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Last Call: Backs Against the Wall
November 2nd, 2009
At Last Call everyone knows MK's ... uh, name?
An up and down day yesterday for Philadelphia has made for a rough Monday, but nothing like Miranda stopping by to cheer us up. The Eagles destructed the Giants, but alas, the Yankees prevailed over the ever-reliable Brad Lidge. Game 5 of the World Series is tonight, with Cliff Lee taking the mound against A.J. Burnett to keep the Phillies alive. So let all the Phillies fans and Yankees haters pray together tonight for a Phillies victory. No fucking way I want to see the A-Rod’s centaur ass jumping around for joy in Philly. Now on to the jams…
Last Call: Wake Up Drunk, Go to Sleep F’d Up
October 23rd, 2009
Alessandra, Welcome to Last Call
On a cold and rainy day, what better than Alessandra Ambrosio in a swimsuit to warm you up an get you ready for the weekend? We have a pretty serious sports weekend coming up, so let’s get to the previewing.
In the most important games of the weekend, we have the Yankees and Angels returning to the Bronx, fighting for the right to face the Phillies in the World Series. The Angels were able to extend the series thanks to the superb combination of timely hitting, Girardi’s terrible bullpen management, and Brian Fuentes keeping his shit together long enough to get the save. Saturday night we get the great pitching match-up of Joe Saunders and Andy Pettitte. I see Pettitte getting his record 16th postseason win as the Yanks win a tight one for the AL Pennant.
As for tomorrow and college football, we have a couple good match-ups. BYU hosting undefeated TCU is the standout game, as a TCU win gets them a whole lot closer to a BCS berth and greatly adding to the BCS clusterfuck. TCU gets the win on the road as Max Hall get buried. As for some of the other good games, I for some reason like my Wolverines to upset Penn St. at home, and Iowa and Texas to hold up surprisingly close upset efforts from MSU and Mizzou respectively.
As for the best NFL games of Sunday, Vikings @ Steelers and Bears @ Bengals are tops. I like the road teams taking the wins. Now on to…
Last Call: Where It’s Still 2002
October 16th, 2009
Miranda Kerr appreciates a good ol' pitching duel
As I write this, Pedro Martinez and Vicente Padilla are currently locked in a pitching duel in game 2 of the Phillies/Dodgers NLCS. If you had told me this would happen in April, I would have kindly directed you to the nearest insane asylum. This is a match-up you would have expected in 2002, when Pedro had a 2.26 ERA for the Sawx and Padilla a 3.28 ERA for the Phils. But now Pedro (the former Dodger) is pitching for the Phillies and Padilla is a Dodger. Postseason baseball is muy peculiar.
As for the other match-up, we have CC Sabathia and the Yanks hosting Lackey and the Angels. I expect the Yankees to win as Hank Steinbrenner and Bud Selig each jump for joy in their respective luxury boxes.
Floating On a Mile High
October 12th, 2009
The Phillies have won the Division Series, defeating the Rockies 5-4 tonight at Coors Field. There will be no gloating here; the Phillies have been here before and I am tired, but happy. This was an exhausting game, going from the highs of Victorino’s and Werth’s home runs to the lows of a Rockies’ 3-run 8th to give Colorado a 4-2 lead. The Phillies were able to answer back and win the game, thanks in part to a gigantic Howard double to tie the game and a Werth go-ahead single. Scott Eyre was able to get 2 outs against the lefty-heavy Rockies before Lidge shut the door on Troy Tulowitzki and a potential Rockies rally.
Last Call: Get F–king Hype
October 12th, 2009
As I write this, the Philadelphia Phillies are playing the Colorado Rockies to clinch a berth in the NLCS. Since the other three Divisional Series sucked, come watch an actual competitive series. For those of you who are communists and don’t like baseball, we also have a Monday Night Football game tonight, with the New York Jets taking on Miami Dolphins. Let’s see how much gloating/misery Braylon Edwards causes Jets fans tonight. Keeping it short cause I’m watching the Fightin’s, but come on by and enjoy the night with us. Even if you’re a Yankees fan, although I can’t promise Chuck and TDD won’t threaten you with bodily harm.
Reservation for South Africa: The Yanks are Marching In
October 11th, 2009
Donovan, Destroying the Peace in Honduras
Mech: In an important day for US Soccer, the men’s team clinched their sixth straight World Cup birth. Facing a tough road game against arguably the best Honduran squad in its history, the United States came out with the crucial victory. The United States fell behind 1-0 on a Julio Leon free kick. However, the controversial starter Conor Casey then scored two goals to give the United States a 2-1 lead. A Donovan strike on a free kick gave the US the 3-1 lead in the 69th minute. But Honduras answered back with a Leon blast in the 78th minute. Honduras had multiple chances to draw the game late in the game, most notably with Pavon skying a penalty kick caused by a Bocanegra handball. But the US escaped with the win and WC berth, leaving Honduras on the brink of a playoff for a World Cup spot. Sputnik, what stands out to you from such a fantastic match?
Speaking Sputnik: I see grit in this team, the kind of grit that it took to beat Spain 2-0 and the kind of grit this same team apparently lost in the next match to Brazil, 3-2. The two goals by Casey are a vindication of Bradley’s decision to start him over Jozy Altidore (perhaps the most iconic Spanish giant-killer) and Donovan scored a brilliantly struck free kick as he is supposed to. Mech, this team found a way to win, but did anything they did especially worry you?
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The Gauntlet Has Been Thrown Down
October 7th, 2009
The World Series runs through the defending champs. Challengers get in line.
Last Call: Favre Favre Favre Favre Favre
October 5th, 2009
Brett why did you leave us?!?!?!?!?!?
In case you haven’t heard, there’s a football game tonight involving a former Packers QB playing against his former team. No biggie, right? Tell that to the likely record television crowd watching tonight. As Favre-a-palooza reaches a fever pitch tonight, I will put forth my one hope: an actual good football game. Monday Night Football has had 3 great games so far this year, so it would really be nice if this game could live up to the hype. So go NFC North Parity!
Last Call: Where Upsets Happen
September 25th, 2009
The Cocks Stand Triumphant
Another day in college football, another upset. #4 Ole Miss was the latest to fall, losing 16-10 in Columbia to South Carolina. The Rebels join USC, BYU, Oklahoma St. and Oklahoma in the heap of fallen powers. What should we take from the run of upsets we’ve been seeing in the college ranks? That there is currently a ton of parity in the game right now, with only 3 elite teams: Texas, Florida, and Alabama, and even they are still unsure. Looking towards Saturday, there are two match-ups that stand out an undefeated Iowa at Penn St. in prime time and Miami traveling to face the Hokies. For the game in Happy Valley, I’ll take the home Nittany Lions big over the overrated Kirk Ferentz’s Iowa squad. As for the Miami/VA Tech game, I see Miami winning a tight game over the Hokies, bringing the “U” talk to a fever pitch. As for the NFL…
The Death of the Playoff Race
September 22nd, 2009
Our only hope?
The end of September is here! Time for some exciting playoff race baseball! Teams are fighting to the right to play October baseball. Teams are duking it out, playing every game with the highest intensity as the quest of glory wraps up.
…wait, we don’t have a playoff race closer than three games apart? Five of the division winners are close to automatic?
Well, Bud Selig’s baby the Wild Card is fixing that, right? Wait, you’re telling me that with two weeks to go in the season the Wild Card is pretty much decided?
Do we have any hope for a playoff race, for baseball to have some momentum going into the postseason?
