Beer Commissioner Speaks on the Fall Classic
Posted by Beer Commissioner at 10/27/2009 8:54 AM 
Categories: Beer Me!
Tags: baseball World Series Yankees Phillies pope Indians
Categories: Beer Me!
Tags: baseball World Series Yankees Phillies pope Indians
It is time. It is time for dedication and proclamation. It is time for bestowing. It is time to christen the Cathedral of Baseball, Yankee Stadium. Cathedrals should be christened by popes. The Phillies used to have a pope, Paul Owens, but he is with us no more. He led the Wheeze Kids to the Fall Classic in 1983. How many Hall of Famers played in that Series? Tony Perez, Joe Morgan, Steve Carlton, Mike Schmidt, Eddie Murray and some rookie named Ripken.
The 2009 version of the Fall Classic has the makings of a great one. This is the first year of the new Yankee Stadium. It is fitting that baseball's greatest games, be played in baseball's holiest place. The Yankees are loaded with future Hall of Famers, and have more gold gloves than a costume party in the Castro.
The WORLD CHAMPION PHILLIES have the most potent hitting line-up in all of baseball. Both teams are loaded with enough former Indians to make the Jacobs family wonder if they really know anything about baseball.
Hopefully somewhere, Whitey Ashburn, Tug McGraw, The Mick, Joe Dimaggio, the Babe, Casey Stengel all get together and watch the games. Maybe they are watching the games at the Pope's house and drinking the dearly departed Frazier Beer?
I'm hoping the Series goes 7 games. I hope the Captain gets the key hit. I hope the Flyin' Hawaiian guns down Robinson Kano at home to stop the tying run from scoring. I hope CC and Cliff Lee both throw complete games, and Game 1 ends 1-0. I hope in one of the games, the Phillies 4 of Ultey, Howard, Werth and Ibanez put up a bunch of crooked numbers. I hope that Lidge is perfect, and Mariano is at his best. I hope J-Roll doesn't bite on the curve ball down and in, and I hope A-Rod doesn't have rabbit ears. I hope neither team makes an error in the field, and that Cole Hammels finds his curve ball. I hope the Phillies win in 7 and parade down Broad Street.
I hope every baseball fan in heaven watches the games, and I hope that Harry Kalas and Whitey Ashburn call the games on Phillies Radio and Mel Allen and Phil Rizzuto call the Yankee games on heaven radio, but without the Money Store commercials.
"How about that?"
The 2009 version of the Fall Classic has the makings of a great one. This is the first year of the new Yankee Stadium. It is fitting that baseball's greatest games, be played in baseball's holiest place. The Yankees are loaded with future Hall of Famers, and have more gold gloves than a costume party in the Castro.
The WORLD CHAMPION PHILLIES have the most potent hitting line-up in all of baseball. Both teams are loaded with enough former Indians to make the Jacobs family wonder if they really know anything about baseball.
Hopefully somewhere, Whitey Ashburn, Tug McGraw, The Mick, Joe Dimaggio, the Babe, Casey Stengel all get together and watch the games. Maybe they are watching the games at the Pope's house and drinking the dearly departed Frazier Beer?
I'm hoping the Series goes 7 games. I hope the Captain gets the key hit. I hope the Flyin' Hawaiian guns down Robinson Kano at home to stop the tying run from scoring. I hope CC and Cliff Lee both throw complete games, and Game 1 ends 1-0. I hope in one of the games, the Phillies 4 of Ultey, Howard, Werth and Ibanez put up a bunch of crooked numbers. I hope that Lidge is perfect, and Mariano is at his best. I hope J-Roll doesn't bite on the curve ball down and in, and I hope A-Rod doesn't have rabbit ears. I hope neither team makes an error in the field, and that Cole Hammels finds his curve ball. I hope the Phillies win in 7 and parade down Broad Street.
I hope every baseball fan in heaven watches the games, and I hope that Harry Kalas and Whitey Ashburn call the games on Phillies Radio and Mel Allen and Phil Rizzuto call the Yankee games on heaven radio, but without the Money Store commercials.
"How about that?"
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