PHILLIES PLAYOFF MADNESS, ETC.

My oh my, has it ever been a super-hyper week for this little Phillies fan. I've got a lot to talk about--and it's not even all Phillies-related, I swear!

First things first. Cole fucking Hamels. The BILFiest BILF pitcher of them all. He is a pitching GOD. He pitched 8 scoreless innings in the Phillies' first playoff game against the Brewers. My parents were at the game--I'm sooooo jealous. (Last time I saw Hamels pitch, it was when he imploded against the Mets during that day/night doubleheader in early September at Shea Stadium. I don't think I've ever been to a game where Hamels has won. Luckily, I've seen plenty of his wins on TV, though!) Anyway. Hamels pitched awesomely in the first game of the Phils/Brewers series. Then Brad Lidge scared the shit out of everybody in the ninth inning, but hey, the Phils won 3-1, so that's all that really matters, right?

Then today, Brett Myers pitched a fantastic game against the Brewers (and even caused some chaos at bat, making Sabathia throw him lots of pitches!). Here I'd thought we were doomed, because Myers' last few starts weren't so hot, plus the Phillies were facing the mighty Sabathia. But the Phillies managed to chase Sabathia out of the game by the fourth inning, at which point the Phillies were leading 5-1. Shane Victorino hit a lovely little grand slam in the second inning. Beautiful! I'm deeming Victorino and Myers honorary BILFs today. They're not the cutest Phillies, but they are playoff superstars! The Phillies ended up winning the game, 5-2. Love it! (Want more details on how everything played out? Go here for fun, snarky commentary.)

The Phillies have me a little worried, since a) in each playoff game so far, they've scored all their runs in ONE inning, and b) they stranded at least 10 guys on base tonight. But the next time they play is Saturday, at Miller Park, and Jamie Moyer's pitching, so...let's hope something good happens for the Phillies there, you know what I'm sayin'? I won't say any more about this--I don't wanna jinx 'em. (We Philly sports fans are superstitious like that.)

Another note about the Phils/Brewers series: WTF happened to JJ Hardy? The scruff's gotta go, dude. It's just gotta go.

On an anti-Mets note: I fucking love this. I laughed my cute little ass off when I read it. Then I read it again so I could laugh some more. (I'm sad that the Yankees aren't in the postseason this year, but I'm ecstatic that the Mets aren't there. Obviously.)

On a totally superficial note, I'm really pissed that the Twins lost Monday night's tiebreaker game against the ChiSox. I sooooo wanted to see Joe Mauer, Joe Nathan, and Justin Morneau play some playoff games. I wouldn't have cared that much if they won, though. I just wanted to look at 'em. (Do they make midwestern boys cuter than east coast boys? These Twins are hot. Are they all like that out there? Do I need to move to some state in the middle of the country? Would the eye candy be worth it?) However: I did note that the White Sox have a catcher who appears to be somewhat cute. He has pretty blonde hair--I don't know if he's a decent catcher or not, but I dig his hair. It's this dude AJ Pierzynski (why is it that EVERY guy named AJ is smokin' hot? What IS it about that name?), whose last name I've just learned how to spell, which satisfied my inner spelling bee queen.

In other news: The Dodgers are kicking the shit out of the Cubs. Does anyone in LA actually give a damn? Or even know anyone who gives a damn?

And finally: In my first year of doing fantasy baseball, my BILFs and I came in second place! Woo-hoo! Here's the proof: