Baseball: October 2009 Archives

Cliff Lee shut down the Mercenaries Yankees, and Chase Utley treated The House That Exorbitant Cable Fees Built like his own personal Southern marriage and the Phillies won Game 1 of the World Series.

Granted, I'm not a huge Phillies fan, but the team seems to be full of good guys and hell, I'd root for a team full of cracked-crazed murderers over the Yankees. Besides, I'm a National League guy anyway.

There are a couple of shots of a very nonchalant Cliff lee catch I'd like to pass along. Check 'em out.

Granted, it is only one game, but a quote from this recap tells the tale:

They call it a long series, but Lee just shortened it. If he's going to be Beckett, or Schilling, or Morris, he just shortened it a lot.

A couple of more notes on the Yankees. Turns out that on top of gouging their fans for seats, they also like to jerk their fans around as to whether tickets are available or not.

And then there's this priceless image of Mayor Bloomberg "enjoying the game":

Up next, the possible restoration of the Legend of Pedro Rodriguez.

Yes, the Phillies may yet lose the whole damn thing, but today feels good.

Even when the Yankees are winning, the umpires can't help but to fall over themselves and make shitty calls that benefit the Yankees.

I swear, if it isn't some kid actively interfering with the game, it's the umps.

Typical Yankees. It isn't enough to try to hire enough mercenary players to win on account of having a payroll equal to at least two of your opponents' combined, now their aging "ace" closer is conjuring spitballs.

I'd say I was surprised but there isn't a Yankee Hater in this country who is.

I've always been confused by how Miguel Cabrera ended up going from the Marlins to the Tigers. I mean, sure, it was a good trade and all, but seriously, look at the guy.

He's moderately gifted and looks smug. How could he NOT end up with the Yankees?

Turns out he just wasn't ready. Now he's a professional drunk who is a shitty dad and beats his wife to boot. Plus, accordingly to events in August,e likes to demean and threaten to beat overweight teenagers.

Yep, I'm sure he'll be wearing pinstripes and playing with Jeter's balls any day now.

You know, I wasn't even a huge Ted Williams fan, but this is NOT how you treat the dead, even those dumb enough to have their skulls lopped off and plopped in a deep freeze.

Time is focusing on the death of Detroit and hoping to find stories of rebirth as well.

They even include some really, really depressing photos.

I heard about the project on Here and Now today so check out the interview.

As a bonus, ESPN is carrying a story on the Tigers making it to the playoffs and that is inspiring their fans to hope for better things, as sports at it's best will do.