2009 League Championship Series games

[hawing]

Thursday: Phillies at Dodgers, 7:07 PM CDT

 

Friday: Phillies at Dodgers, 3:07 PM CDT, Angels at Yankees, 6:57 PM CDT

 

Saturday: Angels at Yankees, 6:57 PM CDT

 

etc....assuming the weather doesn't interfere.

[pitchleague]

a DAYTIME Championship Series game????? I didn't think that kind of thing was allowed anymore. I know they do for the LDS but not the LCS!

 

I'm guessing it's only because the game is out in LA?

[hawing]

I'm guessing it's only because the game is out in LA?

That, and you've got to reserve that prime time spot for the evil empire.

[joepepsi]

And every game that involves the Evil Empire is over 4 hours long, so if you wait until after their game to start the LA game it will be midnight in Philly.

[bucks2281]

They had them last year, too. They want to avoid overlaps during the postseason, even if it means a 10 pm ET start on a Sunday.

[pitchleague]

I think Chip Carey just tried to blow my television speakers on that Manny HR call. I can understand if it was the bottom of the 9th or something, but this was the freakin' 5th inning. Come on, audio guy, turn his mic down when he starts yelling. It's called "balancing" for a reason.

[Invader3K]

The audio balance has seemed a bit off all night for some reason.

 

Great game so far, though.

[hawing]

I would just like to express my relief that the towels wielded by Dodgers fans tonight aren't all white. They have a Dodger blue square in the middle, then a white border.

No wonder Philly is ahead.

[owbc]

That was an entertaining game. I'm not a big fan of either team, but I'm happy for Brad Lidge.

[TooLiveBrew]

I think Chip Carey just tried to blow my television speakers on that Manny HR call. I can understand if it was the bottom of the 9th or something, but this was the freakin' 5th inning. Come on, audio guy, turn his mic down when he starts yelling. It's called "balancing" for a reason.

 

Ugh. No kidding.

 

 

HEY CHIP! YOU HAVE A MICROPHONE! YOU DON'T NEED TO YELL -- EVERYONE CAN HEAR YOU!

[bucks2281]

Wow, Chase Utley. That was the worst throw I've ever seen.

[TooLiveBrew]

And that's the second time he's airmailed a DP turn like that this postseason, iirc.

 

 

And... it's Yankees time! This ALCS is going to be great.

[TooLiveBrew]

Oh ... lord ... How's this for a nightmare roster of announcers on Fox?

 

Studio: Chris Rose, Eric Karros, Mark Grace

Game: Joe Buck, Tim McCarver

 

 

I'll be right back -- I have to go clean up my vomit.

[pitchleague]

CC gets out of the 8th inning. The fans are going "nuts," "chanting" his name and making "a lot" of noise.

 

Maybe it's the production values or something else, but I swear that (a) the fans were much more rowdy in Milwaukee last year when he pitched, and (b) CC was much more pumped to be playing in Milwaukee than he is in New York.

 

Or, now that he's a big-shot Yankee, he "has" to play more under-control with less emotion as it was a ho-hum 8th inning.

 

Regardless, I still hate the Yankees.

 

And FOX.

[Invader3K]

That was one boring ALCS game, IMHO. The NLCS has been much more exciting so far.

[TooLiveBrew]

Wow. Tim McCarver just told everyone watching on national television that he didn't know until today that radar gun velocities read the ball leaving the pitcher's hand. He's been covering games for how long now? And he was a catcher when he played! I mean, I don't expect any random baseball fan to necessarily know that, but think about that one. That's the 'premier' baseball channel's #1 color commentator. Just wow. I feel like, if I know that, shouldn't *that guy* definitely know that kind of thing? Unreal.

[logan82]

I thought those numbers were a score put up by the pitching judge.

[trwi7]

Oh noez! Mr. October Derek Jeter made an error! I bet A-Rod farted and the smell blew over and made Jeter bobble the ball.

 

Edit: Looks like Scioscia doesn't want to take advantage of the error as he's now bringing in Gary Matthews Jr. to pinch hit for Mike Napoli.

[trwi7]

And Jeter strikes out. Have to say I enjoyed his error and strikeout.

[jason21nl]

what about his home run? I enjoyed that

 

I also liked watching Mo dominate that inning

[logan82]

Wow, that is a total screw job there. I have seen guys way further off the base get an out call.

[jason21nl]

wow....I can't believe that the ump called him safe. That is a total total screw job.

 

its funny that we can even call something like this a screw job when the player never did actually touch the base but umps NEVER call that a safe play

[trwi7]

I know he didn't technically touch the base, but who calls it there, honestly? How many times during a series is a SS or 2B "close enough" to the base where the runner ends up being called out just because they were "close enough"?

[TooLiveBrew]

To be fair, Aybar's foot wasn't even within a foot of the bag. I agree in general, given the 'neighborhood call', but that wasn't even close. The camera angle from behind Aybar made it look like his foot was within an inch or two.

[logan82]

I remember a call earlier this year where the 2B was pulled away from the bag to catch the ball and they still called the guy out at 2B.