As you may or may not know by now, the Dutch baseball team scored an amazing upset victory over the Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic last night. Team DR was comprised of some of the best-known and most talented players in professional baseball, including David Ortiz, Pedro Martinez, Adrian Beltre, and so on. Even wihout A-Rod available, the Dominicans should have cruised easily to the next round.

The Dutch had… Sidney Ponson. Right. To reiterate, this was without question an upset of mammoth proportions.

Another player on the losing squad was Jose Reyes, one of The Fightins favorite Metropolitan punching bags. His in-your-face showmanship, especially when employed against our boys, merely serves to heighten the schadenfreude Philly fans experience when New York suffers its seemingly inevitable annual meltdown.

I have little else to add, except… boy, do those uniforms look awfully familiar.

Oh, and HHR may have found the reason the DR lost.  Reyes fuckin jinxed ‘em.

I know I’m a couple days late on this, but frankly, I don’t give a shit.

When I first saw the quotes, they were so boring to me that I couldn’t muster up the energy to post about it. But now that I’ve seen the video, I just had to embed it for prosperity’s sake.

This is the funniest 50 seconds of footage I’ve seen this year:

You sure you’re not worried, Jose? Cause it kinda sounds like you’re worried.

For more on this subject, I suggest you follow along to this surprisingly entertaining and informative blog written by a Phillies fan and a Mets fan: We’re the Team to Beat

After celebratory jaggov Jose Reyes launched a 3-run shot in the sixth inning and did his tired handshake routine with his teammates, the usually mild-mannered Chris Wheeler gave him a piece of his mind:

Seriously Jose, I know it’s a big game against your division rival and you haven’t been in sole possession of first place since April, but calm down a bit little buddy. It was the sixth fucking inning.

Phils radio announcer Larry Anderson had the same idea as Wheels after Reyes’ shenanigans, but his was a little more violent. I’ll try and get that audio later…

UPDATE: Well, Enrico over at The Level beat me to it. Go listen to the Larry Anderson audio where he says, “Somebody outta put one in [Reyes'] neck… acting like he just won the World Series.” [The 700 Level]

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