Entries from October 2008

Oct 30, 2008

Parade Tomorrow

I am taking a sick day, courtesy of the boss letting me of course and attending my first ever Philadelphia Championship Parade.  CANNOT WAIT.  My Ticket I was able to attain off of Phillies.com today:

Oct 30, 2008

Spurs Hack a Shaq 5 Seconds into Season

Suns center Shaquille O’Neal took offense with Spurs coach Gregg Popovich’s liberal use of the Hack-a-Shaq strategy during the first round of the playoffs last year, calling it “a coward move” this offseason.
G Pop thought it would be funny to mess with the Big Cactus and start the shenanigans bright and early.  All in good [...]

Oct 30, 2008

My Video of Manayunk After the Victory

Main St, Manayunk
Philadelphia, PA

Outside Pitchers

Outside the Bayou

Oct 30, 2008

PHUCKIN’ PHINALLY

10,000+ losses, 28 years, and a Joe Carter later, we did it, we won the World Series.

Pics and video to come of the street level view of the celebration.  Stay tuned.

Oct 29, 2008

Sir Charles Low Blows Isiah

Former New York Knicks basketball coach Isiah Thomas was rushed to the hospital by ambulance Friday morning after overdosing on prescription sleeping pills. Thomas was rushed from his home in Purchase, New York to a nearby hospital after taking roughly 10 Lunesta pills.
During a TNT conference call held Monday in which Charles Barkley popped off [...]

Oct 29, 2008

Weather Forecast for Game 5 Start

After a rain soaked Tuesday, the 215 region is on edge as we wait official word from MLB as to the start time of the final 3.5 innings of World Series Game 5.    As of right now, the teams are tentatively set to resume at 8:37 PM Wednesday.  The forecast according to weather.com for [...]

Oct 29, 2008

Sixers Season Preview

Yourrrrr Philadelphia 76ers open up a new campaign tonight against the Toronto Raptors (game time has been moved to 6pm due to the potential Phillies Game 5 with high hopes and great expectations coming off last season’s playoff run and off-season moves.
A Brand New Era starts tonight as free agent signee Elton Brand makes his [...]

Oct 28, 2008

MLB: No Game 5 Tuesday

Game 5 Postponed, Again

Oct 28, 2008

World Series Game 5 Recap…So Far

First Joe Carter, then Ronde Barber, now mother nature.  Now its not only players and teams that are keeping Philly teams from winning championships but now nature wont even allow it.  Game 5 of the World Series was postponed last night do to pouring rains, the first time in history that a World Series game [...]

Oct 27, 2008

John Romano, A Classless Douche to Say the MOST

John Romano is a journalist for the St. Pete Times.  He decided to write this unsettling piece on Philadelphia sports fans based on his second (perhaps third) hand account of some alleged actions that happened at Saturdays Rays Phils world series game.  His piece was about how Philadelphia fans are the worst. The headline: “Phils [...]