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That’s It, Good Season
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Here’s the thing. I was never supposed to “cover” the Phillies in these 2009 playoffs for Bugs & Cranks. When the email chain first started circulating among us writers asking what team we wanted to follow for the postseason, I initially jumped on the Detroit...
Red Sox respond to Yankees WS win by… trading for Jeremy Hermida
1 day ago by
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Well, I probably should have seen it coming about the Yankees: when I got home Wednesday night, the dog had taken a big crap in the middle of the bedroom. I should have realized the Phillies were doomed.
Really, I can’t get too worked up about the Yankees, even though their...
Longest. Season. Ever.
1 day ago by
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At least that’s how it felt to me. Possible reasons for that…
– MLB Network
The network’s January 1st debut basically added three months to my season. I don’t think it’ll quite have that affect next year now that I realize ” America...
Yes, I’m Really Retiring
2 days ago by
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After a little over 32 months writing about professional baseball here at Bugs & Cranks, it’s clearly time to stop. I still love this site and the people who make it great, so I may stick around and cover amateur baseball, but I’m done with pro baseball. Not that...
What Did I Miss?
2 days ago by
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As my long silent writer’s queue indicates, I missed the World Series.
For those who happened to tune in, was it any good? Probably was. The World Series is the ultimate stage for excitement, overcoming impossible odds and doing the unexpected. I bet there was a lot of that stuff...
Ummm…Yeah…Right…
2 days ago by
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Is the excitement over? Good, now I can get back to staring at drywall, which is only slightly less riveting than the last week in sports. Rollins shot off his mouth and backed it up with a scathing .217 — a number that dwarfed Ryan Howard’s 13 K explosion and Shane Victorino...
What a Way to Go
2 days ago by
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In what may have been the final game of Hideki Matsui’s New York Yankees career, Matsui delivered a two-run homer, two-run single and two-run double to help the Bombers claim a 27th World Series championship.
Matsui hadn’t played in the Fall Classic since his first major...
All Eyes On New York
2 days ago by
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As of right now the New York Yankees are three outs away from their 27th World Series Championship. One might think a city with 27 baseball championships would take their celebration lightly, but I don’t think that will be the case here. Especially when you consider it’...
Attention-Starved World Series Upstages Pirates-Devil Rays Blockbuster
3 days ago by
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The biggest story of the offseason can’t be made official until the World Series is over, because god forbid we talk about anything other than the Yankees. But still it IS a pretty huge freakin’ deal when the 23rd Greatest Devil Ray Ever, Akinori Iwamura gets dealt...
Gene wants a Game 7 even more than I do
3 days ago by
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You fly into New York from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. You wander into the Ed Sullivan Theatre free of charge. You hassle David Letterman for World Series tickets. And this happens…
Hold on tight, wait another 24 hours, or sell now and haul ass back to Saskatoon...
George W. Bush throws out first pitch at Series
4 days ago by
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Recapturing the "good old days" (scoff)
No, not the World Series, you big silly. The Japan Series! That’s right, Dubya threw out the first pitch before Game 3 of the Japanese equivalent of the World Series.
New York Yankees and Philadelphia Philles? With his current...
Can We Please Have A Game 7?
4 days ago by
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There is nothing better in sports life than one singular game that determines an entire season.
That’s why we LOVE the Super Bowl. That’s why Game 163 is always remembered as the best game of that regular season. That’s why we go nuts over the NCAA basketball...
30 Helens Agree: Joe Girardi Looks Like Skeletor
4 days ago by
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‘Duk and 93 percent of Angels fans think so too. I don’t know how we all missed it this long.
You should go vote over at Halos Heaven, part of that delightful SBN. And if you live in New York City don’t forget to go vote today for Obama-endorsed Bill Thompson...
World Series Game 5: Return To New York
4 days ago by
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-Taking off my Phillies cap for a second, tonight’s win made me happy as a baseball fan. These are the two best teams the respective leagues had to offer this season, and it would have been a shame if the World Series had ended in five games. This final hasn’t quite approached...
The Anti-McCarver
5 days ago by
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Each October baseball fans are forced to endure the mispronunciations and incoherent ramblings of Tim McCaver, and squirm while Joe Buck pushes his opinion upon the pastime-watching public.
The cherry on top, of course, comes when Buck expresses that opinion, asks why, then answers...
Series MVP? Damon.
5 days ago by
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Thanks, Philadelphia, for playing. We have some lovely parting gifts for you backstage.
Can anyone see the Phillies winning this series? Even as Joe Girardi whips his three-man rotation like a nag on the backstretch, it’s hard to envision the Yankees breaking down and losing...
Newark, The Yankees And Grieving
5 days ago by
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“Now tell me the truth is that a Yankees hat because you like the Yankees, or you just like the hat?”
That’s almost the first thing you hear Newark Mayor Cory Booker say in the awesome five-part documentary series BRICK CITY that’s been playing on the Sundance...
Top 10 Tweets From World Series Game 4
5 days ago by
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Of the 1 million or so tweets I scanned during and after last night’s World Series Game 4, 995,000 contained direct or indirect threats to the the physical well being of Brad Lidge. About 78% of those threats stopped just short of placing a bounty on his head. The other 22...
For Whom the Bell Tolls
5 days ago by
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Hey, are we OK?
After all these years and all the superstars and all the contracts, counting on luxury tax was simply not the way to go so far as trying to make things fair for the small market clubs when it comes to the spending habits of the Evil Empire.
This October, the Yankees...
World Series Game 3
6 days ago by
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-Disappointing loss for the Phillies, considering how good they’ve been at home for the last few postseasons. You had to figure though that the Yankees offense was going to bust out at least once in the series; there are too many good hitters in the line-up to average two runs...
Get Your Bondage-Themed World Series Ed. NY Post Here!
8 days ago by
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Maybe it’s not as bad as this, but still….
Notice the artful placement of the inset photo of Pedro in close proximity to Hideki Matsui’s groin.
Was Sabathia “punished” and “spanked” the night before? Did they even consider how sore Pedro...
Postgame Pedro: Sick Suit, Sick Claims
8 days ago by
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Last night was somewhat disappointing, but for me the highlight was the suit Pedro Martinez wore to his postgame presser after taking the loss in Game 2. Pics Below….
Pedro also spoke at his press conference — mentioning several times that he had been sick leading...
noactuallyYOUsuck.com
8 days ago by
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A press release dated October 29:
Costa Mesa, CA- Disgruntled Anaheim Ducks fans have aligned with anti-referee apparel company Ref You Suck to stage an anti-referee rally in front of the arena. After the loss on Monday night to the Toronto Maple Leafs, numerous fans contacted Ref...
Ken Rosenthal Asks The Lamest Questions
8 days ago by
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Come on Ken! Even the dumbest of baseball bloggers/writers could ask better questions than those. Here, let me give it a shot.
To A.J. Burnett after Game 2….
– How determined were you to not suck again tonight?
– Were you as inspired as I was by the Jay-Z and...
World Series Game 2: Evened Up
8 days ago by
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Random thoughts/ramblings/game notes on tonight’s Phillies game
-Well-played game tonight. I’m sure Phillies fans are disappointed tonight, however, I’m sure if you offered any of them a split in New York coming into the series, they would have taken that in a heartbeat...
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