Phillies or Yankees?

[JackRiddler]

This New York Mets fan is for the Phillies.

[Captain Hilts]

1. This New York Mets and Boston Red Sox fan is for the Phillies. nt

[villager]

2. Giants fan without a horse to back

To, you know, mix sports metaphors...

[AllentownJake]

3. Phillies

The Yankee's must not win a series in the new century.

[Taverner]

4. Expos!

Huh? What's wrong?

[Barack_America]

.

You know what's sad? My husband and I trudged all over Montreal looking for an Expos hat. Dozens of stores. Nothing.

[KamaAina]

14. Humph.

I just read where Expos caps were becoming a sort of retro fashion statement in Montreal's hip-hop community.

[Barack_America]

18. .

If you can track one down, please let me know. I would love to get one for my husband for a Christmas gift. I probably should have noted that our hunt took place two years ago, perhaps we were just on the cutting edge of fashion? ;)

[Taverner]

21. Hell if I can find a SF Seals hat, you should be able to find an Expos hat

Just Google it - trust me, you will not be let down

[Barack_America]

5. Phillies.

[Bobbie Jo]

6. Phillies!

:applause:

[TheCoxwain]

7. Phillies are going to get CREAMED ... Yankees in 5.

[DesertRat]

75. That's what they said about the Diamondbacks in 2001

Go Phillies!

:hi:

[louis c]

8. YANKEES SUCK (NT)

[LaPera]

9. I hate the Yankees, Mets & especially the Dodgers - Unfortunately, the Yankees will win the Series.

I'm a SF Giants fan - I hope the Phillies win...but I know there's really no chance, with the Yankees overwhelming left-handed pitching. UCK...the Yankees in 5 or 6 games.

[JackRiddler]

11. I'll take that bet - the Phils have as good a lineup and some very hot pitching.

[Barack_America]

13. Not to mention some lefty sluggers who will destroy Yankee Stadium's joke of a right field.

I'll take that bet too.

[Barack_America]

66. I seem to have called this.

:woohoo:

[harun]

63. I would be VERY surprised if the Yanks win. Wait and see how hot the hitting

is from the Phillies. I don't care who the Yanks have pitching the lineup Utley, Howard and Werth will be hitting the crap out of the ball and putting up a lot of runs.

I am not much of a baseball fan but watching the Phillies this postseason has got me back interested in the game. Also having the games DVR'd so I can FF through commercials has made baseball watchable again for me.

I think it will be Phillies in 7.

[October]

10. PHILLIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

12. NEITHER! Both are corporate entities that have frankly made baseball less enjoyable.

There's no real competition. Just pay for the best players and make it a corporate game. No, thanks! I want the fun back in baseball.

[Barack_America]

17. We'll put you down as a Phillies fan then.

FYI, many of the Phillies best players came through their farm system. The Yankees have been famously quoted as saying, "The MLB is our farm system". They're not called the "Evil Empire" for nuthin'.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

27. I can't stand the Phillies. I'm a Braves fan. And now that I live in DC, I think the Nats

could use some of that money being shelled out to the Yanks and all these other corporate ball teams. The problem that we are experiencing in sports is the same problem that we are experiencing with every other industry. You get two or three teams that, year in and year out, dominate the sport. No competition. High ticket prices. It's ridiculous to me. I have and will always love this sport, but I don't appreciate what it's become in recent years.

I don't really like the Phillies because their fans are so incredibly obnoxious and rude.

[CANDO]

56. The Evil Empire in 6!

USA Today says Yanks have 13 home grown players vs 8 on Philly roster.

[JackRiddler]

38. "Corporate" is MLB, every other spectator sport, and all of mass entertainment.

It's very competitive! Did you miss the part where St. Louis, the Marlins and the Diamondbacks won the series in this decade? What about the successes of the Rockies, Astros, White Sox, Twins, Indians?

[driver8]

15. Go Phillies!! I HATE the Yankees!! n/t

[goclark]

16. What time is the game? nt

[gblady]

47. tomorrow....

Gm 1 Philadelphia Phillies @ New York Yankees Wed Oct. 28 7:57 PM FOX
Gm 2 Philadelphia Phillies @ New York Yankees Thu Oct. 29 7:57 PM FOX
Gm 3 New York Yankees @ Philadelphia Phillies Sat Oct. 31 7:57 PM FOX
Gm 4 New York Yankees @ Philadelphia Phillies Sun Nov. 1 8:20 PM FOX
Gm 5* New York Yankees @ Philadelphia Phillies Mon Nov. 2 7:57 PM FOX
Gm 6* Philadelphia Phillies @ New York Yankees Wed Nov. 4 7:57 PM FOX
Gm 7* Philadelphia Phillies @ New York Yankees Thu Nov. 5 7:57 PM FOX

all times eastern

[goclark]

49. Thanks ~ PST around 5

[Demoiselle]

19. This Philadelphian is for the Phillies.

[alcibiades_mystery]

20. Yankees

Mets fan here, too.

NY uber alles.

[JackRiddler]

39. NY ueber alles? That's how I felt in 1977 and 78.

I'm getting old!

But as a Mets fan and frequent visitor to Philadelphia I've seen a lot of the Phillies lately, and they kind of have the same spirit as the 77-78 Yankees. If it can't be the Mets, at least it can be NL East.

[cherokeeprogressive]

43. Craig Nettles' defense at 3rd base in that series was some of the best I've ever seen.

Credit where credit is due, he kept the Dodgers from scoring some runs by having the range he did.

I used to have a picture of him robbing Ron Cey of an extra base hit down the third base line... he was in full extension parallel to the ground.

[alcibiades_mystery]

50. I'm a New Yorker

who lives outside of NY, and I have for awhile. I want my hometown to win, regardless. Also, the fake victim complex of the Philly fans is almost as bad as the dumb Red Sox Nation, so I'd like to see them get hosed but good.

The Phillies have a better team as of right now. It will be an interesting series either way.

[spanone]

22. da bulls

[wtbymark]

23. well, there at least has to be one NY native for the Yankees

that would be me
:hide:

[rucky]

24. Put me down for the Phillies.

As a Dodger fan, I tip my hat.

[TorchTheWitch]

25. Philllies - but I live here

I'd love to see them do it again. Means more money for me too.

[JackRiddler]

42. Money? Why, do you own a retail business in Phila?

Or did you bet?

[TorchTheWitch]

72. I work in clubs

Last year the series brought in TONS of people from the playoffs through well after the parade - more people, more tips and more happy partying customers throwing their money around. This year is no different. Anyone that has a job where lots of happy customers throw lots of money around benefit from certain events that bring in droves of happy spending customers.

Right now I'm missing out because I'm sick as a dog. Ugh.

[JuniperLea]

26. Dodger fan for Phillies...

I'm a Mets fan too, so...

[Pendrench]

28. Yankees

[Morning Dew]

29. Yankees in 6, Go Yanks !!!

[virgogal]

30. Phillies!

[tallahasseedem]

31. Phillies in five...

Enough said.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

32. Go Yanks !!!

[Greybnk48]

33. Phillies.

[gratuitous]

34. I don't really follow major league baseball

That's right, I'm a Royals fan.

But go Phillies, anyway.

[JackRiddler]

40. Greinke for Cy Young, at least.

[gratuitous]

48. In a just world, perhaps

But I think Felix Hernandez of Seattle is going to win it, Greinke will be the second choice. Dark horse will be Sabathia of the Yankees. Greinke's heroic efforts for a lousy team make him the Robin Roberts of his generation.

[JackRiddler]

51. I hope you will be surprised because of all the awards Cy Young should be...

strictly on individual performance.

[tabbycat31]

35. this yankees fan is rooting for her team

[ddeclue]

36. ABY - Anybody But Yankess... Go Phillies!

[Earth_First]

37. PHILS!!! n/t

[JackRiddler]

41. Heh. Why would this thread attract recs and unrecs?

[gblady]

44. This Seattle Mariner's fan......

is rooting for the Phillies...

[cherokeeprogressive]

45. I'll always pick the National League team over the Almost League.

Hate the designated hitter rule.

[PCIntern]

46. Phillies in 5...

[npk]

52. I have to root against the Yankees. Especially after the way they treated Joe Torre

I'm not a big Phillie's fan. In fact I'm not much of a baseball fan. I like the Red Sox and the Braves and rarely watch either. So reluctantly I will say GO PHILLIES!

[JackRiddler]

67. How they treated the city is a lot worse.

Personally I'd like to be paid $6 million a year for a few years, and then be treated like shit when I get fired.

The Yankees got $400 million in subsidies for the stadium and ran roughshod over neighborhood concerns. Steinbrenner's in the process of being sainted in the local media.

Not that other teams have a much more honorable record.

[npk]

68. It is appalling how they have used subsidies

There are lots of things about the Yankees that bother me. I just couldn't stand it how Torre was shown the door, after he was deemed too old to be worth a damn. That part really bothered me.

[tekisui]

53. Phils.

I'm a Braves fan and a NL fan and have never liked the Yank$

[Dinger]

54. Fuck The Skankees

All the way to hell. That is all.

[saltpoint]

55. Phils.

[HughMoran]

57. Phillies

Red Sox fan here - we always root against the Yanks.

[teamster633]

77. It's our duty. Go Phillies!

[AspenRose]

58. Go Phillies!

:bounce:

[sakabatou]

59. I'll let Dr. Cox speak for me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JODwetfioWA

[JackRiddler]

60. so don't - I'll do the same back at you

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JODwetfioWA

[Darth_Kitten]

61. Phillies......Rodriquez is bush league.

n/t

[Ikonoklast]

62. Phillies. The Yankme's can go pound sand.

And I'm an AL guy.

Besides, I always liked Charlie Manuel.

[SeattleGirl]

64. Phillies!

You couldn't pay me to root for the Yankees.

[JackRiddler]

65. ONLY FOUR HOURS LEFT BUT THE RAIN IN NYC IS LETTING UP!

[bunnysoft]

69. Phillies spend only 56% as much as the Yankees in payroll

I'm with the less prolific spenders, for some reason.

[JackRiddler]

70. And for that they got 95 percent as many homers!

[wisteria]

71. Phillies. n/t

[ChicagoSuz219]

73. Native New Yorker... GO YANKEES!! nt

[DesertRat]

74. Phillies. n/t

[Jennicut]

76. My Dad made me a Yankees fan. Took me to games as a kid, I was corrupted early.

Got to go with the Yanks.

[Pool Hall Ace]

78. Phillies!