Baseball Talk

[hawkeye]

Awesome. How did you get tickets?! Did you just call in or do you have some special hook up?

Oh man, I wish I had a hook up... I signed up for these emails from the club a few years ago, and before the playoffs they always have a sign up for tickets, I always sign up and have never received anything, finally got selected for this! I had a choice between $100 grandstand tickets and $40 infield standing room, I figured it wasn't worth 60 to sit.

Also- was really hoping for a no-hitter last night. Will settle for the win!

[benz5521]

Fuck the phillies.

Fuck you lol. Go Philly. How can you not like them. Victorino, Utley, Howard, Rollins. Philly is going to the WS, but unfortunately is gonna get raped whether they play Boston or the Angels.

[sircheesecake]

What a great way to end the season. The dodgers are playing like a little league team. 4 errors in the 5th inning. 3 by furcal.

I feel for you mets and cubs fans. Now I know what an implosion feels like.

[Westbrook]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO PHILS!!!

STRUT THAT SHIT CHARLIE!

[Guest]

YEUH MOTHAFUCKA

[eastcoastrider27]

Phils vs. Rays would be a good match up of young talent.

Still pulling for the Red Sox of course though.

[the_state]

if it's a phillies v. boston world series, i will not watch one fucking pitch unless it's coverage on sports center. it's like a new yorker's nightmare.

[hawkeye]

What a mess Tuesday night was...Oh well, it was fun to go to one last game this season.

This brightened my day a little bit:

October 16, 2008, 8:02 AM

Palin Splits Her Baseball Loyalties

By MARK LEIBOVICH

Gov. Sarah Palin has added a twist on the old baseball maxim of “root root root for the home team†– as in, “root, root, root for the home team, depending on where you are.â€

As The Caucus noted, Ms. Palin visited Salem, N.H. Wednesday night and said she looked forward to watching Senator John McCain debate Senator Barack Obama “right here, in the heart of Red Sox Nation.†Ms. Palin said that “Red Sox fans know how to turn an underdog into a victor,†a timely applause line given that the Sox trail the Tampa Bay Rays three-games-to-one in the best-of-seven American League Championship Series.

It seems, however, that Ms. Palin voiced a similar sentiment – actually, identical sentiment – last week at a rally in Florida.

“How about those Tampa Bay Rays?†Ms. Palin said after the Rays defeated the Chicago White Sox.

“You know what that tells me? It tells me that the people in this area know a little something about turning an underdog into a victor.â€

The Democratic National Committee was quick to point out — and mock – Ms. Palin’s apparent sporting duplicity.

“Apparently this team of mavericks thinks straight talk means saying one thing to Rays fans and another to Red Sox fans,†said Damien LaVera, D.N.C. spokesman

The Red Sox or Rays will meet the National League champion Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series.

Ms. Palin is scheduled to visit eastern Pennsylvania later this week.

[weidna]

transcribed facebook status: THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES YOU BITCH MADE NUMBSKULLS.

[dunkin deeznuts]

getting interesting

[concealed]

come on sox

[concealed]

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Boi

[james nicolas]

are you fucking kidding me?!?!?!

how the hell do you blow a 7 run lead

[hawkeye]

GODDAMN that was amazing.

"It was a battle. I stepped out every time and I was praying," said Crisp. "Just, 'One time, let me come through for my team.'

[JayDC7]

that was ridiculous.. i think the rays are in trouble.

with a such a young team and losing a lead like that, their confidence has to be hurt.. is ortiz done with his slump now?

[kunk75]

unfuckingbelievable. i fell asleep in the top of the ninth and my wife woke me to catch the start of the bottom of the ninth.

[dunkin deeznuts]

that was ridiculous.. i think the rays are in trouble.

with a such a young team and losing a lead like that, their confidence has to be hurt.. is ortiz done with his slump now?

great game

i think ortiz's "slump" just shows you how important manny was to protecting big papi...

and i'm really indifferent to who wins the AL

as long as they beat the phuckin phils.........PLEASE!!!!!!!!

[lil brown brother]

how bout them fightin phils....

[sircheesecake]

Upton is an absolute beast. I wouldnt give him anything to hit if i was the bosox.

[Guest]

sox are up 1-0 at the top of the second...i can't figure out who i want to win the AL pennant less

[eastcoastrider27]

Damn.

.....

[Westbrook]

LETS GO PHILLIES!! Who's with me?

[kunk75]

as an increasingly disenfranchised mets fan, i can't root for the phillies in good faith. plus, joe maddon is kind of steezy.

[soonami]

Alright Phillies, Three More!!!!

[Guest]

one down...just a few more to go

god bless hamels

[sircheesecake]

If rays can calm the phillie offense then they can win. if not philly has it.

Im torn on whether we should keep manny or not. McCourt is willing to shell out $27 mil a year for him if we can make a short-term contract. We need pitching so Im wondering how much McCourt is willing to spend on the payroll this year. $150 million? With ticket prices so fucking high, Im sure we could afford a yankee style payroll

[lil brown brother]

[Guest]

we did it!

[ChadR]

I am so impressed with Feliz, Ruiz, and Moyer. I sat through so many games the last two years where these guys did nothing but let me down. My Dad and little brother were at the game tonight and they got me a hat!

[soonami]

I was at the game last night and out in the street, just crazy!!