Phillies lose, city destroyed?

Be careful if you are traveling through the Philadelphia metro area today, according to Philadelphia Inquirer columnist John Gonzalez, when Phillies slugger Ryan Howard was frozen by Giants closer Brian Wilson on a called strike 3 last night, it was akin to the 1906 earthquake that destroyed most of San Francisco.


In April 1906, a powerful earthquake devastated the Bay Area, reducing much of San Francisco to rubble. The fires that broke out as a result might have been even more devastating. The inferno raged for days and burned through huge sections of the city. When it was over, the town was a charred, smoldering mess - a blackened patch of scorched earth that left the survivors shocked and shattered as they tried to figure out what happened and how to move forward.

More than a century later, the Phillies and their fans are experiencing their own unexpected disaster. The plans for a third straight trip to the World Series, along with the hope of hosting another Broad Street parade, abruptly went up in flames on Saturday night. Philadelphia's dreams were torched and turned to ashes when, once more, the Phillies failed to extinguish the inexplicably hot Giants. Philadelphia lost Game 6, 3-2, thanks in large part to Juan Uribe, who hit a soul-crushing eighth-inning home run into the right field stands to secure the National League Championship for the Giants.

Brian Wilson joins the NWO

Remember when Hulk Hogan devastated the pro wrestling world and joined forces with Scott Hall and Kevin Nash to form the NWO? Well from then we went down a crazy path of beard proportions with Hulk Hogan where we never were quite sure what to make of the black beard and bleach blonde hair, we only knew there would be hell to pay in the form of a leg drop if the bandana came off. Now enter Giants closer Brian Wilson… this has been the year of the beard, from the epic beard man bus fight, to Brady’s Bieber look vs. Moss’ “homeless” look. Wilson has taken it to a whole new level, exposing America and the world to his look in the baseball playoffs. We at MiniVanGundy suspect that Wilson used up all his spray paint to aid his look (how else do you explain the glazed look in Wilson’s eyes before every pitch), however, that did not stop him from belt whipping anyone who stood in his path the way Hollywood used to.