When do we get to start talking about the New York Yankees (World Series 2009 thread)

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05/22/09 PHI @ NYY
PHI 7 - (W) Myers
NYY 3 - (L) Burnett

05/23/09 PHI @ NYY
NYY 5 - (W) Veras
PHI 4 - (L) Lidge ;_;

05/24/09 PHI @ NYY
PHI 4 - (W) Condrey (in 11 innings)
NYY 3 - (L) Tomko

phils bullpen bothers me but i'm going to pick them. i think their lineup is better, think they've been playing better in the playoffs & i think it's scary for the yankees that the phillies pounded burnett when these two played earlier this year

http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2009-10/49889938.jpg

phillies in 6.

yankees in 6

i might actually watch this after griping about its inevitability for the past few weeks!~

yanks in 5.

We know that if these games stay close and turn into bullpen battles (like 75% of the games in the playoffs this year), then the Phillies will lose. The Phillies will have to pound on the Yanks starters early, but their offense is up to the job and Pettitte and Burnett are hittable. Lee and Pedro will start twice, Hamels at least once. If Hamels stops sucking then I can see the Phillies winning four of those five starts.

Phillies in six, ARod hits ten homers but strikes out in the ninth inning of game six, gets blamed for everything.

There's no game scheduled for Tuesday, but a rainout in Philly this weekend will take care of that, and the Bronx Whores take it in 5, completing their $1.7 billion purchase of a home and trophy the same night Bloomberg closes on his $110 M third term.

Then everyone gets swine flu at the victory parade. "Shasta," please attend.

($1.7 billion purchase by taxpayer subsidy, that should read)

thread title is both cheap and incomprehensible

It reads like a crossword clue, but I laughed. Laughing at the Mets is super fun.

perhaps I'll let you guys do it w/out me in 2010

"ITT"? some smartalecky cyberabbrev?

"in this thread"

"in this thread" xp

at least it'll be unsearchable bcz it doesn't have World Series in it

ITT Dr. Morbius' search engine optimization tools

yanks in 6 fwiw

might go to one of the philly games, fingers crossed

be sure to punch a few Phillthie rooters in the nuts.

i am . . . forced to root for a philadelphia team. ugh

perhaps I'll let you guys do it w/out me in 2010

Tito, stop teasing me.

The Bronx Whores take it in 5, completing their $1.7 billion purchase of a home and trophy the same night Bloomberg closes on his $110 M third term.

― Your Favorite Saturday Night Thing (Dr Morbius), Monday, October 26, 2009 4:46 AM (4 hours ago)

MLB 2009 payrolls
#1. New York Yankees $201,449,189
#2. New York Mets $149,373,987

More Mets' fans' worst nightmares:

http://assets.nydailynews.com/img/2009/10/24/alg_brooke_hundley.jpg

Yanks in 5

yeah Shasta, no fucking kidding, any other news you got?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/25/ALEXANDER_TERRIBLE_HORRIBLE.jpg

Hey guys the Yankees and Phillies are here to save baseball from its boring ass self

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/27/sports/baseball/27kepner.html?_r=1&hp

thanking u nyc

go nats

after reading that disgusting nytimes piece, i'm changing answer to Philz in 4.

firebomb the staidums

why does the world series thread have to have the METS in the title

tbf it's "met's"

i've been wrong on all predictions so far, so i'm saying yankees in six.

bad thread title imo

morbius and his mets fandom are the metaphorical sun around which the ILBB solar system rotates

i don't give a fuck about this series except for some abstract ill feelings towards the yankees

CC to start every game

If the Phils win it all, it will be the first NL team to do back to back Championships since the Big Red Machine.

Seems hard to believe it has been over 30+ years since an NL club has pulled that off.

wtf @ that times article

that thing just tilted me way in favor of philly

PLEASE JESUSS DESTROY THE YANKEES LOSE IN HUMILIATING FASHION AND DELIVER A SECOND TITLE TO THE VIRTUOUS PEDRO MARTINEZ

TY!

the past few world series, which coincedentally did not feature a team from new york, were not interesting to us... ~The New York Times

this week we have both pedro pitching in a world series game in yankee stadium & brett favre returning to lambeau

Jay-Z to perform at World Series

By MESFIN FEKADU Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK (AP)—The New York Yankees have been blasting Jay-Z’s “Empire State of Mind” during their playoff run. Now, the team is having the rap king perform the song live to kick off Game 1 of the World Series.

Jay-Z and fellow New Yorker Alicia Keys are set to perform the hit on Wednesday, as the Yankees take on defending World Series champs, the Philadelphia Phillies.

In an interview Monday, Jay-Z was excited about the performance, and said: “Thank the good Lord for making me a Yankee.”

He calls the opportunity a “once in a lifetime experience.”

On the Net:

http://www.jay-z.com/

http://mlb.mlb.com

Jay-Z validating my thread title idea.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

of all the songs they could play from that godforsaken album, that's actually a good choice

actually

in all actuality!

morbius and his mets fandom are the metaphorical sun requested play of "Misty" around which the ILBB solar system one obsessed San Franciscan rotates

hahahahaha

Mordy, I hope you just caught Met fan Jon Stewart's opening hiss that "last night was like coming home and finding your wife fucking the Yankees and Phillies."

I haven't seen last night's Daily Show yet, but c'mon. The only people in the world right now thinking about the Mets are Mets fans. Trust me, neither Yankees or Phillies fans are laughing about how they screwed the Mets over by winning. (And isn't the Phillies-Mets rivalry kinda bullshit anyway? I've never really hated Mets that much -- and I don't see how Rollins' statement was some kind of inexcusable offense.)

The only people in the world right now thinking about the Mets are Mets fans, AND SOMEONE ELSE.

You forgot about your squeaky-voiced ex-ace's "chokers" broadcast last winter.

But do you agree with me -- this is a pretty shallow rivalry. I mean, I dig a rivalry as much as anyone else, but it's what? A three year thing? Let's not turn it into a huge drama.

Hate to be Capt Obvious but Ade ghost-wrote this here thread title, I had no influence or input at all.

And other than a really disappointing season, I can't remember anything about the Mets' performance other than this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBQtnXa3Qlo

ade step up yr game my dude

chan ho park's fur is v lush, just not sure if it's a mets' fans worse nightmare or not

tryna bait our beloved mets fans on the world series thread is just a bit classless + obvious

i mean at some point they have suffered enough

have you ever met a mets fan?

i've met morbs!

i haven't :-(

Maybe we can change the thread name to something that doesn't suck? This board has enough Phillies fans I think that we include their name in a thread title.

that we can* include

he's nice! you should if you get a chance xp

Yeah, you guys come up with something good and I'll change it. Langston doesn't need to be writing thread titles from beyond the grave.

rooting for Phillies (barely) btw

tbr man there's like...10 people who post to this thread, all of whom know what the thread's about. shasta started the thread, shouldnt matter where he got it from

who is Ade and who cares

ade = cankles and otm

adrian grenier of the famous show 'entourage'

Adrian Rocky of reality television boxing competition Rocky VII.

I assumed it was King Sunny

he has better things to do iirc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR9wLJsEHo0

ya i mean i dont really care about the thread title i just wish we could stop talkin about the dam mets on this board for once, its like, what the yankees are to the rest of the baseball world, the mets are to this board

frighteningly close to otm

Mets Fans Have Choice of Two Evils in World Series

I also think the thread title sucks. And since when are the Mets (as opposed to the Dodgers or the Red Sox) the arch-enemy of the Yankees, except in the minds of maybe three or four people on this board?

who cares in 5

b4rry, the Yankees played the Mets in the WS more recently than the Dodgers have! The Dodgers are a Yankee rival mostly to those 67-year-old men who dominate the annual NYC SABR chapter meeting by yakking mistily about Clem Labine.

To Mets fan dwelling in NY, the Yankees are and always will be antichrists.

credit where it's due, every time i read the phrase "chan ho park's lush fur" i squirm a bit.

i could care less about the suckitude of the thread title of it wasn't more boring mets baiting - which, did i mention, is getting really boring?

xposts - so do i

Morbs -- OK, you're right about the Dodgers. But the Yankees and Mets aren't "historical" rivals. The Yankees are everyone's antichrist, the thought of the Yankees winning the WS is everyone's worst nightmare (except for Yankees fans, but screw them). So like Thermo said, it's just more Mets baiting, and it's boring.

i can only imagine how agitating it would be to live in NY and be a fan of something other than the yanks.

hi dere

it's just more Mets baiting, and it's boring.

― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, October 27, 2009 11:10 AM (8 minutes ago

seems to be getting you pretty worked up

Whatever dude -- you don't see me commenting on any of the Mets baiting crap around here because I just avoid the threads/discussions altogether. But I can't avoid *this* thread, so if people want to be trolling with a bunch of stupid Mets comments then they should be prepared for the abuse. Or take that shit somewhere else (i.e. the Mets thread, all season long).

ive only been posting regularly to ilbb for this season so i can see how it may get tiresome after a while. this mets season was historically awful though and shockingly haphazard, i can hardly blame people for finding it a bit funny especially when one of our better posters is such a die-hard fan

to live in NY and be a fan of something other than the yanks

Dingalings in jerseys who think Paul O'Neill should be in the Hall of Fame... everywhere...

this mets season was historically awful though

HUH? Why, because you lived through it, as a goad? May I direct you to 1962, 1979, 1992, 1993? (Do not discuss this, it's rhetorical.) Measured by pain, it wan't even as bad a s the previous two! You sound like a perfect minister of information for the "wakeboarder."

when do we get to start talking about the New York Yankees

i can't believe i agree with that statement!

thank you Q

i can only imagine how agitating it would be to live in NY and be a fan of something other than the yanks.

― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Tuesday, October 27, 2009 11:16 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

naw only if theyre winning the ws - yankees fans are mad fair weather - thats what happens when youre fully invested in triumphalist flim flam rubbing skulls in monument park and whatnot

more boring mets baiting - which, did i mention, is getting really boring?

Totally agree with Thermo here.

Am I the only person who kinda hates Nick Swisher?

um, yes!?

explain yourself plz

His face is incredibly punchable.

Everyone in this fucking city is wearing Yankees memorabilia.

Yes, but as long as Pierzynski and Eckstein are in the league, he will be tolerable as well.

xp

Reminds me of an old teammate -- fucking obnoxious personality but often funny.

Plus, HE JUST WANTS TO WIN.

Fisher Stevens should be put on ice for 20-30 years to play the lead role in The Nick Swisher Story.

Eckstein? explain yourself!

Yes, but as long as Pierzynski and Eckstein are in the league, he will be tolerable as well.

I love Eckstein as a bench player and occasional fill-in.

ugh son

Swisher won me over when he pitched an inning of relief this year and asked for the ball from his first strikeout. Maybe I liked him more because the NYC press was pissing themselves about it rhetorically asking if Mickey Mantle would do the same thing. WTF.

Eckstein's probably the best example of writers/commentators factoring into the way I think about a player (plays the game the RIGHT way, makes those around him better, runs out all flares to the infield, WANTS to win, SHOWS UP every day, etc). But he is totally to blame for his mannerisms/stance in the batter's box and the way he shotputs the ball (though the latter's more like comedy).

Hmm, his mannerisms are a little weird but they don't bother me as much as, say, Nomar's.

new thread title is a modest improvement. I'll be back when it's over.

puh leeze

phillies need to be in the title

gr8 thread so far

but he is totally to blame for his mannerisms/stance in the batter's box

which is *awesome*!

Yankees in six weather postponed games. But Pedro in Game 2 will be riveting. Joe Buck will backslap Tim McCarver after McCarver says he sees Martinez wearing earplugs. Steve Smith will join MLB network mid-series for 'MLB Tonight' frivolity.

Am pretty sure we'll read about Steve Phillips streaking onto the field sometime during this mess.

http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/state/pennsylvania/66439002.html?cmpid=15585797

wtf

Yankees pitching coach Dave Eiland said Tuesday that the Yankees are "stretching out" Chad Gaudin to potentially start Game 5 of the World Series.

New York could go with a three-man rotation of CC Sabathia, A.J. Burnett and Andy Pettitte, but that would involve all three pitchers working on short rest and the team may only feel comfortable doing that with Sabathia. Gaudin would likely be limited to 80-90 pitches after spending the first two rounds as a reliever.

They like the match-up

I guess I wasnt paying attention to the Yankees during the reg season to notice that Chad friggin Gaudin was their 4th starter. Is this a byproduct of Joba rules or some shit?

Too late to trade them Jeff Weaver.

he's not actually the "4th starter" - he started six games

Sergio Mitre was the fourth starter

cankles (4:31:08 PM): hey please post to the world series thread that steve shasta's thread title was a mangled version of what i proposed and now he's passing the buck since it bombed, and that he also spent days begging me to come up with a morbs-baiting thread title for him to jack

http://i43.tinypic.com/dggkra.jpg

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

Hell yeah.

fairly sure each poll winner has lost irl

haha yeah

Ready to pull for the Phillies now.

http://a323.yahoofs.com/ymg/ept_sports_mlb_experts__40/ept_sports_mlb_experts-292919206-1256679696.jpg?ymQ0PHCDUxmRxhuC

What's going on there?

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Phillies-Shane-Victorino-not-amused-with-New-Yo?urn=mlb,198583

love the optimism! adorable!

cankles (4:31:08 PM): hey please post to the world series thread that steve shasta's thread title was a mangled version of what i proposed and now he's passing the buck since it bombed, and that he also spent days begging me to come up with a morbs-baiting thread title for him to jack

http://i43.tinypic.com/dggkra.jpg

― jØrdån (omar little), Tuesday, October 27, 2009 4:32 PM (6 hours ago)

ROFLMOAOL

praise allah for chatlogs:

Sunday, October 25, 2009 22:17:26
[22:17] fogindex: yo dude
[22:17] harrylimearl: sup niggy
[22:18] fogindex: break me off somethin proper
[22:19] fogindex: Phils vs. Yanks thread title
[22:20] harrylimearl: hmmm
[22:20] harrylimearl: gimme a sec
[22:22] harrylimearl: "ITT is a Mets fan's worst nightmare"
[22:23] harrylimearl: and then this picture
[22:23] harrylimearl: http://img.waffleimages.com/8ab6de593bec488bc5ffa156dffda67d8fd57c72/ws2009.png
[22:23] fogindex: no linking from this host
[22:23] harrylimearl: yeah i was about to say
[22:23] fogindex: fark
[22:23] harrylimearl: you have to rehost it
[22:23] harrylimearl: h/o i'll upload on tinypic 4 u
[22:24] fogindex: wait, i think that img is partitioned and stacked too
[22:24] harrylimearl: what
[22:24] fogindex: it looks like it's cut off at the bototm
[22:24] fogindex: bottom
[22:24] harrylimearl: it probably is
[22:24] harrylimearl: who cares
[22:24] harrylimearl: http://i34.tinypic.com/330vlaf.png
[22:25] fogindex: i kinda like the stars in the phils logo, never noticed them before tbh
[22:25] harrylimearl: haha really?
[22:25] harrylimearl: i like the bat underline
[22:25] fogindex: :-\
[22:26] fogindex: looks like an ascii penis imo
[22:26] harrylimearl: you should also encourage all Yankees and Phillies fans to forgo all trash talking against one another to shit on the Mets all series
[22:27] fogindex: that is my job
[22:27] harrylimearl: alternately you might consider something related to chan ho park's lush, thick beard
[22:28] fogindex: "ITT A Met's Fan's Worst Nightmare: Chan Ho Park's Lush, Thick Fur"
[22:28] harrylimearl: lol
[22:28] fogindex: okay there it goes
[22:28] harrylimearl: http://img.waffleimages.com/65b5b8be6769b5c6dfe78a6b7dd4a2ad321403f2/ALCS_Yankees_Angels_Baseball_2.jpg
[22:29] fogindex: did he hit over .100 in the ALCS?
[22:29] fogindex: i don't think so
[22:30] harrylimearl: i'm so conflicted. as a fan of the braves in the mid-late 90s, jeter is equivalent to pol pot or stalin for me. otoh... i love swisher :swoon:
[22:31] fogindex: iirc so does Morbs
[22:31] fogindex: ;-\
[22:33] harrylimearl: did you see this
[22:33] harrylimearl: http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs266.snc1/9334_193038194198_602254198_3971409_2308937_n.jpg
[22:34] fogindex: yeah but i never saw the original chick, is she gnarls?
[22:34] harrylimearl: yeah she's a bowser
[22:34] harrylimearl: http://img.waffleimages.com/cd0ae7551a8a3b5336351c9184a5f66db0da8bbf/brookephillips.jpg
[22:35] fogindex: wtffff
[22:35] harrylimearl: haha yeah
[22:35] fogindex: dude must have been in a low place
[22:35] fogindex: wasn't aware he was into softball players
[22:36] harrylimearl: i'm guessing the pickins are slim in bristol. still, he's a good looking guy so... yeah.
[22:36] harrylimearl: actually do me a favor and post the grimace pic on the steve phillips thread (i assume there is one)
[22:37] fogindex: yeah its on there
[22:37] fogindex: i assumed she was forgettable but holy shit
[22:38] harrylimearl: i'm guessing it's somehow related to his mo vaughn obsession as the mets gm
[22:39] fogindex: he was responsible for Cliff Floyd too iirc

[22:38] harrylimearl: i'm guessing it's somehow related to his mo vaughn obsession as the mets gm

rofl

i love swisher :swoon:
[22:31] fogindex: iirc so does Morbs

fuck you, and mods, plz ban "Steve Shasta" through next year.

so happy i don't use aim anymore lest i be having enlightening conversations like that all the time

great thread so far--can't wait for the series to start tonight

Kinda off-topic, but in retrospect, all the Eckstein worship is the most hilarious shit ever, in five years, even the Kruks of the world will be saying "why did we make such a big deal about this guy???" ... it all came about only because the drama all happened earlier in the postseason (A's win a series under Beane, Yanks get humiliated by Tigers, ARod bats eighth, Cards upset Mets) and so what do you do when the WS is played between two mediocre teams who played horrible baseball over the last quarter of the regular season and nearly choked away their postseason spots? And when the key plays of the WS itself involve multiple throwing errors by pitchers and players falling down in the outfield? You invent DAVID ECKSTEIN, baseball superhero? WTF???

It was pretty hilarious at the time too, but somehow seemed to fit into the narrative of the '06 postseason, does that make sense? I mean, I didn't do a massive double-take at the time when Eckstein was hailed as the new Ty Cobb.

when Eckstein was hailed as the new Ty Cobb

pretty sure this nvr happened

he's just an archetype of the popcorn munchers' ((c) morbs) vision of the perfect baseball player - he does all the little things, is "clutch", is a team player, etc. same shit happens with, say, jeter except jeter's actually a very good player and eckstein was an average leadoff guy at his peak

guys it is the fact that he doesn't look or move like a professional athlete--he validates ppl's dreams that if they hadn't blown out their knee senior year of hs they could be in the big leagues too

otm, that too

Eckstein winning WS MVP put the cap on some slight aggravation, yeah. Tigers won 95 games (lost division pennant on last day of season despite leading for so long, but whatever), basically steamrolled through the ALDS and ALCS, then had a full week off (three times the length of an all-star break) and (unsurprisingly) fell flat against an 83-win team. It would have been easier to stomach with Pujols domination i/o Eckstein's scrappy array of bleeders and gorks and whatnot somehow adding up to POSTSEASON HEROICS.

All I can say is that after watching Eckstein play for my team for a year, I really like the way he approaches at-bats. I think he might make a better coach than a player, although maybe he's a little too reserved for that.

you like the way he walks to the plate? i dont follow

He fouls off a lot of pitches, basically. I don't know if the stats back it up, but it seems like he sees a lot of pitches.

the mo vaughn theory actually makes a lot of sense...

He tends to be above average at reaching base, but in '09 four Padres w/ 400+ PAs beat him at that.

he's right about at the league average for pitches per plate appearance - eckstein: 3.80, league: 3.83

he's got a above-average on-base percentage, which is why he's a serviceable leadoff guy i guess

his OBP this past year was .323, which kinda sucks

yeah that's awful no doubt, i was looking at career tho

i would not like to have him on my team b/c he's one of those dudes whose constant hustle masks his incredible deficiencies imo

You can tell by the way he grits his teeth and shakes his arms in the box that he's thinking, "Not so fast, Mr. Mean Pitcher Man! You might be taller than me but I am going to run out this forthcoming dribbler!" It will inspire Everth Cabrera to produce beyond his ability. That's just one of the many things we do not see in the box score.

Hopefully Luis Durango can start at 2b next year, but Eckstein was the best option the Padres had in 2009.

So anyway, the Yankees and the Phillies.

Veteran Fox analyst Tim McCarver used to be a catcher. But, he suggests, his mike presents more challenges than foul tips. "It's a lot tougher to announce a World Series that it is to play in one," he says. "Playing in it, you can do something about it."

Haha, I don't follow the logic (which pretty much sums up my take on McCarver as a colour analyst too).

I realized this aft that this is the first WS I'm genuinely excited about since '04. Two good teams (that you have to love/hate, with no inbetween), definitely not one of those sad mismatches like '07, last year's champs coming back to defend ...

i'm in between with the Phils.

This was the cover of Sports Illustrated 13 years ago:

http://pourmecoffee.posterous.com/13-years-ago

He looks like Vince Lombardi in that picture.

HOLY COW! is the really the best they had?

it was the crazy 90s!

I don't have to love or hate the Phillies. They're in the NL so they're like a cipher to me. They might as well be Cincinnati. Or the Cardinals. All I know is that I'm rooting for Pedro.

Does Charlie Manuel have a nervous disorder? He looked mad shaky when they introduced him a minute ago....

is ronan tynan gonna sing god bless america?

great decision to use Star Wars as the intro music for the players..

NOT!

jesus cc

phew

uh, wat k3v?

damn u raul

RBI Machine Ibanez

McCarver....makin' no sense...

uh, wat k3v?

― Mordy, Wednesday, October 28, 2009 8:14 PM (5 minutes ago)

lol i am a yankees fan!

wat?????

bro, let's not talk anymore until sunday

haha fair enough >_<

cc needs to stay outta these 3 ball counts, yeesh

Cliff Lee looks great so far.

McCarver dropping some knowledge about MC Hammer there.

my stream is spanish, and muted for good measure. not going to hear a word of that dude tonight

i don't understand, do u not have a tv

Is ESPN radio at this game? Is there a way to get that audio?

xp im in the library at the pharmacy school

u are so weird - why not just study before and after the game

i wish you could see this, it's pretty sick. i'm in the cpu lab. there are 3 rows of computers, i'm sitting at one in the back row and one in the middle row in front of me is full-screenin' a really HQ justin.tv stream

too much to do, exam is tomorrow morning

love that short porch

there is a taste of the yankees' own gay medicine

http://vortex.accuweather.com/adc2004/pub/images/hpheadlines/YankeesNewStadium.jpg

http://www.the-clap.com/menshealth/flomax.jpghttp://www.the-clap.com/menshealth/flomax.jpghttp://www.the-clap.com/menshealth/flomax.jpg

omg keith law told me who his favorite MC is.

he has kind of been on fire tonight tbh

keithlaw DJ Hero looks interesting, but I'm waiting for the June 2010 release of Tambourine Hero.
18 minutes ago from TinyTwitter

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jeet!

past an immobile Howard

they just showed lee's batting average against w/ runners on as opposed to bases empty...it's like 100 pts lower w/ runners on! how the hell is that possible

he gets lazy when bases are empty?

maybe he's "clutch"

I don't give a shit about Chris Farley but David Spade should probably be shot.

ah who cares about that shit

it's funny to me that this is a huge meme story but people see nothing wrong with PAY $9.50 TO SEE MICHAEL JACKSON TAKE TWO STEPS TO THE LEFT WHILE A BACKING TRACK PLAYS A SONG

I heard that mj doc is really good.

jeez, cliff lee

great pitch, damn

that was just an inch off the corner but arod couldnt even reach it - they busted him inside early so he stayed upright on that one expecting an inside pitch

damn son

Bookmaker.com:

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i have this on mute, why was there discussion on that double play? looked like rollins got cabrera out with the catch and matsui out by stepping on 2nd, throw to first was unnecessary?

nah, he got him out when he threw the ball back to first since he caught it, they originally ruled that it wasn't a catch? or something

no, stepping on 2nd was the unnecessary part -- matsui got doubled off with the throw to 1st (& tagged just to make sure)

I will paypal a dollar to anyone who can point me to a stream of the espn radio feed

oh that's what i thought but it was weird because originally that had matsui out but cabrera safe on first somehow

umps got together and said "we're not going to let this rollins guy trick us, are we guys?"

wtf chase utley

that 1 was no cheapie

That ball was killed.

lol "Crazy Eyes" Werth

fwiw i was watching on mute too but it seemed to me that the call was infield fly - doubled matsui up at first

omg that pop up on the mound

errr no that couldnt have been it...

xp to myself

his face!!!!

that was so bizarre

he caught the ball and double up matsui

yeah thats it

but since he caught it so low to the ground--and since he stepped on the bag--it seemed like he was going for a double play--and cano beat the throw to first (which didnt matter since cano was out with the catch)

basically what i said - infield fly duh

it wasn't an infield fly. they called matsui out because rollins threw it to first and matsui was off the base.

lee thinks this shit is too easy

the umps got confused because rollins unnecessarily tagged second even tho there was no force there because he had caught the ball

it wasn't an infield fly. they called matsui out because rollins threw it to first and matsui was off the base.

― a goon boy (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, October 28, 2009 10:07 PM (1 minute ago)

yeah i know that dash is actually a minus sign lol

obv not infield fly w/ only 1 runner on

maybe someone else can explain it with one more time

ronan tynan looks like a chick!

Lee hasn't pitched against the Yankees much in his career ... he made one start against them in his CY year:

7 IP, 6H, 0BB, 7K (in the old Yankee stadium)

tonight:

7 IP, 4H, 0BB, 7K

the yankees need to do a fan promotion

"Can YOU steal on Jorge Posada? Kids age 5-10 can find out every Sunday afternoon after games at Yankee Stadium."

Is Lee still in?

phil huges

that might be the end of hughes' career

boos were a nice touch

yeah, poor hughes, career-ending walk

probably getting put down in the clubhouse right now

"Utley is the second left handed hitter to hit two home runs against a left handed starter in world series history."

That's a Kurk-gem if I've ever heard one.

the first is babe ruth!

WOW

No Mo Rivera in this situation? If not now, when?

sweet.

Now Rivera comes in, I'm sure

fuuuuuck

I TAKE BACK THE SHIT I WAS ABOUT 2 POST ABOUT U IBANEZ

haha. i was gonna say, spit out that tobacco dude, you look cancerous

now he can keep it if he wants, i guess

victorino 'skirts' across home plate ;)

flyin' does not deserve Post being dicks

getting butthurt about the post is nagl

I get it now, Girardi's banking on the Yankees scoring five runs off Cliff Lee in the eighth so that Rivera can get the save in the 9th. Now it makes sense!

bottom of the order comin up

fuck hughes obv, ugh son

hes been shitty recently but he was great all season!!

<3 lee

goin 4 style pts now

wow its official god loves fuckin cliff lee

charmed life night

the infinity in your era is the reality in hughes.

buck doing promos for dj hero is weird.

that behind-the-back catch was really something else

cool cucumber

the icing is a double by carlos roo-eez

5-0

Not even the Phillies' bullpen can blow this now.

Change the title to a Yankees worst nightmare.

ughhh

A Yankee's Worst Nightmare: Cliff Lee's Spiked Curve

bro, Iggs/Giants game to look forward to xp

^.^

view and analyze the events that instigate the emotions

car racing ad on lol british espn from the feed im watching

Do we really need a split screen with Jeter in a 5-0 game? Is this Fox's way of trying to keep people from changing the channel?

6-0

lol yankees u hav 0 points

yankees = baron davis

minus the facial hair

why do cliff lee montages come with nine inch nailsy music.

bow down (yankees) before the one u serve (cliff lee)

jeter gutty bloop single

capn clutch!

damon singles!

LOL @ McCarver talking about when exactly is the proper time to call on Madson from the pen -- in a 6-0 game in the 9th.

does charlie manuel think that girardi used up all the available pitching changes?

6-1, what the hell jroll

No idea why they sent Lee out there for the 9th but once he's out there who gives a crap about micromanaging specific matchups.

Did the entire Phillies bullpen miss the team bus from the hotel, or what?

posada strikes out looking, good game

Almost right

sorry, swinging. fuck

lol yankees

THUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUH YANKEES SUUUUUUUUUUUUCK

hows that list coming along morbs

OZZIE

EH, TONIGHT, THE JAYNKEES PLAYED LIKE A BUNCH OF FAGGOTS

Deacon Phillippe in 1903: last pitcher with 10 strikeouts and 0 walks in a nine inning WS game.

http://www.thefightins.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Lee-is-gangsta1.gif

such a baller move

LUV U PEDRO

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs/2009/news/story?id=4603619

"I don't know if you realize this, but because of you guys in some ways, I might be at times the most influential player that ever stepped in Yankee Stadium. I can honestly say that," Martinez said.

http://a323.yahoofs.com/ymg/ept_sports_mlb_experts__41/ept_sports_mlb_experts-852417807-1256790968.jpg?ym4.qHCDDVymVPsH

Compare and contrast: McCarver's reaction to Lee's lackadaisical catch and McCarver's reaction to any play made by Manny Ramirez.

my fav play was probably the tag/slap on butt of posada - its like good try lil pinstripers, A for effort! have already heard from a few coworkers that they want 2 murder cliff lee

SI_JonHeyman if anyone wants yankee tix theres currently 1 woman in line waiting for 9 a.m.

http://teritodaymessageboard.thegrocerygame.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

Have there been any articles about NY folk accusing Lee of 'showing them up' yet?

Im gonna make a bold prediction that Pedro gets lit up today.

haven't seen any accusations of lee

good try lil pinstripers

man guys i had no idea cliff lee was a motherfucka

Im gonna make a bold prediction that Pedro gets lit up today.

I have a feeling both Pedro and Burnett will get lit up, the final score will be something like 8-7.

burnett against that lineup seems like a really bad matchup for the yankees especially

Yeah, I can see Burnett getting knocked out early and Pedro gutting it out for five innings and leaving with a 6-2 lead, I'd love to call that a "likely" outcome but I'm really not sure.

how early will the whos your daddy chant start?

mrs mookie is going to the game tonight

so pretty early

I put some £££ on the Phillies to win last night and am thinking of doing the same again - am tempted by the Yanks lead after 5, Phils win option, but with Rivera playing multiple innings it's probably a mistake.

i think pedro is gonna have a sick game & the phils already smacked around burnett once this year and i expect it to happen again

is anyone really confident in the idea of aj burnett as a 'stopper'? i might've started pettite tonight

if the yanks had been hitting prior to last nights game i might think they could beat up pedro by 2/3ds of the lineup has been playing super poorly for the last week and a half

*but

Yankee machine goin to war with Jerry Hairston Jr. and Jose Molina tonight.

if they run out of catchers . . .

http://i35.tinypic.com/34spbmq.jpg

max never answered this but i am curious as to what its all abt

this may be the most invested i am in a baseball game this year

Red Sox, iirc

hi

hmm

not bad

no chance of a stream huh

http://www.p2pstation.net not great but

aww, matt stairs!

so old and fat

<3 him

good canadian kid

lolrod

matt stairs can only run one base at a time

gbx: http://www.atdhe.net/7970/watch-phillies-vs-yankees

stairs, really?

o yah dat ones better thx mookie

gbx: alt link

i'm actually watching on a tv today!

in english?

pedro's jheri curl sweat > yankees 2-4 hitters

unfortunately yes - i had to hear mccarver describe pedro as "5'11'', 193 and all heart" :(

xp

that pitch was disgusting

robinson cano is a delightful name

pedro is so ugly

goddamn i'm starting to love the phillies or something

it's a v. likable team if you forget that it's the phillies

totes

I'll love 'em for the next week but after that they're back on my shitlist.

btw can someone explain chase utley's hair to me plz

i mean, come on

lookin mad lectorish isn't it

it's like someone poured a bucket of bacon fat on his head when he was a kid and then he had a good game and now he has to do it every day

LOL @ McCarver!!!

steve shasta who are you rooting for

I fucking come home from biz trip and turn the fucking TV on to McCarver: "This has been a NY Mets' fans' worst nightmare".

Can one of the ILB mods edit the broadcast and purge that filth from the airwaves? It's very tiresome.

haha

whoops "This series" ^^^

srsly

AND: do it one more time pedro

pedro might as well be shitting directly in george steinbrenner's oxygen tank

or in rudy giuliani's mouth, ideally

phillies need to start hitting. old man's pitch count is getting up there.

burnett's at 61 through 3 too, they're both running it up out there

I am rooting for the Nippon Ham Fighters fwiw.

a.j. burnett looks kind of like chicago kevin without the hair and glasses

where is ol chikev these days anyway

of all the people

oh hey teixeira

phillies need to start hitting. old man's pitch count is getting up there.

chikev got sick of Shasta doing 1 million x what McCarver did once

not a good day for RHoward

http://rrrt.mlblogs.com/golden%20sombrero.jpg

"See you guys next year."

I never said that, but if I had, ooooooooooooh I lied to fuxors on the internet.

will you two stop pls

love this inning from pedro so far

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_A5FW0Zqf2LA/RuHDLAQTUrI/AAAAAAAAAWw/x8NpbG-d5z0/s320/bigdaddykane-daddyshome(Front).jpg

so far

matsui! what a strange game

that was not a bad pitch

nope, just bad luck

also yanqui stadium.

an out in most parks, but there it is

is that the last of Pedro? ever?

who is the annoying kid?

<3 pedro btw

my favorite baseball player without a doubt

phillies retarded at the plate tonight

have not adjusted one bit to the swollen strike zone

can we not bunt

oh look

dammit charlie

http://assets.nydailynews.com/img/2008/06/18/10gal_little.jpg

we're in familiar territory

lmao @ posada giving baserunning signals

liked Pedro's little laugh at the end

oh. my. god.

rivera for two, then?

keep Burnett in..

didnt work last time, but he is dealing.. pull him if someone gets on. Mo is creaky.

jeter is a fucking moron

^^^

i want to say manuel was an idiot for not knowing history & letting petey pitch the 7th.... but then look at the pen he's working with....

this one's on the phillies bats IMO

phils need to take advantage of those two free outs and the imagined potential run saved

struck out a bunting jeter XD

hmmm

aren't outfielders constantly charging balls? what is mccarver talking about

pissed at the phillies tbh--burnett did not throw a breaking ball for a strike until like the 4th--LAY OFF guys

manuel re bullpen: "just because they're there don't mean i need to actually use them"

'well, you're trailing by two runs -- that's not ideal'

lol'd at that

jeter gave it everything he had on that double play turn

"jeter gave it everything he had"

compensatin' umps

haha phillies trying some old fashioned pitches

chutley got so boned on that overall ab -- 2 borderline strikes and called out when he beat the throw

damn arod

he didnt beat the throw did he?

he was out

thought that zoom replay showed him touchin 1st before the ball was in tex's glove ?

oh i didn't see the zoom, was watching daily show

is NASA involved in these replays

mlb spy satellite

looked safe to me, but close enough for ump to call out for equity's sake

WTF Howard

How many called strikes has he looked at tonight?

terrible call

looked like an obv strike to me...

I don't know what kind of strike zone expects, esp w/ Mo Rivera on the mound

stairs is like the worst possible person to have up in this spot

(what kind of strike zone Howard expects....) xp

Rivera: too good.

I can't deal with a world in which AJ Burnett pitches like an ace in the postseason.

phew

they gotta get Rosenthal a little ladder

Eric Young says Girardi needs to consider playing Hairston in right to keep "free swinging Nick Swisher" out of the lineup.

.gif of Joba bobbin' his head to Jay-Z, plz.

swisher: .249/.371/.498 (4.27 P/PA)
hairston jr: .251/.315/.394 (2.78 P/PA)

AYO

http://i38.tinypic.com/ifvc3s.jpg

^^awes

thats incredible damn.. wtf is the mlb logo w/ orange + yellow? are baseball purists up in arms abt it?

A former Rodriguez fling remembers seeing portraits of the slugger, 34, as a centaur hanging over his bed.

"He was so vain," his ex tells Us Weekly. "He had not one, but two painted portraits of himself as a centaur. You know, the half man, half horse figure?"

http://www.usmagazine.com/celebritynews/news/ex-alex-rodriguez-had-portraits-of-himself-as-a-centaur-over-his-bed-20093010

...

LOL

The wild card for the Phillies tonight, according to Barry Larkin, is Davey Lopes.

he gunna pinch-run

Andy K that link you posted 12 hours ago or so is... amazing

looks like its pouring now huh

Moyer is on the mound. Did I miss something?

N/m

MLB Network, duh

what's the deal, doesnt seem to be raining?

at least rain delay = more ozzie guillen

everyone turn on usc-oregon

Can't stand that music they keep playing in and out of commercials....did someone die?

everyone turn on usc-oregon

― a goon boy (J0rdan S.), Saturday, October 31, 2009 8:08 PM (4 minutes ago)

why?

fuck yeah Stairs sit down, Rivera just did it again

up 2-1 now bitches

Can we get a This Week in Baseball from 1979 or something?

hahahaha yeah. i (earnestly) made the same mistake on the wimbledon thread this year during a rain delay

xp

let ozzie riff on what he thinks of alex rios

ah man

they should post a warning on the bottom of the screen otherwise it really does count

xpost

hahaha yeah can't we have a "15 minutes with Ozzie" segment and just let him talk about whatever he wants?

animated Ozzie Guillen guest appearance on the filler Cleveland Show they're running right now is so necessary.

No War at Home?

Guillen, not Rosenthal, should be interviewing Swisher.

lol joe buck w/ a good zing on ken rosenthal. xp /true

shit what was it?

alright fuck both of those strike calls

that was high too

o just some shit abt him havin extra suits on hand cuz he was gettin soaked doin interviews in the dugout

tonights umpires aka who will fuck some obvious shit up tonight

lol k3v u should post abt every pitch

how did rollins only get 1 there?

Past a backhanding centaur.

nice

Someone photo shop A-Rod's head onto a Tarkus, plz.

LEGO TARKUS HOLY SHIT

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Vc3H5q9pmgg/SNagMjdCL7I/AAAAAAAAAfE/C3GefqG24Sg/s400/tarkus_st1.JPG

utley has been VICTIMIZED by some ball/strike calls man

VictorRojas29 Cole Hamels just went horse-head hunting #mlbpulse

ugh why are the phils not wearing the cream whites :(

xp loool

cold hamls throwin good tho

omg that little girl and her dad in that mastercard commercial <3

god damn, how the hell did he hit that out

phils lauching pad

who are those randoms in the phils dugout?

wtf

bunt of the year

pettitte is reminding me of john franco...just DONT SWING @ anythin offspeed

WALK. HIM.

damon couldn't have thrown out hamels if he was tagging to third

i seriously can throw the ball as far as johnny damon

51 pitches through two innings.

this game will prob go til 3am

I'm watching this on my laptop (lol Halloween parties). Pretty giddy at the moment -- Hamels hasn't self-destructed!

nice hitting by werth & hamels (!). pettite getting squeezed inside & low tho.

"at the risk of over-simplification" - probably the most superfluous way to begin any tim mccarver sentence

he's a daring guy

i've aged ten years watching howard at the plate this series

can someone hit a line drive off of pettite's head? i got shit to do tonight

Remind me again why the Yanks don't have Matsui in the line-up?

uh yeah. why don't they?

his knees are so fuckt dude he cant play the field

there we go baby.

gotta be a hr

replay time

lol theyre going in

DINGER snitches

umps just look so incompetant when they huddle

lets see the replay from THAT CAMERA

homer imo

good job super quick

JHEAH eat it philly fans

get the next guy up lets go

Keep poundin' the corner.

goddamn arod!

its struck me the other day, teixeira reminds me of psycho t

Replay seemed inconclusive to me.

are the replay guidelines the same as nfl? think they got it right imo

camera overhangs the railing

without the camera that ball's in the park

nah i think it'd be gone...broadcast portrayin it as an OVERTURN is a little disingenuous

holy shit!!!!

pitchers hitting well tonight

why the hell was the CF so deep?

The Yankees really dodged a bullet playing that free swinger Swisher over expert of smallball Hairston.

omg victorino looks incompetant

yeaaaaahhhhh

Do NOT panic, Phillies fans. Joe Blanton is pitching tomorrow.

wait wtf is that camera still functional?

and wtf, how could they pass up a chance to show a shot from that camera of the HR. fuk u FOX

Did that guy just say abso-fucking-lutely in that Windows commercial?

wasnt watching but i'm gonna guess probably not

Wa gwan, Ja Happ?

They showed a shot from that camera, on MLB TV at least. Ball apparently hit barely within the field of vision if at all, though the pic shook a bit.

Girl. And I guess it's abso-freaking-lutely with a slight accent.

http://thenextweb.com/2009/10/22/microsoft-windows-7-commercials/

god i hate how posada kicks his back foot out when he takes pitches

yall er racist man xp

Was that a 3-0 pitch he just popped out on?

they need to show that camera getting hit from its point of view but then overlay a joke screensaver of a broken window with some foley guy making smashy noises and also a mouth hummed version of yakety sax

if i'm understanding mccarver correctly, durbin doesnt have the velocity to adequately bust teixeira inside

at leas the phillies could win tonight if it was bowling.

durbin was trying to bust inside texeira?

bench ryan howard

I'm trying not to think about how bad it looks for the Phillies now ... CC vs Hamels in a potential Game Seven? (although I guess if they can find a way to win tonight, with Lee and Pedro lined up to start the next two games, then they have a reasonable chance of winning in six?)

i'd say they do not have a v reasonable chance of winning in 6

It's a crazy best case scenario, to be sure, and the next best case is CC vs Hamels in Game Seven ... ugh

... and in Yankee Stadium, which is a launching pad, and Hamels has given up about 100 homers in the postseason.

if the Phils lose could it plz be in 5 so no celebration in Bloomberg Stadium, thx

Does it really matter where they celebrate the on-field victory? There's still gonna be a bigass parade, isn't that the more cringe-worthy thought?

centaur parade on Broadway either way.

Love how Yankees are up by one game and you guys are already planning the parade.

does mccarver have irritable bowel syndrome or something? at the start of every broadcast buck mentions how he's downstairs but will be coming up to the booth shortly.

WTF Blanton

Warning both sides? The hell?

yeah bullshit

call up the centaur wrangler 4 the parade

man, A-Rod centaur jokes are never going to be not funny

Yeah, it really puts "bitch-tits" to shame, doesn't it?

home plate umps are garbage in this series. I'd rather it be handled by the Fox Box.

shit, they just said utley was 23 for 23 on stolen bases this season

wtf is that yankee fan how may i help u section

that's amazing, i wanna know who has the record for most number of steals in a season w/o being caught

lol howard btw

which Phillie you guys think will get drilled near the end of the game tonight? werth?

xpost I think Utley set that record this season, actually.

oh sweet

cc sure looks like forrest whitaker

Bird lives

Wow, Blanton starting to roll and CC looking shaky ... we might have a game here.

"i heard that pearl jam record...and it's terrific"

cc is looking shaky? 5 in a row retired

in tim mccarver's mind, there is no way joe blanton hit alex rodriguez intentionally

you do not settle scores in the world series, says tim mccarver. you settle scores in spring training and the regular season

geez joe blanton

xp you *could* settle things if it's like, 10-5 in the 8th inning or something....

no, tim mccarver would reply. scores are meant to be settled only in spring training (ok hold up for a sec...spring training???? has a "score" ever been "settled" in spring training? that's the thing where most of the good players don't even play right?) and the regular season.

Do A-Rod's teammates like him enough to try and avenge him?

okay girardi just said cc could go 120 today

shit he really didnt touch home there

it's amazing that a man that big could miss the entire plate

that elbow on posada's arm had 2 hurt

How about that, another blown call.

Ryan already hit the pregame buffet plate

FOX BOX.

do we think A-Rod will appear in AVATAR as a centaur, y/n?

so Morbs you're watching right? good man.

McCarver just said Swisher got a hit off of Petttttttite LOLz.

How about that, another blown call.

― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, November 1, 2009 9:40 PM (3 minutes ago)

not a blown call - judging by the delayed safe sign, the ump prob knew he missed the plate, there was just no appeal

lol utley is a moron

nice audible 'fuck' by cc

blanton is bugging out

OMG tim mccarver going on about leadoff walks again

...why did jeter not tag there

guess it's not really worth it w/ two outs, but he could have made that easily i think

not a blown call - judging by the delayed safe sign, the ump prob knew he missed the plate, there was just no appeal

idk if there is any such rule ... there is no call until the runner either touches the plate or is tagged out. Neither one of those things happened.

wait, Joe Blanton used steroids?

idk if there is any such rule ... there is no call until the runner either touches the plate or is tagged out. Neither one of those things happened.

― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, November 1, 2009 9:55 PM (1 minute ago)

so what was the "blown call"?

There was no play at the plate (runner never touched the plate and was never tagged), so the ump had no business making a call.

dude you're not making a point here. the "safe" could have just as easily been regarding the tag (posada dropped the ball).

no k3v, you don't understand the rule.

I don't think it's the same as e.g. appealing to third base if the defense thinks the runner tagged up and left too soon ... in that case there is a ruling at the plate (safe) and the ruling is appealed. With Howard, I don't think he automatically becomes safe after a minimum time lapse.

xpost

skrit i am watching a couple batters in between the Wings of Desire DVD supplements.

morbs i say this to be friendly, mlb channel has one of the s1969 mets\baltimore games on right now.

I had MLB taken off my cable a week ago to reduce my accelerating debt.

7.08 Any runner is out when—
(k) In running or sliding for home base, he fails to touch home base and makes no attempt to return to the base, when a fielder holds the ball in his hand, while touching home base, and appeals to the umpire for the decision.

yes, but he's not safe if he doesn't touch the base.

sure he is. he's not out, surely?

the point is the run counts, as it should if there's no appeal. the ump didnt miss any call, since there was no call to be made. if he made a delayed safe sign, it was to indicate that there was no tag

unless i'm totally overlooking something

pretty quiet in philly right now. they seem kinda shook.

eh, theyre all still recovering from the eagles game

also yeah, their team's about to fall behind 3-1, i'd be a lil bummed too

The point is that there shouldn't be a "delayed safe" call, like if a runner tries to steal 2nd but misses the bag (and the fielder drops the ball) then he doesn't stand up and take a lead off of 2nd. The play isn't over until he's on the bag or is tagged.

These sorts of plays at home aren't so uncommon, normally, the ump just stands there until the catcher or runner realizes that no call was made.

xposts

One thing that's not clear from 7.08 k, is what happens if the ump makes no call and neither team notices it, the runner goes back to the dugout, etc. At that point I guess it functions like a normal appeal play ... i.e. the defense can still appeal until they make a play on another batter/runner, e.g. until the next pitch is thrown.

back to the fun:

jimcaple:
from espn's mark simon: Only one other player has been hit by a pitch 3 times in a single World Series: Max Carey of the Pirates in 1925.

Sunday November 1, 2009 10:29 jimcaple
10:30

jimcaple:
max carey, however,did not have a centaur painting of himself

I think I would not let Sabathia face Utley here.

told ya

nice call

feel like he'd get howard again but girardi is forced to pull him

Utley walks up to the box to "Kashmir?" Nice.

One thing that's not clear from 7.08 k, is what happens if the ump makes no call and neither team notices it, the runner goes back to the dugout, etc. At that point I guess it functions like a normal appeal play ... i.e. the defense can still appeal until they make a play on another batter/runner, e.g. until the next pitch is thrown.

― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, November 1, 2009 10:42 PM (12 minutes ago)

yeah and not to belabor this but that's exactly the way i interpret it...i still don't see anything wrong with a little "safe" signal (safe in scarequotes b/c he's not actually calling him "safe", he's saying "not out") saying there's no tag. same as a second base umpire signaling "safe" when a charging second baseman tries to tag an advancing runner b/w frist & second before throwing to first (wasn't that knoblauch years ago in the WS?)

almost feel bad for howard, is that his second ball outta the infield this world series?

I wonder if 3 HR by a single player off of one pitcher in a WS (Utley off Sabathia) is some sort of record? (he missed a 4th HR by a couple of feet in the first inning tonight ... 4 HR would have to a record, I think)

have to BE a record

gotta be at least tied...the record for most total in a WS is just 5

"just"

"it's 1-2, and joba chamberlain just threw a 96 mph fastball to strike out the side here in the 8th"

high heat, LEHGO

WWOoooooo

VOTE 4 PEDRO

this facial expression

Holy shit, Joba was looking completely unhittable up until that point.

And then continued that after.

(i'm just listening to radio but sounded good?)

ouch. joba in love with his fastball. feliz was sitting all over that one. this could be a long night tonight.

ESPNStatsInfo:
via Elias: Players with 3 HR vs same pitcher in World Series 2009- Chase Utley vs CC Sabathia 1956- Yogi Berra vs Don Newcombe

lidge v matsui worries me

don't be frightened

Lidge vs a pregnant water buffalo scares me in the 9th inning of a tie game in the WS.