The Weekly Cowbell: Season 3 Episode 2
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Tags: Albert Pujols, Brett Favre, jets, joel wald, milan chatterjee, vikings, Wilt Chamberlain, Yankees
Published October 4th, 2009 5:09 pm
You saw the opening show 2 weeks ago… now you get to see whether Joel Wald and Milan Chatterjee are flukes or for real. In episode 2, you’ll get a fresh dose of football, MLB playoff coverage, and a surprise topic from a Connecticut fan at the end. You don’t want to miss this validating performance!
Like last time, email us your sports questions at jbw96@cornell.edu and mc693@cornell.edu, and we’ll be sure to get to them!
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October 4th, 2009 at 7:57 pm
Haha Milan with the Wilt joke (10 k for him). Yankees World Series Champions ‘09.
October 5th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
Some ombudsing…
Ya Favre has never had a decent HB before… *cough* Dorsey Levens *cough cough*.
After this point I fast-forwarded…
Carpenter’s just “not that type of pitcher” to carry his team in the playoffs? Try 5-1, 2.53 career postseason ERA including 8 innings of shutout baseball in the 2006 World Series.
“AJ Burnett, World Series Champion”
Perhaps he owns a ring, but he missed the entire 2003 postseason rehabbing from Tommy John Surgery. He’s never pitched in a playoff game, much less the fall classic. You go on to tout Sabathia, who has been baseball’s Anti-Beckett in all of his postseason starts — to the tune of a 7.92 ERA! No concerns? “These guys have all pitched in big games.” They’ve all floundered in big games…and you misidentify Pettitte as “one of the greatest postseason pitchers of all time”. I caution you, do not conflate postseason greatness with frequency of appearance. Pettitte is merely an average quality postseason pitcher who has started countless games. (hence the wins)
“The best offense in baseball”
Correct, it is. And it has been for probably 70% of the seasons from 2001-present. Where are the championships? I would’ve really enjoyed an examination into the longstanding disparity between Yankees’ offensive production in the regular season v. playoffs (they drop off completely, every year), but instead you just gave us the same discredited drumbeat of recent years. (”everything is hunky-dory, top offense, blah blah”) Memo to you: top offenses hit brick walls in the playoffs. It’s pitching…pitching…pitching.
“What pitchers will they be facing that can shut them down?”
Beckett, Lester. I’m not a Red Sox fan; I’m a realist. A realist who watched the 2007 World Series.
To Jerry in Connecticut, Wilt Chamberlain is the biggest ball-hog of all time. Do the math.
Babe Ruth out-homered entire teams 90 times. Entire TEAMS. Compare Barry’s home run totals to the weighted annual mean for his era, then conclude who was better.
Joel, you are spot-on here. I’m sorry for ripping your friend but he’s clueless…
October 6th, 2009 at 11:08 pm
Weedies– Thanks for watching the show!
Milan
October 7th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
I don’t care what Milan’s predictions are– he looks hotter and hotter every show. I love his shirt this time!
October 8th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
Always love the constructive feedback, Matias. And it’s good to see the real reason you watch our show!
October 19th, 2009 at 4:07 pm
the guys that have been having monster postseasons have been surprisingly a-rod and jeter and the greatest closer of all time enter sandman rivera