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For the Phillies, that was their ninth inning.

The only time the ball left the infield was when the Rays' catcher uncorked a throw into center field following a wild pitch.

And I loved the 5-man infield employed by Joe Maddon.

This has been a weird World Series. I can't remember the last time so many runs were manufactured from groundouts and bunts.

Jeemie --

I was so worried after that blown call at first. And I was really disappointed that Jamie Moyer didn't get the win because he's such a great guy and the whole played-hooky-to-see-the-1980-parade angle.

A couple things from the Comcast post-game show that I thought were funny.....

Tim McGraw was there tonight. He did a pre-game presentation to Boys and Girls Clubs. Then, Leslie Geudel said, it looked like he patted the mound. Here, he had some of Tug's ashes and he put them on the mound for good luck for the Phillies.

Mitch Williams said that, when the Rays came back to make it 4-3, a couple of Rays fans were talking smack. The Phillies fans they were ragging ahd to tell them that the tags were still hanging from their brand-new jerseys.

kayrharris wrote:Isn't wonderful when you have to say up past 1AM to see the
end of a ballgame? I take it TLAF probably didn't make it to the end.

Actually, kay, TLAF did make it to the end.



She's not missing one second of this World Series.

mellytu74 wrote:

kayrharris wrote:Isn't wonderful when you have to say up past 1AM to see the
end of a ballgame? I take it TLAF probably didn't make it to the end.

Actually, kay, TLAF did make it to the end.



She's not missing one second of this World Series.

Bless her heart! She is a die hard fan. Give her a hug for me, would you?

Heck, I'm just hitting my stride at 1:47 in the morning......

lb13

Jeemie wrote:For the Phillies, that was their ninth inning.

The only time the ball left the infield was when the Rays' catcher uncorked a throw into center field following a wild pitch.

And I loved the 5-man infield employed by Joe Maddon.

This has been a weird World Series. I can't remember the last time so many runs were manufactured from groundouts and bunts.

Only thing better would be to have seen an around-the-horn triple play to end the threat.

I also guess that every manager is going to rag their third basemen and catchers to practice throws to the plate from on the line in force-out situations, as part of that darn working on fundamentals in spring training. Except that I am not sure what the fundamental should be; I don't see Evan's alley-oop toss over the runner working, nor can I see many catchers stretching far-enough like a first baseman to offer a good target, and you dont have the 45-foot rule to work with, unlike at first base

etaoin22 wrote:

Jeemie wrote:For the Phillies, that was their ninth inning.

The only time the ball left the infield was when the Rays' catcher uncorked a throw into center field following a wild pitch.

And I loved the 5-man infield employed by Joe Maddon.

This has been a weird World Series. I can't remember the last time so many runs were manufactured from groundouts and bunts.

Only thing better would be to have seen an around-the-horn triple play to end the threat.

I also guess that every manager is going to rag their third basemen and catchers to practice throws to the plate from on the line in force-out situations, as part of that darn working on fundamentals in spring training. Except that I am not sure what the fundamental should be; I don't see Evan's alley-oop toss over the runner working, nor can I see many catchers stretching far-enough like a first baseman to offer a good target, and you dont have the 45-foot rule to work with, unlike at first base

Actually, what Evan needed to do there was let the ball alone.

It was going to go foul.