We're two games into the baseball playoffs, and all four series are at 2-0. How are teams getting ready for Game Three?
Philadelphia vs. Colorado - Colorado leads 2-0
Philadelphia
Phillies Owner Bill Giles: Do you have everything set?
GM Pat Gillick: I think so. We've got extra personnel on call with the suicide hotlines.
Giles: Good. And the Cheez Whiz giveaways?
Gillick: We'll have the greater Philadelphia area convenience stores stocked by sundown.
Giles: Great. What about that photo op we discussed?
Gillick: The PR guy agrees that if we can manage to get a photo of McNabb wearing a Phillies hat, it would take a lot of pressure off the guys. J. Whyatt Mondesire already has a column written that blames McNabb for a "culture of choking" in Philly.
Giles: Excellent. Is Chase still crying a lot?
Gillick: Mostly just sniffling now.
Giles: Well that's something. And the charter is set for midnight out of Colorado?
Gillick: Yes. You know, we might win the game, Bill.
Giles:
Gillick:
Giles:
Gillick: You know, why don't I bump that flight up to 11?
Colorado
(Todd Helton tosses a coin with the clubhouse attendant)
Attendant: Call it.
Helton: Heads.
Attendant: (reveals coin) Heads.
(Attendant continues to toss coin)
Helton: Heads. Heads. Heads.
(Attendant shakes his head in wonder)
(In another part of the clubhouse, the Rockies Traveling Secretary talks to catcher Yorvit Torrealba)
Traveling Secretary: I got you an extra room key, just like usual.
Torrealba: No need. I haven't had that problem recently.
Traveling Secretary: Really? But you always lose your keys?
Torrealba: That's true, but I haven't lost them recently. I feel like I haven't lost anything for about three weeks.
Helton: Heads. Heads. Heads.
(Matt Holliday looks through a stack of DVDs for pre-game entertainment. He puts in an old recording of ABC's Wide World of Sports)
Wide World of Sports Intro: Spanning the globe to bring you the constant variety of sport...The thrill of victory...And the agony of--
(The recording abruptly cuts out)
Holliday: That was odd.
Helton: Heads. Heads. Heads.
Holliday: OK, what else should we watch. I've got the first season of Lost.
Brad Hawpe: I don't know what that is.
Troy Tulowitzki: Yeah, that L-word is confusing. I haven't heard it in a long time.
Brad Hawpe: I think I used to know what that was...
Holliday: I don't remember either. OK, how about...Parker Lewis Can't Lose?
Hawpe and Tulowitzki: Yeah!
(Attendant finally stops tossing the coin)
Attendant: That's 85 in a row. Don't you think that's strange, such a long streak?
Helton: Eh, not really.
I didn't understand a lot of this, but your R&G and Parker Lewis references struck a deep, deep chord. Nod to you.