World Series Game 5: Yankees @ Phillies (NYY leads series 3-1), 7:57 PM
by Stacey on Nov 2, 2009 7:15 PM EST
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PrintI have to say that I've pretty much lost interest in the World Series. I fell asleep during the game last night and missed all of the late inning action. I don't normally feel that way, I guess it just appears the outcome is inevitable. I'll be watching tonight, because that's what I do. I watch the World Series. Plus I really enjoy the hell out of watching Cliff Lee pitch. But I feel a complete and utter lack of emotion. I want the Phillies to win Yankees to lose but I know they won't. I prefer rooting for the American League because the National League is stupid, but I'm not capable of doing that this year.
What I really want is to see what Andy MacPhail does this offseason. I want to see the 2010 team take shape, I want trades and free agent signings. I want to see what Cub we end up with this offseason. I want the winter meetings to start and I want rumors about what might happen. I also want to watch The Office and 30 Rock in real time. I want Joe Buck out of my life. None of that can happen until the World Series is over.
But I don't want it to end tonight.
A.J. Burnett starts on short rest tonight as did C.C. Sabathia yesterday. Burnett has made 4 regular season starts on short rest. He did so three times in 2008 for the Blue Jays and once for the Marlins in 2004. Not bad numbers, really, although if he allows three runs that will probably be enough for Cliff Lee to get the win.
There's not really anything to be said about Lee that hasn't already, so I'll just leave you with a link to his postseason numbers.
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Fuck the Yankees.
That is all.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
by zknower on Nov 2, 2009 7:33 PM EST reply actions 7 recs
Your turn, btw
"I would approve signing a pitcher that ate kitten tacos if he won 20 games a year." -BPinOK
Don't give up yet - Girardi may have given Series to Phi.
How is starting Burnett tonight stupid? Let us count the ways.
With a 3-1 lead in Phi’s yard, they’re playing with house $$$. Since neither Burnett nor Gaudan is likely to beat Lee, why not keep the pitching staff as strong as possible for games 6 & 7?
Burnett can probably physically go on 3 days rest but Pettitte? Eh, not so much. AJ rather than Gaudan marginally increases NY’s chances tonight. Pettitte rather than AJ in game 6 severely decreases their chances on Wed. vs Pedro. Stupid.
Playing by the ridiculous PreCambrian era NL rules, NY already has to waste a lineup spot on the pitcher. Wasting another one on Molina? Stupid.
Now C.C. has been just fine on 3 days, but the Brewers learned last year this is such thing as a start too far. If he blows up in Game 7, having Gaudan rather than Pettitte backing him up is – wait for it – stupid!
As the slate.com article said last week, they’d have a better chance with a bag of sunflower seeds managing.
You can't fix stupid. Stupid is forever.
See?
People don’t HAVE to listen to me – they’re just usually a lot better off when they do.
You can't fix stupid. Stupid is forever.
"the ridiculous PreCambrian era NL rules": ha-ha, look who didn't take Geology 101!
They’re “ridiculous Late Mesozoic rules”! The DH was first proposed by Connie Mack in the Dead Ball Era, which is normally described as bridging the Middle and Late Mesozoic periods.
"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.
I for one still care. Last night was heartbreaking.
I had almost forgotten what it was like to care this much about a baseball game. Since moving here two years ago, I absolutely have adopted the Phillies as my second team. I just can’t wait for the day when we’re playing these sort of games in Baltimore again.
Ditto here.
Going to school in Philly for five years basically revived my love of baseball. I’d largely lost interest for a while, especially once Cal, Brady, and Moose were off the team. But seeing a team play the game the right way (play hard, get dirty, field and run, don’t give up) after watching the O’s just buy mediocre free agents and almost completely turn over the roster every few years reminded me why it’s such a great game. I feel a little bad being a semi-bandwagon fan, though…
(Also, I was proud of myself for recognizing Jamie Moyer, considering I was only eight or nine when he was with the O’s. I remember liking him then, and it was great watching him pitch so well in last year’s Series.)
Weaver's Fourth Law: Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs.
well that makes sense if you care about the Phillies
I don’t give one shit about them. My dislike of the Yankees isn’t really enough to make me care anymore.
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
did you sound critical?
feel free to sound critical whenever you want. I was just saying. I wish I cared, honestly.
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 nah
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
Interleague play ruined the Phillies for me. Wife (who is a Phillies fan) and I lived in south NJ, and had a 16 game plan.
I forget what year it was, but is a year that the Phillies were bad and the Vet was mostly empty. So for me, fun. I’d drink beer and root for the Phillies, but if they lost, well, I didn’t care that much.
It annoyed me that more Phillies fans showed up to “take over” Camden Yards than showed up at their own ballpark.
Right now though, I think the team is very likeable in addition to be very good, and I only hope we get to see meaningful late season and post season games in front of a packed (with O’s fans) Camden Yards soon.
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 care too
not much, but a little. i really dont wanna see the yanks win. actually, id like to see them tie. can we have a tie?
Ultra clutch
"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
3-1 PHI
Nice.
"I would approve signing a pitcher that ate kitten tacos if he won 20 games a year." -BPinOK
AJ clearly sucks tonight
Vizzini: Let me put it this way. Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?
Man in Black: Yes.
Vizzini: Morons.
i love that the MLB FINALLY decided to "look into" the yanks mound trips
posada visited CC EIGHT times in one inning. yea, i think you need to take a look at that
Watching Victorino play CF for the Phillies
Makes me happy that we have Adam Jones on our team.
Well, he's batting a robust .188
and he’s had some of the worst swings I’ve any No. 2 hitter has taken this post season and every dinky fly ball seems to drop in front of him and…but besides that, he’s a freakin’ superstar.
Sample size is everything
He has better fielding numbers than AJ in the regular season. and I’d gladly take his .292/.358/.445 with 25 SB (in an off-year) from a center fielder. I’m not saying he’s better than AJ, but you aren’t giving Victorino nearly enough credit.
You're probably right.
I’m just frustrated that he’s sucking in the Series.
by Fred Sanford on Nov 3, 2009 12:03 AM EST up reply actions
Burnett doesn't get out if the 3rd?????
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA….
"I would approve signing a pitcher that ate kitten tacos if he won 20 games a year." -BPinOK
by duck on Nov 2, 2009 9:21 PM EST via mobile reply actions
I can't get over Chase Utley's hair
Why does it have to look so gross?
I do enjoy sad AJ in the dugout.
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
Does anyone know what that black rope is around AJ's neck?
It looks like a noose that broke off before the posse could hang him…
Lee has a weird thing on also
His looks like a pixie stick made into a necklace.
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
ugh tim mccarver
NOBODY is wondering why Girardi is pinch hitting with Posada.
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 dunno, you're average baseball fan might not have known
Now if only he had given the right explanation, I didnt hear him say anything about molina being burnetts personal catcher
no that would have made too much sense
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
Bob Gibson to McCarver...
“The only thing you know about pitching is that you can’t hit it.”
Don't let the sunshine fool ya. - Townes Van Zandt
+10. Hasn't *anybody* proposed euthanasia for McCarver yet?
Wait, what am I saying: he would make a terrific Color Man for Ferd Manfraud’s exciting broadcasts of the Bowie games.
"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.
Damn
That Chase Utley is a monster.
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
AHAAHAHAHAHAHHAAH
“It’s kind of a new stat that’s in vogue — OPS.” Oh Joe Buck, you slay me.
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 shit
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
No Brad Lidge
shocker
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
Come on Madsen
strike out this douche bag.
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
there we go
sit down Teixeira.
Phillies 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
this has nothing to do with the WS
but, http://shop.mlb.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3383370&cp=1485908.1438662.1732328
or this one:
http://shop.mlb.com/product/index.jsp?productId=1890590&cp=1452344.1452610.1168145
and yes, go phillies.
"Chicks who dig home runs aren’t the ones who appeal to me, I think there’s sexiness in infield hits because they require technique. I’d rather impress the chicks with my technique than with my brute strength. Then, every now and then, just to show I can do that, too, I might flirt a little by hitting one out."-Ichiro
by WestcoastO'sFan on Nov 3, 2009 12:36 AM EST reply actions
So, Westie, how ya likin' Orygun plus 5 at Stanford Saturday? Kinds small spread, huh? I mean, look what they did to SC...
"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.
I also don't like 59/50
They just don’t fit. The sizes are really inconsistent, so you need to go to the store and actually try them on. Don’t do it if you have lice. Either way, being more than half polyester, it takes a LONG time to break them in. The old water+sun method barely does anything.
The hats that American Needle make for Cooperstown classic are pretty nice though.
The stock market will never recover, our armies will never again be #1, and our children will drink filthy water for the rest of their lives - HST
by the fix is in on Nov 3, 2009 11:17 AM EST up reply actions
A note: THe "abstract bird" hat is an American Needle.
So go with that one.
The stock market will never recover, our armies will never again be #1, and our children will drink filthy water for the rest of their lives - HST
by the fix is in on Nov 3, 2009 11:18 AM EST up reply actions
yea I know that
its the structure though. I look idiotic in the standard tall structured caps. It looks like i’m wearing a box on my head. Twins enterprises used to make a model called the Closer which was structured but rounded with no corners like the 59/50 and various other hats have. Unfortunately I cant find them anymore and mine is on its last legs.
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