I think so, too. Just seeing some recent tweets, he is obviously not happy about the Yanks winning, but looking forward to 2010…can’t say I blame him, I was in the same spot…
You would think that a lead off walk would lead to more big innings than a lead off home run. Not true. A lead off home run, this year, has lead to more multi-run innings than lead off walks. It’s against conventional thinking."
The end of baseball at least means the end of McCarver.
I thought that comeback only happened because I was watching the game with Tim Lincecum's HS buddy who in between innings told me interesting factoids about him including how he wanted to be drafted by the Mariners really bad.
1. I meet a friend of my friend, who sits in the booth with us drinking a Bud Light. To my right is Eric, the Phillies fan, Ken, the NL fan, on the other side, and me. “Are you another Phillies fan?” she groans. I shake my head. “Whatever, you’re going to high five me when this is through.” She has a NY emblazoned on her chest. She tells us how when she was living in Boston she would go out in her Yankees gear and have people tell her that she should die. Matsui comes to bat and the broadcaster mentions that he is a triple away from the cycle, that no one has ever hit for the cycle in a World Series game. “What’s a cycle?” she asks us.
2. There was a fellow two booths over. I’m sure you’ve seen him before. He has a backwards had and has a voice so hoarse from screaming that you wonder how he interacts with normal people. If someone transcribes his speech, one must consult style guides to see how many exclamation points would be appropriate. Archetypal post frat boy. He starts inventing chants that don’t catch on. He regards Girardi with such fascination, such longing, that you have no doubt that if the man were to break out of the tv at that moment and step in to the bar he would probably be first in line to suck his dick (“no homo”). Outside, when the night is accomplished for most in the bar, he sees me and the guys, escaping the din, and I’m sucking down a cigarette. He emerges from the bar and asks me if I can spare one. I decline, saying it was my last one, and he hits up someone else. “I still have one left.” “Yeah, I know.”
3. Outside a riot brews two streets over at the Lion’s Head (where I saw an effigy of the Phanatic, upside-down and in a noose last week), where the locals from the block, thugs all who act as that strange reminder that Morningside is Harlem, despite its attempts to rebrand itself. They are good people, but I can see why we chose the college bar instead. A throng rushes into the streets, and you realize that “standing room only” would have even been exaggerated. The corner is filled with perhaps a hundred people. New York New York begins to play and toilet paper rolls go streaming through the sky. My night is over. I have resigned myself to the failed venture, the hope that I would somehow escape my New York tenure without seeing this madness, this madness that only seems to grow uglier in an environment where entitlement makes victory a matter of course. I head west, and prepare for a long and exhausting Thursday.
She was talking about the situation in Boston with such pride. “Whatever happens, I’m going to support my team,” she said. Turned out you could take that a bit too literally, as baseball itself doesn’t seem to be her forte.
Ken had to explain the cycle to her. I refused to lift my head from the table.
Feh.
@hyphen18 Yes i do think the yankees will win today,no way it goes 7 games.
msb - November 4, 2009
You disappoint me, Hyphen.
Eyeball Kid - November 4, 2009
I think he wants it to be over, as much as believing in the Yankee's line-up (and Pettitte)
hyphen18 About to watch the last game of 09. Starts at 11:57am here in AUS.Ok lets get this over with so we can get on with 2010. M’s = playoffs!
msb - November 4, 2009
Yeah
I think so, too. Just seeing some recent tweets, he is obviously not happy about the Yanks winning, but looking forward to 2010…can’t say I blame him, I was in the same spot…
section331 - November 4, 2009
Hyphen has no hope!
section331 - November 4, 2009
One last hurrah, Pedro
Please dear God.
cwel87 - November 4, 2009
Oh Baseball.
Robert - November 4, 2009 via mobile
Oh joy, I have to watch FOX tonight.
Eyeball Kid - November 4, 2009
Andy Pettite looks like he fell on a pencil.
section331 - November 4, 2009
Shit.
I just discovered that I might be watching the last game of the season…WITHOUT BEER.
Rachmaninoff - November 4, 2009
Get thee to the mini-mart!
section331 - November 4, 2009
I would...
But that means walking through the east edge of Cleveland after dark. Not really a big fan of that idea.
Rachmaninoff - November 4, 2009
Ew
Yeah; staying home is safer. :(
section331 - November 4, 2009
Surely you get to a shop before tomorrow night?
Eyeball Kid - November 4, 2009
Certainly.
Rachmaninoff - November 4, 2009
Let's Go Phillies!
Goose - November 4, 2009
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!
section331 - November 4, 2009
Clap clap clapclapclap!
Eyeball Kid - November 4, 2009
There are nine signatures in this thread so far
every one of them has the word “fuck” in it.
Who says that LL is safe for children?!
seattlebruin - November 4, 2009
Teixeira must be as disappointing for NYY as he was for Angels fans.
44FAN - November 4, 2009
I don't see how 39 HRs is disappointing.
TrashiDawa - November 4, 2009
No, but he sucks so bad in the post season.
44FAN - November 4, 2009
And Carlos Ruiz is like the opposite of that.
Goose - November 4, 2009
Blue!
ThundaPC - November 4, 2009
Worse than a homerun!
The end of baseball at least means the end of McCarver.
Big Jared - November 4, 2009
Fuck
Goose - November 4, 2009
GODZILLA!!!!!!!!!!
Corco - November 4, 2009
FUCK YOU MATSUI!
skywaker9 - November 4, 2009
HIP HIP JORGE!
NICE STRIKEOUT BUDDY!
skywaker9 - November 4, 2009
Nick "Automatic Out" Swisher strikes again
And thanks to Ibanez not being in LF, the catch was actually made.
skywaker9 - November 4, 2009
"Automatic Out?"
.371 OBP this year, .357 OBP career.
stupidquestions - November 4, 2009
That means that 62.9% of the time he's out
My friend’s 1986 Chevrolet Cavalier with an automatic transmission shifts correctly about that often. Therefore, automatic.
Corco - November 4, 2009
And powerful when yoked to the 2.8 liter V6.
Big Jared - November 4, 2009
And I guess not clutch
stupidquestions - November 4, 2009
Cmon give the worst poster on LL a break.
Robert - November 4, 2009
So Pedro looks awful.
Eyeball Kid - November 4, 2009
Apparnetly "Daddy" is beating him particularly hard tonight.
skywaker9 - November 4, 2009
Yeah, he needs to get pulled really soon if the Phillies are going to have any shot
cwel87 - November 4, 2009
Ruiz!
Eyeball Kid - November 4, 2009
Neat
Goose - November 4, 2009
1 back
I’ll take it.
skywaker9 - November 4, 2009
That's some pretty shitty shop jobs.
Goose - November 4, 2009
That was an awkward route.
Goose - November 4, 2009
Yankee fans booing pickoff attempts is amusing.
Eyeball Kid - November 4, 2009
Most fans do that.
Why, I have no idea.
killer_ewok18 - November 4, 2009 via mobile
I know, I just thought it was funny seeing as they have Andy Petitte pitching.
Eyeball Kid - November 4, 2009
So, I've been on the radio-side
is Pedro really throwing a lot of balls?
and who screwed up to put someone on base, just now?
msb - November 4, 2009
At this moment Pedro has thrown 29/50 strikes, and Victorino took a bad route to a ball in CF to put Jeter on
stupidquestions - November 4, 2009
Are they real balls, as opposed to interesting strikezone balls?
I don’t know who is behind HP tonight
msb - November 4, 2009
I'm not sure, I just turned it on last half-inning. I'd have to check GameDay
stupidquestions - November 4, 2009
It's West behing home plate, but Pedro looks legitimately wild
drblacknwhite - November 4, 2009
OK,thanks
msb - November 4, 2009
*behind
drblacknwhite - November 4, 2009
I think McCarver is hitting about .091 on his predictions so far.
rickpo - November 4, 2009
For fuck's sake, Pedro.
Eyeball Kid - November 4, 2009
"This is exactly what you don;t want, if you're Pedro, to pitch to Alex"
Thank you, Joe Morgan.
msb - November 4, 2009
Uh oh's.
Goose - November 4, 2009
This is potentially upsetting.
JY - November 4, 2009
EnglishMariner won't be happy when he wakes up.
Eyeball Kid - November 4, 2009
I woke up to have a piss at 2.30am and even at that stage the game looked lost. :(
EnglishMariner - November 5, 2009
So, Victorino and Pedro the goats?
msb - November 4, 2009
That looked a ball to me
but Wooo!
Eyeball Kid - November 4, 2009
I'm not sure I capitalised wooo
I’ll go with added emphasis.
Eyeball Kid - November 4, 2009
I'm pretty sure that you did
Graham MacAree - November 4, 2009
Whoopsie.
Nothing like making a mistake when pointing one out.
Eyeball Kid - November 4, 2009
Toss him! Toss him!
msb - November 4, 2009
The return of K-Rod.
killer_ewok18 - November 4, 2009 via mobile
(Even though it was a ball)
killer_ewok18 - November 4, 2009 via mobile
Hey guess if that pitch was a strike or not!
Matthew - November 4, 2009
I guess ... it was really close.
rickpo - November 4, 2009
It was really close to being 2 inches off the plate.
kentroyals5 - November 4, 2009
According to Gameday, it might have caught the corner.
But just barely.
rickpo - November 4, 2009
I don't think you're looking at the same Gameday the rest of us are
Graham MacAree - November 4, 2009
Is there a different one than the one with the fuzzy strike zone outline?
Because on that one, the 4 catches the edge of fuzz.
rickpo - November 4, 2009
Try this
It’s the top pitch
bluemax - November 4, 2009
FWIW, those first 2 pitches to Ibanez were more strike-y.
Matthew - November 4, 2009
Joe West has worked 4 WS
bluemax - November 4, 2009
So what's the official rule on the strike zone?
Is it any part of the ball over any part of the plate? Or is it the center of the ball over the plate?
rickpo - November 4, 2009
To answer my own question...
It’s not specified by any rules I could find, which I assume means it’s the umpire’s discretion.
rickpo - November 4, 2009
Go Pedro!
Dewey N - November 4, 2009
Goddammit Godzilla.
Eyeball Kid - November 4, 2009
Goddamnit!
Goose - November 4, 2009
SHIT
killer_ewok18 - November 4, 2009 via mobile
Getting closer to the inevitable.
ThundaPC - November 4, 2009
Matsui doesn't want to not be a Yankee anymore.
msb - November 4, 2009
The questions has been posed to Pedro: Who's your Daddy?
The answer, apparently, is Hideki Matsui.
Goose - November 4, 2009
Matsui will probably get beaned next AB.
svart aske - November 4, 2009
zzzzzzzz...and the whole story will be about the Yanks over Pedro, blah blah blah
kentroyals5 - November 4, 2009
Pedro's slop holds no sway over Godzilla.
Big Jared - November 4, 2009
I'm hating tomorrow more already.
JY - November 4, 2009
Ibanez, save us.
JY - November 4, 2009
Walking was not what I was thinking of.
But good.
JY - November 4, 2009
Feliz, I now encourage you not to suck.
JY - November 4, 2009
Poor form.
JY - November 4, 2009
Posada is having trouble with this whole 'catching the ball' thing.
msb - November 4, 2009
Rob Johnsonesque.
Eyeball Kid - November 4, 2009
This is not looking good for baseball
Dewey N - November 4, 2009
Those were nearly all strikes.
Matthew - November 4, 2009
Isn't this just a case of the ump having a small zone?
Eyeball Kid - November 4, 2009
See A-Rod strikeout
Matthew - November 4, 2009
SWING DUMBFUCK!
Goose - November 4, 2009
Dammit
drblacknwhite - November 4, 2009
Arse.
Eyeball Kid - November 4, 2009
It's a wonder Joe Morgan ever struck out
the way he knows what the pitcher is going to throw and where.
msb - November 4, 2009
It is a wonderful choice
McCarver on the tube or Morgan on the radio.
Big Jared - November 4, 2009
Miller tips the balance for me.
msb - November 4, 2009
Hell is
A never ending game featuring Miguel Batista vs. Steve Trachsel with McCarver and Morgan manning the booth.
Big Jared - November 4, 2009
This is where it pays to be an international viewer.
Eyeball Kid - November 4, 2009
Mute with Pandora playing instead.
Matthew - November 4, 2009
The other day I realized that I could stream Pandora into my car and at that instant FM radio died for me.
Robert - November 4, 2009
And then that's a strike?
Matthew - November 4, 2009
Is it just Joe West's poor HP umping, or did the mid-inning poliricking by Pettitte & Girardi work?
msb - November 4, 2009
Why the hell
is Pedro still pitching?
StuHamm - November 4, 2009
I have asked that several times this series.
JY - November 4, 2009
What kind of bullshit is this?
royalcurve - November 4, 2009
I've been saying that for years
Dewey N - November 4, 2009
Has anyone given you an answer yet?
royalcurve - November 4, 2009
No
Dewey N - November 4, 2009
And that's a whole other kind of bullshit
Dewey N - November 4, 2009
Nods in agreement:
Goose - November 4, 2009
That's bullshit
royalcurve - November 4, 2009
A whole other kind!
Dewey N - November 4, 2009
Utley is springy!
royalcurve - November 4, 2009
So is Brett Gardner as good as Dave and Rick keep saying he is?
Eyeball Kid - November 4, 2009
I hear his name, and I envision Darren Bragg or Brent Gates
msb - November 4, 2009
"They're not just a bunch of Bombers, they are a bunch of good players."
msb - November 4, 2009
People that hit home runs suck at baseball.
Craig Powers - November 4, 2009
Home runs kill rallies.
JY - November 4, 2009
Oh, fine.
royalcurve - November 4, 2009
Sigh. The darkness is returning.
Goose - November 4, 2009
I think I will go with RRS here.
“lets get this over with so we can get on with 2010. M’s = playoffs!”
msb - November 4, 2009
Aren't you supposed to make an attempt to get out of the way to get that call?
msb - November 4, 2009
It would have been ball four anyway.
Craig Powers - November 4, 2009
It was actually called ball 4, not hbp
drblacknwhite - November 4, 2009
2010!!! 2010!!!
kentroyals5 - November 4, 2009
Well, guess that's that
drblacknwhite - November 4, 2009
Rick Sutcliffe's MVP vote goes to Derek Jeter instead of Matsui because defense is still part of the game.
Also: fucking hell, Matsui.
Eyeball Kid - November 4, 2009
Was defense ever not part of the game?
Craig Powers - November 4, 2009
He discounted Matsui because he's just been a DH.
Of course this was before that last hit.
Eyeball Kid - November 4, 2009
That about wraps it up
bluemax - November 4, 2009
World Order is near restored!
Corco - November 4, 2009
Man, I mean, they went five whole years without going to the Series.
You don’t know how long that is.
(I have been hearing this for two weeks)
JY - November 4, 2009
They haven't won since 2000
That’s 9 years. For a team that’s been as good as they have, that’s way too long
Corco - November 4, 2009
Nah.
it is never too long.
msb - November 4, 2009
The Yankees were a powerhouse in the 90s
The 90s were a good decade. Anything that reminds me of the 90s is something I want
Corco - November 4, 2009
Well, that about does it then.
Goodbye baseball, it was fun.
Goose - November 4, 2009
Well,
I wasn’t expecting Matsui to be doing all the work.
ThundaPC - November 4, 2009
It sucks that a player I actually quite like has just won the World Series for the Yankees.
Eyeball Kid - November 4, 2009
It sucks that a player I actually quite hate has just won the World Series for the Yankees.
Corco - November 4, 2009
Well, there goes Satan rejoicing.
rickpo - November 4, 2009
Someone give me a shout if the Phillies start that comeback.
Even this might be more entertaining.
Nah …..
msb - November 4, 2009
What the hell is that?
lailaihei - November 4, 2009
A question many have asked.
msb - November 4, 2009
I closed it when I saw a link to Yahoo Mariners stats.
lailaihei - November 4, 2009
hmm. really?
msb - November 4, 2009
By golly, he does link there.
maybe he likes the photos, too, like Jeff.
msb - November 4, 2009
I mean of all the places to get stats...
lailaihei - November 4, 2009
*hovers*
There is no way I’m clicking on that link.
Eyeball Kid - November 4, 2009
Matsui for DH 2010 please...
lailaihei - November 4, 2009
How are his pie-throwing skills?
stupidquestions - November 4, 2009
Worst game since August 31th
Matthew - November 4, 2009
You type with a lisp?
Eyebrows - November 4, 2009
The worst?
Robert - November 4, 2009
Agree to disagree
Robert - November 4, 2009
Come to Seattle Hideki
That is all.
skywaker9 - November 4, 2009
What kind of deal is Matsui looking at this offseason?
njd.aitken - November 4, 2009
A new one.
Matthew - November 4, 2009
Don't know
But probably not too much $,
skywaker9 - November 4, 2009
Safeco? New Yankee Stadium?
Safeco? New Yankee Stadium?
msb - November 4, 2009
At least Hideki's a leftie
StuHamm - November 4, 2009
THE COMEBACK STARTS NOW!
No I don’t really believe that but why not.
skywaker9 - November 4, 2009
I turned it off. Matsui's third hit is the last MLB event of '09 I'm watching.
lailaihei - November 4, 2009
I'm going to the bar in a few.
I should be writing this paper, but my masochistic streak is acting up.
JY - November 4, 2009
Aren't you in NYC?
Robert - November 4, 2009
Yes.
But I have a friend who is one of the few non-Yankee fans I know trying to goad me into sharing in his misery.
JY - November 4, 2009
Via beer, of course.
JY - November 4, 2009
Silver lining!
A-Rod splattered with champagne has endless Photoshop possibilities.
Big Jared - November 4, 2009
This has already been done.
Believe me.
Matthew - November 4, 2009
Hey, another WALK!
HERE WE GO PHILLIES< HERE WE GO!
skywaker9 - November 4, 2009
AND HERE COME THE PHILLIES!
Eyeball Kid - November 4, 2009
FUCK YES
JY - November 4, 2009
ONLY DOWN 4!
COMEBAC!
skywaker9 - November 4, 2009
Everybody remember that comeback the Red Sox had vs the Rays in game 5 last year?
Robert - November 4, 2009
I hate you!
Tyler - November 4, 2009
Fun fact:
that comeback happened only because I was posting the current WE
Matthew - November 4, 2009
Current WE for Yankees: 94%
Matthew - November 4, 2009
Inning late, maybe?
JY - November 4, 2009
I'm just the worst.
Matthew - November 4, 2009
RALLY TIME
Eyebrows - November 4, 2009
I thought that comeback only happened because I was watching the game with Tim Lincecum's HS buddy who in between innings told me interesting factoids about him including how he wanted to be drafted by the Mariners really bad.
Robert - November 4, 2009
No that is not why.
Matthew - November 4, 2009
You can't be positive about that.
Robert - November 4, 2009
I am super positive.
Matthew - November 4, 2009
HIV Positive?
Robert - November 4, 2009
No, I am pretty sure that I am not actually HIV positive.
But I cannot be positive about that since I do not have a recent HIV test result to confirm.
Matthew - November 4, 2009
Well, Robert, in a sense, he WAS drafted by the Mariners really bad.
So badly that he ended up in SF.
msb - November 4, 2009
What was the point of that mound visit?
Eyeball Kid - November 4, 2009
GAME 7, COME ON.
JY - November 4, 2009
And Werth strikes out
Dang.
skywaker9 - November 4, 2009
RAUUUL!
drblacknwhite - November 4, 2009
Ibanez comes thorugh when it doesn't matter
Unfortunately:
skywaker9 - November 4, 2009
The point of this GIF is.....?
Matthew - November 4, 2009
H'es a choker
And its funny.
skywaker9 - November 4, 2009
What?
Matthew - November 4, 2009
Where's that stop posting gif at?
Goose - November 4, 2009
The man playing in left field is Raul Ibañez.
THE VERY SAME ONE PLAYING FOR THE PHILLIES RIGHT NOW!
Eyebrows - November 4, 2009
Its a high quality gif
Poochie - November 4, 2009
I love the little glitch in the video that makes him seem to just hoverscoot on the turn around first.
Eyebrows - November 4, 2009
Joba time
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA JOBA TIME!
skywaker9 - November 4, 2009
YOU ARE SO BAD AT POSTING
Robert - November 4, 2009
LIKE THE FACT THAT A CERTAIN SOMEONE WENT INTO RETIREMENT YOU ARE LITERALLY THE ABSOLUTE WORST
Robert - November 4, 2009
Wait I'm still here
.Taylor - November 4, 2009
I will like you if you buy my tickets.
Robert - November 4, 2009
Is this before or after you follow me around firing a tactical nuke directly at me?
.Taylor - November 4, 2009
There is an alternate timeline where that doesn't have to happen.
Robert - November 4, 2009
Oh well
One more inning before Mariano shuts ’em down.
skywaker9 - November 4, 2009
It's times like these I wish Pedro Feliz was less awful.
JY - November 4, 2009
I wish Ruiz was batting in front of Feliz.
StuHamm - November 4, 2009
I rest my case.
StuHamm - November 4, 2009
Ditto.
StuHamm - November 4, 2009
Grounder to A-Rod for the 3rd out
How many times have I heard that phrase tonight?
skywaker9 - November 4, 2009
Two?
Since that’s now the second time it’s happened.
Though I suppose you could be hearing things, or have multiple TVs on and have heard the same play call more than once. I really cannot say.
Matthew - November 4, 2009
Its at least the third
Trust me.
skywaker9 - November 4, 2009
I will not.
Matthew - November 4, 2009
Oh right twice
Since he started the DP in 5th.
skywaker9 - November 4, 2009
Chan Ho for multi-inning set-up man in 2010!
lailaihei - November 4, 2009
Fuck it, going to the bar.
JY - November 4, 2009
You know who must be kinda pissed right now?
Jason Giambi.
Goose - November 4, 2009
Joba's hat looks like it's covered in cheat-related substances.
JamMasterJesus - November 4, 2009
Cummon Utley!!
Make this interesting
sliderinside - November 4, 2009 via mobile
Which no-thought-involved storyline will be the big thing tonight?
Alex is a True Yankee?
Andy is a True Yankee and should remain one?
Matsui is a True Yankee and should remain one?
Derek is God?
msb - November 4, 2009
Probably more stories just about the end of the title drought I bet
Matthew - November 4, 2009
D of course
sliderinside - November 4, 2009 via mobile
I want Greg Dobbs to win this game somehow.
Matthew - November 4, 2009
That wasn't a strike
JamMasterJesus - November 4, 2009
Gameday says it was
Pitch 1 however…
Eyeball Kid - November 4, 2009
That's what I was talking about.
JamMasterJesus - November 4, 2009
Oh right
never mind.
Eyeball Kid - November 4, 2009
The Goose is cooked.
44FAN - November 4, 2009
.
:(
Goose - November 4, 2009
Can we get a rule on mound visits, please?
Matthew - November 4, 2009
Mike Port is looking into that.
msb - November 4, 2009
I vote for none.
Matthew - November 4, 2009
What about headsets like what are in quarterbacks helmets?
That should work
Scrupio - November 4, 2009
I say we involve robots
Matthew - November 4, 2009
Fuck FOX and the shameless plus
DJ Hero high light reel?
No wonder I don’t have a fuckin TV.
sliderinside - November 4, 2009 via mobile
Yes, FOX is really innovating with these 'advertisement' thingies.
Matthew - November 4, 2009
what drives the production costs so high
…that they have to sell every scrap of what is left in the integrity of this game?
I mean, they can’t be payin much for the broadcast crew….right?
sliderinside - November 4, 2009 via mobile
It has nothing to do with cost and everything to do with profit potential.
Aaron Campeau - November 4, 2009
Guess how much FOX pays MLB for World Series rights.
Matthew - November 4, 2009
A shiny nickel?
royalcurve - November 4, 2009
I'm more annoyed about having to listen to God Bless America every night
on the fucking international broadcast.
Eyeball Kid - November 4, 2009
Corco is not allowed to comment in this subthread.
Matthew - November 4, 2009
Too close to politics?
Sorry if so.
Eyeball Kid - November 4, 2009
No, it would just be a really stupid subthread.
Matthew - November 4, 2009
I just finished eating a Philly cheese steak from Quiznos'
Does that mean it’s rally time?
JamMasterJesus - November 4, 2009
I so want to be a food elitist about the term 'Philly cheese steak' here
but I hate people that do that, so I won’t.
Matthew - November 4, 2009
Good because I've never been to Philly and I don't even want to know the difference
JamMasterJesus - November 4, 2009
It's just...
it’s not a Philly cheese steak. I wish they’d call it something else.
Matthew - November 4, 2009
Mainly because other places tend to skimp on the cuts of steak and on the roll.
Matthew - November 4, 2009
Yeah but until the National Commitee of Food Names get together and the representitave from Philly gets uppity, we're stuck.
JamMasterJesus - November 4, 2009
They ought to,
Pennsylvania has brought the US more food than I think anywhere else in the states can claim.
Matthew - November 4, 2009
Dave and Rick are talking as if Matsui might actually hit a triple.
Eyeball Kid - November 4, 2009
Well if Ruiz can...
Scrupio - November 4, 2009
And now they're talking glowingly of Ichiro!
Eyeball Kid - November 4, 2009
I was very confused by your mention of Dave & Rick.
and then I realized it was the international feed
msb - November 4, 2009
Spike Lee is the only Yankees fan that doesn't bother me
Aaron Campeau - November 4, 2009
I don't think I'll enjoy 'Big Trouble in Little China' as much anymore
after seeing Kurt Russell in the stands the other day.
Eyeball Kid - November 4, 2009
Isn't he related to Kate Hudson?
Could that be why he’s there?
Matthew - November 4, 2009
I didn't know that.
Good, I love that film.
Eyeball Kid - November 4, 2009
Um, yes.
I assume that Kurt would be a Dodgers fan, growing up in the LA area, as he did.
msb - November 4, 2009
A quick google says they're not actually related but Kate considers him her dad.
I’m fine with him being a Dodger fan.
Eyeball Kid - November 4, 2009
its all about the shoes!
sliderinside - November 4, 2009 via mobile
New World Series strikeout record!
Eyeball Kid - November 4, 2009
WHERE'S CRAIG COUNSELL
Aaron Campeau - November 4, 2009
And Jay Bell!
Goose - November 4, 2009
If I had a couple billion dollars I'd buy a World Series too.
JamMasterJesus - November 4, 2009
Because the Yankees have been so successful in "buying" a World Series over the last 10 years?
Goose - November 4, 2009
It was the lay-away plan.
msb - November 4, 2009
No they certainly have not.
JamMasterJesus - November 4, 2009
I'm just tired of the whole "OH NOES THE YANKEES SPEND ALOT OF MONEY. THEY ARE EVIL AND US POOR FOLK CAN NEVER WIN!" train of thought.
Goose - November 4, 2009
Fight Raul fight!
44FAN - November 4, 2009
Raul!
Aaron Campeau - November 4, 2009
Rauuul!
Not that it matters.
Mikky - November 4, 2009
That was a damned fine AB
Aaron Campeau - November 4, 2009
Good for you Raul. I hope you enjoyed your World Series experience.
Goose - November 4, 2009
first time I can recall him getting a hit off Mo!
msb - November 4, 2009
Aww nuts
Aaron Campeau - November 4, 2009
Woo Raul!
great AB.
Eyeball Kid - November 4, 2009
Well...at least the best team in baseball won the World Series.
When’s the last time that happened?
Goose - November 4, 2009
2007 Red Sox?
Matthew - November 4, 2009
Yeah I suppose so.
For some reason I thought Cleveland was a better team. But at quick glance, it appears to be not the case.
Goose - November 4, 2009
I take no solace
from any evidence that says the 2001 Mariners were the best team in baseball.
StuHamm - November 4, 2009
They were probably the best team in baseball history
Graham MacAree - November 4, 2009
Beltre'd!
JamMasterJesus - November 4, 2009
OH GOD ADRIAN'S GONE!
Goose - November 4, 2009
Honestly, a pitching change?
Matthew - November 4, 2009
It's too early to end baseball for 2009
rickpo - November 4, 2009
But Wal-Mart is showing Christmas themed commercials.
44FAN - November 4, 2009
I forgot storyline no.5, the all-new happy relaxed Yankee team
pies! laughter! pies!
msb - November 4, 2009
WHAT THE FUCK MO
Corco - November 4, 2009
Shut up Corco.
Goose - November 4, 2009
BUNT
Aaron Campeau - November 4, 2009
Bwahahhah
msb - November 4, 2009
Let me guess ... a cutter?
msb - November 4, 2009
man this is a hell of an at-bat
Corco - November 4, 2009
YES YES YES YES YES!!!!!
HOORAY!!!!!!!!!!!1 WOOOHOOOO!!!!
WORLD ORDER IS RESTORED!
and most importantly hooray I don’t have to root for the Yankees for a while
Corco - November 4, 2009
World order is restored?
royalcurve - November 4, 2009
The world order in CorcoWorld?
msb - November 4, 2009
I guess.
royalcurve - November 4, 2009
Cue Howard Finkle impression:
The winners and the NEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWW World Series Championnnnnnnnnnssssssssss….The New York Yankeeeeeeeeeeeesssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Congrats Alex. Fuck the rest.
Bring on the offseason!!
Goose - November 4, 2009
Bye baseball, it's been fun.
gregrabble - November 4, 2009
At least the rest of baseball was able to prevent the Yankees from winning for what 7 or 8 years now?
At least that is something.
mark sobba - November 4, 2009
.
Aaron Campeau - November 4, 2009
Furthermore
Big Jared - November 4, 2009
.
msb - November 4, 2009
Ah well.
between the radio broadcast and youse mugs, this was a little less painful to experience than it might have been.
msb - November 4, 2009
lame
Robert - November 4, 2009
Do we get to see the groundskeepers reactions as well?
Goose - November 4, 2009
They are ticked because they know what kinds of crap they are going to have to clean up tonight.
msb - November 4, 2009
Yay
Graham MacAree - November 4, 2009
WAITING ALL THOSE YEARS! OH NO YOU POOR SUFFERING FUCKS!
Tv off.
Goose - November 4, 2009
I switched mine off after Raul's last AB
anticipating the postgame celebrations.
Eyeball Kid - November 4, 2009
New South Park time!
Corco - November 4, 2009
Hey guess who just got too expensive to be our DH next year
Aaron Campeau - November 4, 2009
Is it Pedro Martinez?
Corco - November 4, 2009
A Brand New CAR!!!!!!!!!!!
msb - November 4, 2009
Observations from a New York Bar, pt. II
1. I meet a friend of my friend, who sits in the booth with us drinking a Bud Light. To my right is Eric, the Phillies fan, Ken, the NL fan, on the other side, and me. “Are you another Phillies fan?” she groans. I shake my head. “Whatever, you’re going to high five me when this is through.” She has a NY emblazoned on her chest. She tells us how when she was living in Boston she would go out in her Yankees gear and have people tell her that she should die. Matsui comes to bat and the broadcaster mentions that he is a triple away from the cycle, that no one has ever hit for the cycle in a World Series game. “What’s a cycle?” she asks us.
2. There was a fellow two booths over. I’m sure you’ve seen him before. He has a backwards had and has a voice so hoarse from screaming that you wonder how he interacts with normal people. If someone transcribes his speech, one must consult style guides to see how many exclamation points would be appropriate. Archetypal post frat boy. He starts inventing chants that don’t catch on. He regards Girardi with such fascination, such longing, that you have no doubt that if the man were to break out of the tv at that moment and step in to the bar he would probably be first in line to suck his dick (“no homo”). Outside, when the night is accomplished for most in the bar, he sees me and the guys, escaping the din, and I’m sucking down a cigarette. He emerges from the bar and asks me if I can spare one. I decline, saying it was my last one, and he hits up someone else. “I still have one left.” “Yeah, I know.”
3. Outside a riot brews two streets over at the Lion’s Head (where I saw an effigy of the Phanatic, upside-down and in a noose last week), where the locals from the block, thugs all who act as that strange reminder that Morningside is Harlem, despite its attempts to rebrand itself. They are good people, but I can see why we chose the college bar instead. A throng rushes into the streets, and you realize that “standing room only” would have even been exaggerated. The corner is filled with perhaps a hundred people. New York New York begins to play and toilet paper rolls go streaming through the sky. My night is over. I have resigned myself to the failed venture, the hope that I would somehow escape my New York tenure without seeing this madness, this madness that only seems to grow uglier in an environment where entitlement makes victory a matter of course. I head west, and prepare for a long and exhausting Thursday.
JY - November 4, 2009
Your first scenario
Makes me all sorts of stabby.
section331 - November 4, 2009
Same.
She was talking about the situation in Boston with such pride. “Whatever happens, I’m going to support my team,” she said. Turned out you could take that a bit too literally, as baseball itself doesn’t seem to be her forte.
Ken had to explain the cycle to her. I refused to lift my head from the table.
JY - November 4, 2009
She is the reason that most people don't take female sports fans seriously
Sorry you had to even be around it. :/
section331 - November 4, 2009
St. Louis would have dispatched them in 5
Poochie - November 4, 2009
Whooooooo!
Darryl Strawberry - November 4, 2009
Yeaaaaahhhh!
Steve Howe - November 4, 2009
Uh huh!
Doc Gooden - November 4, 2009
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