Colts Comeback To Beat Pats As Bill Belichick Makes Andy Reid Look Like Bill Walsh

That, my friends, is a statement that I never thought I would write. Ever. In a million years.

But alas, it happened. If you don't know the story by now, then welcome back from the rock that you just spent the last hour or 2 or under and let me fill you in.

The Patriots were up by 6 with 2:30 left with the ball at their own 30. They call a timeout. They ran a first play handoff for no gain. Timeout Indy. 2nd and 10 a pass to Welker over the middle. Timeout Indy, 1 remaining. 3rd down a pass to the sidelines nearly picked off and incomplete. 2:11 to go. The Pats then call their last timeout. The Patriots then decide to do the inexplicable, line up as if they were going for a 4th down. Okay, maybe this is an offsides draw or something (although the Pats have no timeouts; they might have been willing to take the delay of game) but no. They snap it. The pass to Faulk........and this happened.....



Caught but short of the marker. Pats fans everywhere are screaming that Faulk had that but in my view, he was bobbling all the way to the ground. And even if I am wrong and that should have been a first down, for all the calls that the Pats get and screw other teams with, this is karma giving them a big ole bite on the backside (reading all the Pats fans complain about the officiating is PRICELESS HILARITY). Regardless, no replay review because the play happened before the 2-minute warning. So surely the Hoodie can challenge as Michaels alluded to, but one thing, HOODY WASTED THE LAST TIMEOUT ALREADY!!!!! (sidenote: No one bothered to correct Michaels as he made that mistake on the other side of the warning). Manning now has the ball at the New England 33 with 1-timeout and 2-minutes to work with. Was there ever a doubt in anyone's mind that this would end up happening, despite the fact that Manning was not having his best game?



Manning to Reggie Wayne for the touchdown!!!!

Pats would get the ball with the time remaining and would attempt what appeared to be a hook and ladder type play, although there is no way to be sure as the execution of it was every bit of awful as you can imagine.

Bill Belichick going for it to begin with though makes no sense whatsoever. Even if they do convert, there is still the 2-minute warning and the Colts still do have a timeout so the Pats can't just run out the clock with a conversion. Colts could still hold, give Manning the ball back with 30 or so seconds left, and even though there would be no timeouts, that would not be a gimme for the Pats. You can't say that with every NFL QB, but with Manning and as quick and efficient as he can work, it's certainly a possibility. The best move would be to trust your defense to force Indy to drive the entire length of the field. As mentioned above, Manning was not having his best game and the New England D was making a lot of plays. With all the talk about Belichick having confidence in his offense, you have to have confidence in your defense to force that stop or else there ain't no way in hell the Pats will even come close to the Super Bowl this year.

I must say, though, I feel bad for the Jets. The Hoodie will surely hang 77 on them after the questionning and criticism that he gets this week.

And as if the hilarity of it all was not enough, watch as Bill Belichick's security guard misplaces some of his aggression, which in this case will also be known as shoving down a camera man!



Suck it New England. You deserve this.

Update: To preserve this moment forever on this blog (the YouTubes will be down soon enough), here's a link to highlights courtesy of NFL.com

Ugh

I made 2 predictions coming. One at the beginning of the year, one in the middle. I said the Yankees would not win the World Series and I said that Brad Lidge would be the death of this team in the playoffs.

The latter one is the only one that came through.

It's official: I've never been this disappointed over a baseball game in my life.

To Quote J.R., "BUSINESS IS ABOUT TO PICK UP!!!"

That's because it's official, the Phillies will play the Yankees in the 2009 World Series!

BRING IT ON, YOU MOTHER FUCKING YANKEES!!!

They got it done in 6. They did not need to waste Sabathia. No excuses. It will be the Phillies best versus the Yankees best in what has the possibilty of being a legendary World Series, certainly the biggest, most star-studded World Series that I can ever recall. Just listen to these names: Ryan Howard, Chase Utley, Jimmy Rollins, Pedro Martinez, the 2008 World Series MVP Cole Hamels, Cliff Lee, Derek Jeter, Jorge Posada, A-Rod, Texiera, Sabathia, Pettitte.

I'm ready. I'm pumped. PHILLIES!!! YANKEES!!!

If the Phillies can somehow pull this one off and win it, regardless of how it goes down, it will be a part of Philadelphia sports lore forever. If you thought last year's World Series was big, believe me, this one is bigger. The last one broke the curse. This one will leave an unfathomable imprint on Philadelphia forever.

We are 68 hours away from the first pitch. Are you ready?

You'll Never Guess Which Team's Ticket Prices Will Be Lower For The Playoffs Than They Were For The Season

Surprise. Surprise. Surprise. Somehow spending over $2000 for a ticket at New Yankee Stadium did not appeal to the average fan. Or hell, it probably hardly appealed to the rich fan (unless of course you're a millionaire). But now, the Yankees are finally getting sensible when it comes to ticket prices for those same seats that were once thousands of dollars. Wait, they're slashing them by how much? From the News Day

The Yankees will lower ticket prices for select sections during the first round of the 2009 playoffs.

Season-ticket holders with seats in Field Level sections 115-125, rows 12-30, will actually be able to buy ALDS tickets for $50 cheaper than they would have paid during the regular season. And ALDS prices for many other season-ticket holders will remain the same as the regular season cost.

Playoff tickets made available to the public will cost slightly more than regular season prices, on average, with seats in most sections going up between $2 and $20 per seat. The only exception is the obstructed-view bleacher seats, which will continue to cost just $5.

In the ALCS and World Series, prices would rise as expected, although season-ticket holders will be able to buy their tickets at a small discount, depending on the section.

Oh, my. I must say, though, when I first heard this story while watching Mike & Mike In The Morning (it was what was on in the lounge at the time!), they were saying that the multi-thousand dollar seats were being cut reasonably to just over $200 and more if there is an ALCS and/or World Series there. Nice to see them think of the average fans for once (well, sort of).

The New England Patriots Are Back To Their Old Ways

With Tom Brady's injury giving them essentially a year off from dominating the league, the New England Patriots have decided that it is time to do some dominating. And they have started their epic conquest of theirs by acquiring none other than former Eagle, defensive end Derrick Burgess. From NFL.com

The New England Patriots acquired Derrick Burgess on Thursday after the two-time Pro Bowl defensive end held out of Oakland Raiders training camp in the hopes of being traded.

The Patriots gave up undisclosed draft considerations for Burgess, who's coming off an injury-plagued season in which he had 3.5 sacks in 10 games. New England released offensive lineman Al Johnson to create roster room for Burgess.

The trade was announced on the ninth day of Burgess' holdout from the team with which he recorded 38.5 sacks in four seasons, including a club-record and league-best 16 in 2005. Burgess had 11 sacks the next season and made the Pro Bowl both times in 2005 and 2006.

The Patriots are definitley trying, that's for sure. I never really bought into the philosophy that you build your team by acquiring the biggest names possible through free agency and trades, but the Patriots seem to be one of the few teams in sports that can for the most part successfully pull it off. Burgess is injury prone, though, so it will be interesting to see how this move turns out for the Pats.

Oh, yeah, 600th post! Not bad for starting in the middle of November....

New York Baseball Announcers Gone Wild

Not like that......sick freaks. The hilarious ending last night provided MLB Network and subsequently AA with quite the mash up video of the Yankees TV announcers, Mets TV announcers, Yankees radio announcers, and Mets radio announcers calling the last play.



That's just too funny. Not the announcers, I'm talking about Castillo dropping a fly ball that would have ended the game. Actually, that fly up did end the game, just not the way the Mets wanted to. And if listening to 4 different calls is the way to see the hilarity 4 times without interruption, then I'll take it!

Luis Castillo's drop gives us a great NY Announcer Mashup (Awful Announcing)

HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!

The Penguins won the Stanley Cup, the Phillies lost in 13 to the Sawx, yet this video below makes everything all right in the world. Watch as Castillo drops a fly ball and turns a Mets win into a Yankees win just like that. Seriously. I'm not kidding.



Classic!!!!! I've never laughed so hard at the thought of a Yankees win, but that is just absolutely priceless. Castillo dropped a fly ball and allowed the game-tying and game-winning run in the bottom of the 9th. A walk-off fly ball! I love it!

Will The Real John Mayberry, Sr. Please Stand Up? (UPDATED WITH BETTER VIDEO!)

Aside from the fact that I utterly refuse to talk about Brad Lidge's 9th inning choke job that allowed the Yankees to win 5-4 in the bottom of the 9th, I have to share this video with you. The Phillies brought up John Mayberry, Jr. from the minor leagues and in his 2nd major league at bat, he hit a home run in Yankee Stadium. So naturally, seeing as his dad was a former major leaguer, Fox was eager to catch dear old Dad's reaction to his son's first homer. Perhaps they may have been too overeager, seeing as the person they thought was John Mayberr, Sr., wasn't exactly John Mayberry, Sr......(the payoff is a lot sooner in this version and not only is it better quality, but you get a lot more of the awkwardness afterwards which just absolutely killed me)



Oh.....my.....God! I was literally in tears cracking up at that! So, so funny! They had the wrong John Mayberry! And they showed this guy over and over again for a long time afterward as well! It was not a right away instant correction, this went on for what had to have been 20-25 minutes real time before Buck came on and said "Yeah, we got the wrong person".

Fox was not completely off here, the real John Mayberry, Sr. was in attendance at that game and he was eventually interviewed by Ken Rosenthal. And keeping with the theme of the comedy graphics over the situation, when they started the interview, the graphic read "The Real John Mayberry, Sr. We promise". Too funny!

At Least I Can Take Solace In This...

Brad Lidge may have blown a save, the Flyers may be in a huge hole in their series against the Pens, the Sixers may have no chance against the Magic, but alas, seeing the Indians put a 14-spot on the Yankees somehow makes all of the pain go away...

(Picture courtesy of MLB.com)

Yankee Fans Are Not Exactly Fans Of Pepsi

Thanks to JC for the tip on this one.

Yankee fans apparently felt that Pepsi was having a promotion where they gave away 200 tickets to last night's opening day game at the new Yankee Stadium. Well, apparently, there was some sort of miscommunication and Yankee fans did not take too kindly to that.



That'll show Pepsi, all right!

Somehow, I do not think that Pepsi cares that a few hundred Yankee fans were chanting "Pepsi sucks!" with all of the money that they make because they, well, are Pepsi. However, it does not help them that the old House That Ruth Built served Coke products and now the New Yankee Stadium has gone Pepsi. Good times over in the Bronx! Gooooood times......