Giants vs. Phillies -- NLCS IST

[Fman99]

NICE DP there to keep it at 3-2, Huff stabs the line drive and doubles off the runner. Good stuff, let's get into that soft underbelly of a Phillies bullpen.

[Fman99]

Holy shit, this woman singing "God Bless America" has Decatur, Illinois on top of her fucking head. She can belt it though.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

The weird thing is, I was SO close to wearing MY neckbreaking city-diorama hat tonight. Wouldn't I have been embarrassed!

[Guest The Second Spitter]

Mutley!

[Guest Edgy DC]

Wow, a pitching change with Chase Utley coming up. You don't see that every day.

Oh, wait, you do.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Cody Ross really screwed this game for the Giants.

[G-Fafif]

Second atdhe.net feed is Fox En Espanol, almost perfectly synced, somehow, to ESPN Radio.

Or I could listen in Spanish.

[G-Fafif]

Ay caramba! Los Phillies don't lose.

[Fman99]

Boo

[Frayed Knot]

I'm not as invested in this one - rooting wise anyway - as I am in the AL series so the Philly win tonight just guarantees us NL playoff baseball into the weekend and I'm OK with that.

The AL series, on the other hand, needs to end ASAP. I want a Texas lead so big by the 2nd inning that the Yanx forfeit rather than sustain the embarrassment.

[Guest The Second Spitter]

G-Fafif wrote: Second atdhe.net feed is Fox En Espanol, almost perfectly synced, somehow, to ESPN Radio. Or I could listen in Spanish.

Shane Victorino es un gilipollas.

[HahnSolo]

Lee v. Halladay, game one at CBP Wednesday night?

[Frayed Knot]

As long as it's Lee vs somebody, somewhere I'm OK with it.

[ashie62]

Halladay has a pulled groin, hopefully his own.

[Willets Point]

Frayed Knot wrote: The AL series, on the other hand, needs to end ASAP. I want a Texas lead so big by the 2nd inning that the Yanx forfeit rather than sustain the embarrassment.

Ditto.

[Frayed Knot]

Game 6 of this series is sked for 3:30 Sat afternoon on FOX with the AL game at night ... but if this AL series ends tonight, are they going to pull one of those deals were they switch this to the night-time slot instead?

Just trying to plan my busy life.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Yes, they will move it to the night slot if/when the MFYs go home.

[Frayed Knot]

OK, now I'm all in on San Fran
Was hedging my bets thinking that Philly might be better anti-MFY venom but now that excuse it OUTTA HERE

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Yup.

[G-Fafif]

The good news: The MFYs lose...THUUUUUUHHHHHH MFYs LOSE!

The bad news: I may have just watched my last baseball game of 2010 on good, old regular television.

Go Giants, wherever I have to find you.

[Willets Point]

Was that a bench-clearing brawl before they cut to commercials?

[HahnSolo]

Unable to watch...how bad was Sanchez that he was lifted in a 2-2 game?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I missed the altercation too. Whappen?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Nonstarter. Verbal slapfight between Sanchez and Utley after some post-HBP weirdness (Sanchez hit him after walking La Cabeza Grande; ball bounced in front of Utley as he ran to first; Utley scooped it and tossed it to Sanchez; Sanchez got pissy and Utley got dismissive and cursed at him). Sanchez gave way-- by Bochy fiat, not umpire decision-- to Affeldt, who worked his way out of the two-on, nobody-out dilemma left him.

Turning out to look pretty prescient on Bochy's part.

[Willets Point]

The Phillies have the bases loaded with 2 outs and Victirino at the plate. Shut 'em down!

[Willets Point]

Whew! Weak tapper to the mound.

[bmfc1]

For those of you that can't see the game on FOX, you've missed seeing the Direct TV commercial (Direct TV is owned by FOX Corp.) of the guy shooting a dart into the neck of the movie operator... about a bazillion times.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

"Just a disgusting display of the shadiness that ensues from "vertical integration" with these big telecommunications conglomerates, and another example of FOX putting the dollar way ahead of-- oh, wait, I only get fake-righteously-indignant when a guy pretends to pull his pants down after scoring a big touchdown. Never mind."

[metsmarathon]

anybody else ever notice how uncomfortably close those two get at the open of the game? it's just plain icky.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

I'd imagine at least half of Buck's wooden demeanor is due to his attempting to simultaneously call the game and hold his breath to avoid Tim's old-man/Bryllcream-y smell.

In game action... a cheeky/cheap Renteria attempt to sell a "HBP" (really, a foul tip) is futile, and he ends up grounding into a funkily-turned 4-3 DP to end the inning/rally.

Fun, tight game so far, really.