It is a shame the Phillies even have to think about this, but in order to be considered a top notch championship team; they have to beat the Yankees or the Red Sox.

They are going to get their chance starting tonight.    

Outside of Philadelphia this team isn’t getting much love.  I am not talking about singing the Phillies’ praises for getting back to the World Series.  Everyone knows that they have the best line-up in the National League (that is not saying much, the National League is a joke).

I haven’t heard one major pundit select the Phillies to win the series.  Why?  Because the Yankees have such a storied past?  Because they have home field advantage?  Because of Mariano Rivera?

I hate to point this out, but the Yankees haven’t been relevant since 2001.  The Phillies are the best road team the Yankees will face and the Phillies have a better closer (I will get to that in a minute).    

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Read all about it!  Bud Selig, what an arrogant douche bag.  Congrats on the post season NLDS and ALDS schedule.  He knew that MLB couldn’t compete with the NFL on Sunday so he pushed back the starting time of last nights game, knowing that both cities involved would still watch. 

He literally has crippled two cities work forces today, Columbus Day of all days.  It is my 18^th favorite day of the year.  I dress up as a skipper of a boat and talk in an Italian accent all day, in memory of Chris Columbus.  RIP Chris! 

Let’s see what Bud Selig was thinking when putting together the post season schedule:

Let’s put the Twins and the Yankees series on in primetime, all 14 people in Minnesota deserve it!  Hell they won’t get swept again.  Why would we even begin to think that the Twins would get swept?  The fact that they haven’t won a SINGLE game against the Yankees this year is no clear indication? 

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“Next time your found, with your chin on the ground
There's a lot to be learned, so look around

Just what makes that little old ant
Think he’ll move that rubber tree plant
Anyone knows an ant, can’t
Move a rubber tree plant

But he’s got high hopes, he’s got high hopes
He’s got high apple pie, in the sky hopes”

We miss you Harry the K!  The Waltdog was down at the Phillies game yesterday, compliments of his new BFF, Rossi.  It was our first trip to a post season baseball game and we couldn’t of asked for a better day! 

We sat in front of four dudes that were the quintessential Philadelphia fans, rude, cursing and completely negative about everything.  We were cracking up. 

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Six minutes...six minutes...six minutes Walt E Fresh, you're on, Uh uh on, Uh uh on, Uh uh-uh uh-uh uh uh on.  Uh uh on, Uh uh on, Uh uh-uh uh-uh uh uh on, Ooh ooh ooh, uh uh on.  Here we go... Here we go...Come on... Come on...

That just goes to show you how terrible the name Walt is.  Walt E Fresh; that sounds absolutely atrocious, I need a new name. 

Rhett Law Haley – that has a certain ring to it and you know what?  When you sound out my first name backwards that is what is sounds like Retlaw is Walter backwards.  Rhett Law Haley, I think I am on to something. 

I was listening to the Mike and Mike in the Morning Show on ESPN Radio on the way into work this morning and they were discussing the Anaheim Angels post game celebration after clinching the American League West division the other night. 

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The title worked better when I said it out loud. On paper it just sounds gay. Not that there is anything wrong with that.

I was listening to Mike and Mike this morning and they were talking about Albert Pujols’ numbers while batting with the bases loaded.

There are astronomical to say the least. Here they are:

This year he has come up to bat with the bases loaded, nine (9) times.

He has seven (7) hits and five (5) of those hits are grand slams.

He has a total of 24 Runs Batted In during those at bats.

That is freaking crazy.

The insane part about the whole thing is, in those at bats he has only swung and missed the ball two times.

That, my friends, is someone who handles pressure well.

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