After a two-week hiatus, we return to discuss Ozzie Guillen’s stupid comments and Bobby Petrino’s stupid actions. We also discuss the “resurgence” of Carmelo Anthony, why Kanye West & Lamar Odom are girly men (not in those words) and present the newest evidence for Hoes Be Winning: Warren Sapp.
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William H. Strafe & Midtown Mo discuss Blake Griffin‘s dunk over Kendrick Perkins and its place among the all-time great dunks. They also preview Super Bowl XLVI with some prop bets, chat some MMA, wonder how the hell Prince Fielder got $214 million and discuss Kim Kardashian’s new love interest… Tim Tebow?
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So, by popular demand, we at seveneighteen are going to TRY to podcast once a week, at least. One will be about sports, and the other will be about whatever’s the hot topic at the time… which means we’ll be talking about money, hoes and rims againnnnnn.
This week, @MidtownMo and I chat about few things, including who will beat the Packers first, who’s to blame for the NBA lockout and where a certain greybeard retired quarterback from Mississippi ranks on the asshole scale. Hit play on the YouTube link below.
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I managed to get some people y’all know to predict the entire MLB postseason before the games started. Some names you’ll recognize, some you won’t (but you will soon).
Without further ado, here’s how we see the 2010 postseason playing out.
(PS – Yes, I am a Yankee fan. Yes, I hope I’m wrong. Sigh.)
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| Rays in 3 | Rays in 4 | Rays in 4 | |
| Twins in 5 | Yankees in 4 | Yankees in 4 | |
| Phillies in 3 | Phillies in 4 | Reds in 5 | |
| Giants in 4 | Braves in 5 | Braves in 3 | |
| Rays in 6 | Rays in 6 | Yankees in 6 | |
| Giants in 5 | Braves in 7 | Reds in 6 | |
| Rays in 5 | Braves in 6 | Yankees in 5 | |
| Rays in 4 | Rays in 4 | Rays in 5 | |
| Yankees in 4 | Yankees in 5 | Yankees in 3 | |
| Phillies in 4 | Phillies in 4 | Phillies in 4 | |
| Braves in 5 | Braves in 5 | Braves in 4 | |
| Yankees in 6 | Yankees in 7 | Yankees in 5 | |
| Phillies in 7 | Phillies in 5 | Phillies in 7 | |
| Yankees in 6 | Yankees in 6 | Yankees in 6 | |
Since I’ve been alive, the New York Yankees have played in seven World Series prior to 2009. Their opponents were the Los Angeles Dodgers (1981) Atlanta Braves (1996, 1999), San Diego Padres (1998), New York Mets (2000), Arizona Diamondbacks (2001) and Florida Marlins (2003). For me, Each of those series had one common thread:
I took none of them seriously.
Heading into Game 1 (save for ’01, but as a New Yorker, those reasons weren’t baseball-related). I believed we would win, and I dismissed any and everything I heard from fans of the opposing teams. I mean, Atlanta, San Diego, the other half of New York*, Phoenix and Miami aren’t cities that I feel the need to pay attention to when it comes to sports.
Enter Philadelphia.
See, Philadelphia is a different animal. They eat, drink, live, breathe and die sports, harder than damn near any North American city with at least three major sports. When a Philly fan is down (i.e., Super Bowl XXXIX, ’93 World Series) he mopes like his dog got shot in the head in front of him…after getting run over by a semi. But when that fan is up, he’s like Leo DiCaprio hanging off the front of the Titanic.
Both types of fans are pretty insufferable. But those of those fans have nothing on the third type of Philadelphia.
The Philadelphian with hope. The Philadelphian who believes. The Philadelphian who thinks he truly has a shot.
*shudders*
A wise man once said about the four major cities on the Eastern Seaboard, “Boston has the brains, New York has the money, Washington has the power and Philadelphia has…cheesesteaks?”
If you’ve been to Philadelphia as many times as I have, you will begin to see the in-Philly-ority complex they have about themselves. For some reason, they can’t seem to get the respect as the other three cities mentioned and (barring the move of the Unites States Capital moving back up I-95) probably never will.
But in sport, the great equalizer of all urban areas, they have a shot. And they know it.
And trust, they’ll let you hear it.
That’s why, as a Yankee fan, I’m looking forward to the 2009 World Series, which begins tonight (weather permitting). The Yankees and the Philadelphia Phillies are the two best teams in baseball. The Phillies are the defending champs, and the Yankees, long the kings of the sport, look to reclaim the throne.
And the hatred…my God, the hatred!
Actually (to bring this all full circle), the hatred is more northward than southward. As a New Yorker, I don’t really care for Philly. They’re mean people who speak funny and are usually behind the times in most trends. (Yeah, I said it.) But I don’t hate them.
Meanwhile, Philadelphia HATES New York, simply because…we’re New York.
I attended a Phillies playoff game two years ago. I wore my Yankee jersey to the game. The Phils were playing the Rockies, so I thought I was safe. After all, Phillies fans had no reason to hate the Yankees…after all, we never did anything to them, right*?
WRONG.
“F—K THE YANKEES!” was the welcome I received in Section 305 (behind the right field foul pole). A smattering of boos followed. Actually, more like a thunderstorm of boos…of the Noah’s Ark reality.
So I look forward to this series, because both sides will be into it 100% percent.
And I can’t to rub it in their faces after we win in six.
