World Series Game 5. Hi.

They are suspending the game and will pick it up in the bottom of the sixth. When, who knows, because the weather is also supposed to be poor tomorrow. "That run with two outs saves the Tampa Bay Rays from the end of the World Series," says McJoe, because the game is tied.

good call on the delay, David <--- top SIXTH
TIED 2-2. "Upton almost hydroplaned right past the plate."

"Continue to check the radar" is not a phrase you often hear in baseball. "Hydroplanes into second base" also unusual.

Two out, nobody on, and it's Cole vs. BJ. Two-out hit.

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2-1 Phillies. Lucy, momentarily distracted, is trying to remember all the cats' names in Top Cat. (We have a house full of Hanna Barbera fans. As I said, we're the Griswolds.) Thus far we have: TC, Choo Choo, Benny the Ball, and Fancy.

McTim: "The Rays are squeezed and pinched at the corners."
"It's very wet."

Scott Kazmir had the most walks (6) in a World Series game since Livan Hernandez in 1997.

Head groundskeeper says the field is good to go but wind chill will be into the thirties.
Field: good. Fans: brrrrr.

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That was BEAUTIFUL! Brilliantly played by Utley.

"FIGHT THE WIND"

Flash is right. More hand talk.

Mrs. Gorton's fisherman is sitting behind home plate.

dibs: must have first card published of Evan Longoria with ear flaps down! It is better to look good than to feel good.

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Four walks handed out by Kazmir.

McCreevy is repeatedly listing names of pitches. Joe Buck sounds bored?

dayf, we so agree about not getting to watch baseball for the next five months.

It's raining and 45 degrees in Philadelphia. Almost as nice as the night of the rain delay.

Cole Hamels OUCH!!! He is looking at and wiggling his fingers. Hoo.


Card from Fielder's Choice. For some reason, I picture Dave sitting at the International House of Pancakes with a double stack, lots of coffee, listening to the game on a transistor radio right now.

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Well good, I was beginning to feel bad for Longoria.

To mention ear flappage just one more time, we have thus far noticed one Ray and one Phillie sporting flaps.

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2-0 Philadelphia. The ear flaps post Billy linked is almost as cool as the earflaps themselves. It raises two especially good points: those earflap hats are MUCH nicer than the stocking hats, and you should not wear a hat with ear flaps unless you have both ear flaps down.

Will Kazmir remain in the game?

2-0 thanks to Victorino. I knew he was going to get a hit! You could tell by his body language and the way he watched the ball. Should've posted that. But sometimes you can tell. McGyver says: "It's easier for a hitter to hit when the pitcher gets wild...Victorino waiting for a fastball and hammers it."

Werth first on base; Utley hit by a pitch. Kazmir a little wild? dayf, Lucy says please just not the hockey one! :) I vote for '08 Goudey.

Ear flaps rule! Do they not?

Wow, the tops of the first inning went by so fast, we didn't even have the chance to post.

Welcome! This is an example of the wonderfully good-karma inducing cards we received from Heartbreaking Cards of Shattering Genius today. We'll do a post on these in the next day or two, but you can tell from this one that great things lie ahead. This opinion was just voiced in our household about half of Hall & Oates' rendition of The Star Spangled Banner: "it sounds a little bit like Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire."