Damon Applesauce - Bay or Holliday for the Mets?, Philly newspapers having issues, Jeter wins Aaron

by Joe Budd on Nov 2, 2009 10:52 AM EST in Applesauce Comment 35 comments

It's a good thing that I've seen Yankee repeat championships before. However, can you imagine how insufferably gritty the Phillies will become if they come back to win this thing?

Meet the Mets

Aaron Yorke at the Daily Stache debates which right-handed left fielder is better for the Mets: Jason Bay or Matt Holliday.

Around the NL East

Some fine moments in Philadelphia newspapers so far in the World Series. The Inquirer prints an ad congratulating the Phillies for repeating. The Daily News shows a little too much confidence.

Frank Fitzpatrick bashes Cole Hamels for not having enough Philly in him. Hamels could not be reached for comment while looking down on Philadelphia from his luxury home in the sky.

Philly fans were caught throwing coins at the Yankee players. That's still an improvement over batteries, I guess.

Around MLB

Cue the hyperbole for Johnny Damon's two stolen bases on one pitch. Does anyone do it better than Jayson Stark?

Derek Jeter gets a fictional defender in Curb Your Enthusiasm. Lookout Landing though has some issues with him winning the Hank Aaron Award as the American League's best hitter.

The Yankees are not counting on Melky Cabrera in center for tonight's game.

Damaso Marte is having a Graeme Lloyd-esque postseason.

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Poor Cole

He’s choking, and can’t wait for the season to be over. Life at the top!

by SuperT on Nov 2, 2009 11:03 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

the Hamels "piece"

is effing hysterical.

by jasondg on Nov 2, 2009 11:14 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Is that officially the worst piece of all time?

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on Nov 2, 2009 12:17 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Good riddance, Cole Hamels.

Looks like that “Fabulous New Life” isn’t so fabulous anymore.

And it’s not surprising to me that the Philly newspapers were arrogant in their decision making. After all, it is the trademark of Philadelphia.

Beer is good! And stuff!

by R_Adragna on Nov 2, 2009 12:20 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Wait... Jeter won the what?

That’s just… I don’t get it. That’s just absurd.

Also absurd: the idea that there’s even a debate to be had between Holliday and Bay. “Is Bay Better Than Holliday?” NO! (Though, to be fair, the post does come to the same conclusion.)

by JoshNY on Nov 2, 2009 12:38 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Jeter winning this award is why

He is the most overrated player in the game and still a first ballot hall of famer. I hate baseball fans so much.

"We must win and we must know how to win rather than win because we have statistical people."

by Evan_S on Nov 2, 2009 2:28 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Well, if Cole Hamels is looking for a new home

I would welcome him to CitiField

by deadspy3 on Nov 2, 2009 1:32 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Screw that. Seriously. I'd rather have Oliver Perez cloned and in the rotation twice.

"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"

by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Nov 2, 2009 2:43 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Three times.

by fxcarden on Nov 2, 2009 3:05 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Hey come on

He’s still a good pitcher – 5th in the NL in K/BB, 6th in NL in BB/9 in this ‘bad’ year, and ERA+ of 122 over the last four seasons.

by deadspy3 on Nov 2, 2009 3:29 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Of all the Phillies, he's the one I dislike.

I can pretty much tolerate most of them, and with enough booze, I can even be entertained by Shane. Hamels just makes me want to kill small animals.

by fxcarden on Nov 2, 2009 6:22 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I guess that's a pretty tough game though

‘Which Phillies do you hate least?" – it’s tricky.

by deadspy3 on Nov 2, 2009 6:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Anyway this could be made into a drinking game?

Beer is good! And stuff!

by R_Adragna on Nov 2, 2009 6:51 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

sure, dislike him all you want

but if you’d rather have Perez in the rotation, you’re crazy

by JoshNY on Nov 2, 2009 7:39 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

clearly we are all kidding.

bad day at work / school ?.

by fxcarden on Nov 2, 2009 7:40 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

yes, actually

maybe my sarcasm detector was a bit off

by JoshNY on Nov 2, 2009 11:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Oliver Perez is the next Sandy Koufax, remember?

"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"

by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Nov 2, 2009 9:45 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

He can put up all the good stats he wants, and I still wouldn’t want him. All of the “names” that that article was calling him, all of those negative emotions that were being willed at him by “the people” of Philadelphia? Those are the things I already feel towards him. He’s an ass of the Shane Victorino mold, what, with the “choke artist” comments and all; Why would I want a guy on the team that I could not, in good faith, root for? It’s a lot like the Barry Bonds murmuring last year, or the year before, or whenever (only less “serious”, being as that Hamels never actually cheated or anything)- sure, he’d be a good asset for the team, but I wouldn’t like him, and would not root for him.

"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"

by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Nov 2, 2009 9:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

You should meet up with my Dad

Because that’s exactly how he feels about A-Rod even though he is a Yankee fan.

Beer is good! And stuff!

by R_Adragna on Nov 2, 2009 10:12 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Lol, that's how I feel about A-Rod, and I'm not a Yankee fan.

"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"

by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Nov 2, 2009 10:35 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

ha

this made me laugh a lot.

by letsgocyclones on Nov 2, 2009 11:45 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

how could you even possibly not hate Shane Victorino at all hours of the waking day?

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on Nov 2, 2009 11:28 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by fxcarden on Nov 2, 2009 3:05 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I'd take Livan Hernandez and his 84MPH fastball

over Cole Hamels

Gangsta

by Jadden Hopkins on Nov 2, 2009 4:40 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Along with the assortment of fat jokes that come with him.

NOM NOM NOM

Beer is good! And stuff!

by R_Adragna on Nov 2, 2009 5:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I'd take him too

And he could room with Oliver Perez on road games.

by Coolpapabell on Nov 2, 2009 2:27 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Ha!

by deadspy3 on Nov 2, 2009 2:37 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Stuff

Jason Bay v. Matt Holliday: I never didn’t really realize that Bay was that much overrated. I have a feeling, though, he’s going to wind up on the team next year, with him being somewhat cheaper than Holliday.

Cole Hamels: Just shows how quickly the Philly fanbase is willing to turn on “their savior”. Last year, I know I for one was sick of the comparisons by fans between him and Santana, and how Hamels is a better pitcher than Santana.

Jayson Stark: Do any other newscasters/sportscasters want to make a person punch something as much as him?

"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"

by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Nov 2, 2009 2:46 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

The Philly Inquirer wrote that? What a shock!

That paper is the worst I’ve ever read.

I literally could take a 5 year old, have her write scribble all over a piece of paper, have a cow s—t all over it, pour refried beans on top of that, and you know what? It still would be far more enjoyable to read than anything that classless and completely unprofessional piece of gutter trash they call a newspaper puts out.

by Syler on Nov 2, 2009 5:54 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

A shock because for a Philly newspaper, it's far reputable.

Can’t say the same about their rendition of the Daily News, which is toilet paper at best.

Beer is good! And stuff!

by R_Adragna on Nov 2, 2009 5:56 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Haha throwing coins at the Yankees? Do they realize their payroll was over $130M this year, by no means a small market payroll?

by Metzfan22 on Nov 3, 2009 12:11 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

yea, but they built their team the "right way"

/conveniently ignoring that the Yankees have more players who came up through their farm system than the Phillies do

"[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

by cjmulrain on Nov 3, 2009 12:13 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

WHAT?!

Blasphemy!

If there's ever a riot at Citi Field and Oliver Perez was the starter, I started the riot.

by meigs1414 on Nov 3, 2009 4:46 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

The funny thing is, Cole has the same 3.72 FIP he had last year

his tRA is actually better. He was pretty much the exact same guy. K/BB, K/9, BB/9 are all basically the same. The main difference? A .325 BABIP as opposed to the .270 BABIP he sported in 2008.

"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

by nrmax88 on Nov 3, 2009 4:04 PM EST reply actions 0 recs