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Your Brewers-Cardinals NLCS Game Six Open Thread

Brian Hickey — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 19:45:00 EDT

Edwin Jackson et al for St. Louis. Shaun Marcum for Milwaukee. They met in Game Two. St. Louis won 12-3. Cardinals win this time, and they're World Series bound. Cardinals lose, and they're bound for a Carpenter vs. Gallardo deciding seventh game. More »

The Theme Of Last Night's NLCS Game Was Set When Jerry Hairston Got Bucknered At Third

Brian Hickey — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 09:00:00 EDT

Your morning roundup for Oct. 15, the day we totally realized that Tums commercial with a randy corn dog is really a work of dong-involved artistry. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors. More »

Your Brewers-Cardinals, Weather-Permitting Game Three Open Thread

Brian Hickey — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:00:00 EDT

Tonight, Yovani Gallardo of the Brewers will face off against fake-ass Chris Carpenter of the Cardinals in a NLCS tied at one a piece. Gallardo isn't very good against the Cardinals, per a St. Louis newspaper and numbers. Meanwhile, Carpenter "has had hiccups" against the Brewers, per a Milwaukee newspaper and less damning numbers. More »

Your Cardinals-Brewers NLCS Game Two Open Thread

Dom Cosentino — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:00:00 EDT

At least baseball had a rainout excuse when it came to the unfortunate-for-ratings start time of this afternoon's Tigers-Rangers affair. It has nowhere to hide when it comes to tonight's next installment of the NLCS, which will attempt to compete directly for eyeballs with Monday Night Football—and at a time when the unbeaten Lions are playing. More »

Your Cardinals-Brewers NLCS Game One Open Thread

Brian Hickey — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 15:30:00 EDT

The Brewers and Cardinals faced off 18 times during the regular season, with each team winning nine. Since Aug. 30, though, the Cardinals took five of six. That stat matters. More »

Philadelphia Inquirer Writer Compares Phillies Loss To 1906 San Francisco Earthquake

Emma Carmichael — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 21:51:01 EDT

"When it was over, the town was a charred, smoldering mess—a blackened patch of scorched earth that left the survivors shocked and shattered as they tried to figure out what happened and how to move forward." More »

Well, This Video Only Took About An Hour To Arrive

Brian Hickey — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 01:00:00 EDT

This guy appears rather happy that an umpire called a ball a strike to end the Philadelphia Phillies moderately disappointing, confusingly up-and-down season. More »

Your Phillies/Giants NLCS Game 6 Open Thread

Brian Hickey — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 19:57:00 EDT

Well, it's back to Roy Oswalt vs. Jonathan Sanchez again. Giants advance or Phils force an NLCS Game 7, something that didn't come to pass in '08 or '09. More »

What Bloggers Are Saying About NLCS Game 6

Brian Hickey — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 18:00:00 EDT

Here are 9 links to what guys and gals with keyboards are saying before NLCS Game 6. More »

Your Phillies/Giants NLCS Game Two Open Thread

Brian Hickey — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 19:30:00 EDT

Oswalt vs. Sanchez tonight in South Philly. Won't go so far as to call it do-or-die for the Phils, but it kind of is. More »

What Bloggers Are Saying About NLCS Game 2

Brian Hickey — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 18:30:00 EDT

Here are 10 links to what guys and gals with keyboards are saying before NLCS Game 2. More »

Your Phillies/Giants NLCS Game One Open Thread

Brian Hickey — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 19:30:00 EDT

Roy Halladay and Tim Lincecum are getting most of the pre-Game-1 attention. As well they should. Two game-changers, pure and simple. But, one has to lose. Ok, both can get no decisions, but one of their teams has to lose. More »

What Bloggers Are Saying About NLCS Game 1

Brian Hickey — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 17:45:00 EDT

Here are 11 links to what guys and gals with keyboards are saying about NLCS Game 1. More »

Lincecum-Halladay Billed As "Matchup For The Ages," A "Pitching Classic"

Emma Carmichael — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:17:00 EDT

Elsewhere, A.J. Burnett hits two batters in a Yankees' simulation game. Here's your evening update on the NLCS/ALCS pitching rotations. More »

Another Long Night In The Brett Myers Household

Dashiell Bennett — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:50:57 EDT

In case you missed it, one more special gem from the NLCS celebration last night—Brett Myers goes in for the smooch. Denied. [TheFightins] More »

Young Man Enjoy His First Wilding

Dashiell Bennett — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:20:56 EDT

Got an image you'd like to see in here first thing in the morning? Send it to tips@deadspin.com. Subject: Morning crap. More »

And Let's Just Watch This One More Time...

A.J. Daulerio — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:40:00 EDT

Even after watching this (literally) 12 times last night, I still can't get enough of it. SBNation had this vid up pretty early so we'll give those lovable bastards the nod. More »

D:LKFJ:LDFKJ:LDFKJ:LDKFJ:LDFK!!! (UPDATE)

A.J. Daulerio — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:11:12 EDT

Honestly. See you tomorrow! More »

Two Men And A Little Tommy

Dashiell Bennett — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:45:15 EDT

Kobe Byrant, the newly single Frank McCourt, and a very sleepy Tommy Lasorda took in Game 2 of the NLCS today. Of course, this was in the fourth inning, so the trio is probably already eating dinner in Malibu. More »

Oh Happy Day

A.J. Daulerio — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:55:09 EDT

Last February, I received an email from a friend-of-a-friend of the publisher at Philadelphia magazine who wanted to know if The Daily Examiner, the Philly mag blog I was writing for at the time, would be interested in having weekly interviews with Shane Victorino throughout spring training. The guy told me Victorino was trying to increase his profile going into the season as the Phillies new center fielder. The goofy Flyin' Hawaiian was replacing Aaron Rowand, who was coming off career year at the plate and a man who'd endeared himself to the Philly cretins for all eternity after he smashed his face into center field wall. More »

I Don't Believe What I Just Saw...

A.J. Daulerio — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:30:44 EDT

1988 was a year I didn't watch as much sports as I used to because I discovered Headbanger's Ball and had hair that looked like this, but I did watch the one-legged walk-off game by Kirk Gibson. (Most likely while ironing a Megadeth back patch to my jean jacket. Who got all the chicks?) More »

LA Sports Bar Bans Dodgers Gear ... Phillies Gear OK, Though

Rick Chandler — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:00:05 EDT

My sports bar of choice when in the Los Angeles area? Big Wangs, of course. Now with two locations — Hollywood and North Hollywood — making it more convenient to head on over to watch Game 5 of the NLCS, and enjoy a heaping basket of Wangs Wings. Of course, if you're planning on wearing your Dodgers jersey in the establishment, be prepared to be thrown out on your keester. That's right: No Dodgers gear allowed. Wait, what? My friend Anita, the manager of the North Hollywood Wangs, explains: More »

The New York Times Helps Matt Stairs Retrieve His Masculinity

A.J. Daulerio — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:15:01 EDT

Matt Stairs' stay as a Philadelphia's favorite 40-year-old beefy homer-hitting Canuck continues today, with a story about him in today's New York Times that gives America's baseball nation a closer glimpse at the 16-year vet. The whole piece focuses on Stairs' everyman-ness and how he's a "guys' guy" who loves to play hockey and just do manly things. More »

Matt Stairs Enters the Pantheon of Philadelphia's Portly Sports Heroes

A.J. Daulerio — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:30:54 EDT

When the Philllies added journeyman hitter Matt Stairs to their roster August 30th, it was a move that barely registered on most people's radar. Another left-handed bat off the bench seemed like something the Phillies didn't need — even though Geoff Jenkins was recovering from an injury — but with everyone else in the National League making significant, flashy moves for their playoff push,this was a shoulder shrug. He was touted as a "professional hitter" which seemed insulting to Gregg Dobbs, whose left-handed pinch-hitting prowess was already a proven commodity on this Phillies team. He had 17 at bats with the Phillies, six hits, including two home runs, and one of those came in the last game of the season when the Phillies already had the division locked up. Last night, with one of his typical let's-see-if-I-can-hit-that-water-tower swings of his, 40-year-old, Canadian-born Matt Stairs finally came through. He finally feels like part of this team, he told reporters after the game, and if the Phillies continue on to the World Series, he might have a Tasty Kake named after him. Or lots of prospective boyfriends.

"You want to get that one big hit where you feel like you're part of the team … not that I don't feel like I'm part of the team, by no means, but when you get that nice celebration coming into the dugout and you're getting your ass hammered by guys, it's no better feeling than to have that done."

Moving on... This city reveres a player like Matt Stairs simply by virtue of his pear-shaped body and graying goatee. Once he put on a jersey, a friend of mine said that "He looks like a guy who's dressing like the 1993 Phillies for Halloween." After last night's home run, he'll probably get the same fawning treatment as those derelicts do anytime they come back to town. So Matt Stairs, it's been long overdue, but welcome to Philadelphia. You can stay as long as you want. Phillies lead the series, 3-1. Matt Stairs' moment [Philly.com] Video: Shane Victorino and Matt Stairs [The700Level] No ordinary come-from-behind-win for the Phillies [ESPN] Just a win away [Philly.com] MLB Quote of the Year: Matt Stairs [The Fightins] More »

NLCS Game Four Live Blog: Phillies Vs. Dodgers

Matt Sussman — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:15:02 EDT

The Dodgers want to even up this series at 2-2. Strangely, the Phillies don't agree with them on that issue. It remains to be seen if the Phillies will stay unbeaten in Deadspin live blogs, or if Tim McCarver will fall asleep sometime during the sixth inning. Derek "Derrick" Lowe will pitch against Joe "The PItcher" Blanton. All you need is jump. Jump is all you need. More »

Greetings from Angryville

A.J. Daulerio — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:00:33 EDT

Los Angeles Times columnist T.J. Simers touched a nerve with Philadelphia's finest cranks when he penned his pre-NLCS column about the long-established crappiness about my fair city of Brotherly Shove. To wit: "It's an angry place, all right, everything old here in Philadelphia, crumbling and in ruin. Even the city's main attraction has a crack in it.So the prevailing opinion around here is you have to be an obstinate pug to make it in Philly, the football team tough, the hockey team a bunch of bullies and the Phillies rugged competitors like Larry Bowa." More »

NLCS Game 1: Dodgers vs. Phillies

Matt Sussman — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:10:00 EDT

Wow, it's already the League Championship Series. If this were the NBA, tonight would be Game 2 of the first round. Instead it's Cole Hamels throwing when Derek Lowe isn't, and it's probably true the other way around. So sit back, relax, then stop. Jumpertime. More »

Why Yes, Tim McCarver Does Have An Opinion About Manny Ramirez

Dashiell Bennett — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:00:06 EDT

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The NLCS starts tomorrow ON FOX! We know Joe Buck is amped, but how does Tim McCarver feel about covering the Phillies, the Dodgers, and the story of the moment—i.e., Manny Ramirez Reborn? Well, let's just say Tim should bring some extra towels with him if he decides to head down to the Dodger locker room after the game. More »

NLCS Preview: Phillies Vs. Dodgers

Will Leitch — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:00:47 EDT

I pay so much closer attention to the National League than the American League, and I got both of the NLDS dramatically wrong. To be fair, I was trying to jinx the Cubs and spite the Phillies. Yes, I have that kind of power. So do you, actually. Being a fan rules. More »

Eric Byrnes Does Not Rock

rickchand — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 10:00:06 EDT

What they're saying out in The Matrix about the Rockies' 6-4 National League Championship Series win over the Diamondbacks on Monday, which gave Colorado the NL pennant ... More »

Rockies Fans Have Earned It, History Or Not

Leitch — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:15:35 EDT

Of all the photos we came across from Coors Field last night, we think this one is our favorite. Not because it reminds us of a similar experience, but because we think it's the only appropriate reaction to what the Rockies have done over the last month. This guy has probably never been happier, though we doubt he knows that lady next to him. More »

Your National League Champion Colorado Rockies

Leitch — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 01:39:03 EDT

It seems surreal just to type it, but it's true: The Colorado Rockies are heading to the World Series. We shouldn't try to explain it. We'll just say this: We think the Rockies could probably beat the Patriots right now. More »

Probably Time For The Rockies To Wrap This Up

Leitch — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:30:11 EDT

The Colorado Rockies have a rather serious opportunity to clinch their first trip to the World Series in their history tonight — their "history" being what it is — and it should happen about 1:30 a.m. tomorrow morning. We cannot imagine how cold it's going to be, and we know playoff cold. More »

Will They Even Bother Playing A Game 4?

Leitch — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:00:47 EDT

Diamondbacks are now understanding what Cubs fans went through last week; they're experiencing a series where absolutely nothing goes right, and it's pretty much over before you had quite adjusted to the fact that it had started in the first place. More »

The Rockies Will Destroy All That You Hold Dear, Without Even Trying

Leitch — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 23:55:02 EDT

You can go ahead and call this NLCS boring. The Colorado Rockies fans surely don't think so. It's a 3-0 lead, and the Rockies have now won a ridiculous 20 of their last 21 games. We don't understand anything anymore, not that anyone ever did. More »

Take Me Up To The Mile-High City

skeets — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 17:40:58 EDT

Now that was a solid sports weekend! Two playoff baseball games went to extra innings; Kentucky and Oregon State upset the top two teams in the nation; Midnight Madness kicked off; we've got the Pats and the 'Boys duking it out; there was probably a NASCAR crash in there somewhere ... action packed, folks. Action. Packed. And we're not even done yet! More »

NLCS Blogdome: Taste The Pennant

skeets — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 14:00:48 EDT

A quick look at what the Internets are saying about the Rockies' 3-2 win in over the Diamondbacks in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series ... More »

Groundskeeper Willy To The Rescue

skeets — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 11:30:18 EDT

Did I stay up late to watch Willy Taveras' amazing game-saving catch? No. Red Bull tends to give me the runs, not wings. But have I already watched it a few hundred times on SportsCenter this morning? You betcha! God is good, Christopher Llyod is great. More »

NLCS Blogdome: Rockies Clear First Hurdle

rickchand — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 10:00:24 EDT

What they're saying out there in the ether about the Rockies' 5-1 win over the Diamondbacks in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series ... More »

Nobody Will Stop The Rampaging Monster That Is The Colorado Rockies

Leitch — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 09:15:02 EDT

Whatever you think of the Diamondbacks' fan display last night — an embarrassment, an isolated incident, a roundabout way to recycle — we don't understand why anyone is considering it a response to a "controversial" play. It was not a controversial call; Justin Upton clearly brought up his arm to knock down Kaz Matsui, and that's illegal. Arizona manager Bob Melvin is obliged to come out and argue the call — it ended his team's last gasp rally — but no reasonable person can argue it was the wrong call. Not that it isn't still a good reason to throw stuff! More »