Phillies vs. Pirates

Game 1: The game started really great as Kyle Kendrick gave up a homerun to the first batter he faced. The Phillies came back and manufactured a run to tie the game. Jimmy Rollins (!) got the RBI groundout and soon enough the Phillies took control of the game when Ryan Howard got a 2-run single with the bases loaded and Jayson Werth followed up with a 3-run homerun. Kyle Kendrick gave up 1 more run but the Phils ended up scoring 6 more runs. The big blow came when Ryan hit a grandslam off of Jack Taschner. Kendrick went 8 innings and Bastardo pitched an easy 9th. It was good to see the bullpen get a rest after seeing the same guys pitch day-after-day. Phils 12-2

Game 2: I went! I got there at 4 o'clock and it was windy, cold, and a little misty. I waited in the car with my dummy sister because the Third Base Gates didn't open until 5:35. I mean I prayed that this game got squeezed in because Halladay was pitching, but no one told me it was going to be freakin' cold. Halladay was AMAZING. He threw a complete game and gave up 2 ER on 132 pitches. The offense was anemic against Pirates' starter Zach Dukes. Ben Fransisco showed why he wasn't getting more ABs. The bases loaded and two outs with a 2-0 count, he's swinging! I mean the offense just did nothing. For a second there, Halladay must have thought he was back with the Blue Jays. When he starts, we should win. Run support dammit! Also, I got my bobblehead and was disgusted to see three things: 1.) People getting their bobbleheads and leaving 2.) People leaving in the 7th, 8th inning of a 1-run game and Halladay pitching 3.) People chanting "let's go Flyers." It's all quite embarrassing. Actually, what was more embarrassing was seeing Ryan Phillippe throw out the first pitch. Pirates 2-1

Golden Girls Quote of the Day:
Dorothy: Okay girls, which goes better, the silver chain or the pearls?
Rose: The chain.
Blanche: An amateur's mistake. Can't you see that the chain accentuates the many folds of that turkey-like neck?
Rose: Well, that may be, but the pearls draw attention to the non-existent bossom.
Blanche: Yes, but the chain leads the eye even lower, to that huge spare tire, jutting out over those square manly hips.
Dorothy: Why don't I just wear a sign that says: too ugly to live?
Blanche: Fine, but what are you gonna hang it from, the chain or the pearls?
Dorothy: Neither, I'm gonna spray paint it on my hump!