Nov
04
Some pregame reading material you might enjoy
ByEveryone is probably overanxious for tonight’s first pitch. We’ll get the ceremonial one by none other than Scott Brosius, and then Andy Pettitte will throw the official one a few minutes later. But between then and now, you might want to fill your time with some reading material. It just so happens that Jay at Fack Youk has been on fire today, so I’ll defer to him for this post.
- First, to get warmed up, check out what a psychologist has to say about parents who teach their kids to hate the Yankees. I found the article last night, and Jay provided the appropriate commentary. My personal favorite: “If all else fails, remind your kids that the Phillies won the World Series in 2008 and that the Yankees have not won a championship since 2000.” On another note, I kind of like that everyone hates the Yankees. So please, parents, continue as you were.
- There’s been plenty of talk about Chase Utley’s prospects of winning the World Series MVP even if his team loses. It sounds wrong, but it’s not without precedent. Bobby Richardson won the MVP in 1960 even though the Yankees lost to the Pirates. Jay examines the case of Richardson and why he won the MVP. Turns out it might have been a procedural glitch that doesn’t exist any more. If the Yankees win, I expect a Yankees MVP.
- Finally, for the main event, Jay schools Mike Lupica in the art of hindsight. Lupica, like most sportswriters, often falls victim to the post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy. Someone needs to call him out on it. Unfortunately, I refuse to read a word the man writes, so I’m glad Jay took care of it.
Is it 7:57 yet?
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genius.
I’m scared…yet intrigued.
I’m scared…yet
intriguedaroused.Fixed!
I will neither confirm nor deny this.
Horse-gag?
Awesome.
Weeping. Tears.
So Kate Hudson = Catherine the Great?
This is going to be horrible when the season is over… months of waiting weekly for football. Days off in baseball are hard enough. 27 outs away from the 27th championship. Does anyone else have this pit feeling that Pettitte is going to dominate tonight?
Not I
It’s cuz he’s white, isn’t it?
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Shocking. I am shocked. I did not see that coming.
Hope Wyatt Earp is in the house tonight.
How many baseball blogs drop the Latin?
Beautiful. I love you guys.
You have to be a special kind of stupid to wait until the team is one win away from their first World Series in 9 years to start complaining about their lack of a #4 starter.
That’s awesome.
I honestly want the yanks to lose. Game 7 would be fucking sweet
You know what else would be fucking sweet? Winning the World Series.
yes it would
Raising children to hate the Yankees is probably more successful than raising children to believe in God. But not by much, I imagine.
Ha ha … I like your comment on Lupica. I think the guy is still a fool, but I can’t confirm that because I won’t read anything he writes anymore either.
So, where are we rioting? Bronx? Times Square?
Pardon me for asking this, but why the motherfuck would I want to see a video of fucking Red Sox fans fucking “rioting” after some bullshit win over the fucking A’s?
Fuck, man.
I want to apologize for my outburst. I am not responsible for anything I do in the next 48 hours.
Thurgood: THIS MONEY IS NOT FOR SPENDING, ALRIGHT? IT’S FOR SAVING!!! KENNY’S SWEET, VIRGIN ASS, MAN!!
(puffs)
I’m sorry for yelling.
If anybody can get it done tonight…it’s going to be Andy Pettitte. With the most innings in post season history…he’s seen every quite a few scenarios…he know’s what to do.
THE ANDY MAN CAN!!!
Sweet God. One win away.
Heh to the Richardson article. Essentially the voters blew their load too early, and so while they love giving scrappy guys the WS MVP, the preference with precedence is a player from the winning side.
I don’t feel like there’s (or should be) a lot of difference between the MVP for the regular season and the WS MVP. Even if the team loses, someone can have a more individually valuable performance, overall.
I mean, without Utley, CC may not have given up anything in game 1, may have gone 8, etc etc…we may not even be playing this game 6.
If they want to limit the recipients to only those from the champion squad, then change the name of the award. Most Valuable Player. Not most success from a surprising player.
If Johnny Damon has a good game tonight he’s the MVP. Unless of course A-Rod goes all Reggie Jackson game 6 of the ’77 series tonight
Interesting story on Richardson. I still remember that damn ball bouncing up to hit Kubek in the throat. Supposedly Forbes Field had a terribly maintained infield, and it hit a pebble.
Great stuff from Jay at Fack Youk.
I don’t believe there is any way that Utley wins MVP if the Yanks win tonight. The award to Richardson seems to be a fluke based on the timing of the votes and the fact that the favored Yanks were ahead and had outplayed the Pirates by a huge margin.
Do you know I was sitting next to HeyDicky Matsui at a Giant’s game and two 10 year old boys came up and quietly asked him for his autograph. He looked down at them and said, “No” and looked away. When Ass-Rod moved to the city he stayed in a hotel. He walked around with a major league chip on his shoulder and was so cheap he didn’t tip anyone. Johnny Damon, well, look what he did while his wife was giving birth. These are the people you are cheering for. It’s really sad.