Subway Series, BABY

Awesomeness On A Stick readers, be prepared for a weekend full of New York vs. New York coverage. Upon recommendation from one of my readers, I decided to ramp up the bloggage during what is always one of my favorite weekends of the year.

It all started this morning. The SNY Subway Series Kickoff at 51st Street and 6th Avenue. While I did not win tickets for this weekend (which is OK, because I'm going Sunday night), I fulfilled a long-time dream of mine in meeting the Voice of the Mets. The finest first baseman and most debonair pitcher in team history, now both voices of awesomeness as well, were also in attendance. I chatted with the guys for a good minute, took a picture with them, and got all three to sign my baseball. When I have a desk one day, that ball is gonna sit on it forever.

An abbreviated play-by-play of the game follows:

Top 1:
7:12 - Oh, Endy. Oh, Endy, Endy, Endy. Throwin' the Damon out at second.

7:17 - Perez walks Posada. SETTLE DOWN OLLIE.

7:19 - Easley grabs one out of the air that could've been bad.

Bottom 1:
7:22 - Andy Pettitte, meet Jose Reyes. You do NOT want to let him get on base. Aaaand ya just did.

7:24 - Pettitte just tried to pick off Jose for at least the third time. And we have our first Yankees Suck chant of the night.

7:26 - After Easley walks, El Esta Aqui in the form of Carlos B.

7:28 - One to nothing Mets as Carlos D. sacrifices Legs home. Told ya, Andy.

Top 2:
7:35 - Not much to report as Ollie gets through on eight pitches. Two of them were fly balls to Endy.

Bottom 2:
7:41 - It was a pitcher's second inning.

Top 3:
7:44 - We have our first strikeout of the night as Ollie gets Andy looking.

7:48 - Another 1-2-3 inning despite an error by Carlos G. It was only a missed foul, so no need to get cranky.

Bottom 3:
7:50 - Don't you love it when a pitcher produces as many hits as he's given up?

7:51 - Voice just did a Jeter/Legs stats comparison. Keith said he'd take either. Ron said something about Jeet having more bling bling on his fingers. Best broadcast team ever.

7:53 - Booo 6-4-3 double play grounded into by Easley.

Top 4:
7:55 - Coming back from commercial, Voice did a Jets Nation promo. Keith has a Chad Pennington bobblehead on the desk. Ron asks the bobblehead if he likes the Patriots. Keith makes mini-Chad shake its head.

7:56 - Cut to the booth again. As Voice and Ron have a serious conversation about Subway Series hype, Keith's looking at the camera laughing.

8:00 - Still never a fan of a Matsui in Shea as Hideki launches a two-run bomb. Two to one Yanks.

Bottom 4:
8:10 - Beltran, Delgado, Wright. Strikeout, groundout, groundout.

Top 5:
8:16 - White men can jump if they are from Virginia and named David Wright. Side retired.

Bottom 5:
8:19 - LoDuca doubles down the third base line. Let's get some runs here.

8:20 - And it's outta here! Endy proves once again that he's the Prince of Shea. Mets back on top, 3-2.

8:24 - JOSE JOSE JOSE JOSE, JOSE, JOSE. Mets fans just have more fun.

Top 6:
8:28 - Perez has thrown just seventy-seven pitches and we're in the sixth already. And the game's not even an hour and a half old. Wow.

8:33 - Legs just blatantly tried to drop a fly ball to induce a double play. Hey, where's the ump's wallet?

Bottom 6:
8:42 - Los Mets va uno, dos, tres.

Top 7:
8:45 - Ollie's looking amazing. Some action in the bullpen, though.

8:47 - Some DP action involving Wright, Easley, and Delgado. Shecond Shtanzaaa.

Bottom 7:
8:52 - Harold "I'm ashamed of my real name so I call myself John Sterling" Moskowitz probably would have just proclaimed a DOOKIE DOUBLE if LoDuca played for the Yankees. But he doesn't. Very important.

Top 8:
8:55 - Seriously? We're only an hour and 45 minutes into the game and seven innings are in the books. At this rate, we'll be two games up and they'll be ten games out at 9:18.

8:58 - Bobby Abreu strikes out.

9:08 - After Ollie leaves with two outs in the eighth, Joe Smith comes in and strikes out the ALMIGHTY Captain Jeter. Feelin' good things, good things.

Bottom 8:
9:17 - Scott Proctor gets the Mets out in order. Enter Sandman.

Top 9:
9:19 - A-Rod grounds to Reyes, on to first. In time! Two more to go.

9:22 - STRUCK OUT POSADA. And then there was one.

9:24 - Matsui infield hit. What the hell?

9:25 - Fat Giambi is up.

9:28 - He struck him out swinging. PUT IT IN THE BOOKS!

The Angry Puppy predicted a 9-3 Yankee win. I wish he would predict sudden doom for the human race now as well.

Oliver Perez answered the question of "Which Oliver Perez will the Mets see tonight?" after the fifth and sixth innings, over which stretch he faced only seven batters after temporarily giving up the lead in the fourth. The Oliver Perez the Mets saw tonight was the one who kicks ass and takes names. After hurling a gem over seven and two-thirds, Joe Smith came in to strike out Derek Jeter. Billy Wagner then converted his tenth save out of ten opportunities, lowering his ERA to a nearly flawless 0.50. The New York Mets are now two games ahead of the Atlanta Braves in the National League Eastern Division. It's good to be king.

See you all tomorrow night. Sans the exhaustive play-by-play.