Did you know that Charlie Manuel has decided to move Jimmy Rollins to second base? Neither did anyone else. We all probably should have seen it coming.
- 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?
- From http://runnerskitchen.wordpress.com
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.
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Ha ha…..Dick Pole.
HAHA that e-card is great. Phillies in 5. Ya heard?
Also Ace of Cakes guy went to my Alma Mater (not a culinary school, so irrelevant I guess).
I’m taking Phils in seven….its gonna be a bloodbath. Btw, for the sake of the future of this website, the Phils need to win this series. If they don’t, it will be overrun all winter by Yankees fans who are living at home collecting their parents’ paychecks.
High hopes, folks.
Aw jeez Joe West has a strike zone that requires the use of a microscope to determine the outer edges…………hope he’s not behind the plate the night Cole pitches………..he may have a meltdown
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
If our second baseman and Dennis Werth show up for this series, those yankees btrr look out.
All these mistakes can’t be coincidence.
I’m guessing in New York Howard will be the DH and Utley will be put at 1st.
Charlie has said, he wants to use Raul as DH and probably Disco Francisco in left. Against righties, possibly Matt Stairs DHing and Raul staying in left.
I totally want to see Shane playing center in a cheerleader outfit, Dennis Werth in right, and Jimmy at second now. I’ll be a little disappointed when this doesn’t happen.
Also, Tug: now that you’ve met Duff, is that the first thing you have in common with Kate Gosselin, or no?
Maybe everyone could sport a patch stating their name and position so there will be no confusion to reporters from out of town. And to reassure Clifton in case there are any names he’s still unsure of.
I like to think of the spankmees as 13-time World Series losers
It’s Canada. Rollins plays second base in the Metric system.
We’re lucky they didn’t refer to Rollins as a winger.
And who exactly is THIS guy (according to the Phillies website)?
Tug if you were made of fondant I would eat you.