- It's 3-1 Phillies thanks to Chase Utley continuing to be a P.I.M.P. And I turned it on just in time to hear McCarver say, "American League batters are used to Mariano Rivera breaking bats, but not many of them know about Cliff Lee........even though he was with the Indianas............Lee's a different pitcher with Philadelphia." Dude. Just stop. It makes me glad I've been watching most of this with no sound - which I'll be doing again shortly once Mrs. W gets back from putting the baby down.
- Speaking of Lee and pitching game five, I think he should have been moved up and pitched last night, but this yahoo article is quite harsh and mostly retarded (like Dawger). I hardly think that decision "blew the world series" or that Charlie Manuel is like Forrest Gump and "stupid is as stupid does." He also calls Cliff Lee "not an ace" because he didn't demand the ball for game 4. I'm seriously stumped. I didn't like it at the time, but I'm thinking that it was actually a good decision by Manuel. Think about it - Blanton pitched well enough for the Phillies to win, Lidge blew the game. If they can steal a win with Blanton going against Sabathia, suddenly the Phillies are in the driver's seat, and they damn near did it, again, if it wasn't for Lidge - not Blanton and not Manuel. I'm willing to bet Passan had this article typed up before even the first pitch of Sunday night's game, and when the Phils lost he just hit send on his little mac-book. It's not even surprising, that seems to be the standard for journalism these days. Except me. I'm really good.
- Boy has Texeira been brutal. Another weak grounder with a runner on base, and he's now at .062 for the series. And yet since the Yankees will win, nobody will say a word. This is so unfair to A-Rod.
- There is way too much being made of Damon stealing third after stealing second on the same play. Yes, it was totally heads up and a great, smart, alert play - no doubt. But also let's try to remember that A-Rod doubled two batters later - Damon is scoring from any base. I'm just thankful Jeter isn't the one who made that play, can you imagine? It would make the Madden/Favre love fest look like Twilight. Because it's a chastity parable. Shut up. No, you're gay.
- Utley walks and steals second - any chance we can get a losing player winning the World Series MVP? I don't think it's ever happened, right? I know some defensive guy from the Cowboys won the Super Bowl MVP even though the Cowboys lost back in the 70s, but I don't think it's happened in baseball. Of course, seeing as how Jeter is on the Yankees and everyone loves him more than life itself, he'll get it for hitting .360 with no runs batted in and just two extra-base hits. What a joke. God I hate you Derek Jeter. You know that scene is Se7en, where Kevin Spacey ties that guy to the bed and like cuts his hand off and somehow tortures him but keeps him alive for like a year? What? I'm just asking if you remember that scene, I ain't sayin' nothin'.
- The NL's Jason Kubel knocks in Utley. Burnett getting rocked. And trust me, A.J. Burnett doens't have the mental capacity to recover when he's getting smoked. Might as well pack up and head to New York, folks, this one's over.
- Ibanez knocks in another one, and that'll do it for fragile little A.J. We're going to David Robertson here folks, although if I'm Girardi I call this one over and go to Mitre or Gaudin.
- Wow, base hit for Cliff Lee. We're at 6-1 here, and Rollins can break this baby wide open. Well, wide opener.
- Strikes out like a jerk.
- Link to Blue Ribbon's preview of Gopher basketball. It points out something I had either forgotten or never knew: The Gophers had more turnovers than assists last year. Ouch. Damian Johnson, Al Nolen, and Kevin Payton were the only ones with more assists than TOs, and Westbrook (1/1.5), Iverson (1/2.2), and Busch (1/2.l) were absolute killers. Let's go ahead and put that as priority #1 for next season, shall we? Also note that with rounding, future Big Ten P.O.Y. Ralph Sampson was one of only four players with a 1-to-1 ratio or better (and, of course, the preview doesn't fail to compare him to his "Heroin Satan" father - god that must get old).
- FYI, Colbie Smulders recently had a baby, and she has lost the baby weight, but she hasn't lost it from everywhere, if you know what I'm saying. (NOTE: I'm talking about her boobs.) This is her, if you are unaware:
Now imagine that with some C+ cups.
- Derek Jeter got a hit. MVP! MVP! MVP! MVP!
- Don't worry, nothing came of it. And a great catch in left-center by Brett Gardner. He's 10 times the fielder Melky is, too bad he can't hit for shit. Sounds an awful lot like Carlos Gomez, no?
- Iowa is ranked #4 in the latest BCS. Serious question, how many other top 10 teams do you think Iowa would beat more often than not? Florida? Texas? Alabama? Boise? Georgia Tech? Cincy? TCU? I'm not sure there's a single team here they are bettre than..
- Ok, actually they got a run somewhere back there, and it's now 6-2. I would have known that, but I have become a bit distracted by facebook, and everybody trying to sound cool and ignore the fact that I was part of a group interview of Magic Johnson and Larry Bird today. You are all jerks.
- Oh, yeah. So I was part of a conference call of a bunch of writers who got to do a group interview of Magic and Larry today. Of course, it was only an hour and there were people from like, ESPN and The Sporting News and USA Today, etc., so I didn't get a chance to actually ask a question since I'm pretty sure I'd be the Pittsburgh Pirates of the invitees, but it was still cool.
- Cliffy keeps rolling along, now through seven with just the two runs allowed. It certainly wouldn't hurt for the Phillies to pick up a couple of more runs here.
- This probably deserves it's own post, but here is a report on Corey Joseph's reaction to his official visit on Saturday. Sounds good, folks, sounds really good. In particular pay attention to the first two comments below the article - very insightful.
- Utley just destroys a pitch down the line, but foul. Dude, that guy is so dialed in right now it's ridiculous.
- And the very next pitch he goes yard. Again. This guy is a second basemen, it just isn't right. That's five in this series, which I think is some kind of record. And we could have two more games. I'm actually kind of starting to believe the Phillies can come back and win this - delirious, I know.
- Ibanez goes yard. This Phil Coke guy sucks. Let me remind you all that Pedro's career postseason WHIP = 1.07. Bring it Yanks, because I feel a career defining Pedro performance on Wednesday. Yes, another one.
- Cliffy gives up three straight hits, including a double that probably should have been caught but Ibanez is 100 years old to A-Rod and it's 8-4, and we get Chan Ho Park for like the 10th time this series. Confidence = ug.
- Park gets three straight guys out, but another run comes in when Ben Francisco - in at CF for the Flyin' Hawaiian who may or may not have injured his hand after taking a Burnett fastball off it - totally lolligags the throw to home and A-Rod tags up from third. Really a very good, smart play. He did the bluff-type thing, saw Francisco kind of wasn't really trying, and then just kept going and beat the throw. Good play. 8-5 Phils, but the Yanks will get one more crack at it.
- T-Wolves down 25-23 in the first. I benched Kaman on my fantasy basketball team tonight and put in Ryan Anderson because I need more three-pointers. Kaman has 8 points and 6 boards already. Why the hell would I bench a center against the Wolves? Dumb. And speaking of fantasy, I now have the details on my fantasy college basketball league. I'll be posting those sometime this week.
- Oh yeah, my fantasy basketball (NBA) team includes LeBron, Dwight Howard, Andrew Bynum, Joe Johnson, and Derrick Rose. Yeah, I'm dominant. Also when I just looked up my roster right there I realized that Kaman is still starting until tomorrow, so disregard all that "I'm dumb" talk. Plus, you should have tried to make me feel better and you didn't. Why are your feelings the only ones that matter?
- 8-5 still, but Madson gives up a lead-off double to Posada. Seeing as how you not only can't trust Lidge, but he's probably not available anyway, I'd assume this is Madson's show. If he sucks and they end up bringing in Brett Myers at any point, we might as well just engrave the trophy for the Yanks right then and there.
- I just saw Danielle Harris's boobs. God bless you free Showtime preview.
- Base hit for Matsui. If I used swear words on this blog, this would be the part where I would type fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck.
- Jeter grounds into a double play. Ha ha, way to be a True Yankee, Jeter. Awesome.
- Damon base hit. A Tex home run here ties the game. Awesome. Nice bullpen Philadelphia.
- Nevermind, he strikes him out proving that there is at least one person on this planet with the last name Madson who you can trust, and we're going back to New York where the Yankees will almost certainly win it. But I really hope not.
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Bad news comes in bunches. Apparently DWG's guy Devron and Royce White have been suspended indefinitely.
Devron is not the biggest loss in the world but with Mbwake on hold, Royce was going to be a very important piece to the puzzle.
WWWWW - You owe a giant apology to everybody that was questioning Royce's fit on this gopher team due to on and off the court antics.You were blinded by the talent and unable to see any flaws.
Posted above. And I say he was framed, just like Mbakwe.
Giving up on him already Dawger?
I didn't give up on him. I just thought that you were over the top with your blasting of everybody that questioned his character before and after he committed. He is barely 2 months into school and is unable to walk the line. I hope he grows up and decides to follow the program.
PS Did you see what a disgrace Michael Carter is? He was fighting cops and picking fights with a BAC of 0.055? Learn how to handle your booze kid. I usually don't fight cops until my BAC is well over .3.
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