2009 MLB Thread, part 2

[Raiden]

Joba, you idiot.

 

[Dark Donnie]

I'm closing my eyes with Lidge in..

 

[Bunker]

Of course Lidge picks the time when I'm actually rooting for the Phils to blow a save.

FUUUUUUUUUUU

 

[Kingfish]

The crappy season for Brad Lidge is now complete.

 

[Dark Donnie]

Nice job Lidge

 

[Raiden]

Alright! Yankees regain the lead. Rivera will likely to pitch in the 9th and it'd be the most important 3 outs of his career, or at least in the top 3.

 

[cyborg ninja 14]

And the cherry has been put on top.

 

[Bunker]

Game over. Series over.

 

[Kingfish]

Alright! Yankees regain the lead. Rivera will likely to pitch in the 9th and it'd be the most important 3 outs of his career, or at least in the top 3.

You're joking, right?

 

[Dark Donnie]

You're joking, right?

I hope so

 

[Poeman]

Man.....that was so sweet.

Of course that swing by A-Rod was so sweet.

 

[Raiden]

You're joking, right?

If Yankees win this game and go up 3-1 in the series, I do believe the Yankees will win the Series. It comes down to whether they can protect their lead against the Phillies.

 

[Raiden]

Rivera is on.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

Of course that swing by A-Rod was so sweet.

No. Joba's a bigger dick so seeing him blow the game is sweeter. At least A-Rod has talent.

 

[Kingfish]

If Yankees win this game and go up 3-1 in the series, I do believe the Yankees will win the Series. It comes down to whether they can protect their lead against the Phillies.

Oh, this series is over. The Phillies just had their backs broken. I'm talking about equating this as the most important three outs in Rivera's career. Which is absurd.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

Charlie Manuel is the goat of this game. Should have started Lee. Shouldn't have had the shift on against Teixeira.

 

[Bunker]

I can't wait until Rivera retires...

 

[Poeman]

we just witnessed a classic tonight.

 

[TMC1982]

David Maril of the Brockton (MA) Enterprise says he likes to see local announcers on the World Series TV broadcasts just like in the old days.

Personally, as much as I would like to have local announcers on the national TV broadcasts of the World Series just like in the old days, unfortunately we have to come to the realization that times change. Particularly, they change when more money is at stake to go along with all of the technological advances. Wanting local announcers to cover the World Series to me, creates a slippery slope. Would you also want local announcers to call the national television broadcast of the Super Bowl also? Besides, if you don't want to listen to the national TV broadcasts, then there's always the local radio broadcasts.

I grew up in the '80s and '90s (long after the local announcer policy ended). The baseball announcers (at least on a national level) that I would say that I revere and idolize the most are Vin Scully, Bob Costas and Al Michaels. I would say that the main problem today concerning baseball broadcasts, is the quality of the announcers (not the fact that local announcers are no longer allowed to call the World Series).

And while I agree with David Maril that Joe Buck (my main problem with him is that he sounds too emotionally detached in his baseball play-by-play) will never be a good as his father (my first real exposure/memories of Jack Buck was when he was calling baseball games with Tim McCarver on CBS TV back in the early '90s), it's unfiair to chastise Joe for not exactly sounding like Jack. I mean, if I smoked packets of Camels like Buck Sr. did in his lifetime, I would be sounding like him too.

 

[Kingfish]

Joba and Lidge exploding doesn't really equal a classic.

 

[Raiden]

Oh, this series is over. The Phillies just had their backs broken. I'm talking about equating this as the most important three outs in Rivera's career. Which is absurd.

I think it is, simply because it's been quite some time since Yankees won their last WS. Winning this WS will definitely be something special for this franchise.

 

[Poeman]

No. Joba's a bigger dick so seeing him blow the game is sweeter. At least A-Rod has talent.

Joba has talent...what makes that HR not a death blow is that it was a solo home run.
He got Werth and Ibanez look like minor leaguers.

Btw, Mark Grace is a dumbass

 

[cyborg ninja 14]

A-Rod coming through is werid.

 

[omid17]

way to blow it again Lidge

 

[Kingfish]

Never thought I'd prefer having Fuentes close games over anybody, but hey, there's always Lidge...