World Series (Rest of) Game 5 Open Thread

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Dear Lord,

Please?

Thanks,

Justin

I'm remind of an awesome quote by Daulerio of Deadspin yesterday... What would be worse — if the Phillies won the World Series on the five-inning mother nature rule or if they go on to lose this thing in 7 after this? I had to think about it. Obviously, if the Phillies lose this outright in the next three games (whenever those happen), the notion that this city's sports teams are perennially doomed to fail could reach a whole new level: This isn't a black cat or Bartman or Babe Ruth — this is GOD. Yeah, HE did this to us. Probably for pouring beer on children and cornering a terrified Rays fan in a bathroom stall.

Geoff Muthafuckin Jenkins He just JD Drewed his salary this year

The next hit/sacrifice could land a player's name in Philly Sports lore...

dropsie wopsie

And perhaps somewhere the sports gods are smiling on us?

Wow, big start for Philly. I'm pulling for the Phil's so we don't have to listen to them bitch... :)

I wanna see two more games. Two more games. Whoever wins, that is good for me. I like both teams. I guess I lean to Gillick and the Phillies, for sentimental reasons. Phillies in seven! Or Rays!

I could see Madson and Lidge working 3 together to close this out... the Rays meat of the order (if retired consecutively) wouldn't come up till the 9th...

Ah yes, there's no DH rule in the NL

it's called real baseball, and you've played it before Timmy

come on now...

So Ryan Howard, you do realize that endorsing a "Philly Cheesesteak" sandwich from SUBWAY also airs in Philly, right?

and you knew that had to happen...

Tie Game Tampa. Balllll-deli! Sliced meat for a treat. So, we beginnagin.

Come on, Madson!

what the hell is tim talking about? he hit a homer....not much to it

That's definitely not something the Phillies wanted to do.

The Ball-Deli beats the meat out of Philly-Cheese Steak! That was something. The guy has a mitochondrial disease. Hasn't got the energy to get out of his bed six months ago...

Oh! Balk! Balk!!

To quote Corbin Bernsen: "Strike this mf'er out"

Chase Utley is the MAN!

Nice slide, bad idea

Hey guys, a clutch home run is a clutch home run. You can't hit one. Not at that level. Neither can I. Ball-Deli!!!

Strange inning....

he is so dangerous

About freakin' time, bait!! Nice!

Pat -the muthafuckin- Bat

Burrell... he is so dangerous. I thought his double was gone...

If Bruntlet scores, Lidge in for 2?

If there was a Conn Smyth for Baseball, it'd have to be Vic if the Phils win, right?

hmmm... no-hit Feliz is having quite the post-season

Jenkins...Burrell...Feliz... where is this coming from?!

is it Lidge who has, like, 50 saves in a row, unbroken?

Sit down, David Price.

Game winning grand slam? Game's been over for two days.

I am so sick of having problems connecting to this site...It defeats the whole idea of a live blog for me

wow... he makes up for it... almost. Iwumaura. However you spell it. it went over the freakin pitcher's head!

JC Romero, stays in for the biggest inning of his life...

The "Save By Zero" commercial has to go and the freecreditreport.com guy must be tortured by listening to his annoying jingles.

Iwamura...

Please win Philly, please.

I'd love for Romero to strike Crawford out after McCarver said the dent in his armor was the occasional walk. And instead he gets a base hit.

DOUBLE PLAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 4 outs away!!!!! HUGE!

I think the Phils need 1 insurance run coming up right now, they're 3 outs away!!

it's great to see happy fans. that is nice, if they win it at home.

ah, listening to the sound of sweet harry kalas call this one too... if it weren't for the roughly 4 pitch delay, Buck would be muted

I'm just here to hate on Philly as a city

If I have to watch a Philly team win, at least it's the Phillies. My hatred towards them is not as deep as it is with the rest of that city

Way to go Jayson Werth, that the 500th time you've been caught looking?

Why does Buck have such a woody for Price??

Curse of William Penn How about the curse of shitty front offices?

lol... not as deep as the rest of that city... that is funny

And Howard...hit a damn homer just to shut Buck up. Please.

damn the unsynched sound....just switched to Kalas. Now we're in a true Philly state of mind

I'm having flashbacks to a post season not so long ago in Houston...

Wow, 2 strikeouts and the inning is over, Brad Lidge is your potential World Series winning closer.

I'm shaking.

Zach and Miri has bust written all over it. Write it down.

Lidge just got the ultimate jinx from FOX.

listen to that crowd...

50 straight saves! HOT DAMN! What a time to lose the streak!!!

2-2 count.

50 straight saves!!! HOT DAMN! what a time to lose the STREAK

Thx fox just jinxed him

OOPS i BURPED!!! ONE AWAY

Cant send a kid to do a mans job

Strike 1 on the slider from Lidge. Longoria on the 0-1, 0-2 on the foul!

1-2 now after Lidge's pitch nearly met the dirt, and he goes too high, 2-2. Again Longoria fouls one, still 2-2. Want to put some more jinxes on Lidge, FOX?

It's off balance, it's into shallow center but it's a pop-up, 1 out!!!

2 more outs and Philadelphia will end 25 years of sports futility.

Geez... this is really gonna happen

woooo 125 years of ghosts....

Navarro takes strike 1!!!! STRIKE 2!!!!!!

Broken bat base hit!!!!! The tying run is on with Zobrist now up.

Dioner Navarro with a broken-bat base hit, the tying run is on first, the go-ahead run at the plate. Tension fills the stadium...

broken bat single falls into left off Lidge

oh man, i just opened up a bottle of...

pepto

it will end on a stolen base

or start...

Perez is the pinch runner, Zobrist the batter.

Strike 1. Rays love hitting homers, they already have one tonight. It's now 1-1.

Perez is going to steal 2nd! Now he's in scoring position with the count at 2-1.

Time is called.

Here we go

Count is 2-1, Lidge against Zobrist, He lines one into right!!!! WERTH IS THERE!!!!!!!! 2 OUTS!

Zobrist with a screaming liner, BUT IT'S CAUGHT BY WERTH!! 2 OUTS!!

not looking good, I dont like this at all

2 outs! Tug, I can feel your presence!

1 out away... this is where Philly history is make or break...

too much hang time says Mccarver... there could not be too much HANG TIME for HIM... hahahaha

it will end on a stolen base at third..

holy crap! 0-2.....wow!

this beer isnt strong enough

Bye, bye baseball season...

[edit] ...The Phillies are world champions (well, actually not really world champions, but you know what I mean)!!!

Sorry Manny. Wait 'til next year Tampa, you'll only be one year older by the time April rolls around.

Lidge: 42 for 42 in save opportunities...Enjoy it Philly! Pittsburgh's time is coming soon...NOT! :)

And boom goes the dynamite

Champions...

wrong again! Go Phillies!!!

ball-game!!! BALL GAME!!! BALL GAME!!!! THE PHILLIES ARE YOUR 2008 WORLD CHAMPIONS!!

This is it, Eric Hinske is the man at-bat instead of Bartlett.

Ground ball!!! Oh it's foul, had it been fair this game and season would've been over.

Check swing, they call it a strike!!!! One more to go!!!

STRIKE OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[edit] THE PHILLIES ARE WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS!!!! 25 YEARS ON!!!

Phillies are the WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS!!!

100 seasons...finally

The sweetest sound I've ever heard from Harry the K wow...this is incredible

What you all got to say now?

gillick is such a great GM. he's leaving Phillie as a winner. he has gone to the playoffs woth every team he has been with. That is three world series rings for him!

AWESOME!

he's a nice man too

he's the ANTI-ARMCHAIR GM!!! par excellence

Im going to be busy the next half hour or so dropping Kleenex gifts on Manny. Anyone else in?

Booing Bud Selig

Great, just add it to the repertoire...

whatever, we're champions

TAKE THIS VICTORY AND SAVOR IT! YOU ALL EARNED IT!!!

She is such a buzzkill

Uncle Cholly is great... This one's for you Mrs. Manuel...

I feel sorry for Bud. He seems to have gone downhill a lot mentally, verbally. He looks like the undertaker, still, so some things never change!

The only dent in the shield for Philly is that FOX had to broadcast this moment. A weak call from Joe Suck and Tim McCrapbucket for the final out, and then this trainwreck of a interview session.

Cole Hammels ... we should have seen that coming.

Well, if you can say one thing about the infamous rainout; its that everyone got to see it before 10:30

Yes, and it'll be a LONGER NIGHT FOR CELEBRATION AS A RESULT. As opposed to praying it ends before the sun comes up.

Congrats to the Rays for winning the ALCS, but they didn't capitalize on their chances, couldn't win on the road like they did in Boston. The Rays didn't get blown out, but they didn't win the close game either. Surely you'll be formidable contenders for several seasons to come.

That being said...

PHILLIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

heard from over the next ten years, consistantly, says Dimm HicBarnyard... of the Tampex Rays. TEN YEARS? GOD

Where's Jim Caple?

class acts guys, class acts thank you...

It's in my will...last sound I hear before I die is Harry Kalas' call of Schmitty's 500th.

I'm a little late to the party, but congrats to the Phillies fans! Now you just need 3 Super Bowls, an NBA title and one more World Series and you'll be caught up!