Okay, okay. I know I owe you guys a funny blog. I have been reminded by a few of you though that it has been YEARS since I wrote a sports blog. Hopefully to those of you that don’t care about sports, you will have compassion for the people that don’t care about the food network and vice versa…

 The World Series has started and so far the City of Brotherly Love has not been too brotherly. Wow! The Phillies dominated IBM, I mean the Yankees in game one. Cliff Lee pitched a complete game and looked BORED the entire time. I guess smacking the Yankees around ain’t what it used to be. Cliff Lee used to pitch for the Cleveland Indians. So did CC Sabathia. The manger of the Phillies, (The World Series Champion Phillies) is Charlie Manuel. He used to manage Cliff Lee and CC Sabathia for the Indians. I think it is safe to say that Indians management is pretty terrible at judging talent. The first two starting pitchers in the WS and the Champions’ manager all used to be employed by the city on the Cayahoga. Not sure how some General Managers keep their jobs. I know Mark Shapiro is a great guy though. I met him personally when I was at the Cleveland Improv a long time ago. I found him to be real cool and the players al respected him and spoke about him with smiles on their faces. Those players are all gone now too. Jim Thome. Richie Sexon. Victor Martinez. Cliff Lee. Omar Vizquel. Russel Branyan. Bartolo Colon. Now that I think about it, The Indians have given away more talent than the Washington Nationals have ever had! 

 I am looking forward to watching Pedro Martinez win another World Series ring. I love that guy. I love that he still rocks a Jeri Curl in 2009. It looks like Eazy-E is standing on the mound. I am also looking forward to hearing Charlie Manuel give a victory speech. This guy makes Foghorn Leghorn sound like Vincent Price. He sounds like a guy that would help you fix your lawn mower. He certainly doesn’t sound like a mastermind about to win a world series. I think the Phillies will win the series in 5 games. I don’t think Joe Girardi has what it takes to manage the Yankees. He also looks a little like a gorilla.

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