Before I Root for Philadelphia
metsmerizedonline.com 10/28/2009 — To those of you who for some reason seem to think that hearing the Yankees fans chirp is more annoying than our division rival winning their 2 nd World Series title in a row, I say to you the following: I would root for Apollo Creed to not get up in Rocky IV after being physically ...

Why Do We Have To Root For Either Team?
metsmerizedonline.com 10/28/2009 — Some people are calling it the Doomsday Series. Others are calling it the World Series From Hell. I’m calling it Armageddon. Regardless of what name you’re attaching to this year’s Fall Classic, the World Series no Mets fan wanted to see between the Yankees and the ...

Yankees vs. Phillies Game 6 – The Time Is Now…
majorleagueblogging.com 26 days ago — Wow, it has been a long time since I have been able to post here! I just got married, and boy were times crazy…but a good type of crazy! Anyway, when we last left off, the Mets had a chance, the Mets had hope, the Mets were looking half decent…but here we are now…and as the ...

When a World Series Becomes a Defining Moment For a City
seamheads.com 10/27/2009 — Through much of my childhood, and probably further in to my adult life than I would like to admit, I followed pro wrestling. One of my favorite wrestlers was the bad guy and heavy weight champ Ric Flair. Flair would hold up his championship belt and yell, “To be the man, you have to beat the ...

Hey Mets Fans, WAKE UP !!!
metsmerizedonline.com 10/24/2009 — I’ll be the first to say that a Yankees-Phillies World Series is the ultimate slap in the face to any Mets fan. Our two most hated teams going head-to-head in a best of seven series for the title of baseball’s best. But instead of whining and complaining that there’s no one ...

Easy Enough
faithandfear.blogharbor.com 10/29/2009 — During the World Series player introductions Wednesday night , I wanted to figuratively shoot everybody (figuratively, of course, because I'm not nearly as violent as my baseball tendencies of late would indicate). By the ninth inning, though, I had consolidated my hatred. This wasn't hard. ...

My Very Worst Nightmare Has Come True
hotfootblog.com 10/26/2009 — It was Friday night when I went to see a formerly little known movie that started to ride a bit of a hype machine to box office significance. It was Paranormal Activity, and it was good. The scares were not cheap in the least, and it features a final act ...

Queens Quandary
nydailynews.com 10/26/2009 — Mets fans thought they were in the clear for disappointment once the regular season ended, but the nightmare was still a month from being over. This year was already bad enough for Mets fans. Picked to win the World Series by many, they were ...

The Worls Series - Do I Really Need to Choose?
metsfansforever.com 10/27/2009 — Author: Clare Lafferty Everyone that I know has asked me in the last week "Who are you going to root for in the Series?", knowing full well that I am a die-hard Mets fan. First of all, my friends should know that for me, that is like asking " Electric chair or gas chamber?". Both decisions ...

Don't give up
macho-row.blogspot.com 28 days ago — The Phillies are chasing the Yankees right now, down 3-1 First I would like to apologize for the lack of updates on this site over the crucial World series weekend. An unfortunate time for my auto-scheduled posts to fail me I must say. But regardless we move on. Rather than rehash each ...

Yankees pay for priviledge of playing in Philadelphia — NYDailyNews.com - Baseball 28 days ago
How's this for galling? The Yankees have to pay to play in Philadelphia. The City of Brotherly Love taxes non-residents on any wages earned inside the borders of Philadelphia.

World Series TV ratings at highest level since '04 — Boston.com -- Baseball News 28 days ago
World Series television ratings are at their highest levels in five years. The New York Yankees' 8-5 win over Philadelphia on Saturday night in Game 3 received a 9.1 rating and 18 share, Fox said Sunday.  ...

Damon helps Yanks 'steal' Game 4 in 9th (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 28 days ago
Johnny Damon slid into second base, saw third was uncovered and swiped that, too. All on a single pitch. The Philadelphia Phillies never recovered. Damon's daring dash at Citizens Bank Park will be remembered for a long time. He scored the tiebreaking ...

Burnett faces Phillies' Lee in Game 5 — NY Post: Sports 28 days ago
PHILADELPHIA -- A.J. Burnett gets a chance to live every kids dream tonight. You know, winning the deciding game of the World Series and heading home for the winter as a conquering hero. "I'd lie if I said I wasn't going to think about [this] all ni...

A-Rod's clutch hit in 9th puts Yanks on brink of Series title — USATODAY.com MLB - Top Stories 28 days ago
Alex Rodriguez delivered the biggest hit of his life, a go-ahead, two-out double in the ninth inning off Brad Lidge and the New York Yankees took advantage of Johnny Damon's alert dash to beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-4 on Sunday night for a 3-1 ...