Excellent phrasing, omdq. "the Metropolitans of New York against the Phillies of Philadelphia." too bad Phillies isn't short for...anything. Like philanderers, or something.
Should be a ton of good posts this eve..what with all these major-type sports/AA competing. Good times. Again.

What can I say - I just read a book about Howard Cosell and it obviously effected me deeply.

Although he totally would've come up with something better for Phillies.

Maybe. Cosell was great like that..but even he would struggle with that one.

Didn't Joe Morgan say last week that is was safer to slide head first? Now this week its the most dangerous slide in baseball. He's not even trying to make sense anymore.

So is Ted Williams the first player that Joe has praised that he didn't play with or against?

Really Jon? The ball needs to be there before the baserunner for it to be an out? Thanks for that gem.

The ball has to be there before the runner for there to be an out? NO WAY JON!?! thank you for that wonderful analysis.

Last week, Jon Miller looked like a hot dog with his Mustard Yellow shirt and Ketchup Red tie.

This week, he looks like a bowl of custard.

Am I the only one who finds all these close ups of the mouth piece thing kind of creepy.

I also love the fact that everytime Joe is making a point on-camera, Jon looks awkwardly at the camera as if to say "Yeah, guys...I know. I hear it, too."

Did Joe just say that Utley may end up being the best hitting 2nd baseman ever? You mean even better than the immortal Joe Morgan? He must have meant best other than himself.

I hate how the cameraman is allowed to follow the runner down the third-base line. I don't think they should be allowed on the field, much less that close! Just watch, one day he'll be out there and get hit by a live ball or get run over or something...

He was thinking triple all the way Joe? It looked to me like he didn't turn it on until he rounded 1st, but what do I know, I didn't invent baseball like you.

jay-Channel that hate to those that deserve it. Namely, Morgan, Miller(insert Jon or Reggie or Cheryl), et al.
Wow! I have choice for Celts vs Hawks...Gorman/Heinsohn or Stockton/Fratello. Hmmmnnnn. Go to the "sideline reporter tiebreaker". Sorry, TNT. No Cheryl on Comcast.

Tommy Point for omdq!

Did Mythbusters show that sliding headfirst makes no difference then sliding feet first? Someone help me out

No, the Mythbusters tested whether sliding was really faster than going in standing up. Of course, sliding was faster, because you have to start to slow yourself down very early if you are to stop standing on the bag (whereas, in a slide, the friction between you and the ground slows you much more quickly). I agreed with the result, but I didn't like their experiments since none of them were athletic enough to (1) run fast or (2) slide even remotely correctly.

Johnson going in, misses. - Dick Stockton

Ah thanks Jay, I totally "misremembered" the experiment.

Why does every basket catch have to be called a "Willie Mays catch?" Church was running in to make that catch; it looked nothing like Mays', which was over-the-shoulder, going back, about 450 feet from the plate.

Can someone please tell Jon he's putting the em-PHA-sis on the wrong syl-LA-ble. Its BEL-tran not bel-TRAN. Joe's usually the one making up his own words.

Joe Morgan completely forgot why the hell he was bringing up JC Hartman's book after that worthless argument with Jon Miller about whether Miller remembers who JC Hartman was. You could hear Morgan restart his story about the book, and then pause, and realize he didnt know why he was talking about it. Thankfully Miller spared us by immediately cutting to Peter Gammons.

"I personally do not like the two strike bunt"-Joe

I wonder why not?

Celtics win! (I love Tommy, btw. Occasionally reminds me of listening to Mr. Most with the tele on mute). Maybe I'll catch the tail end of SNB. Naaaaaaaah!

Miller isn't pronouncing Beltran wrong. Technically, he's right -- it's Bel-TRAN, not BEL-tran -- but that doesn't change the fact that he sounds pompous in doing so. "Look at me, yo hablo un poco Español!"

@monty:

I'm at the opposite end of the spectrum: I still can't believe Mr. Big Not choked (along with the rest of the Pistons) and I missed most of a good SNB game, and could someone tell the Pistons' marketing department Thundersticks are so 2002?

I was confused on that Frank Thomas All-Star deal as well. But wasn't it because they didn't have the DH spot till '89 and then only in AL parks?

Is there any way someone could possibly splice together the two clips of Joe Morgan contradicting on the headfirst slide?

I just think that'd be a perfect post to provide any new Joe-haters an example of the crap they've been (luckily but unfortunately) missing the last couple of years.