Open Thread: World Series Game 1 - Yankees vs Phillies
by Eric Simon on Oct 28, 2009 7:00 PM EDT
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who chose ozzie guillen to be a fox sports correspondent
"Solo homers usually come with no one on base." -Ralph Kiner
that FOX baseball climactic music gets stuck in my head
they played it at every commercial break during the 2008 ASG and it nearly drove me insane
"Solo homers usually come with no one on base." -Ralph Kiner
You mean optional, right?
If so, I’m out.
(note: I might be guilty of going back in here, just to see how everyone’s holding up.)
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wtf is up with the star wars music they're playing
"Solo homers usually come with no one on base." -Ralph Kiner
this is like
Darth Vader vs. the Emperor
"[The Giants] beat us down. We were beat by a grown-man team, a team we want to be like one day. They came in here and took it to us. Out-manned us, out-gunned us. ... It wasn't even close." - Raheem Morris, 9/27/09
why is the announcer going like
“Batting 4th… 3B, number 13, Alex Rodriguez… number 13”
"Solo homers usually come with no one on base." -Ralph Kiner
What can we hope for?
What can we hope happens that does not involve a natural disaster, act of war or anything else terrible which causes this series to never finish? Umps get busted for gambling? Congress repeals MLB’s anti trust status and it becomes an illegal business causing cancellation of the WS? There must be something.
actually
our best case scenario is probably a repeat of the 1919 World Series. One team wins, but then it’s found out after that the other team took money to throw the series. That way, it casts the winner in doubt.
"[The Giants] beat us down. We were beat by a grown-man team, a team we want to be like one day. They came in here and took it to us. Out-manned us, out-gunned us. ... It wasn't even close." - Raheem Morris, 9/27/09
Sounds good
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Oct 28, 2009 8:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Who just saw Rollins give up an out on the first pitch?
Wasn’t it gritty the way he just bunted right into that out without making anybody work? Way to set the tone for the series, give up an out on a crap base hit bunt attempt on the first pitch.
"It's like the old phrase goes.....The balls in your court now Mr.Church, so you take that ball, you dribble it up the court and....................................... get a layup"
- Keith Hernandez
damn you screwed us over rollins
blew the opportunity
"Solo homers usually come with no one on base." -Ralph Kiner
My Prediction...
… Yankees beat Phillies in 4. Score of the games: 4-3, 10-4, 7-2, 6-3. MVP: A-Rod. You read it right here on Amazin’ Avenue!
"We praise or blame as one or the other affords more opportunity for exhibiting our power of judgment." Friedrich Nietzsche, "Human,All Too Human" (1878)
Sabathia to the yanks worked out because of his infectious personality
Oh and also all those wins
by HotChipWillBreakYourLegs on Oct 28, 2009 8:28 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
nice ... gamethread!
maybe this world series will have some entertainment value after all
by KeithsMoustache on Oct 28, 2009 8:28 PM EDT reply actions
All that grission could cause an atomic explosion
Then we’d all get that apocalyptic result we were hoping for after all.
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the grission bomb has been developed by the military
its just a capsule containing david eckstein with racing flames painted on the side dropped out of a plane
by KeithsMoustache on Oct 28, 2009 8:37 PM EDT up reply actions
considered a failed test of the grission bomb
the explosion left the continent it hit intact
by KeithsMoustache on Oct 28, 2009 8:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah I was gonna say
That’s not apocalyptic enough. We need something more serious.
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That looks really ideal.
Could take down an entire city block, maybe 3. OK, let’s use it!
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nope, i'm intrigued to hear if its actually worth the upgrade from the horror that is vista
by KeithsMoustache on Oct 28, 2009 8:32 PM EDT up reply actions
got anew computer, came with it, didnt pay for the "upgrade to xp" package
by KeithsMoustache on Oct 28, 2009 8:33 PM EDT up reply actions
its tolerable if you're willing to get your hands dirty
and go in and manually shut off all these usless crappy features they have built in
by KeithsMoustache on Oct 28, 2009 8:36 PM EDT up reply actions
im contemplating going to ubuntu
just have to stop being lazy and set up the dual boot
by KeithsMoustache on Oct 28, 2009 8:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Tim and joe
Say the same goddamn stupid crap every game. Word for word.
by HotChipWillBreakYourLegs on Oct 28, 2009 8:37 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
After a while, it almost as if the entire broadcast of the playoffs is scripted.
I pull for TBS coverage of World Series next year with Howie, Darling, and Burkhardt.
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Wait that didn't look right. Let me rephrase that.
I LOBBY for TBS coverage of World Series next year with Howie, Darling, and Burkhardt.
And on a side note, Wayne Hagin must be fired.
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Don’t get met started on wayne
by HotChipWillBreakYourLegs on Oct 28, 2009 8:40 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I concur. He adds nothing.
Why not just have a former Met there? Isn’t that the point of the color commentator’s existence?
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This is why Vin Scully is so much better
He doesn’t try to be cute or show how smart he is. He just calls the game. These assholes act like it’s open mic night at a comedy club.
Vins one of the best out there
i dont even think we should mention him in the same sentence as these guys
by KeithsMoustache on Oct 28, 2009 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Yea
I need dj hero I think
by HotChipWillBreakYourLegs on Oct 28, 2009 8:38 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
i feel like DJ hero is just going to be the equivalent of a dial-tone telephone
except instead of numbers it has colors.
by KeithsMoustache on Oct 28, 2009 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions
That sounds fun to me
Oh wait. Are the annoncers not talking about baseball again?
by HotChipWillBreakYourLegs on Oct 28, 2009 8:42 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
And then Omir runs out with a steel chair and cracks both Ruiz's and Posada's skulls.
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5 rest stops between NY and Philly
Fun facts from Joe and Tim
"Solo homers usually come with no one on base." -Ralph Kiner
And I care because?
I’m not even watching the game I’m going by this discussion board. 100000xs better.
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Wait are the 5 rest stops on the Turnpike alone?
There’s gotta be more than 5. I remember a rest stop with a McDonalds on the Parkway outside of Newark/Irvington.
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but doesnt all of philly count as a restroom?
which means there are infinite rest stops between the two.
by KeithsMoustache on Oct 28, 2009 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah really.
Philly is the biggest rest stop between Baltimore and New York.
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ugh
"[The Giants] beat us down. We were beat by a grown-man team, a team we want to be like one day. They came in here and took it to us. Out-manned us, out-gunned us. ... It wasn't even close." - Raheem Morris, 9/27/09
please don't mention Ollie
I’m gonna try to spend the next few months not remembering him
"[The Giants] beat us down. We were beat by a grown-man team, a team we want to be like one day. They came in here and took it to us. Out-manned us, out-gunned us. ... It wasn't even close." - Raheem Morris, 9/27/09
Hey Mike, it's Joey from da bronx
I called back in March and I said Sabathia was a mistake. We shoulda got Lee !!!!!!
1-0 philly
just turn the game on if you want to know the score, or check mlb.com
"Solo homers usually come with no one on base." -Ralph Kiner
joooooiiiiiiin usssssssssssssssss!!
Brains!!!!
by KeithsMoustache on Oct 28, 2009 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions
ahh cant believe i missed the reference
that show is great
by KeithsMoustache on Oct 28, 2009 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions
We are the Aqua Teens!
Make the homies say “Oh” and the girlies wanna scream!
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Wait, what game is this thread for?
Baseball season is over, so I’m confused.
OK, back to the hockey game.
good
But they probably blown a lead late in the game and lose in OT
Gangsta
by Jadden Hopkins on Oct 28, 2009 9:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes.
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Oct 28, 2009 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions
actually
that’s what SNY should be showing right now. they have the Darryl Strawberry Charity Golf Tournament instead.
that's such a good idea
"[The Giants] beat us down. We were beat by a grown-man team, a team we want to be like one day. They came in here and took it to us. Out-manned us, out-gunned us. ... It wasn't even close." - Raheem Morris, 9/27/09
Speaking of Utley HR
The thought of Harry Kalas saying “Chase Utley you are the man!” really grinds my gears. So annoying. No disrespect to Harry, though.
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speaking of Harry Kalas
Was anyone at the home opener this past season? If you were, did you notice that a bunch of the crowd booed during the moment of silence they had for Harry Kalas? I still don’t understand how people can be that fucked up. It’s a media-made rivalry between two baseball teams, you don’t boo the memory of someone for that.
"Solo homers usually come with no one on base." -Ralph Kiner
Dunno who the announcers are
I’m listening to ESPN international so I have no idea who the guys calling it are; they seem pretty good defiantly better than Joe Buck. They said its actually good thing to get on base and haven’t called any Phillies “gritty” yet, so far so good
How would one say 'grit' in Spanish?
‘Gritisimo’?
Shane Victorino tiene mucho gritismo. Mucho.
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Oct 28, 2009 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Its ESPN International in English
I know, it seems unnecessary… I’m on vacation and have watch this of Fox Deportes.
nah
just americans…. or Brits with no accents hmm….
And I think this guy knows about UZR, he said something like the Phillies don’t have the best fielding percentage, but they have great range (stressing range). I think he’s trying to pretend like he doesn’t, but he knows
Did the other feeds show Victorino saying thanks to the troops?
‘Cuz I didn’t appreciate them humanizing them and making me think twice about hating him… I’d like to keep my narrow-minded baseball views
So...redundant...
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Oct 28, 2009 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Better him than Sutcliffe.
At least he can humor me with that routine he did on SCTV…the one with the drunken Canadian brothers. I forgot the name of that routine.
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Probably a Philly reporter.
6ABC maybe, since I know they’re gung-ho about the Phils.
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thats impossible, that much doucheyness transcends the capabilites of the visual cortex
by KeithsMoustache on Oct 28, 2009 9:10 PM EDT reply actions
God I hate college right now... I'm in a room half full of Yankees fans with the other half Phillies fans
"This club plays better baseball now. Some of them look fairly alert." ~ Casey Stengel on the 1969 New York Mets
That's what I get for going to Rutgers I guess
"This club plays better baseball now. Some of them look fairly alert." ~ Casey Stengel on the 1969 New York Mets
wait, but you're a mets fan....
how can it be half of each?
by KeithsMoustache on Oct 28, 2009 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Uh, minus me its half and half
"This club plays better baseball now. Some of them look fairly alert." ~ Casey Stengel on the 1969 New York Mets
Replace Ollie with Nick Evans
or Tatis with a slow runner at 1st
"Solo homers usually come with no one on base." -Ralph Kiner
Nick who?
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Oct 28, 2009 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions
I always liked him too
"This club plays better baseball now. Some of them look fairly alert." ~ Casey Stengel on the 1969 New York Mets
He just had that pissy-looking demeanor of why he was in the bullpen.
And because of that, I felt he lost most of those games on purpose.
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He did mostly good for us. He just served up runs at inopportune moments.
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Oct 28, 2009 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions
this game is dull
its at yankee stadium it should be 10-8 by now
"Solo homers usually come with no one on base." -Ralph Kiner
No kidding Joe, both the Yankees and the Phillies won 7 games to get to the World Series?
"This club plays better baseball now. Some of them look fairly alert." ~ Casey Stengel on the 1969 New York Mets
good they reversed it, it indeed is 2 outs
"Solo homers usually come with no one on base." -Ralph Kiner
rollins caught it close to the ground
threw it relatively wildly to first, matsui was off the bag though and howard managed to get a tag on
they originally just called it one out, and said matsui was safe at first
"Solo homers usually come with no one on base." -Ralph Kiner
OMG, THE UMPS GOT A CALL RIGHT!!!
GIVE THEM A COOKIE!! HELL THROW A PARTY FOR THOSE PEOPLE!!! BRING KEGS!!!
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Didn't he screw us over at one point?
Along with Angel and CB “Bill” Bucknor?
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Cliff Lee
is getting a strike zone the size of CC Sabathia.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
My theory of this
David Montgomery paid the umps off so that he could get what he wanted the last 3 years. He also bribed the incompetent Selig too to get those desired results.
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Maybe instead of making asinine substitutions
Joe Girardi should teach his players the rules of baserunning, specifically that you’re supposed to stand on the base, not off of it.
"[The Giants] beat us down. We were beat by a grown-man team, a team we want to be like one day. They came in here and took it to us. Out-manned us, out-gunned us. ... It wasn't even close." - Raheem Morris, 9/27/09
Ugh
Can we stop showing Giuliani? Fascist
by HotChipWillBreakYourLegs on Oct 28, 2009 9:45 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
That's why I said "BWAHAHA Hogwash!"
I don’t think the federal government is foolish enough to allow that to happen. Just like the Diamondbacks didn’t allow the Yanks to win after 9/11.
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we should try the giuliani strategy
only show up for games in florida. hope it all works out in the end
"Solo homers usually come with no one on base." -Ralph Kiner
Can we get an Utley
please?
"[The Giants] beat us down. We were beat by a grown-man team, a team we want to be like one day. They came in here and took it to us. Out-manned us, out-gunned us. ... It wasn't even close." - Raheem Morris, 9/27/09
*sigh* figures Sabathia's wheels come off now and not in the ALCS
"This club plays better baseball now. Some of them look fairly alert." ~ Casey Stengel on the 1969 New York Mets
Utley needs a haircut
he looks…greasy. I’d have way more respect for him if he looked less like a 30’s gangster
"[The Giants] beat us down. We were beat by a grown-man team, a team we want to be like one day. They came in here and took it to us. Out-manned us, out-gunned us. ... It wasn't even close." - Raheem Morris, 9/27/09
That Utley haircut is ridiculous
Lose it Chase
by James Kannengieser on Oct 28, 2009 9:47 PM EDT reply actions
Chase Utley's hair (guy on the right)
by James Kannengieser on Oct 28, 2009 9:53 PM EDT reply actions
And this is Brandon Lang now!
I see this guy on Philly Comcast Sportnet on Fridays and his hair just annoys the shit outta me.
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I might have enjoyed watching him do that if it weren't for the fucking Phillies fans next to me
"This club plays better baseball now. Some of them look fairly alert." ~ Casey Stengel on the 1969 New York Mets
WTF?
they showed the grounds crew maintaining the field while dancing and they’re all wearing no. 27.t
dear Cholly:
please go to your bullpen
"[The Giants] beat us down. We were beat by a grown-man team, a team we want to be like one day. They came in here and took it to us. Out-manned us, out-gunned us. ... It wasn't even close." - Raheem Morris, 9/27/09
If that doesnt suit you
Burn After Reading is also on.
by aparkermarshall on Oct 28, 2009 10:24 PM EDT reply actions
Tried watching it and I didn't really like it.
I go more for Edgar Wright’s stuff. Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz were teh aw3sumz!!
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Hott Fuzz was great
Simon Pegg is great
by aparkermarshall on Oct 28, 2009 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Hot Fuzz > Shaun of the Dead
Even though both are great
"This club plays better baseball now. Some of them look fairly alert." ~ Casey Stengel on the 1969 New York Mets
In the "More Guns and Violence" category, yeah.
In terms of sheer cheeky black humor, I’d go slightly more with Shaun.
In any event, I love them all equally. I wonder when the next offering is going to come out.
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Tried to watch Shaun of the Dead and couldn't understand a damn word
by lstorie1971 on Oct 28, 2009 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions
I think it's an acquired taste for some people.
Once you watch it again and again, you’ll likely love it more.
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I prefer Shaun of the Dead
but to each his own. They’re both great.
"[The Giants] beat us down. We were beat by a grown-man team, a team we want to be like one day. They came in here and took it to us. Out-manned us, out-gunned us. ... It wasn't even close." - Raheem Morris, 9/27/09
Did anybody else hear that question Buck asked Rosenthal?
What is the advantage of bringing in Phil Hughes to start the inning instead of with runners on base? Do you really need someone to explain that to you Joe?
In their defense, the WS audience doesn't know shit about baseball
by lstorie1971 on Oct 28, 2009 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions
What advantage does this autocar have over a train, which I can also afford?
by aparkermarshall on Oct 28, 2009 10:31 PM EDT reply actions
Fucking Yankee fans...
are booing Phil Hughes….
hey if you don’t want him on your team, we’ll take him off your hands.
We'll trade them Frenchy for Hughes
by aparkermarshall on Oct 28, 2009 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Maybe we can have them throw in Nick Swisher too
by aparkermarshall on Oct 28, 2009 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions
#1 reason I can't wait for the WS to end
Tired of hearing Mets fans whining about how bad life is because the Yanks and Phils are in the WS.
I miss Mets games
I cant really get into the WS with this bunch. It’s like nails on the chalkboard
by aparkermarshall on Oct 28, 2009 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions