Comments on: Baseball roundup http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/11/baseball-roundup/ Lollards in the high church of low culture Tue, 29 May 2012 02:19:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Martin http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/11/baseball-roundup/#comment-658282 Martin Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:40:19 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=16008#comment-658282 Wow. Of course I know that bar. That is a sweet memory! Wow. Of course I know that bar. That is a sweet memory!

]]> By: logged out Tracer Hand http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/11/baseball-roundup/#comment-658272 logged out Tracer Hand Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:31:55 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=16008#comment-658272 You're right.. Posada actually was a Yankee then but he barely played, and didn't play in the 1996 Series. I clearly remember walking through the door of the Coffee Shop Bar on Union Square at the exact moment the Yankees won that Series. The TV was positioned right above the door. I opened the door and saw an entire room full of people, faces lit up at the exact moment that anticipation turns into sheer exultation, all looking at an invisible spot somewhere just above my head before bursting into sheer pandemonium. I've always thought that was 1997! You’re right.. Posada actually was a Yankee then but he barely played, and didn’t play in the 1996 Series.

I clearly remember walking through the door of the Coffee Shop Bar on Union Square at the exact moment the Yankees won that Series. The TV was positioned right above the door. I opened the door and saw an entire room full of people, faces lit up at the exact moment that anticipation turns into sheer exultation, all looking at an invisible spot somewhere just above my head before bursting into sheer pandemonium. I’ve always thought that was 1997!

]]> By: Martin http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/11/baseball-roundup/#comment-658239 Martin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:20:13 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=16008#comment-658239 Obligatory baseball nerd corrections: the Yanks' first title in this run was in 1996, I'm not sure Posada was on that team at all, and Pettitte's name has four T's in it. Other than that, good stuff -- carry on! Obligatory baseball nerd corrections: the Yanks’ first title in this run was in 1996, I’m not sure Posada was on that team at all, and Pettitte’s name has four T’s in it. Other than that, good stuff — carry on!

]]> By: Tracer Hand http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/11/baseball-roundup/#comment-658217 Tracer Hand Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:17:52 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=16008#comment-658217 As much as I loathe Curt Schilling with a white-hot hate, he did get off one immortal line about the Yankees' vaunted aura and mystique: "Aura? Mystique? Sounds like the names of a couple of strippers to me." As much as I loathe Curt Schilling with a white-hot hate, he did get off one immortal line about the Yankees’ vaunted aura and mystique: “Aura? Mystique? Sounds like the names of a couple of strippers to me.”

]]> By: Mark M http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/11/baseball-roundup/#comment-658213 Mark M Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:38:59 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=16008#comment-658213 I've been finding it hard to choose an allegiance here: the Yankees are the Yankees, and thus both a megalith with ridiculous spending ability and now all the thousand buck seats and yet also a team with all the history in the world and for every pricely acquired Sabathia (with his admirable belly), a carefully nurtured kid like Cano. On the other hand, the Phillies can't really be underdogs because they're the defending champs, and they're not a very likable bunch, with Charlie Manuel's Gumpisms as near as they get to charm. Oh well, it looks like it'll end with me undecided. I’ve been finding it hard to choose an allegiance here: the Yankees are the Yankees, and thus both a megalith with ridiculous spending ability and now all the thousand buck seats and yet also a team with all the history in the world and for every pricely acquired Sabathia (with his admirable belly), a carefully nurtured kid like Cano. On the other hand, the Phillies can’t really be underdogs because they’re the defending champs, and they’re not a very likable bunch, with Charlie Manuel’s Gumpisms as near as they get to charm. Oh well, it looks like it’ll end with me undecided.

]]> By: logged out Tracer Hand http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/11/baseball-roundup/#comment-658202 logged out Tracer Hand Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:26:47 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=16008#comment-658202 Given Cole Hamels' statement that he can't wait for this season to end, I would be shocked if he got the ball for Game 7 (if there is a Game 7). And Cliff Lee can pitch through anything - in 2005 Spring Training he had the flu but still shut out the Royals for seven innings (I know, but still) before he came out of the game to vomit in the tunnel behind the clubhouse. Given Cole Hamels’ statement that he can’t wait for this season to end, I would be shocked if he got the ball for Game 7 (if there is a Game 7). And Cliff Lee can pitch through anything – in 2005 Spring Training he had the flu but still shut out the Royals for seven innings (I know, but still) before he came out of the game to vomit in the tunnel behind the clubhouse.

]]> By: Simon http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/11/baseball-roundup/#comment-658173 Simon Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:43:04 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=16008#comment-658173 Pedro should beat Pettite on short rest, which tees up CC to take the final win. Though if I was Manuel, I would definitely play Cliff Lee in game 7 to set up a great battle to end a fantastic series. Pedro should beat Pettite on short rest, which tees up CC to take the final win. Though if I was Manuel, I would definitely play Cliff Lee in game 7 to set up a great battle to end a fantastic series.

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