Postseason Ball and Cal Ripken
Is it safe to say that the presence of ‘Ol FlatBrim makes the Dodgers our sentimental favorites to take it all this year? Especially after he earned a storybook win last night, and the SI.com recap still shows him in his Orioles cap. Damn it, I love that hard-nosed bastard. Andy MacPhail had better know what he’s doing with Josh Bell.
Nice to see the Angels trounce the Red Sox last night, too. This could be their year. Then again I said that last year, too. Truth is that I don’t know enough to make a credible prediction. Just livin’ off muscle, guts, and luck.
Related: you already read Big League Stew, right? If not, they turned in a gem with this Cal Ripken interview from Wednesday. I particularly like the way both sides handled the “why don’t you buy the team?” question. It seems like a natural place for Cal to end up in, say, 5-8 years. That he never disputes the notion outright is telling.
Speaking of Cal and the Old Ways, I went and dug up Cal Senior’s obituary from the New York Times. Nice walk down memory lane, and it’s never a bad time to remember that guy. Credit to the town and the organization.
Finally, apropos of nothing, dig this vintage Natty Boh ad. Strange to think that they used to advertise nationally. Strange but awesome.
I would agree that the Dodgers are the sentimental choice, not just for Phat Breezy, but also Jim Thome. How can you not like that guy? It’s hard to believe that he’s never gotten a ring (he was traded to the White Sox right after their 2005 Series win). I still don’t like Manny, but after all of the sanctimonious hand-wringing from media blowhards like Plaschke, I want to see some folks eating crow.
I definitely want to see the Dodgers finish spanking the Cardinals, as I despise Tony LaRussa and all that he represents.
Hell yes the dodgers are my team of choice to win — and the only reason is because of Sherrill. It was awesome to see him pitch again last and get the win.
Dont know if anyone else saw, but while the team was all celebrating at the end, no one seemed to want to celebrate with George. You could see him bouncing between different groups of players looking for a high five…but no one gave him one. He was even left hanging for several seconds before the camera cut away. Ha….poor guy.
at least the two highest paid players won’t help prove my point about baseb…
somebody make it stop
Yeah that Yankees game was pretty sickening to watch at the end there. But you knew the Twins had no chance going in. That foul call on Mauer’s hit down the line was brutally wrong too, although Tschida took questions about it following the game and pretty admirably fessed up to it for whatever ump made that call. Still, ain’t that just what would happen in a Yankee playoff game?
Meanwhile, it’s nice to see the Red Sox take a couple on the chin and scoring a total of 2 runs in 2 games. Their offense was always suspect this year, just not against the Orioles.
And finally, how awesome would it be to see SNOW in a playoff game in Colorado? I’m sort of pumped to see a guy pitch in 31 degree weather.
Ravens 31-14.
There’s a link from the Ripken interview to Billy’s take on the “obscenity bat” story. http://www.cnbc.com/id/28116692
Jered Weaver pitched an aweomse game yesterday, just sucks that they took him out based on pitch count. Did anybody throw up when they called Joe Mauer’s double a foul ball? Damn those pin-striped assholes
I turned that game off after the Rodriguez homer. I knew what was coming and couldn’t bear to watch it.
Luckily I was at Radio City Music Hall watching Lord of the Rings so I didn’t see any baseball yesterday…but seeing as I’m in Westchester County, the heart of Yankeeland, I’ve heard a bzillion things about how great Teixeira and ARod and Girardi are and I still haven’t finished vomiting.
Bleh. But, let’s get real for a second: the Twins never had much of a chance to even make this a competitive series. They weren’t just underdogs, they were fleas compared to the Yankee Fleabomb. The Yankees were designed to destroy the Twins.
The real challenge for New York comes in Los Angeles or Boston, and that’s way closer to a toss-up than my Yankee-loving girlfriend is comfortable with.
Part of me, though, kinda wants the Yankees to win it all so that I can stop hearing the inane statement that parity MUST exist because the Yankees haven’t won it all in almost ten years. Just yesterday my girlfriend’s father was saying something including “the Yankees have had a disappointing decade” to which I had to call him out for being asinine…but then again, no, Fuck the Yankees.