At least they got the picture right.

After all, Utley hasn’t been the superstar we’ve needed him to be this October, and Miguel Cairo won’t be playing during this Fall Classic. I guess the next logical step could only be Rollins at second and Bruntlett at shortstop. This is all speculation, since I haven’t called Ontario’s The Globe And Mail to verify.

…Recognize the guy on the red tractor?

You should, because it’s me. Or rather a re-imagined likeness of me, as I do not smile at work, have a full head of hair and I am most certainly not made entirely of fondant.

Chef Duff Goldman from Ace of Cakes (Food Network, Thursdays, 10pm EST) came down to the farm a few weeks back to get some inspiration for a cake to commemorate Ocean Spray’s 80th anniversary. In exchange for teaching him how to harvest cranberries and kind of acting like a dick to him, he put me on the cake, reppin’ the Fightin’ Phils. The show will air in the middle of Game 2, but you can Tivo that shit if you really feel like watching me drive a tractor.

…Everyone who reads this blog and most people who don’t already know about the chick that tried to sell her ass on Craigslist for World Series tickets, but if you read about it at FOXSports.com you got the added bonus of this reader poll:

Forgot to add "Snowball Her Santa."

…Someecards is getting in on the Phillies/Yankees fun. This one in particular reminds me of some recent shenanigans on some earlier threads:

…There are some good one-on-one interviews with Charlie Manuel and Cliff Lee today at ASAP Sports.

Charlie gives his reasoning behind giving Pedro the ball in game 2 and putting Myers on the roster, and shares some anecdotes about a young CC Sabathia and his days working with Dick Pole, who isn’t relevant to this World Series but I felt like typing “Dick Pole.”

First of all, I felt like we needed — I wanted to split my lefties up, and also I felt like Pedro was the ideal guy to go in between them because of what type of pitcher he is, and his command, how he can change speeds, and the fact that he’s been here before…

I feel like with Myers’ stuff and the fact that he’s in better shape and he’s well and he’s ready to pitch, and I feel like his talent actually belongs on our staff…

Dick Pole and I — Dick Pole was my pitching coach, we wanted to look at [C.C. Sabathia] and see if he could help us. Actually the first couple times I saw him pitch I knew he could help us because he had that kind of talent…

Clifton talks about how it’s a pain in the ass to move all your stuff out of Cleveland and memorize people’s names.

The most difficult part was probably just figuring out how to get all my stuff from Cleveland back home or to Philly and get everything in order and getting to know the guys, getting to know the trainers, strength coaches, getting to know their names and remembering their names and stuff like that was the hardest part for me…

…And here are your 2009 World Series umpires: Crew chief Gerry Davis, Jeff Nelson, Brian Gorman, Mike Everitt, Dana DeMuth and Joe West.