Yankees Or Phillies

[jonnygospeltent]

I say New York in 5.

[Baconwrapped]

I can't root for the Yankees... well, unless they were playing the Dodgers (Reggie! Reggie! Reggie!!)...

I am conflicted, though, as I just realized that my old friend Mick Kelleher who lived across the street from my folks for years and spent 10 years in the majors as a great fielding/weak hitting infielder with Cubs, Tigers and Angels is now the Yanks' first base coach! So I'd love for him to get a WS ring... but, well... you know. It's the Yankees.

By the way, Mick is the answer to a fun trivia question: Who is the most recent non-pitcher to have more than 1000 major league at-bats without hitting a single home run?

[Lit]

As a Mets fan, this is my nightmare scenario. I am rooting for the Earth to open up and swallow both teams and their fans.

[Fred (Texas JF Fanatic)]

Philly!!!
Neither really but pulling for the underdawgs.

[Fred (Texas JF Fanatic)]

cnn poll:

Which team do you want to win the World Series?
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This is not a scientific poll
Phillies64%158509
Yankees36%89823
Total votes: 248332

[chrisjoseph]

With the Dodgers and Angels out of it, I am now rooting for the Lakers starting tomorrow night.

[revjimk]

I'm gonna root for the Yankees but actually like both teams (EVEN THO I'm kind of a Mets fan, as I get older I'm not as sectarian, just a bunch of guys playing beisbol, already)
But what I'm REALLY looking forward to is watching C.C Sabathia face Ryan Howard... talk about power vs power... battle of the behemoths. After the game maybe a sumo match???
Should be an entertaining Series! Lotsa great players

[mightyradgumbo]

what is this yankees-phils thing you speak of? some sort of spring training tilt? It is hockey and football season now. :p
I root for two teams...The Red Sox and anyone playing against the Yankees...Phils in 6

[CEfromLA]

Sorry, I'm from Los Angeles and I'm too busy choking to answer....

[jerseygirl67]

As a Mets fan, this is my nightmare scenario. I am rooting for the Earth to open up and swallow both teams and their fans.

I concur! But, as much as I hate it, I am a National League fan so I will root for the Phillies. And, I think it is more to do with not liking the Yankees.

[VWGal]

Well, after conducting exhaustive research on this matter, I pick the Phillies in "Phive". Why? Well, Matt Stairs sister-in-law is my hairdresser. I told you the research was exhaustive!!!!

[VWGal]

...oh, and further exhaustive research also indicates Phillies, 'cause if you don't cheer for 'em, our own Mama Roux will be on your case and Mama gets what Mama wants!

[kapeman]

I'd love to see the Yankees pull this out. Gonna be a tough, and I imagine very entertaining series. And the winner will always be whoever gets hot
at the right time - this week!! It's an honor just to be there.

[festivalgirl]

http://www.crafts-outlet.com/images/gel_candles/beer-mug-yankees-small.JPGhttp://www.crafts-outlet.com/images/gel_candles/beer-mug-yankees-small.JPGhttp://www.crafts-outlet.com/images/gel_candles/beer-mug-yankees-small.JPG

One for me, one for Scoop, one for RT ....... did I forget anyone?

(Mark, it's a blond root beer, really :o)

[Frosty]

I'm not familiar with either of those football teams. I think the Saints and the Colts are better choices.

[festivalgirl]

I'm not familiar with either of those football teams. I think the Saints and the Colts are better choices.

only if they play outside ........

[windowman]

As a Mets fan, this is my nightmare scenario. I am rooting for the Earth to open up and swallow both teams and their fans.

Yo tambien, Lit. A meteor would also work :)

[festivalgirl]

As a Mets fan, this is my nightmare scenario. I am rooting for the Earth to open up and swallow both teams and their fans.

Sorry, still won't help the Mets. Maybe they can get Steve Phillips back.

[btw, I did root for the Mets in '86. I don't really consider them rivals.]

[barry10016]

Yanks in 6.

[stlbarb]

Yanks in 6.

read your entry using my mind.

[rosetree]

http://www.crafts-outlet.com/images/gel_candles/beer-mug-yankees-small.JPGhttp://www.crafts-outlet.com/images/gel_candles/beer-mug-yankees-small.JPGhttp://www.crafts-outlet.com/images/gel_candles/beer-mug-yankees-small.JPG

One for me, one for Scoop, one for RT ....... did I forget anyone?

(Mark, it's a blond root beer, really )

Thanks Chrissa! I used to drink lots of "blonde" Root Beer! ;)
I was worried that I was in the minority here.
Yanks in 6!

[festivalgirl]

Thanks Chrissa! I used to drink lots of "blonde" Root Beer! ;)
I was worried that I was in the minority here.
Yanks in 6!

I think we're the minority ..... but it never bothers me! I'm in good company.

Great game last night. :)

[Blitzzzzz]

Phillies! Phillies! Phillies!
Can't root for the Yankees, and this high priced Yankee team has shown itself to be surprisingly vulnerable! Phils in 6!:cool:

[Staxsun]

As a long time National League fan, I'd probably be rooting for the Phillies anyway now that the Cards are out, but my wife is a staunch Phillies fan from Bucks County PA.

[Moon]

Unless it's the Braves, I always root for the American League. If the Cubs ever make it(yeah right)I suppose I would have to pull for them.

Since we have the series starting the last week of October and no Californy teams involved, I'm hoping at least one game gets called for snow, ice, or frigid temperatures.

[mangoon]

As a Mets fan, this is my nightmare scenario. I am rooting for the Earth to open up and swallow both teams and their fans.

Lol my thoughts exactly. I try to tell myself thats its good for the city that the Yanks are in the series, but it just doesnt make me feel any better. I still have not figured out how i am going to aviod all the annoying Yank fans for a week or more.

[swag]

Jon Stewart chimed in on this last night.

The Yankees are in the World Series. (crowd cheers)
They're playing the Phillies, from Philadelphia.
Of course, I hate the Yankees and the Phillies.
I’m a Mets fan, so for me, last night was like coming home
and catching your wife
f***ing the Yankees and the Phillies.

[Lit]

I realize that we are ultimately just rooting for laundry, but these really are my two least favorite teams. If I had to choose the lesser of the two evils, I think it would have to be the Yankees. I look at it in terms of incremental obnoxiousness. At this point the Yankee fans really can't be much more obnoxious than they already are--I mean, what's the difference between 26 and 27 championships? Not much. But for the Phillies and their fans, this would be a huge incremental jump for them, and would raise their obnoxiousness geometrically. Presently the Phillies--the most losing franchise in MLB history--are tied with the Mets at two championships. If they win this one, they will have one more than the Mets. At the end of the day, I think that is a worse result for a Mets fan than having to deal with the momentary spike in Yankee obnoxiousness resulting from a 27th championship.

[kapeman]

and on this subject:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/27/nyregion/27metsfans.html?_r=1&ref=sports

[ciscokid]

http://www.crafts-outlet.com/images/gel_candles/beer-mug-yankees-small.JPGhttp://www.crafts-outlet.com/images/gel_candles/beer-mug-yankees-small.JPGhttp://www.crafts-outlet.com/images/gel_candles/beer-mug-yankees-small.JPG

One for me, one for Scoop, one for RT ....... did I forget anyone?

(Mark, it's a blond root beer, really :o)

hand raised

[ciscokid]

Yanks in 6.

i have tickets for game 6

[Michelino]

I'm rooting for the umpires....they had a bad league series and need our support. I'm also rooting for enough bad weather so that MLBB will finally get the hint that baseball in November just ain't right.

[BigDag]

I'm rooting for the umpires....they had a bad league series and need our support. I'm also rooting for enough bad weather so that MLBB will finally get the hint that baseball in November just ain't right.

They know it's not right, but it's not likely to change.

[NOLA]

As a Mets fan, this is my nightmare scenario. I am rooting for the Earth to open up and swallow both teams and their fans.

Lisa and I thought this might be your worst case World Series...

Go Yanks!

[Baconwrapped]

I'm rooting for the umpires....they had a bad league series and need our support. I'm also rooting for enough bad weather so that MLBB will finally get the hint that baseball in November just ain't right.

They've kept the DH and interleague play, so there's no indication that they're smart enough to realize that November baseball isn't a good idea.

[NYMAMA]

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w133/NYMAMA_01/MISC/yankees.gif

[Jim]

They've kept the DH and interleague play, so there's no indication that they're smart enough to realize that November baseball isn't a good idea.

Bud Selig must go! He is destroying the game of baseball. How is it that he oversees one of the worst scandals the game has ever seen(and he knew what was going on) and not only keeps his job but receives a 3 million dollar raise last year. I think this World Series has the potential to be a classic but I hope a few games get postponed due to inclement weather just to drive the point home. BASEBALL IS NOT PLAYED IN NOVEMBER!

[Blitzzzzz]

I'm rooting for the umpires....they had a bad league series and need our support. I'm also rooting for enough bad weather so that MLBB will finally get the hint that baseball in November just ain't right.

Shorten the season? I think so. Who needs 162 games to qualify for a playoff to get into a playoff.??? Dropping Inter league play, bringing back double headers, calling the strike zone, raising the mound? Lots of ways to shorten the season and get the Series in before the snow flies.:cool:

[ScoopJohnD]

Let's see who's pulling for the Phillies

A fan of the Tigers (worst collapse EVER.)
Dodger fans (how can you root for the team that knocked you out)
Angels fans (nice throw Kazmir, heads up baserunning Guerrero)
Red Sox fans (Jonathan Paplebon, best closer EVER.....at least in his mind, as he proved emphatically against the Angels)
and scores of Mets fans (the team that wrote the book on collapses that the Tigers must have read a million times)

With friends like that, who needs enemies? Is Steve Bartman rooting for the Phillies?

Go Yanks. I'll take baseball in November if my team is the one playing.

[festivalgirl]

If each team had one real double header a year, it would take a week off of the season. Of course, no one is willing to do that .....

Here are the official unofficial bets:

The World Series is still a few days away, but that hasn’t stopped politicians from getting involved. If the Yankees win, Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand will get a supply of Philadelphia cheesesteaks; and if the Phillies win, Sens. Arlen Specter and Robert Casey will get some cheesecakes from Junior’s. Not bad on either side.

In a more philanthropic wager, there’s also this: If the Yankees lose, New York City’s Hunts Point Terminal Market will donate a truckload of local produce to a Philadelphia food bank. If the Phillies lose, the Philadelphia Regional Produce Market will send food to a New York City food bank. Now that’s a bet I like.

[festivalgirl]

hand raised

i have tickets for game 6

http://www.crafts-outlet.com/images/gel_candles/beer-mug-yankees-small.JPG
Woo Hoo ......

[Frosty]

If each team had one real double header a year, it would take a week off of the season.


???

[festivalgirl]

???

ok, maybe a few double headers each. same amount of games in less days.

[Blitzzzzz]

ok, maybe a few double headers each. same amount of games in less days.

They don't even have to give up the revenue. When the Tigers and Twins played two after the rainout this year, they played day and night and charged full price for each game.
Two twinbills a month would trim twelve games/days off the schedule which would eliminate the November factor, at least. Course, in the old days 18 hour train rides were taken in stride by players making a lot less money. It might not be too much to ask of our well compensated heroes to put up with a little extra strain.
And the Tigers are in pretty good company when it comes to collapse. I believe it was the Yankees that became the first team in history to drop 4 games after taking a 3-0 lead, yes??
Go Phils!:cool:

[festivalgirl]

we all get it ..... you hate the yankees ..... let's move on please.

btw, i was not the one to mention the tigers. personally, i think bashing your friends' teams is bad form.

[Baconwrapped]

They don't even have to give up the revenue. When the Tigers and Twins played two after the rainout this year, they played day and night and charged full price for each game.
Two twinbills a month would trim twelve games/days off the schedule which would eliminate the November factor, at least. Course, in the old days 18 hour train rides were taken in stride by players making a lot less money. It might not be too much to ask of our well compensated heroes to put up with a little extra strain.
And the Tigers are in pretty good company when it comes to collapse. I believe it was the Yankees that became the first team in history to drop 4 games after taking a 3-0 lead, yes??
Go Phils!:cool:


I'm all for double-headers (Glenda the Good DH to the Wicked DH of the AL) of all kinds... the old kind would be best. But in today's market I'm sure that playing two one day, with separate admissions, would bring in fewer people than playing those games on separate days. And more importantly, it would probably mean drops in TV/radio revenue and I'm sure the media bosses are against the notion. And they are the real commissioners...

[revjimk]

Blittzz said:
"calling the strike zone"
Hit it on the head... what the hell IS the strike zone nowadays???
Seems like the umps just make it up each game....

[Blitzzzzz]

..... btw, i was not the one to mention the tigers. personally, i think bashing your friends' teams is bad form.

Oh, FG, Yankees fans are so sensitive.
I quoted you because I like the double header approach to shaving the season. I was ribbing Scoop about collapsing baseball teams. So far, the 2009 Tigers collapse has not warranted significant comment on the web, but Nate Silver has an interesting article on Baseball Perspectus on memorable collapses, including the 1964 Phillies which scarred my youthful psyche and perhaps explains my reluctant support this year.
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=6764

[festivalgirl]

Oh, FG, Yankees fans are so sensitive.
I quoted you because I like the double header approach to shaving the season. I was ribbing Scoop about collapsing baseball teams. So far, the 2009 Tigers collapse has not warranted significant comment on the web, but Nate Silver has an interesting article on Baseball Perspectus on memorable collapses, including the 1964 Phillies which scarred my youthful psyche and perhaps explains my reluctant support this year.
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=6764

Not being sensitive just hard to have a good baseball conversation if the answer to everything is "I hate the [fill in team here]".

Can't take credit for the Double Header idea but I do like it. Most peole behind it mention holiday weekends as the perfect time ... there are 3 during the season.

It was actually shocking that the Tiger's pitching collapsed the way it did. The Yankee pitching staff went through that last year .... it was like watching dominoes fall both times. Doesn't seem to be any obvious answer.

[Baconwrapped]

Blittzz said:
"calling the strike zone"
Hit it on the head... what the hell IS the strike zone nowadays???
Seems like the umps just make it up each game....

ah, reprises a discussion the other day on the SF Giants board to which I (and Cleo... Hi Cleo) belong.

[Doubledown]

Hello all , The Yankees look like an all star team . though they have nick swisher and Joe Girardi they have the Chicago Curse so I think the Phillies win in 5

[festivalgirl]

Hello all , The Yankees look like an all star team . though they have nick swisher and Joe Girardi they have the Chicago Curse so I think the Phillies win in 5

Although, being disliked by Ozzie Guillen is the best thing that ever happened to Swish!! Ozzie is doing commentary on Fox .... should be interesting. How quick can someone in the truck hit the mute button ;)

[jonnygospeltent]

Let's see who's pulling for the Phillies

A fan of the Tigers (worst collapse EVER.)
Dodger fans (how can you root for the team that knocked you out)
Angels fans (nice throw Kazmir, heads up baserunning Guerrero)
Red Sox fans (Jonathan Paplebon, best closer EVER.....at least in his mind, as he proved emphatically against the Angels)
and scores of Mets fans (the team that wrote the book on collapses that the Tigers must have read a million times)

With friends like that, who needs enemies? Is Steve Bartman rooting for the Phillies?

Go Yanks. I'll take baseball in November if my team is the one playing.
I'm with Scoop. I'd go to a game in February if The Cubs were in it.

[windowman]

MLB has moved the start of the regular season one week later than it had been, which used to coincide with the end of college hoops so that the day after the national champ was named it would be opening day for baseball. Whether the start of the schedule was moved past that date because of weather concerns (snow) or other reasons is speculative. With the expansion of the LDS to a best of seven and a decrease in double headers, we now have the World Series starting on opening night in the NBA which had traditionally started their season after baseball had ended. On the flip side, the NBA has steadily extended the length of their playoff schedule to the point where the NBA finals are ending nearly halfway into the baseball season. It seems that all of this is driven by money: higher salaries, more games, more TV revenue to subsidize it all, and much higher ticket prices. World Series ticket prices have gotten so expensive that one fan was caught bartering the pleasures of the flesh for some tickets:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/27/susan-finkelstein-offered_n_336078.html

So it seems that no matter what day it is on the calender you can always find someone playing ball.

[festivalgirl]

MLB has moved the start of the regular season one week later than it had been, which used to coincide with the end of college hoops so that the day after the national champ was named it would be opening day for baseball. Whether the start of the schedule was moved past that date because of weather concerns (snow) or other reasons is speculative.

It was a week later this year to accommodate the World Baseball Classic.

[barry10016]

read your entry using my mind.

And what a fine mind it is!

[barry10016]

i have tickets for game 6

Um, George will be feeling sick that day.........

OoooooooEeeeeeeeeOooooooo

[stlbarb]

Let's see who's pulling for the Phillies

A fan of the Tigers (worst collapse EVER.)
Dodger fans (how can you root for the team that knocked you out)
Angels fans (nice throw Kazmir, heads up baserunning Guerrero)
Red Sox fans (Jonathan Paplebon, best closer EVER.....at least in his mind, as he proved emphatically against the Angels)
and scores of Mets fans (the team that wrote the book on collapses that the Tigers must have read a million times)

With friends like that, who needs enemies? Is Steve Bartman rooting for the Phillies?

Go Yanks. I'll take baseball in November if my team is the one playing.

i think the cardinals did a pretty good job on imploding. :mad:
the only reason i'm hesitant about rooting for the Phillies is because they won last year. i dont want them to get all cocky and turn into the Yankees.

[windowman]

It was a week later this year to accommodate the World Baseball Classic.

I remember hearing that, but the 2010 regular season schedule ends Oct. 3, the same Sunday as this year. I think it may be weather (snow) related. Of course, you do have snow in places like Colorado in April and November :)

[Baconwrapped]

I remember hearing that, but the 2010 regular season schedule ends Oct. 3, the same Sunday as this year. I think it may be weather (snow) related. Of course, you do have snow in places like Colorado in April and November :)

'course, keep in mind that the Twins will be playing outdoors next year.... post-season in Minneapolis could be, uh, amusing.

[festivalgirl]

I remember hearing that, but the 2010 regular season schedule ends Oct. 3, the same Sunday as this year. I think it may be weather (snow) related. Of course, you do have snow in places like Colorado in April and November :)

2010 could just be a calendar thing .... last Sunday in September is too early. Two coldest sporting events I've ever been to were an April game at Wrigley & an October game at Yankee Stadium. Both great! I love that there's no more dome baseball in Minneapolis ..... implode that horrible stadium in Tampa Bay and all will be right with the baseball world.

MLB calendar is like Jazz Fest, it swings around eventually.

[Blitzzzzz]

It was actually shocking that the Tiger's pitching collapsed the way it did. The Yankee pitching staff went through that last year .... it was like watching dominoes fall both times. Doesn't seem to be any obvious answer.

We never could quite believe that we had much pitching, though we did, but we did think we had some hitting and it just seemed to evaporate there at the end. :cool:

[festivalgirl]

We never could quite believe that we had much pitching, though we did, but we did think we had some hitting and it just seemed to evaporate there at the end. :cool:

I thought after the Cliff Lee trade, Washburn was the biggest steal ..... oooops.

[Baconwrapped]

Used to be the World Series was going on at my birthday. I want it that way again! Heck, do away with the wild card. (I know, I know.... TV revenue...)

[MaloGator]

Hating the Yankees is innate for folks in these parts (Sorry, Chrissa, I had to say it). I don't feel much better about the Phillies winning back to back. So, yes, a meteor right about now would do the trick.

But if the Yankees are firing on all cylinders as they have been this post-season, it looks as though Big Baby Hank Steinbrenner just may get his money's worth this year. See what a quarter of a billion dollars gets you?

But I do love all my Yankee fan friends!

[ciscokid]

MLB has moved the start of the regular season one week later than it had been, which used to coincide with the end of college hoops so that the day after the national champ was named it would be opening day for baseball. Whether the start of the schedule was moved past that date because of weather concerns (snow) or other reasons is speculative. With the expansion of the LDS to a best of seven and a decrease in double headers, we now have the World Series starting on opening night in the NBA which had traditionally started their season after baseball had ended. On the flip side, the NBA has steadily extended the length of their playoff schedule to the point where the NBA finals are ending nearly halfway into the baseball season. It seems that all of this is driven by money: higher salaries, more games, more TV revenue to subsidize it all, and much higher ticket prices. World Series ticket prices have gotten so expensive that one fan was caught bartering the pleasures of the flesh for some tickets:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/27/susan-finkelstein-offered_n_336078.html

So it seems that no matter what day it is on the calender you can always find someone playing ball.


wasnt this year also delayed in the start because of the world baseball league, im sure the redsox would agree it was not a good thing

[ciscokid]

It was a week later this year to accommodate the World Baseball Classic.

i should have kept reading :)

[ScoopJohnD]

btw, i was not the one to mention the tigers. personally, i think bashing your friends' teams is bad form.

Actually it's just good natured fun.

[ScoopJohnD]

And the Tigers are in pretty good company when it comes to collapse. I believe it was the Yankees that became the first team in history to drop 4 games after taking a 3-0 lead, yes??
Go Phils!:cool:


Touche! :) That's the Yanks, nothing halfway! When we collapse, we f&*#king COLLAPSE! :)

[pokerchick66]

Gotta go with Mama and Matt Stairs, of course! ;)

[ScoopJohnD]

Gotta go with Mama and Matt Stairs, of course! ;)

boo.......hiss..... ;)

[Jim]

I know the Yankees are the favorite but I like the Phillies in six. The Phillies are the only National League team with an offense that can hang tough when playing in an Amercian League park using the DH. I also think their bullpen is peaking right now whereas the Yankees bullpen, including Rivera, looks a bit vulnerable.

[groovy1967]

If you're in the NYC area today, the Greater Philadelphia Marketing and Tourism Commission (or GPMTC for those of you who prefer unprounceable acronyms) will be giving away cheesesteaks at Shorty’s before Wednesday’s game between the World F*cking Champions and the Evil Empire. Starting at 4PM and going while supplies last up until gametime, they’ll be giving away Shorty-sized cheesesteaks. They’ll also have other prizes to giveaway, and when (not if) a Phillie hits a home run, someone will win a $100 gift certificate to a restaurant in Philly.

As an added bonus, Philly’s FOX29 will be doing some sort of broadcast from the bar, starting at 5PM, and carpetbagger weatherman John Bolaris and former Badassador Hugh Douglas will be in the house.

And if that’s not enough, yours truly will be cranking out the tunes and full-throttle classics over the soundsystem during the commercials, desperately trying to ignore the drunken women who keep requesting Bon Jovi. I "DJ" here during NFL games and Phillies postseason games, and it gets pretty nuts. BTW, I have been known to sneak in a Dr. John or Meters tune wherever I can.

The place should be a zoo. Get there early.

http://philadelphia.grubstreet.com/2009/10/gptmc.html#add-comment

Shorty’s
9th Ave. between 42nd and 41st

[rosetree]

Gotta go with Mama and Matt Stairs, of course! ;)

Oh, I see where this is going.....:p :p

[Zydekitten]

As always, I'm rooting for whomever is playing against the Evil Empire, so . . . Geaux Phillies!!!

[VWGal]

Oh, I see where this is going.....:p :p

It's all about the sandwiches -- if you recall, on Facebook I did offer to be the courier bearing the loser's sandwich to the winner's plate -- but did anyone take me up on that? Nooooooooo.

[festivalgirl]

Actually it's just good natured fun.

There's a difference between bashing & trash talk ..... you didn't bash - just stated a shocking fact.

[festivalgirl]

Sorry Mama (if you read this) ..... Matt Stairs is a thug - should have stuck to hockey.

[Lit]

Sorry Mama (if you read this) ..... Matt Stairs is a thug - should have stuck to hockey.

So is that bashing or trash talk? I'm confused about the lines here...

[festivalgirl]

Hey Malo, get your facts straight ;) ..... little bro Hal has been running the team this year (blow hard Hank was banished, I think). Actually, Hal has been letting the real baseball people run the team .... makes all the difference.

BTW, what's with John Henry??? Gets married to some pretty young thing and is Twittering trash talk about Mark Texieria on his wedding night. :eek:

[festivalgirl]

So is that bashing or trash talk? I'm confused about the lines here...

This is bashing Matt Stairs no matter what team he's on.

[festivalgirl]

Cool! What the hell took so long????

[fun facts: Suzyn calls for the Yankees but grew up in Boston, she knows more about all Boston sports than anyone I've ever heard - I'm talking stats, she performed on Broadway in Man of La Mancha]

CONGRATULATIONS: Kudos to WCBS’s Suzyn Waldman, who becomes the first woman radio announcer to call World Series action.

[rosetree]

It's all about the sandwiches -- if you recall, on Facebook I did offer to be the courier bearing the loser's sandwich to the winner's plate -- but did anyone take me up on that? Nooooooooo.

I saw that Sweetie...I think that mama is going to pay me when I see her in Philly in Feb (or I will pay her at JF);)
Thanks for the offer, you can still come and visit without the sandwich! :D

[steeleye]

I had the opportunity to watch many of the current Phillies play when their Triple-A affiliate was still in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. A soft spot for them, plus Charlie Manual is an underrated manager. Sillies in 6.

[rosetree]

Some people will do anything for tickets....Oh my!:eek:

http://www.nola.com/sports/index.ssf/2009/10/woman_in_sex-for-tickets_case.html

[Lit]

Cool! What the hell took so long????

[fun facts: Suzyn calls for the Yankees but grew up in Boston, she knows more about all Boston sports than anyone I've ever heard - I'm talking stats, she performed on Broadway in Man of La Mancha]

She is one of the most annoying voices and personalities in the history of sports announcing (imo). Even my Yankee fan friends can't stand her. And she's one of the biggest homers ever. The only fact about her that I would think of as "fun" would be to learn that her vocal cords had been removed.

BTW, did she play the lead in Man of La Mancha?

[VWGal]

I saw that Sweetie...I think that mama is going to pay me when I see her in Philly in Feb (or I will pay her at JF);)
Thanks for the offer, you can still come and visit without the sandwich! :D

You just might get that visit before you leave next week -- I'm booking some retail therapy Monday and Tuesday next week.

[VWGal]

This is bashing Matt Stairs no matter what team he's on.

Don't bash Matt Stairs -- his nephews and brother are heading east from Calgary tomorrow to see their very first World Series. Both play ball in community leagues here. Can you imagine how excited those boys are?

[rosetree]

You just might get that visit before you leave next week -- I'm booking some retail therapy Monday and Tuesday next week.

YAY!!!!:D :D

[festivalgirl]

She is one of the most annoying voices and personalities in the history of sports announcing (imo). Even my Yankee fan friends can't stand her. And she's one of the biggest homers ever. The only fact about her that I would think of as "fun" would be to learn that her vocal cords had been removed.

BTW, did she play the lead in Man of La Mancha?

You are an angry man .....

She was Dulcinea.

[Lit]

You are an angry man .....

She was Dulcinea.

Not angry at all. I have ears. She is terrible.

[festivalgirl]

Don't bash Matt Stairs -- his nephews and brother are heading east from Calgary tomorrow to see their very first World Series. Both play ball in community leagues here. Can you imagine how excited those boys are?

I'm sure his family is fine ... I'm glad they are getting to see their first WS ... I still don't like him.

[if it makes you all feel any better, i don't like arod either]

[Lit]

Oldie but a goodie

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/andylynch/ArodPurse.jpg

[MaloGator]

Hey Malo, get your facts straight ;) ..... little bro Hal has been running the team this year (blow hard Hank was banished, I think). Actually, Hal has been letting the real baseball people run the team .... makes all the difference.

BTW, what's with John Henry??? Gets married to some pretty young thing and is Twittering trash talk about Mark Texieria on his wedding night. :eek:

You may be right, Chrissa. Perhaps it was Hal who spent a quarter of a billion dollars to try and win the World Series this year. :D :p Everytime I see that line up I can only shake my head. They should have won 120 games!

I'm not sure about the John Henry thing. Maybe she accepted his proposal when many people thought he may end up in Boston and it was Texieria that she really wanted. Henry may be old and unattractive, but the man has a lot of LOOT!

[MaloGator]

Oldie but a goodie

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/andylynch/ArodPurse.jpg

Worth repeating. hehe

[festivalgirl]

You may be right, Chrissa. Perhaps it was Hal who spent a quarter of a billion dollars to try and win the World Series this year. :D :p Everytime I see that line up I can only shake my head. They should have won 120 games!

I'm not sure about the John Henry thing. Maybe she accepted his proposal when many people thought he may end up in Boston and it was Texieria that she really wanted. Henry may be old and unattractive, but the man has a lot of LOOT!

120 sounds right if there were no injuries or trips to the DL.

Tex looks like a chipmunk ... I call him Alvin (his wife may have something to say about Mrs. Henry.)

[revjimk]

Windowman made some good points about length of seasons & $$$$.
Pro basketball goes way too long (tho I love it). Always a battle to watch first round playoffs during JF, then it goes to July 4!??!!
Plus, season is so long & game so hard that it often comes down to injuries by season's end (Garnett!)
Doubledown: I think you're confused on ex-Cubbies. The Curse is on the TEAM! Actually, "ex-Cubby factor" usually favors team with the MOSt ex-Cubs
rev

[mangoon]

Not angry at all. I have ears. She is terrible.

The " oh my goodness gracious, the Rocket is in the stadium. Hes in the Bosses booth " call will forever be burned into my brain. In a nails on chalkboard sort of way.

[VWGal]

I'm sure his family is fine ... I'm glad they are getting to see their first WS ... I still don't like him.

[if it makes you all feel any better, i don't like arod either]

Well at least you're being fair.

[Zydekitten]

Oldie but a goodie

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/andylynch/ArodPurse.jpg
I hadn't seen this great Photoshop job of A-Fraud/A-Roid since the great choking of 2004 . . . but I sho do love it!!!

[Lit]

I may not like either team, but I do like a lot of their players. I've been saying for years that if I could add one player to my Mets it would be Chase Utley. I love the way he plays the game, and he strikes me as the quintessential great clubhouse guy who helps set a good tone for the whole team about how the game should be played. Mets could especially use a lot of help in that regard. Great performance from him tonight.

Unbelievable performance from Lee. Wow.

Tomorrow the circus comes to town with Pedro.

[festivalgirl]

Cliff Lee is amazing .... I hope he has a long happy career in the NL (let you guys play against him on a regular basis). He's got to be the best deadline trade in a very long time. I'm not sure the Phillies are even there without him. I've always considered the Mets trading Nolan Ryan as the worst trade in history ... this is really close (sorry Cleveland).

[ciscokid]

Um, George will be feeling sick that day.........

OoooooooEeeeeeeeeOooooooo

he already has the day off

[ciscokid]

She is one of the most annoying voices and personalities in the history of sports announcing (imo). Even my Yankee fan friends can't stand her. And she's one of the biggest homers ever. The only fact about her that I would think of as "fun" would be to learn that her vocal cords had been removed.

BTW, did she play the lead in Man of La Mancha?

i am one of those yankee fans that can not stand her or john sterling i cringe when i have to listen to the game on the radio

[ciscokid]

I'm sure his family is fine ... I'm glad they are getting to see their first WS ... I still don't like him.

[if it makes you all feel any better, i don't like arod either]

A lways

R ely

O n

D erek

[Frosty]

MLB has moved the start of the regular season one week later than it had been, which used to coincide with the end of college hoops so that the day after the national champ was named it would be opening day for baseball. Whether the start of the schedule was moved past that date because of weather concerns (snow) or other reasons is speculative. With the expansion of the LDS to a best of seven and a decrease in double headers, we now have the World Series starting on opening night in the NBA which had traditionally started their season after baseball had ended. On the flip side, the NBA has steadily extended the length of their playoff schedule to the point where the NBA finals are ending nearly halfway into the baseball season. It seems that all of this is driven by money: higher salaries, more games, more TV revenue to subsidize it all, and much higher ticket prices. World Series ticket prices have gotten so expensive that one fan was caught bartering the pleasures of the flesh for some tickets:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/27/susan-finkelstein-offered_n_336078.html

So it seems that no matter what day it is on the calender you can always find someone playing ball.


Every league needs to contract to 28 teams, limit 8 teams to playoffs, and limit the earlier rounds of the playoffs to 5 games. That would bring excitement back to all pro sports. The WS is just starting yet this weekend is the halfway point of the NFL season for some teams, hockey is a month old, and the NBA has started. So, when it's been cold and rainy here for a month and the final four teams are from LA or Yankee territory, my interest level is stuck somewhere near the bottom of the barrell with Octomom and what Rush HUDSON Limbaugh has to say about anything.

[ScoopJohnD]

She is one of the most annoying voices and personalities in the history of sports announcing (imo). Even my Yankee fan friends can't stand her. And she's one of the biggest homers ever. The only fact about her that I would think of as "fun" would be to learn that her vocal cords had been removed.

I second that, and I'm a Yankee fan. Her and Sterling are the f&**ing worst. I can't put it any better than a bartender friend of mine. We were talking about the Yankee announcers, (TV and Radio) and she said " Oh my God I can't stand them! Everytime I turn on the radio and hear them I want to slit my throat!"

For those who doubt how bad they are, try these John Sterling home calls on for size. (prepare to be ill)

Mark Texiera:“It's a Tex Message! You're on the mark, Teixeira”
Nick Swisher: "Nick is positively swish-a-licious!"

Check out these responses to a post I found on another web site. The original poster said he wanted to make a CD of Sterling's home run calls

"That will be the CD the police find playing when I hang myself."
"Why do you plan on torturing someone?"

"it would be funny to listen to a compilation of Sterling bloopers (e.g. homerun calls that didn't end up being home runs)"
(reply)
"There aren't enough CDs on Earth for that."

On Suzyn Waldman:
"I think they use tapes of Suzy in those secret CIA prisons"

[jonnygospeltent]

Every league needs to contract to 28 teams, limit 8 teams to playoffs, and limit the earlier rounds of the playoffs to 5 games. That would bring excitement back to all pro sports. The WS is just starting yet this weekend is the halfway point of the NFL season for some teams, hockey is a month old, and the NBA has started. So, when it's been cold and rainy here for a month and the final four teams are from LA or Yankee territory, my interest level is stuck somewhere near the bottom of the barrell with Octomom and what Rush HUDSON Limbaugh has to say about anything.

I think The Octomom is hot!

[rosetree]

I think The Octomom is hot!

OK here is the drift......
jonny did you see where Octomom and Jon Gosselin are thinking of having a TV show together? 22 children between the two of them :eek: :eek:

Now back to our regularly scheduled baseball programming....

[Zydekitten]

OK here is the drift......
jonny did you see where Octomom and Jon Gosselin are thinking of having a TV show together? 22 children between the two of them :eek: :eek:

Now back to our regularly scheduled baseball programming....
"Yours, Mine & Ours - 2010" :rolleyes:

[Blitzzzzz]

Back to baseball, please!

That's one!:cool:

[ScoopJohnD]

Back to baseball, please!

That's one!:cool:

The Phils got one monkey off their back last night.

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/phillies_hope_to_end_364_day_world

[Frosty]

The Phils got one monkey off their back last night.

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/phillies_hope_to_end_364_day_world

Here are some more changes since the Phillies won the WS.

Then - President is short, pasty white, guy
Now - President is strapping black man

Then - Governor of Alaska is HOT
Now - Governor of Alaska is NOT

Then - Governor of Illinois could make a drunken sailor blush, wife could make make Lee Elia blush
Now - Governor of Illinois could lead needlepoint class

Then - David Letterman - Geeky TV guy
Now - David Letterman - More tail than the Hoff

Then - Threadhead Records, Good Neighbor & Exit to Mystery Street
Now - Threadhead Records, Good Neighbor, Exit to Mystery Street, Walking Through Heaven's Gate, Stew Called New Orleans, Slither Slice, Box Who In?, How To Be a Cannonball, Farewell To Storyville, A Very Threadhead Holiday, etc, etc,

[Belle]

Here are some more changes since the Phillies won the WS.

Then - President is short, pasty white, guy
Now - President is strapping black man

Then - Governor of Alaska is HOT
Now - Governor of Alaska is NOT

Then - Governor of Illinois could make a drunken sailor blush, wife could make make Lee Elia blush
Now - Governor of Illinois could lead needlepoint class

Then - David Letterman - Geeky TV guy
Now - David Letterman - More tail than the Hoff

Then - Threadhead Records, Good Neighbor & Exit to Mystery Street
Now - Threadhead Records, Good Neighbor, Exit to Mystery Street, Walking Through Heaven's Gate, Stew Called New Orleans, Slither Slice, Box Who In?, How To Be a Cannonball, Farewell To Storyville, A Very Threadhead Holiday, etc, etc,

Nice Frosty!!!

To keep on the baseball note...go Philly!

[windowman]

from nj.com:

Diary of a Mets fan: Game 1 Phillies-Yankees
By Steve Politi/The Star-Ledger
October 29, 2009, 11:28AM


(Every day during the World Series, we'll take a peek inside the diary of a Mets fan. This is the entry we found from Game 1.)

Dear Diary/Omar,

Well, the worst World Series ever is here, and like I promised, I’m not watching it. I’m going to watch “It’s a Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown,” again and again, because just like this season, Omar, just like Beltran and Delgado and Reyes, the $%^&$#% pumpkin NEVER SHOWS UP!!!

Bitter? Not at all bitter. Hey – if both of these teams play, one of them has to lose, and I’ll read all about it in the … what? Pedro Martinez said WHAT? “Only God knows why I didn’t make it with the Mets, but yes, in a short period of time, I got the opportunity with the Phillies.” He said that. You’re kidding.

Here’s why you didn’t make it with the Mets, Petey. Because you STOLE OUR DAMN MONEY, that’s what you did!!! You’re worst than Bernie Madoff, because at least he ’fessed up to the crime and is doing his time. You? You get to pitch in another World Series, and isn’t that just special.

Well I hope you get absolutely shelled in Game 2. That’s right. I’m rooting for the Yuh … I’m rooting for the Yuh … Yuh … Eh, I give up. I know how you feel, Linus!! The Great Pumpkin never comes and neither does frickin’ Jose Reyes. How many more games are there?

-- Mets No. 1 Fan

[stlbarb]

i sold my soul to the devil (for an answer to a technical question), and therefore must root for the Yankees tonight. :o

[ScoopJohnD]

Welcome! :)

[Lit]

I have to say that after dreading this nightmare scenario, I actually watched last night's game and found myself unexpectedly enjoying the fact that, while one of my least favorite teams wins, it also means that the other one loses. Every night. This gives me pleasure.

Tonight is another guarantee of great enjoyment. Pedro is always fun to watch. If he pitches a gem--great story. If he gets shelled--great story. I would not be surprised either way. I suspect, however, that both he and Burnett will end up somewhere in between tonight. I expect a high scoring game that gets turned over to both bullpens by the 7th. The Yankees would appear to have the edge there, except that the Phillies pen is obviously well-rested at this point.

[Blitzzzzz]

The Phils got one monkey off their back last night.

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/phillies_hope_to_end_364_day_world

Thanks, Scoop, time flies!:cool:

[stlbarb]

in some ways, its actually more enjoyable to watch the world series when you do not have a vested interest. you can just value the great plays on both sides. no screaming, crying, or feeling sick to your stomach. no spending way too much on tickets and ballpark beverages. it aint so bad.

[revjimk]

True dat, Barb
Art of the game...
Phillies looked good.... how about Ryan Howard's screamimng doubles down the 1st base line? Exact same shots that crushed Rockies & Dodgers..

[stlbarb]

True dat, Barb
Art of the game...
Phillies looked good.... how about Ryan Howard's screamimng doubles down the 1st base line? Exact same shots that crushed Rockies & Dodgers..

he's a native STL-ian.

[Phatpapa]

Seeing as my Rockies are out of it courtesy of the Phillies. I would like to see them win but what I think is totally cool is that FOX is playing Widespread Panic tunes leading into commercials.

They did this last year too. Does anyone know the connection with FOX and WSP??

[sophisticated sissy]

They did this last year too. Does anyone know the connection with FOX and WSP??


They sold their souls to the Devil?

[rosetree]

Bullshit double play call!!!!!!!!

[stlbarb]

Bullshit double play call!!!!!!!!

its a game of inches.

[rosetree]

its a game of inches.

still......where's the replay?

[stlbarb]

Mark, i know you're elsewhere for festgiving weekend, but when do you get back to nola?

[rosetree]

Mark, i know you're elsewhere for festgiving weekend, but when do you get back to nola?

Sunday night

[stlbarb]

Sunday night

cool. i maybe in algiers monday afternoon. i'll stop by for a rootbeer?

[pokerchick66]

http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs001.snc3/10841_1243390959390_1067833458_776990_5558771_n.jp g

[rosetree]

http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs001.snc3/10841_1243390959390_1067833458_776990_5558771_n.jp g

OH MY......I might just be a Phillies fan....no, just a b00bies fan ;) :D

[rosetree]

cool. i maybe in algiers monday afternoon. i'll stop by for a rootbeer?

I'll be filling the furnace all afternoon, c'mon by!

[stlbarb]

I'll be filling the furnace all afternoon, c'mon by!

should i bring some muffelattas?

[rosetree]

should i bring some muffelattas?

I never turn down a muffeletta! ;)
Whatcha doin' in Algiers?

[stlbarb]

I never turn down a muffeletta! ;)
Whatcha doin' in Algiers?

possibly visiting a friends mom, she's in an assisted living place somewhere around there.
also hope to visit one of our Sisters at St. Michaels school back on the east bank.
monday will be working on my karma day.

[rosetree]

possibly visiting a friends mom, she's in an assisted living place somewhere around there.
also hope to visit one of our Sisters at St. Michaels school back on the east bank.
monday will be working on my karma day.

Karma Day is a good thing! Just let me know if you can fit a visit in.

[Blitzzzzz]

OH MY......I might just be a Phillies fan....no, just a b00bies fan ;) :D

Phillies fans =Boobies fans?:cool:

[mangoon]

OH MY......I might just be a Phillies fan....no, just a b00bies fan ;) :D

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3491/4058244040_a93bc30430_o.jpg

Even though I am not a Yankee fan, I am all about fairness ;)

[MaloGator]

http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs001.snc3/10841_1243390959390_1067833458_776990_5558771_n.jp g

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3491/4058244040_a93bc30430_o.jpg

Even though I am not a Yankee fan, I am all about fairness ;)

I'm officially on the fence.

[Lit]

I'm officially on the fence.

With your assless chaps, that must be painful. Hopefully the tie-dyed butt bow is padded.

[linza22]

With your assless chaps, that must be painful. Hopefully the tie-dyed butt bow is padded.

oh!!!! hahaha!

[sharon_loves_fats]

With your assless chaps, that must be painful. Hopefully the tie-dyed butt bow is padded.

:eek: Too funny!

[ScoopJohnD]

how about Ryan Howard's screamimng doubles down the 1st base line? Exact same shots that crushed Rockies & Dodgers..

How about Ryan Howard's golden sombrero last night?

Watched the game at Ballpark Lanes under the 4 train across from the old Yankee Stadium. Quite a good time. (Helps that the Yanks won). Good beer, excellent fries and grilled cheese with bacon sandwiches (kudos to the chef) with "lucky" dill pickle chips. (Yanks scored after we got them).

Nice to beat Pedro, fun exchanging high fives with fans streaming out and giving some ribbing to the Phillies fans.

Best line, a couple walking down the street after the game. Husband in Yankee gear, wife in Phillie gear. Part of our group yells "Well you got it half right" and it's the wife who turns with a smile and goes "Thank you."

[Phatpapa]

I'm officially on the fence.

Blonde or Brunette fence? :D

[festivalgirl]

How about Ryan Howard's golden sombrero last night?

Watched the game at Ballpark Lanes under the 4 train across from the old Yankee Stadium. Quite a good time. (Helps that the Yanks won). Good beer, excellent fries and grilled cheese with bacon sandwiches (kudos to the chef) with "lucky" dill pickle chips. (Yanks scored after we got them).

Nice to beat Pedro, fun exchanging high fives with fans streaming out and giving some ribbing to the Phillies fans.

Best line, a couple walking down the street after the game. Husband in Yankee gear, wife in Phillie gear. Part of our group yells "Well you got it half right" and it's the wife who turns with a smile and goes "Thank you."

Nice!!

I love real baseball fans .... hopefully someone bought her a beer!!

[MaloGator]

Blonde or Brunette fence? :D

You know, Papa, I never discriminate.

[Zydekitten]

Blonde or Brunette fence? :D
Ahem. Don't Redheads get considered??

[festivalgirl]

Ahem. Don't Redheads get considered??

Not engaged ones ;) (unless, of course, your fiance is in the conversation)

[Blitzzzzz]

Phillies just keep handing it back to the Yankees, not going win like that. Hopefully, Cliff Lee can extend the series. Not dark yet, but it's getting there.:cool:

[Phatpapa]

Ahem. Don't Redheads get considered??

:)

Don't recall seeing any "Red" fences in this post!?!?

or any "Red" posts in this fence for that matter.....

[rosetree]

YANKEES WIN, THE YANKEES WIN!!!:D

[ciscokid]

YANKEES WIN, THE YANKEES WIN!!!:D

was a sweet win, the place was rocking and got crazier after each out in the 7th 8th and 9th..

[Moon]

I'm just glad it's over. First time I can remember not watching a single game of the WS. Part of what drove me away was Fox's obsession with Derek Jeter. Did they ever shown film of him walking on water?

[jonnygospeltent]

5 months till opening day.

[mrSteve]

Pitchers and catchers report in 99 days.

[Blitzzzzz]

YANKEES WIN, THE YANKEES WIN!!!:D

Too much Yankees, not enough Phillies! Congrats on #27. Just re-reading Harvey Frommer's New York City Baseball: The Last Golden Age 1947-1957.
If you think these guys are good......:cool:

[Jim]

I know the Yankees are the favorite but I like the Phillies in six. The Phillies are the only National League team with an offense that can hang tough when playing in an Amercian League park using the DH. I also think their bullpen is peaking right now whereas the Yankees bullpen, including Rivera, looks a bit vulnerable.

Boy, did I ever get it wrong.

[festivalgirl]

was a sweet win, the place was rocking and got crazier after each out in the 7th 8th and 9th..

I was thinking about you .... must have been FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[festivalgirl]

Pitchers and catchers report in 99 days.

:) Always around my birthday.

[ScoopJohnD]

I WANT MORE BASEBALL!!!!

Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters vs Yomiuri Giants. Series is tied at 2-2. Who do you like? ;)

Seriously, I'm so happy the Yanks won, but sad baseball season is over. And REALLY happy that Hideki Matsui got the MVP. He's been nothing but class from the first day here, all the while enduring more suffocating press coverage from Japanese journalists than any American player ever has to put up with, never complaining about, and just been a solid ballplayer all these years.

If this was his last game as a Yankee (I hope it isn't) you couldn't go out any better. It sounded like he got the biggest cheer during the postgame festivities and he certainly deserved it.

Can't wait for the parade tomorrow! :D

[festivalgirl]

I WANT MORE BASEBALL!!!!

Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters vs Yomiuri Giants. Series is tied at 2-2. Who do you like? ;)

Seriously, I'm so happy the Yanks won, but sad baseball season is over. And REALLY happy that Hideki Matsui got the MVP. He's been nothing but class from the first day here, all the while enduring more suffocating press coverage from Japanese journalists than any American player ever has to put up with, never complaining about, and just been a solid ballplayer all these years.

If this was his last game as a Yankee (I hope it isn't) you couldn't go out any better. It sounded like he got the biggest cheer during the postgame festivities and he certainly deserved it.

Can't wait for the parade tomorrow! :D

Post pictures!!!!!!!

This is always a sad day ...... baseball is over.

Don't really understand why re-signing Matsui is even a question. He certainly made a strong case for himself last night. He owns Pedro. GODZILLA!!!

http://www.ecoworld.com/images/upi/mlb-2009-postseason_nyp20091104119_lg_th1.jpg

[Moon]

But I thought Derek Jeter was the greatest baseball player that ever drew a breath. Remember the time he fed the multitudes with two fishes and a loaf of bread. Does Fox Sports know about this?

Seriously, I to am sad baseball is over but please no more October Classics in November.

[mangoon]

AHHH my worst nightmare has come true-I work by City Hall and Im am surrounded by wall to wall to wall Yankee fans. The horror.

Congrats Yankee fans anyway.

[steeleye]

Congrats all you Yankee fans. They deserved it.

[ScoopJohnD]

AHHH my worst nightmare has come true-I work by City Hall and Im am surrounded by wall to wall to wall Yankee fans. The horror.

Congrats Yankee fans anyway.

One man's nightmare is another man's sweet dreams. Joined about a million or so other people and made it down to see the boys and have some fun. Walked down to the Battery and stood in front of the Customs House where the parade was starting. For some reason it wasn't really crowded there, I guess people thought it was closed off. But it turned out that that was where all the players came out to get on the floats so it was amazing. Got to see and cheer everybody as each player grouping for each float had to come out seperately and stand on the steps and wait until they were ready to get on their float. .....Yogi, Reggie, Girardi, Matsui, Damon and Swisher, Tex and C.C., Derek, Pettitte, Melky, Mo......EVERYBODY. I was yelling and cheering, big smile on my face and the players were enjoying it too. And seeing all the paper and the people hanging out the windows and just everywhere and as loud as can be was pretty friggin neat! Of all the chants, one of the best was when a bus of Yankee employees or city officials would go by....thousands of people cheering WHO.....ARE.....YOOUUU!!!! :D

I hope it happens for the Saints this year, cause you have NO idea how happy a city can be when one of their teams wins it all. :D

Here an article....
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091106&content_id=7630756&vkey=news_nyy&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy

And a photo gallery....
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/galleries/yankees_celebrate_world_series_title/yankees_celebrate_world_series_title.html

[Gards]

All BaseBall fans please pardon my ignorance,but in the American Championship is there a salary cap for each team,or can the rich guys eat up others?
And if there is not,how often does a lower paid close knit team win the big one ,or does this happen?
In Australian Football there is a closely policed salary cap,which is designed obviously to even things out,and to stop over the top,non sustainable player payments,which can and have destroyed clubs.
There is also a draft system,based upon where the teams finished the season before,and other concessions granted if you only win so many games for the season,allthough these are under review due to Tanking suspicion,that is created when a team is eligble for assistance if looses it last couple of games.
Anyway just interested to know,as a lot of our sports admin guys follow trends from the states,some of which are good,and othes well, you know the rest.

[Baconwrapped]

Ham Fighters vs. Giants is a very tough call for me.... torn loyalties!

(And yes, know the team is not the Ham Fighters, but the team that represents Nippon Ham... still, we can dream!)

[Baconwrapped]

All BaseBall fans please pardon my ignorance,but in the American Championship is there a salary cap for each team,or can the rich guys eat up others?
And if there is not,how often does a lower paid close knit team win the big one ,or does this happen?
In Australian Football there is a closely policed salary cap,which is designed obviously to even things out,and to stop over the top,non sustainable player payments,which can and have destroyed clubs.
There is also a draft system,based upon where the teams finished the season before,and other concessions granted if you only win so many games for the season,allthough these are under review due to Tanking suspicion,that is created when a team is eligble for assistance if looses it last couple of games.
Anyway just interested to know,as a lot of our sports admin guys follow trends from the states,some of which are good,and othes well, you know the rest.

No salary cap, Gards.... there is in essence a "luxury tax" for teams that exceed a certain level, which then have to kick back into a shared league fund distributed to the low-budget teams. But the bar is so high on that tax that only the Yankees and Red Sox (I think) have to pay anything, and when split up among the needier teams it doesn't amount to much....

The Yankees simply have the highest revenue of any team, it's name being a global brand and its television/radio takes being far higher than any others' (it has its own YES TV network that generate a lot of moolah)... So the team's player payroll this past season was listed at $208 million, more than $60 million more than the next team, the crosstown Mets. On the other end of the scale, the Pittsburgh Pirates entire team payroll amounted to $25 million, which is $8 million less than the Yankees paid Alex Rodriguez alone!

[Baconwrapped]

You can see the Yankees payroll here along with the rankings and totals for all major league teams:

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/teams/salaries?team=nyy

and yes, smaller-budget teams do win the Series now and then, or at least make it close. In fact, this was the Yankees' first appearance in the World Series since 2003.

[festivalgirl]

All BaseBall fans please pardon my ignorance,but in the American Championship is there a salary cap for each team,or can the rich guys eat up others?
And if there is not,how often does a lower paid close knit team win the big one ,or does this happen?
In Australian Football there is a closely policed salary cap,which is designed obviously to even things out,and to stop over the top,non sustainable player payments,which can and have destroyed clubs.
There is also a draft system,based upon where the teams finished the season before,and other concessions granted if you only win so many games for the season,allthough these are under review due to Tanking suspicion,that is created when a team is eligble for assistance if looses it last couple of games.
Anyway just interested to know,as a lot of our sports admin guys follow trends from the states,some of which are good,and othes well, you know the rest.

There is no salary cap in baseball but there is a "luxury tax". The teams with payrolls over a certain threshold pay a "tax" which is split between the smaller market teams. Presumably, this should help the smaller teams sign high ticket players. It works in some cases but there have also been teams who's payrolls have been less then their share of the tax meaning the owner just pocketed the money.

The draft system is based on where you finished the season before. It also has provisions for trading draft picks. To add to the fun, Free Agents are graded. If you sign an "A" Free Agent, you give up more draft picks than of you sign a "B" or "C".

For me as a rabid fan, I try to just focus on the game. I know it's become a business but not for me.

[festivalgirl]

No salary cap, Gards.... there is in essence a "luxury tax" for teams that exceed a certain level, which then have to kick back into a shared league fund distributed to the low-budget teams. But the bar is so high on that tax that only the Yankees and Red Sox (I think) have to pay anything, and when split up among the needier teams it doesn't amount to much....

The Yankees simply have the highest revenue of any team, it's name being a global brand and its television/radio takes being far higher than any others' (it has its own YES TV network that generate a lot of moolah)... So the team's player payroll this past season was listed at $208 million, more than $60 million more than the next team, the crosstown Mets. On the other end of the scale, the Pittsburgh Pirates entire team payroll amounted to $25 million, which is $8 million less than the Yankees paid Alex Rodriguez alone!

And the Red Sox have NESN and the Mets have SNY.

[Baconwrapped]

And the Red Sox have NESN and the Mets have SNY.

True... but neither can compete with the Yankees in terms of money available for payroll...

[Gards]

Thanks for the information guys.Major baseball gets a bit of coverage back home,especialy when Aussies are going well in the comp EG Graham Lloyd and David Nilson going further back.so I was fairy confident the Yankees spent more and had the biggest market.
I would imagine that they are a bit like Manchester United in the English soccer, you either love em or hate em.
We have no free agency back home,but I think that the players union are angling for it,but the Clubs think that it will be inflationary.The draft and trading sound fairly similiar you have to try and be smart and go for young guys rather than try and buy big names and go for an easy fix.
With us if you finish near the bootom a couple of years in a row you get high draft picks for the best young talent,but you can trade one of them for a realy good player from another club if he is out of contract and there would normaly be money on top of the deal and or anothe rmid range or better player thrown to sweeten the deal,quite often the players are not aware that they are being offered as trade bait and if the deal falls through the out of contract player can take a risk and put himself in the draft and his club will not get what they want for him, but he also takes the risk that a club he does not want to go to may have a pick before his preferred one and that is when things can get ugly and or dirty.I hope that makes sense,I have only been up for half an hour.
Hope you all keep having a good holiday weekend.
Cheers
Gards

[kapeman]

On a visit to Cooperstown ( Hall of Fame) I was told that 80% of all the memorabilia sold- were Yankee items. Shopkeepers in town echoed that sentiment too

[Jim]

There is no salary cap in baseball but there is a "luxury tax". The teams with payrolls over a certain threshold pay a "tax" which is split between the smaller market teams. Presumably, this should help the smaller teams sign high ticket players. It works in some cases but there have also been teams who's payrolls have been less then their share of the tax meaning the owner just pocketed the money.

The draft system is based on where you finished the season before. It also has provisions for trading draft picks. To add to the fun, Free Agents are graded. If you sign an "A" Free Agent, you give up more draft picks than of you sign a "B" or "C".

For me as a rabid fan, I try to just focus on the game. I know it's become a business but not for me.

There needs to be a minimum payroll requirement to go along with the luxury tax. This will force owners to put the money they receive from the luxury tax back into the payroll of their teams.

[ScoopJohnD]

Ham Fighters vs. Giants is a very tough call for me.... torn loyalties!

GIANTS WIN!!!

Matsui's old mates win Japan Series

Yomiuri beats Nippon Ham Fighters for first title since '02

By John Schlegel / MLB.com
Just days after Hideki Matsui led the Yankees to their first World Series title since 2000 with an MVP performance, his former team in Japan also celebrated its first title in several years.


The Yomiuri Giants won their first Japan Series title since 2002, the last year Matsui was there, with a 2-0 victory over the Nippon Ham Fighters in Game 6 of the Japan Series on Saturday at Sapporo Dome.

Shinnosuke Abe doubled in a run and Tetsuya Matsumoto singled one home to lead the Giants to the win that clinched the venerable franchise's 21st Japan Series title.

Matsui, the first Japanese-born player to win World Series MVP, hit 50 homers for the Giants the last year they'd won the Japan Series, one of three they won while Matsui played for them 1993-2002. He batted .302 with 332 homers and 889 RBIs while with the Giants for 10 seasons.

21 titles.......oh, this is bad for baseball......of course they win, they buy all their best players.......something must be done.......small markets don't stand a chance.......evil empire. ;)

[mightyradgumbo]

And the Red Sox have NESN and the Mets have SNY.

The Boston Bruins also co-own NESN. Therefore not all the profit is in the Sawks pockets.

[revjimk]

Judging from results, is it possible that the luxury tax only affects middle income teams? Yankees just pay it & keep buying superstars.
Rockies are such cheapskates, I'm always amazed at their success. If you want to save $$, why buy a major league baseball team?
rev

[NOLA]

You can see the Yankees payroll here along with the rankings and totals for all major league teams:

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/teams/salaries?team=nyy

and yes, smaller-budget teams do win the Series now and then, or at least make it close. In fact, this was the Yankees' first appearance in the World Series since 2003.

Mets and Cubbies haven't been getting their money's worth lately....

[Moon]

Most teams spend their money on development. The Yanks have historically spent on top free agents. Thus they get tagged with the label "best team money can buy". It's hardly their fault the Royals GM* doesn't know what he's doing.


*Nothing against kansas City or their fans. I just picked a team at random.

[ScoopJohnD]

The Yankees simply have the highest revenue of any team, it's name being a global brand and its television/radio takes being far higher than any others' (it has its own YES TV network that generate a lot of moolah)...

That and incredibly wise business acumen allow the Yankees to do what they do. ;)
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/report_yankees_trademarked_yankees

[Fred (Texas JF Fanatic)]

Please don't laugh. Go Astros!!!!!

[festivalgirl]

Please don't laugh. Go Astros!!!!!

Never.

They're not a bad team but have to do something about the pitching. Roy Oswalt can only pitch once every 5 days. Are they resigning Tejada?

[festivalgirl]

http://yankees.lhblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Yankees-German-449x450.jpg
This very cool bit of journalism was emailed from Austria (thank you John). According to Google’s translator, the headline says: Precisely where this Trophy belongs to.

I assume that’s the translation of the Derek Jeter quote. Pretty cool to see what the Yankees World Series win looks like so far from home.

Looks pretty much the same, doesn’t it?

Posted by Chad Jennings on Thursday, November 12th, 2009 at 9:33 pm |
http://yankees.lhblogs.com/