Hey, I just posted my top 10 Moments of the 2008 Phillies season on Philliesphever.com. Head on over and check it out, and post some of your favorite moments from a season none of us will forget for the rest of our natural lives HOLY S*** WE JUST WON THE F****** WORLD SERIES!!!!!!!! Sorry. Got a little carried away.
Author: aetchells
The Philadelphia Phillies are Champions of the Baseball World
I ran into a friend of mine on Broad last night who said, “This is the best night of my life. And I’ve been married and had a daughter.” I cried shortly before I went to bed at 5 a.m. and I cried a little again a few minutes ago reading about Charlie, and I’ll probably cry again during the parade. I know I’m not from here originally, but I have been a sports fan since I was 5 years old, and have never gotten to be a part of anything like this either. This is exalting. The raging hangover I have will go away. The night I had last night will not. And the parade is going to be magnificent. More to come.
Writing over at PhilliesPhever.com
Sorry I’ve been a little slack on here lately, but I’ve been doing a fair amount of writing over on philliesphever.com (I mean, I’m getting paid to write about the World Series. I gotta be honest, it doesn’t get much cooler than that.) So come on over and join me at Philliesphever.com. The water’s warm. And as far as Alf Landon contests and regularly scheduled quizzos and all that, I promise things will start to get back to normal following this Series and the election. But for now, the hell with normal. It’s a crazy wonderful time to be alive. I just wish Alf Landon could be here to enjoy it with us.
Corporate Quizzo for Charity
There is going to be a Quizzo Fund Raiser next Friday night (November 7th) at the Racquet Club at 16th and Locust. It is $500 a team to sign up, BUT LISTEN UP BEFORE YOU SAY THAT IS WAY TOO MUCH MONEY.
1) That includes beer, wine, and hors d’oevres.
2) You may have up to 10 people on your team (so essentially $50 a pop, with food and drink included)
3) All of the proceeds are going to a good cause. That’s why I agreed to do this, because it was something I support. It is the Temple University MBA and MS Student Association Scholarship, which is awarded to the Philadelphia High School Student who has demonstrated academic excellence but needs economic help to attend the University.
4) It will trick people into thinking that you’re classy.
5) I will have some tickets to give away next week, so I’ll keep you updated on that as well.
The Plan for Tonight
We are going to have quizzo tonight at the Locust Rendeavous. I am going to start promptly at 6:15 and try to be done by 7:30. I was there on Monday and it was already a zoo by 7:30, so I’m gonna try to get this thing moving. Of course, the advantage of playing quizzo tonight is that you can claim the cherry spots in the bar for the game. Black Sheep quizzo is cancelled tonight. We’ll resume there next week. Hope to see ya tonight!
Holy Cow! It’s That Time Again!
I’ve been so caught up in Phillies madness that I almost forgot that it was time for our annual tradition: The 6th annual Halloween Spooktacular! Yes, all of this week’s questions will be all about ghosts, goblins, killers, and monsters. And we’ll have plenty of candy. Needless to say, we are kind of at the whim of Major League baseball in terms of when we will be playing this week, but there are definitely Spooktaculars tonight. So come on out to O’Neals at 8 p.m. and the Bards at 10:15 p.m. and play the 6th annual JGT Halloween Spooktacular…if you dare. Braw-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!!!!
Question of the Week
This female moved from Norway to America in 1881, and commenced the killing of her husbands, her children, and her suitors, ostensibly to collect their life insurance. Who was she?
It’s On
In an effort not to disturb Tuesday night quizzo, Bud Selig has decided to postpone tonight’s strange game conclusion. So we are on. O’Neals at 8 p.m. Bards at 10:15 p.m.
Bud Selig to Decide Whether or Not We Have Quizzo Tonight
A decision will be made about quizzo this afternoon. Obviously, Bud Selig isn’t as worried about the weather as he is about how much his decision will affect quizzo, so he is weighing his decision heavily. He has promised to inform me this afternoon. In the meantime read the column I wrote over on philliesphever.com titled “Yeah, It Got Delayed. Get Over It.”
UPDATE: Yes, we will have quizzo tonight.
By they way, my prediction is: resume play on Thursday, travel to Tampa (if necessary) and the next two games would be on Friday and Saturday.
The World Series Chronicles: Game 3
The plan on Saturday night was to watch at the ‘Vous with a bunch of friends. As I walked to the Locust, the rain began to pour. The discussion of doing The Unthinkable quickly came up. I said to no-one in particular. “You know, if ever you’re going to a Phils World Series game, tonight is the night. Tickets are going to be dirt cheap, relatively speaking.” Everybody was hemming and hawing about it. Garbo said, “If you go, I’m in.” I continued to mull over it. I felt confident we could get a cheap ticket, and the later they pushed the start time back, the better our chances would be. All the Phils fans would stay at the ballpark, but the corporate suits sure as hell weren’t going to get their heads wet. So there would be seats. Finally, my buddy Jon texted me from a nearby bar. “Let’s go down there. Tickets will be cheap.” That was it. I was all in. “F*** it,” I wrote back. “Let’s do it.”
I looked up from my phone and asked around, “I’m going down there. Who’s in?”. Garbo said with no hesitation, “I am.” Nobody else was felt like leaving friendly confines to go on a strange adventure in the cold rain. So Garbo and I marched out like soldiers off to War, knowing that we had stormed off too cockily to return, even if we didn’t score tickets. Jon called back, and said he had changed his mind and was out. Garbo and I sloshed through the rain to the subway, and hopped on board.