lost track of him during his injured years with the Mets, but when he was sniffing around for a job before this season I hoped he might end up as an O (and for one awesome moment, he sort of did).
A.J. Burnett gets the start for the Yankees and honestly who knows what they'll get out of him. He could be great or awful, depending upon how the mood strikes him. The Angels knocked him around good in his last start but he was quite good the start before that. If he gets run out of the game early it'll be fun to see how the Yankees bullpen does.
Two last things. First, did you all hear about this chick who was offering sex for World Series tickets? Philly fans are hardcore! And second, I leave you with the Facebook status from a Yankee fan friend: If the Yankees are Pedro's Daddy, does that make Cliff Lee Pedro's grandfather?
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Judging from people I'm friends with here in Philly
It would take a lot more than sex to get someone to give up World Series tickets.
It's 7:30, and the pre-game is on?
Does that mean this game is supposed to start BEFORE 9 p.m.? It’s the World Series! Is that allowed?
"I would approve signing a pitcher that ate kitten tacos if he won 20 games a year." -BPinOK
Bud Selig getting something right?
Man, where are the keys to that bomb shelter, it’s the end of the world…
"I would approve signing a pitcher that ate kitten tacos if he won 20 games a year." -BPinOK
Considering I have exams the next morning following Games 1, 4, 5, and 6
Not being up until 1AM was appreciated
Maybe I'm just old, maybe I just don't like most rap
But DJ Hero just looks fucking stupid.
"I would approve signing a pitcher that ate kitten tacos if he won 20 games a year." -BPinOK
I'd generally consider myself neither of those things
But i also think it just looks fucking stupid.
Glad to know it's not just me.
"I would approve signing a pitcher that ate kitten tacos if he won 20 games a year." -BPinOK
Nice inning!
So do these dbag yankee fans chanting “who’s your daddy” realize that 1 month after that quote was given, Pedro and his teammates cameback from a 3-0 deficit to beat them and win their first WS in forever? You’d think that they might remember that…
Whatever happened to Jay-Z?
Thought he was supposed to perform tonight. Did I miss it?
"I would approve signing a pitcher that ate kitten tacos if he won 20 games a year." -BPinOK
BWAHAHAHAHA
E – A*Rod
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
of course, it's a hit in yankee stadium
yankees: who’s whose daddy now?
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
Man,
I love how Pedro doesn’t mess around with nibbling.
Dude just throws strikes.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
Yeah, it's definitely the approach to take,
but he seems like he’s having a little trouble with his command… pitch count is getting up there.
Weaver's Fourth Law: Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs.
Yeah
42 through two. He’ll be out of there in 5 innings if he doesn’t have drop that down quite a bit.
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
Yankee fans are hilarious
chanting something that a player said about himself.
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
raaaaaaauuuuuuuuullllllll ibaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnneeeeeeezzzzzz!
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
Wow, great catch.
And that’s one you don’t dive for if it’s not in the alley, I imagine (since in the alley, the CF can back you up). Big out.
Weaver's Fourth Law: Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs.
J-Roll on with one out
The way Philly scores runs with two outs, think of all they can do with only one out.
Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words—"mank" and "ind". What do these words mean? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.
-Jack Handey
did they just say burnett refers to one of his pitches as a snapdragon?
he knows thats a flower, right?
I think that's stupid mccarver referring to his curveball as that
He’s a jackass. Although I have heard people call curveballs that before…
Sometimes Burnett is SO good
that he throws a wild pitch. Thanks, Tim McCarver.
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 hate it when they say that.
If you can’t control your pitches, it’s a BAD thing.
Weaver's Fourth Law: Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs.
no, no, you don't understand
his curveball is SO good, it misses the plate entirely.
batters are completely fooled.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
I think it would be in everybody’s best interest if Tim McCarver gave this gig up to Bob Brenly.
Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words—"mank" and "ind". What do these words mean? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.
-Jack Handey
3-0
Oh good, I like this version of AJ.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
Ugh, Howard just missed that 1-0 pitch.
Weaver's Fourth Law: Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs.
remember back when catchers just wore a little mask?
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
i had no idea perlozzo wound up with the phillies
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
He with Seattle for a year
And then came over to the phillies, after being presumably collateral damage in the Bavasi fallout
Talk about falling up...
"I would approve signing a pitcher that ate kitten tacos if he won 20 games a year." -BPinOK
pedro
CRAFTY!
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
He gets around
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 he's just my type... ?????
"I would approve signing a pitcher that ate kitten tacos if he won 20 games a year." -BPinOK
oh duck
you missed a line. Thanks for ruining 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
And HOW OLD is that tune????
23 years or so???
"I would approve signing a pitcher that ate kitten tacos if he won 20 games a year." -BPinOK
by duck on Oct 29, 2009 10:11 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I thought you were going to bed
Cry havoc and unleash the Esskay hot dogs of war! - The Wayward Oriole, Opening Day 2008
by Eat More Esskay on Oct 29, 2009 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions
I know isn't it past duck's bedtime?
And the older the song, the better I’d think duck would know 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
what song IS that?
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
wow
i’ve only recently discovered the beasties. I’ll have to give that one some thought.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
Werth, what was that?
Weaver's Fourth Law: Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs.
Boooooooooooooooo Teixeira
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
Boooo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU1u2A-Efmw&feature=related
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
Well, that sucks
"I would approve signing a pitcher that ate kitten tacos if he won 20 games a year." -BPinOK
ah man, douchiera.
Vizzini: Let me put it this way. Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?
Man in Black: Yes.
Vizzini: Morons.
All right, Jimmy
Do what you do.
"I would approve signing a pitcher that ate kitten tacos if he won 20 games a year." -BPinOK
NIght, all.
Lots of essays to grade in the AM. And I mean AM, as in 5.
"I would approve signing a pitcher that ate kitten tacos if he won 20 games a year." -BPinOK
Well, that sucks
"I would approve signing a pitcher that ate kitten tacos if he won 20 games a year." -BPinOK
by duck on Oct 29, 2009 10:12 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Nice play, Howard!
I don’t think that hit the ground, but it was really close.
Weaver's Fourth Law: Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs.
crap
there went their 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
And he was safe.
Blast it, I thought he was, too… ugh. Not good.
Weaver's Fourth Law: Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs.
evens out the howard catch a little
who knows how many runs the yankees would have gotten if that called had been correct.
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 guess.
It’s a fair point. I’m watching on standard def and listening to the Phillies’ guys on the radio; did the hit to Howard definitely hit the ground before it went in his glove?
Weaver's Fourth Law: Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs.
they showed it in slow mo
when they came back from commercial and it looked like a short hop for sure.
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
Madson, that was not the plan.
Weaver's Fourth Law: Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs.
And for my 5400th comment, I'd just like to say: Ahahaha, Ph*ck off, Phillies. Would you be 3rd or 4th in the AL East?
Tough call, ain’t it?
"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.
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