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Damn you, Ryan Howard. I was screaming at the tv, "Don't. Pitch. To. Him."

 

Go Dodgers.

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If anyone wants to make a shirt with Ryan Howard on the front with “I HATE RYAN HOWARD” on it, i’ll probably buy one.

President of Marteeeny's Weeenies: The Official Fan Club for Martin Prado.
WE WANT PRADO AT 2B IN 2010!

by mvhsbball on Oct 12, 2009 11:37 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

If you make it, they will buy it.

'Sugar ain't poison, but sugar will kill you. Too much of a good thing. Maybe not so sweet.'
(self-appointed President of Yunel's Cartel~~~)

by Chief Noc-A-Homa on Oct 13, 2009 9:47 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I will probably catch a lot of flak for this. I want the Phillies to win the World Series. I do not want another American League victory in something else that I will have to hear about from Joe Morgan or Joe Buck or any other ass of a broadcaster. I do not want Manny to win anything to compensate him for the fact he is no longer a man. Finally, although the Phillies won the WS last year, not many consider them a favorite to win this year. The Phillies are considered an underdog to many other teams (Yankees, Dodgers). Also, there is no Phillies Nation that has sprung up to annoy me.

by Mr. Glavine #47 on Oct 13, 2009 2:28 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I’ll agree with you that there aren’t any (known) cheaters on the Phillies… but having them win back to back championships would suck.

Besides Manny, the Dodgers are a solid team. They’re also fun to watch.

by homerun on Oct 13, 2009 3:33 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

JC Romero? Didn’t he use em?

by acie4mvp on Oct 13, 2009 7:40 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I remember after last years WS win, Cole Hammels got on the mic and said that he wanted to congratulate the Rays on a great season. The Philly fans all started booing.

I just can’t hope for a team with fans like that to win, NL pride or not.

by Lennox on Oct 13, 2009 5:48 AM EDT up reply actions   2 recs

This.

"At least he didn’t nail the bitchy fat girl from Hell's Kitchen."
www.dropoutproductions.com

by cbwilk on Oct 13, 2009 8:10 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Blasphemy. Let ANYBODY win the series but Phillie. 2 years in a row would not be cool. Even the Yankees over Phillie.

'Sugar ain't poison, but sugar will kill you. Too much of a good thing. Maybe not so sweet.'
(self-appointed President of Yunel's Cartel~~~)

by Chief Noc-A-Homa on Oct 13, 2009 8:10 AM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

Angels all the way...

Yankees are obvious no, Phillies are a division rival who I’d rather not have the luxury of another bump in what they can pay thanks to the revenue earned in the post season, and the Dodgers, like you say have people like Manny and Furcal and others who just aren’t easy to cheer for after their early season/offseason actions.

Go Angels! Especially considering Adenhart.

by Mr. Sanchez on Oct 13, 2009 9:24 AM EDT up reply actions   2 recs

Yes, definitely.

by acie4mvp on Oct 13, 2009 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

You know

If it were to come to a Phillies/Yankees World Series, consider me the biggest single-serving Yankee fan on the planet. I can’t accept the Phillies as world champions two years in a row.

I honestly don’t see why so many people hate the Yankees (or claim to) as much as they do. The reasons are becoming so diluted and rehashed to me, I’m having a hard time telling who’s genuine, or who’s just following the herd.

So they spend boatloads of money? They do because they can, and the desire for money and wealth is what brings top-tier talent there. So what? If they lose, it makes the team that beat them that much a better story. If they win, it shouldn’t be much of a surprise.

So they (try to) make their players, regardless of reputation, nameless and self-sufficient employees designated by numbers and set to standards and guidelines? Welcome to Corporate America.

Here’s the irony – given the remaining teams, I’d rather the Angels go all the way, but if Philly were to advance, which I think they will, I think the Yankees are better equipped to deny them the crown. I think I’ll just sit back and root against the Phillies, nothing more.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on Oct 13, 2009 9:39 AM EDT up reply actions   2 recs

Yeahhhhh…………..but 26 WS titles doesn’t come from luck. It comes from an unfair advantage. I mean, there has to be a limit somewhere. Whether it’s 150 mil, 200 mil, or whatever.

The next closest team has 10 WS titles. However you slice that, the inevitable conclusion is, “Hmmmm…..you know, maybe it isn’t as fair as it should be.”

'Sugar ain't poison, but sugar will kill you. Too much of a good thing. Maybe not so sweet.'
(self-appointed President of Yunel's Cartel~~~)

by Chief Noc-A-Homa on Oct 13, 2009 10:14 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

A willingness to spend isn't "unfair"

If anything is considered unfair, it’s owners who don’t really care as much about the team and winning, as much as they see a team as a profitable business venture. Just because the Steinbrenners are willing to unload boatloads of money into the Yankees into individual players that other teams aren’t willing to match or beat doesn’t always imply that it’s not possible.

To many throughout the 90s, the Atlanta Braves were the Yankees of the National League, when Ted Turner was making sure the Braves had the highest payroll in the NL, and there was a lot of (and still is) resentment towards the Braves that exists similarly to why people dislike the Yankees. I don’t think a whole lot of people complain when their teams are overspending…

And let’s not deny the existence of luck, because luck is a little necessary for every team to win, regardless if they’re spending $40mil or $220mil. Otherwise, the Braves should have more NL titles than they do already, and possibly more WS banners.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on Oct 13, 2009 11:05 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

True enough.

Here’s hoping for a Golden State Series. Dodgers vs Angels. And at that point, I think the Angels get pwned.

'Sugar ain't poison, but sugar will kill you. Too much of a good thing. Maybe not so sweet.'
(self-appointed President of Yunel's Cartel~~~)

by Chief Noc-A-Homa on Oct 13, 2009 11:11 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

This.

People will come Ray. The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again.

by mvandonsel on Oct 13, 2009 2:00 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

thank you

applause

hohohhohohoh its the offseason, time to rosterbate in public places

by esadb on Oct 13, 2009 4:55 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The Phills?

The only way I am for them if they are playing the Yanks

by bravestatoo on Oct 13, 2009 11:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

You asked for it...

how can you want the Phillies to win?! Everything is wrong and immoral about that statement. The Phillies are our NL east rival, first of all. Then you have the fact that everything about Philadelphia sucks – after they won the WS last year, the fans went and vandalized their own city like a bunch of morons. The fans have no class, and can you imagine how annoying the fans would be if Philly won back to back years?

I don’t know about you, but I’ll take anyone BUT Philly in the Series.

You say to-mah-to, I say you're retarded.

by alligatorimpersonator on Oct 14, 2009 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah. If it comes down to Yankees/Phillies, I’ll become a “Yankees fan” for the first time in my life. Hopefully it won’t come to this….

'Sugar ain't poison, but sugar will kill you. Too much of a good thing. Maybe not so sweet.'
(self-appointed President of Yunel's Cartel~~~)

by Chief Noc-A-Homa on Oct 14, 2009 12:47 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh cripes, I hope it doesn’t come to this either. I’ll have to do the whole “Crying Game” cleansing thing if I have to choose one of those two.
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by Lizziebeth on Oct 14, 2009 1:30 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

thats a picture of Jim Carey in Ace Vnetura after he discovers Lois Einhorn is Ray Finkle… am I correct?

Heyward,Hanson,and Shaffer r ready now!! Why do you think they havent signed the "right handed bat"?

by fatazfoot on Jan 7, 2009 8:59 PM EST

by Swo12bv on Oct 15, 2009 2:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

“Hey Ace, you got any more of that gum?”

“Thats none of your damn business Dan and i’ll thank you to stay out of my personal affairs”

"Matt Diaz is a baseball player."-Joe Simpson

by 10-4 on Oct 15, 2009 4:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

by far one of the most underrated lines in that movie.

that and the scene when he barks at Monica Geller (courntey cox)

Heyward,Hanson,and Shaffer r ready now!! Why do you think they havent signed the "right handed bat"?

by fatazfoot on Jan 7, 2009 8:59 PM EST

by Swo12bv on Oct 15, 2009 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I love it when he says, “Oh yeahhhh…….the bitch.”

'Sugar ain't poison, but sugar will kill you. Too much of a good thing. Maybe not so sweet.'
(self-appointed President of Yunel's Cartel~~~)

by Chief Noc-A-Homa on Oct 15, 2009 7:34 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I can't be by a sliding glass door

Without reenacting the part where he’s like “Roger Podactor didn’t jump off his balcony, he was thrown!” AHHHHhhhhhHHHHHHHHhhhhhHHHHHH

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on Oct 15, 2009 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ding ding, you are correct, sir. And the “Crying Game” song is playing in the background.

by Lizziebeth on Oct 15, 2009 5:35 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

If Street didn’t walk Utley than Howard wouldn’t have mattered.

BTW, how was that Rockies guy not outside the base path when he jumped over Utley’s glove?

Here are Pujols's stats: 1.000/1.000/4.000/5.000. That's right. He is batting a thousand, with a thousand OBP (naturally), and every hit has been a home run, and thus his OPS is a perfect 5.000.

by TradeAndruw on Oct 13, 2009 10:15 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Dexter Fowler

7.08 Any runner is out when—
(a) (1) He runs more than three feet away from his baseline to avoid being tagged unless his action is to avoid interference with a fielder fielding a batted ball. A runner’s baseline is established when the tag attempt occurs and is a straight line from the runner to the base he is attempting to reach safely; or
(2) after touching first base, he leaves the baseline, obviously abandoning his effort to touch the next base;

(b) He intentionally interferes with a thrown ball; or hinders a fielder attempting to make a play on a batted ball

On the play in question, Dexter Fowler was not trying to avoid the tag.

People will come Ray. The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again.

by mvandonsel on Oct 13, 2009 2:12 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oops

But he was trying to avoid interference with a fielder fielding a batted ball. I’m not really sure he went three feet away from his baseline anyways.

You can check it out here if you missed it.

People will come Ray. The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again.

by mvandonsel on Oct 13, 2009 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I guess the Rockies didn’t go over all the video of Bobby sending Soriano out there to get crushed by Howard.

by redwards95 on Oct 13, 2009 11:40 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

WHY WHY WHY did they keep pitching him outside. I was yellin gat my TV too. The idiot that thought pitching him outside was a good idea should be shot.

by Zeus12888 on Oct 13, 2009 12:51 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

THIS.

throw the two seamer in on his hands… if you can control it he pulls it foul….but for the love of god dont let him get extended

Heyward,Hanson,and Shaffer r ready now!! Why do you think they havent signed the "right handed bat"?

by fatazfoot on Jan 7, 2009 8:59 PM EST

by Swo12bv on Oct 13, 2009 4:23 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

So, not only did the Rockies cockblock us, they advanced the Phillies by the means of sheer ignorance.

Way to blow us and you out of the water, Colorado.

'Sugar ain't poison, but sugar will kill you. Too much of a good thing. Maybe not so sweet.'
(self-appointed President of Yunel's Cartel~~~)

by Chief Noc-A-Homa on Oct 13, 2009 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

in all fariness we suck at following a scouting report on Howard as much as anyone

Heyward,Hanson,and Shaffer r ready now!! Why do you think they havent signed the "right handed bat"?

by fatazfoot on Jan 7, 2009 8:59 PM EST

by Swo12bv on Oct 13, 2009 8:43 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'll hold my nose and root for the Yankees to win over Philly or any team with Manny on it any day.

I wish there was a NL team in contention I could root for, but at this point I’m an AL fan until next year.

Sad, but true.

by NCChopper on Oct 13, 2009 1:29 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I’m with ya…although, it will be nice to say next year that we pwnd the defending WS champs…

"My team of nine guys who hit like Albert Pujols and never ever bunt just beat your team with one Shane Victorino 472 to 3."

by justincredubil02 on Oct 13, 2009 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

BWAHAHAHA! Slowly I’m getting you all to defect.
:)

(Yunel is still the Queen of Hearts)

by GoBravesNY on Oct 13, 2009 6:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

It will be VERY short-lived my friend, but gloat while you can. :-)

by NCChopper on Oct 15, 2009 3:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Phuck the Phillies (and the Yankees, for that matter)

Go Dodgers!!

'Sugar ain't poison, but sugar will kill you. Too much of a good thing. Maybe not so sweet.'
(self-appointed President of Yunel's Cartel~~~)

by Chief Noc-A-Homa on Oct 15, 2009 7:40 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

he’s going, they don’t see em, i dont beleive they don’t see em

Heyward,Hanson,and Shaffer r ready now!! Why do you think they havent signed the "right handed bat"?

by fatazfoot on Jan 7, 2009 8:59 PM EST

by Swo12bv on Oct 15, 2009 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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