the mad sports man

the night when ghosts and goblins go nutsy coocoo its the night when little runts go door to door for free candy. also the time where i can hide from them. hopefully not rotten teeth, but the sugar rush can make one nutsy coocoo.

philadelphia phillies world series champions the phillies have just won the world series with a 4-3 win over the rays. brad lidge got the final out by strike out. the phillies second ever world series and first since 1980. steve carlton got the win and tug mcgraw got the save in 1980. cole hamels won world series mvp and won a 2010 chevy camero.

the finish of game 5 moved to wednesday with the rain not letting up in philly, game 5 will now be concluded on wednesday. game 6, originally scheduled for wednesday will now be thursday, and game 7 will now be on halloween night.the game will continue in the bottom of the 6th with the score tied at two and the phillies batting.

game 5 suspended due to rain game 5 was suspended with the rays and phillies tied at two going into the bottom of the 6th. weather permitting, the game would be resumed tomorrow at 6pm with the phillies coming to bat in the 6th. first ever world series game to be suspended to rain.

phillies win game four big time the phillies bats woke up and beat tampa bay 10-2 behind 4 home runs inclidung the starting pitcher joe blandon (ryan howard with 2 and jason werth with the other). the phillies can wrap up the series tomorrow night in philadelphia.

phillies take game three and a busy night in hockey after an hour and a half rain delay the phillies win game 3 5-4 after a crazy 9th inning that had to be seen to believe. this one took 3 hours 41 mins. the phillies are up 2-1 in the series. game four is tomorrow night in philadelphia. meanwhile ALL 30 teams were in action tonight. a busy night all around.

tampa bay takes game two the rays win game two 4-2 and evens the series at one. james shields gets the win and brett myers gets the loss. game 3 is saturday in philadelphia.

world series game one the phillies win game one 3-2. cole hamels gets the win, scott kazmir gets the loss and brad lidge gets the save in a well pitched game. last world series win by the phillies was 15 years ago tonight in a 2-0 win over toronto. curt schilling got the win in that one.

rays world series bound the tampa bay rays are going to the world series with a 3-1 win over the boston redsox. their first trip in their first postseason appearance. they will face the philadelphia phillies starting wednesday night in tampa bay. matt garza wins a.l.c.s. mvp

red sox do it again the red sox win game 6 4-2 to force a 7th game tomorrow night in tampa bay. two key two out hits sealed it - a jason varitek homer and a david ortiz rbi base hit. the winner of game seven tomorrow night goes to the world series.

can you believe this one at fenway? tampa bay HAD a 7 run lead - and lost 8-7. j.d. drew hit the game winninh base hit for the red sox who scored 4 in the 7th (helped by david ortiz 3 run homer) and a 3 run 8th helped by drew's two run homer. so we go back to tampa bay and game 6 saturday night. tampa bay still leads 3 games to 2. this series isn't over yet.

phillies in world series the philadelphia phillies are in a world series with a 5-1 win in game five and a four games to one series win. they will face either tampa bay or boston. cole hamels won the national league mvp.

election night and rays stranglehold on red sox its election night and by looks of the results so far and by projections the conservatives will have a minority government. 155 seats to get majority and they have 145 at the moment. eeek (in a comical way) meanwhile in boston, the rays are killing the red sox 13-2 in the 8th inning. theyre likely going up 3-1 in the series. update: tampa bay 13 boston 4. rays are up 3 games to 1 and can go to the world series thursday night in boston

tampa routs boston, phillies take command on dodgers the tampa bay rays are up two games to one in the series with a 9-1 thrashing of the red sox. the rays roughed up boston starter john lester. game 4 in boston tomorrow. meanwhile the phillies are one game away from a trip to the world series with a 7-5 win over the dodgers. the phils can wrap it up thursday night in los angeles

dodgers win game 3, oilers open 30th season with win the l.a. dodgers just won game three with a 7-2 win to make this a series. the phillies still lead two games to one. game four in l.a. tomorrow. meanwhile the oilers open their 30th season with a 3-2 win over colorado at rexall place. ugly win for the oilers. they were outplayed, but still won. they played in their vintage 1980's uniforms which was cool.

bank of america 500 and slugfest in tampa bay jeff burton won in charlotte tonight. he also gained on points leader jimmie johnson who finished 6th. carl edwards had an ignition problem and finished 33rd and fell back in the points. burton trails by 69 pts. meanwhile in tampa bay the red sox and rays are in a slugfest. theyre going to the ninth inning tied at eight. update in a bit update: tampa bay 9 boston 8 in 11 innings. a game that took over 5 and a half hours to complete

phillies take game two the phillies are now up two games to none with an 8-5 win over the dodgers a four run second and a four run third would do it. game three is sunday in los angeles. coming up is the red sox at the rays. update: red sox 2 rays 0. a well pitched ball game tonight. game 2 tomorrow in tampa bay

phillies take game one the phillies draw first blood in the N.L.C.S. by winning game one 3-2. it was a good game tonight. game 2 tomorrow afternoon in philadelphia.

rays move on, angels @ red sox next the tampa bay rays are in the american league championship series with a 6-2 win over the white sox and 3 games to one series win. they will face the red sox or angels. that game starts in 15 minutes. update: red sox 3 angels 2. red sox win series 3-1 and will face tampa bay in the a.l.c.s. beginning on the 10th

sunday mayhem on the track, at the ballpark and on the football field right now the amp energy 500 is running and are almost halfway and we already had a mini big one with 9 cars involved. kyle busch currently leads. update later. the philadlephia phillies are in the n.l.c.s against the los angeles dodgers with a 6-2 win over milwaukee brewers. the rays and white sox are up next and the red sox and angels are tonight. updates later. to top it off its the usual sunday afternoon nfl action. the morning games are dont and the 2pm games are underway. scores on http://www.nfl.com/ . update 1: tony stewart has on the amp energy 500. a great finish on an insane day. there was a 10 car crash with 14 to go and took out most of the chase contenders. i think jimmie johnson has the points lead still. anyways next race saturday night in charlotte. update 2: white sox 5 rays 3. rays lead series 2-1. game 4 tomorrow in chicago. update 3: angels 5 red sox 4 (12 innings) red sox lead series 2-1. game...

brewers stay alive, cubs and dodgers underway the milwaukee brewers stay alive another night with a 4-1 win over philadelphia at miller park in milwaukee. game four is tomorrow in milwaukee. meanwhile through an inning anda half, the dodgers lead the cubs 2-0. update later. update: dodgers 3 cubs 1. dodgers win series 3-0. off to the national league championship series against either milwaukee or philadelphia

rays up two, redsox vs angels coming up the tampa bay rays are up two games with a 6-2 win over the white sox. they are one win from the american league championship series. game 3 is saturday. meanwhile the red sox and angels are about to start. update later. update: red sox 7 angels 5. boston leads series 2-0. game 3 sunday night.

october baseball night two two day games today. the tampa bay rays win their first ever playoff game with a 6-4 win over the chicago white sox. game two tomorrow. they are up one game to none. the phillies beat the brewers 5-2 to go up 2-0 in the series. game 3 on saturday. right now the dodgers lead the cubs 5-0 after two innings. update on that later. update: dodgers 10 cubs 3. dodgers lead series 2-0. game three in los angeles saturday

mlb playoffs begin october baseball began this afternoon in philadelphia with the phillies winnin 3-1 over milwaukee. right now the dodgers lead the cubs 7-2 in the top of 9 in their series opener. the angels and redsox start at 8pm in l.a. by the way the white sox beat detroit on monday and the twins yesterday and face tampa bay starting tomorrow. update: dodgers 7 cubs 2. dodgers lead series 1-0 update 2: red sox 4 angels 1. boston leads 1-0