World Series Game 2 - Live Blogging the 9th

@7:51pm - Top of the 9th inning, Game 2 is tied with one out. Commercial for Tower Heist almost made me throw up the Fiber One cereal I've been eating without milk.

@7:57pm - Sac fly by Michael Young, Texas takes the lead. No matter how hard I try to pretend these Fiber One cereal pieces are still not Dorritos.

@7:59pm - Another commercial break. That Pepsi commercial montage of all the past music icons that have endorsed their fizz falls flat. Just show the Ray Charles ad in its entirety for the right one, baby.

@8:02pm - Texas, with a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the 9th, gives up a lead off walk. That's the equivalent of Mario sales leading without a clipboard, Abel picking a dot-com order before checking RSS, David drawing the Joker in complete ink before using pencil, Daniel pouring a bowl of Frankenberry before checking to see if there's milk, or me buying a tie at Ross when the Wednesday shipment hasn't even arrived. There are some things you just don't do.

@8:11pm - Furcal popped out to right to end the inning, series tied at 1 game a piece.

Fox's coverage gets progressively worse each year. I'm tired of the fan close-ups. Stop interrupting the game with shots of moms biting the cuffs of their sweaters and old dudes with a gleam in their eye. Let the drama evolve organically and quit showing us how tight each fan is holding their ass in anticipation for the next pitch. Enough!

Live Blogging @ 11:30pm: Conan's Debut

11:20pm: Local anchor Fritz Coleman interviewing Conan, thanks to Fernando for the tip.
11:22pm: Just as I was beginning to wonder if Fritz still did weather on NBC, he notifies me it will be 78 degrees in Temecula tomorrow.
11:33pm: Closed captioning provided by Mathis Brothers furniture.
11:37pm: Cheap Trick's "Surrender" plays as Conan runs from NY to LA. Goodness.
11:39pm: Holy shit I forgot Andy was announcing.
11:42pm: "It's like a Backstreet Boys reunion." - "My name is now Conando."
11:49pm: Extended monologue going very well, lots to talk about. All jokes are on par. Moving onto a tram tour at Universal.
11:55pm: Cir-cle, cir-cle, cir-cle. Fucking hilarious. Can't wait to watch that again on Hulu.
12:06am: Tribute to the famous Ford Taurus. One of many Fabio cameos to come.
12:08am: Veronica owns up to crashing the blogger server and depriving millions of my important commentary. Way to go!
12:14am: Will Ferrell being his usual self, the interview gets split in two which is standard when he's there. Any time he raises his voice to yell is always entertaining. I liked his admission of using the CB radio instead of Twitter.
12:19am: "Liza's a communist."
12:25am: Pearl Jam is coming up next with a remix of "Daughter" produced by Sir Mix-A-Lot.
12:32am: What the hell was that? "I got some if you need it. I got some if you need it." This some they speak of is quantities of suck. Mario is in tears.

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Not much to say other than it was a great debut and was what we've all come to expect from Conan. A few other fan sites on the east coast were asking for more Andy since they didn't know this was the first of a thousand episodes to come. Whatever, no complaints here, I'll be tuned in as much as possible. Goodnight.

Live Blogging: WBC Championship Japan vs. Korea

Live blogging the 9th inning of the 2009 WBC Championship between Japan and Korea. Please refer to IEC's slogan in response to your complaints.

9:28pm: 1 out left in the bottom of the 8th. Crowd going wild. ESPN says 54,000 people and you might have to agree since it's loud as hell.

9:33pm: One of my favorite "This is SportsCenter" commercials with the New Jersey Red Devil just played.

9:36pm: Ichiro almost knocked one out just like the Seattle Mariners almost made the playoffs.

9:37pm: Hee-Seop Choi ran on the field and was quickly tackled by Dodgers security.

9:40pm: Score is 3-2, Japan leading. Korea with some nice defense, 3 players named Lee, 2 named Kim, and one Choo.

9:46pm: Korea gets a strike out to end the top of the 9th. Just 3 outs left.

9:49pm: Here's something I know you're all thinking to yourself: "Are they serving Dodger Dogs made with real Dog to make Koreans feel at home?". You sir, are an ignorant racist.

9:51pm: Crowd is confused by the playing of Europe's The Final Countdown. There's no team from Europe playing here.

9:57pm: Announcers shocked by the movement of a slider. Ball 4, men on first and second with one out. 2 walks in a row.

10:01pm: With one out left and two men on, Japan looks for their second WBC Championship. If only America cared.

10:03pm: One of Korea's Lee players gets a base hit, we're all tied up! Here we go excitement here we go, clap clap.

10:06pm: The game is going into extra innings. I know it's past 1am on the east coast and ratings in America aren't what they should be, but this has been a very fun game to watch. Updates will be sporadic as I check on my homemade Coca-Cola Barbecue Sauce that's ready to boil. Stay tuned...

10:23pm: Ichiro comes through in the clutch. Japan leading 5-3, Korea is D O N E.

10:39pm: Game over! Japan wins 5-3 thanks to Ichiro. He's a hero to us all.

10:43pm: "I Love LA" played in the background. Carlos' response: "wtf!"
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Closing Comment:

Earlier today every writer on Around The Horn said they didn't buy into the WBC since America doesn't send the best of the best. It's a valid point, especially now that Japan has won the second WBC Championship and has a great chance to three-peat.

For people like myself who enjoy watching sports on TV, especially baseball, the WBC is something I follow casually and will at least try to watch when aired. But I'm not most baseball fans. I'm not sure the MLB will ever come to terms with the fact that most American's could care less about this championship. Baseball is too deeply rooted in American history for a Braves fan, let alone a Braves player, to care about any championship that isn't the World Series.

The U.S.A. will never win the WBC Championship unless they bring a group of players together who play/practice regularly. And we will never see the best of the best from every MLB team unless a real gold medal is involved and the Olympics moves to December through March.