Sugar Shane!

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Best Phils game of the postseason so far. I gotta admit, I gave up when Ryan Howard threw that ball into right field. This came after he lollygagged down to first in the first inning, where he would have been safe had he hustled. So I already had my goat picked out. But Shane Victorino made all of that irrelevant with his two run line drive homer in the 8th, followed by Matt “Beerleaguer” Stairs two run blast. It was even sweeter because the Dodgers fans have been all over Vic following Monday’s “Throw at my ribs, not my head” showdown. But as Reggie Jackson once said, “They don’t boo nobodies”, and with his postseason performance, Victorino is certinly no nobody. Oh, and the even sweeter part is that he was drafter by the Dodgers, but they didn’t call him up because they didn’t think he could hit. After the Stairs home run, Trivia Art called. He said, “I just want you to hear this.” He held the phone up to the 66,000 people in the crowd. It was the sweetest, most deafening silence I’ve ever heard.

RELATED: Jayson Stark’s take on the game.

Gutless Cowards Do Their Dirty Work at Home

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The spineless LA Dodgers decided to not retaliate for Manny being thrown behind while they were still in Philly. Doing so might have caused the Philly fans to hurt their feelings. So they waited a few days, until they got back to LA and had a 6-1 lead in Game 3. Then Kuroda threw at Victorino’s head in what was, let’s face it, the only interesting moment of Game 3. I really wouldn’t have minded if Victorino had responded by throwing his bat at Kuroda. Sorry, but a 94 mph fastball is a lethal weapon, and paybacks are a b****. What was Russell Martin crying about all night? He got hit with a 50 mph pillow and started smashing Gatorade coolers. What a team of sissy punks. And Manny showed how tough he was, going into pro wrestler histrionics with three people holding him back and no chance of a fight. What a warrior! The Phillies take on the spineless yellow cowards again tonight at 8:22.

Scoreboard, Brought to you by Breadlines

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O’NEALS

  1. Why’s the Rum Gone 96
  2. Nomads 95
  3. Whimsey McCloud 94
  4. The Upshot 84
  5. The Keating Three 77

BARDS

  1. Narcotyzing Dysfunktion 96
  2. Sofa Kingdom 91
  3. Great Depression 2: Electric Boogaloo 77
  4. These Flies Have West Nile 66
  5. Nudist Balloonists 65

LOCUST RENDEZVOUS

  1. The Jams 97
  2. Lawrence’s Last Stand 94
  3. Lead Paint: Delicious But Deadly 87
  4. OJ Stands for Offtoda Joint 85
  5. 400 Hours of Graphics 84

BLACK SHEEP

  1. Duane’s World 93
  2. Broad Street Bellies 87
  3. The Muttonchops 80
  4. Team Big Little 67
  5. Wildcard Bitches 66

GOOD DOG

  1. Invincible Ignorance 103
  2. Axis of Evil Knieval 92
  3. Lambda 82
  4. Doggoneyoubetchawink 77
  5. Where are my friends? 67

BARDS

  1. Hurtin Bombs 92
  2. Thrilla From Wasilla 75
  3. HBK 69
  4. I Put My 401 k on the Phillies 67
  5. Go Big or Go Home 59

Match of the week

No question about this one. We had several blowouts this week, but we had a thriller at the Rendezvous on Wednesday. The Jams had a terrible round two, getting only four right, but they caught fire in the fourth round, scoring 53, and edging Lawrence’s Last Stand, 97-94. It was a tough loss for the Last Stand (nee Trust Us We Know), as beloved team member Lawrence moved to San Francisco on Thursday and will no longer be on the team. Meanwhile, special acknowlegement needs to be made of Invincible Ignorance. At the Good Dog, of all places, they became the only team to crack 100 this week.