Major League Baseball 2009

[Colonel Flagg]

Good game and outcome for the Twins. Congratulations, WR. Good luck against the Yanks!

[Colonel Flagg]

Jeez, but that was a nail-biter. I'm still not ready to feel comfortable with "Light's out" Lidge in the game, but with 2 on and 2 out to get the K on one of Colorado's most dangerous hitters, ... well, I'm cautiously optimistic. Bring on the Dodgers.

[Colonel Flagg]

Am I the only one still interested in the baseball playoffs?

[Pentegarn]

I think you are the only one who still has his team in it with a realistic chance at winning

[Colonel Flagg]

No Yankees fans amonst us sports groupies? Now that's hard to believe!

[Pentegarn]

It's hip to hate the Yankees, didn't you know?

[Colonel Flagg]

Tell that to the die-hards at work!

[Pentegarn]

You work, in Philly, with Yankee fans?

And they haven't somehow been killed by Philly residents?

[Colonel Flagg]

And we have Cowboy fans here too! We call them cockroaches.

[sspadowsky]

I was so disgusted by the half-assed play put on by the Cardinals that I haven't paid attention to baseball since about the 7th inning of the game in which they were eliminated. They all looked completely lost and confused. They were way too good of a team to be so shitty for the last month. Good luck to everyone but the fucking Yankees.

[Pentegarn]

Originally Posted by sspadowsky

Good luck to everyone but the fucking Yankees.

See? Everyone hates the Yankees here, including me. But I earned my hatred honestly from back when there was just an east and west and the Tigers were looking up at them a lot

[Colonel Flagg]

I hate all teams from Los Angeles and New York. It's part of my heritage.

Plus Dallas. Always Dallas.

[Colonel Flagg]

Originally Posted by sspadowsky

I was so disgusted by the half-assed play put on by the Cardinals that I haven't paid attention to baseball since about the 7th inning of the game in which they were eliminated.

I'm sorry for your loss, SS. I was pulling for them until the end - a Cards/Phils NLCS would have been AWESOME. Manny

[Geggy]

Originally Posted by Colonel Flagg

Am I the only one still interested in the baseball playoffs?

I'm still watching the postseasons even though the depleted red sox are out.. Couple of match ups in CLS are too good that it can't be missed.

I watched game 2 of NLCS. LA clearly didn't beat Phillies, The Phillies beat themselves especially late in the game. Their offense lacked consistency today against a former Philly whose era was 4.56. Nice to see Pedro back in top form although he's not the same Pedro of the old. He lacked speed but was more deceptive in his pitching sequences.

Yankees suck!! I have my reasons and it goes way back to the early 80's.

[Colonel Flagg]

Originally Posted by Geggy

Yankees suck!! I have my reasons and it goes way back to the early 80's.

You're a Sox fan - it's in your blood.

My big takeaway from game 1 was that Pedro Martinez can still pitch. How does that taste, Omar? (EB - what's the word from the Big Apple? Does Omar fear for his livelihood? For your sake, I hope so.)

[Colonel Flagg]

Holy Jesus Christ. Do you think they could have made that one any more exciting? Makes up for last night.

JRoll!

[Colonel Flagg]

The Angels victory was also exciting. I especially loved the 8th inning baserunning goof by Bobby Abreu.

[Pentegarn]

Just wish they had been faster about their win, I was waiting for House dammit! :P

[Pentegarn]

5 home runs so far. You got less a baseball game and more a cannon fire fight going out there Colonel

[Colonel Flagg]

As long as the Phils score more runs than the Dodgers, I don't give a rat's ass.

Chan Ho Park looks fired up.

EDIT: Last count is 6, with Victorino's 2 run dinger in the bottom of the 6th.

[Colonel Flagg]

7 homers in all, not including Victorino's ground rule double that would have been a homer were it not for some bonehead in right-center field.

Ugliest game I've ever seen to end a playoff series. But I'll take it.

[Pentegarn]

Grats Colonel. I'll be rooting for the Phillies when the Yankees inevitably play them in the World Series

[Colonel Flagg]

Back to the Bronx for game 6. Can the Angels stage a "Sox-worthy" comeback?

[Geggy]

I hope so. I'm hoping for a repeat of 2004 alcs. The angels-yanks series has been so fucking tedious for number of reasons. A lot of close games, too many bad calls by umps (ie. the now infamous call at third that should've been a double play), and I want the yankees to lose. I'm actually excited for the phillies. Given that the angels lose, the phillies is a team that's most definitely capable of embarrassing the yankees cuz that's the only thing I want out of this postseason.

[Pentegarn]

And for the next couple weeks, everyone at i-mockery sports forum is a Philly fan :P