Showing posts with label MLB Playoffs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MLB Playoffs. Show all posts
Friday, October 16, 2009
Odd Decision
Can anyone explain to me the rationale of playing Game 2 of the NLCS at 3:07 CST on a Friday? Don't get me wrong, that just means I have something to do besides work, and something to listen to on the radio besides local sports talk, but I just find it strange. As far as I can remember, they haven't played a day game in the LCS or World Series in years and years. I know they used to, but it has been a really long time. Also, why play the game in LA in the afternoon? That game is starting at 1 p.m. in L.A. It sucks for people there with, I dunno, jobs. Good chance to play hooky I guess. Go Dodgers.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
F#ck The Twins
Great game yesterday, that I saw none of because I had shit to do. Did anyone else realize that the Twinkies have won FIVE division titles in 8 years?!?!? Does anyone deserve happiness less than people from Minnesota? (Perhaps FIBs, I'll give you that). As much as it pains me, I am contractually obligated based on my agreements with (Sports Bottle's) god and Satan (He Who Shall Not Be Named) to root against whomever plays the Yankees in the playoffs. Here are the postseason baseball rooting rules in case you didn't know. This comes from a Brewers fan who has had almost nothing to cheer for after August 1st in his entire life.
1) Always root for your team if they are in it. Never root "for" another team, only root against teams.
2) Once your team is out, root against the 1)Yankees, 1a)Cubs, 2)Red Sox and 3)Twins in that order. So essentially it breaks down like this:
- If the Yankees are in it, you root against them no matter what. If they play the Cubs, you root for an explosion that kills both teams and their fans.
- You root against the Red Sox unless they are playing the Cubs or Yankees.
- You root against the Twins unless they are playing the Red Sox, Cubs or Yankees.
3) If the above four are gone, pick a large market team, a divisional rival, or a team with lots of past success to root against. The Dodgers, Mets, Angels, Cards, Phillies fit in nicely here.
Follow these rules and you will be hanging on every pitch in the post season. Rooting against the Yankees is spectacular, especially when drinking. I remember the year I was a huge Angels fan because they played the Twins and I was going to school in La Crosse and there were a lot of people from Minnesota there. I remember where I was when I saw Luis Gonzalez (who was definitely not on steroids) hit that bloop over Jeter's head to win the world series. I remember when I was living in Omaha being a gigantic Marlins fan during the Bartman series against the Cubs because any state without a baseball team from the midwest is automatically a gigantic Cubs town, which is fucking annoying.
This year, the first round rooting interests are as follows: Twins over Yankees, Angels over Red Sox, Rockies over Phillies, Cardinals over Dodgers (in a very close one).
MY NOT COMMITTING SUICIDE EVEN THOUGH I DESPERATELY WANTED TO GAME RECAP:
-We didn't block anyone.
-A-Rodg held onto the ball too long at times.
-Donald Lee can't catch.
-He Who Shall Not Be Named has been standing untouched in the pocket for two days looking for and finding an open receiver.
-He Who Shall Not Be Named deserves some credit for not sucking (much of which is due to the fact that he had all day to throw and nobody covered any receivers all day)
-That being said, I would still rather have A-Rodg, and it isn't close.
-Derrick Martin should be flipping burgers tomorrow.
-Are we sure that Chilly didn't invade McCarthy's body on that 1st quarter challenge?
-The offense moved the ball despite the sacks and penalties
-The run defense looked great.
- Overall, at 2-2 the season isn't over. I expected 3-1, and I expected to lose that game. It is hard to be super disappointed.
-I think I caught H1N1 from semen being splashed by either Gruden or He Who Shall Not Be Named when Gruden was giving him head. Madden hates He Who Shall Not Be Named compared to Gruden. It was incredible, and annoying.
-I think what pissed me off the most about the coverage (other than the fact that His name was mentioned approximately 1.3 million times, including non-stop when the Packers had the ball), was the camera feeds from "He Who Shall Not Be Named's Steakhouse". It was a total fucking joke for a number of reasons. First, nobody fucking goes there to watch Packer games. OF COURSE there was going to be a couple of jackasses in Viking jerseys watching the game there. It painted an unfair picture of Green Bay like there are 50% of people walking around wearing He Who Shall Not Be Named Viking jerseys. There are like six people in Green Bay that would wear that shit, and they were all at He Who Shall Not Be Named's Steakhouse. So that really, really pissed me off. That and them constantly showing that bitch Deanna and His slut daughter.
- If the next game could be treated just as a Packer-Viking game, I would now be fine with Him playing QB for the Vikings. Doesn't mean I hate him any less, or that He is ever welcome back, but I think part of the difficulty was the initial shock, etc. Now he is a Viking forever, and I'm no longer personally offended. I just will never acknowledge him by name, and people should not ever think of Him as a Packer again.
I suppose I should work now.
1) Always root for your team if they are in it. Never root "for" another team, only root against teams.
2) Once your team is out, root against the 1)Yankees, 1a)Cubs, 2)Red Sox and 3)Twins in that order. So essentially it breaks down like this:
- If the Yankees are in it, you root against them no matter what. If they play the Cubs, you root for an explosion that kills both teams and their fans.
- You root against the Red Sox unless they are playing the Cubs or Yankees.
- You root against the Twins unless they are playing the Red Sox, Cubs or Yankees.
3) If the above four are gone, pick a large market team, a divisional rival, or a team with lots of past success to root against. The Dodgers, Mets, Angels, Cards, Phillies fit in nicely here.
Follow these rules and you will be hanging on every pitch in the post season. Rooting against the Yankees is spectacular, especially when drinking. I remember the year I was a huge Angels fan because they played the Twins and I was going to school in La Crosse and there were a lot of people from Minnesota there. I remember where I was when I saw Luis Gonzalez (who was definitely not on steroids) hit that bloop over Jeter's head to win the world series. I remember when I was living in Omaha being a gigantic Marlins fan during the Bartman series against the Cubs because any state without a baseball team from the midwest is automatically a gigantic Cubs town, which is fucking annoying.
This year, the first round rooting interests are as follows: Twins over Yankees, Angels over Red Sox, Rockies over Phillies, Cardinals over Dodgers (in a very close one).
MY NOT COMMITTING SUICIDE EVEN THOUGH I DESPERATELY WANTED TO GAME RECAP:
-We didn't block anyone.
-A-Rodg held onto the ball too long at times.
-Donald Lee can't catch.
-He Who Shall Not Be Named has been standing untouched in the pocket for two days looking for and finding an open receiver.
-He Who Shall Not Be Named deserves some credit for not sucking (much of which is due to the fact that he had all day to throw and nobody covered any receivers all day)
-That being said, I would still rather have A-Rodg, and it isn't close.
-Derrick Martin should be flipping burgers tomorrow.
-Are we sure that Chilly didn't invade McCarthy's body on that 1st quarter challenge?
-The offense moved the ball despite the sacks and penalties
-The run defense looked great.
- Overall, at 2-2 the season isn't over. I expected 3-1, and I expected to lose that game. It is hard to be super disappointed.
-I think I caught H1N1 from semen being splashed by either Gruden or He Who Shall Not Be Named when Gruden was giving him head. Madden hates He Who Shall Not Be Named compared to Gruden. It was incredible, and annoying.
-I think what pissed me off the most about the coverage (other than the fact that His name was mentioned approximately 1.3 million times, including non-stop when the Packers had the ball), was the camera feeds from "He Who Shall Not Be Named's Steakhouse". It was a total fucking joke for a number of reasons. First, nobody fucking goes there to watch Packer games. OF COURSE there was going to be a couple of jackasses in Viking jerseys watching the game there. It painted an unfair picture of Green Bay like there are 50% of people walking around wearing He Who Shall Not Be Named Viking jerseys. There are like six people in Green Bay that would wear that shit, and they were all at He Who Shall Not Be Named's Steakhouse. So that really, really pissed me off. That and them constantly showing that bitch Deanna and His slut daughter.
- If the next game could be treated just as a Packer-Viking game, I would now be fine with Him playing QB for the Vikings. Doesn't mean I hate him any less, or that He is ever welcome back, but I think part of the difficulty was the initial shock, etc. Now he is a Viking forever, and I'm no longer personally offended. I just will never acknowledge him by name, and people should not ever think of Him as a Packer again.
I suppose I should work now.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Vegas Baseball Schedule (If Necessary)
Thurs. Game 5 ALCS
Fri. Game 6 NLCS
Sat. Game 6 ALCS, Game 7 NLCS (How fucking cool would this day be?)
Sun. Game 7 NLCS
This has to be the exact weekend I went to Vegas the last time and came up engaged. We watched Game 6 of Yankees-Red Sox in the hotel room and Game 7 in the airport. In 2004.
Fri. Game 6 NLCS
Sat. Game 6 ALCS, Game 7 NLCS (How fucking cool would this day be?)
Sun. Game 7 NLCS
This has to be the exact weekend I went to Vegas the last time and came up engaged. We watched Game 6 of Yankees-Red Sox in the hotel room and Game 7 in the airport. In 2004.
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