Oh Yea...Philadelphia Won the World Series

Has there been a more unmemorable World Series in recent years than the one witnessed this past week and a half?

Okay, maybe no one remembers the White Sox/Houston World Series either, myself included (and I'm from Chicago!) but I mean, Philadelphia and Tampa Bay? Really?

Bad umpiring, bad weather and bad play don't really add up to much of an October classic thriller.

It would have at least been bearable to watch if the Rays had made a series out of it instead of an all too familiar collapse of a team that dominated during the regular season. (Yes I'm still bitter over my Cubbies)

A Rays win yesterday surely would have sparked the interest of uninterested fans around the country because after all were they not the team everyone not a Philly fan was rooting for?

The Rays, the over achieving, second to last in payroll, Tampa Bay Rays, could have made something of this series. Instead we're left with an MLB Word Series Champion that not many people will remember in a couple of years.

Having said all that, Congratulations to the Philadelphia Phillies.

Sack Up

When I was growing up in Seattle, where it rains every single day between the months of October and April, we constantly played through wet and rainy conditions. Pitchers learned how to use the rain for their slurve balls and fast base runners perfected the splash-slide, where you slide directly into a puddle and splash the muddy water into the fielder or catcher's face.

So obviously I was disappointed to see that Major League Baseball aka Bud Selig suspended World Series game five after the top of the sixth inning. His prayers were answered when the Rays tied the game in the top of the sixth, thus enabling him to call the game off with a tied score.

But if they were going to suspend the game, then why did they ever start it? They knew it was going to be pouring down rain (every forecast in the world said that a rain storm was hitting the entire east coast), yet they played anyways. Basically the league screwed the Phillies over because now they can't use Hamels again and the entire world series is coming down to three-and-a-half innings of bullpen pitching.

Hi, I'm an idiot.


Hamels has lost his quest to become the first pitcher to ever win five games in a post season and the Rays have new life, although they're facing a Philadelphia bullpen that has been a killer in the playoffs.

I'm hoping the Rays take advantage of this situation but I have a feeling that the Phillies will close out whenever they resume this game. The forecast for tonight in Philly is more showers, so I doubt they'll try to start the game -- or maybe they will. Bud has always proved to baffle us baseball fans with his questionable decisions.

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