Sean B. Fitzgerald It doesn’t go something like this, it goes exactly like this.

Game 1 Live Blog

12:01-Lidge makes quick work of the Rays and the Phillies take Game 1. Now, the series gets interesting. Shields and Myers will go tomorrow. Advantage: Rays. Should be fun...

11:56-WOW! Has anyone ever hit that slider? Oh yeah, Pujols.

11:51-We're going to the bottom of the ninth. Lidge is coming in. 3-2 Phillies.

11:44-Mission Accomplished! For good measure he argues a called third strike that would have been at the center of ANY umpire's strike zone.

11:43-Ryan Howard up, looking to leave a small nation on the small base paths this evening.

11:36-Crikey! Balfour throws nothing but fastballs. And Jayson Werth catches on and rips a double down the right field line.

11:32-Upton strikes out. End 8th. 3-2 Phillies.

11:27-Why does every person in the stands have credentials around their neck? Is that how they distribute World Series tickets? Is everyone a VIP? Weird.

11:20-Grant Balfour yelling at himself for getting a 1-2-3 inning.

11:13-Excluding Jay Glazer's crazy stories, the Fox NFL Pregame show could be one of the best things on television. A bunch of easily mockable personalities who give pertinent information and seem to genuinely have a good time while working. On the other hand, you have the CBS NFL Pregame show. A bunch of easily mockable personalities who give unasked-for opinions and are constantly worried about the way each of them looks.

11:00-This could be the most boring 3-2 Game 1 World Series game ever. Whether it's the lack of superstar names or the feigned support from the Ray fans, I'm getting nothing from this game.

10:50-Fox should really do more of conversations between the players, coachers, and umpires thing. It's real insight into the game. Not Tim McGarver babble on about something he's been detached from for 40 years.

10:44-End 6th. 3-2 Phillies.

10:41-Hamels balks his way out of a man at first. One out. (umpires never pay attention to that (same with check swings))

10:34-If i guessed what the President of Taco Bell looked like, that guy would be my pick. Did not expect the Australian accent though.

10:34-I never noticed Kazmir's playoff beard. He must have been growing it since spring training.

10:24-Iwamura doubles in Bartlett. 3-2 Phillies.

10:23-Jason Bartlett is now a hero to all fat, cheap Americans. I wonder if we can get a Volcano Taco?

10:17-I wonder what inning it is when they have the Rays Dance Team fire t-shirts into the stands like a Durham Bulls game. Pathetic.

10:08-I don't believe there are that many fans who are disgusted by the umpire's calls. I just think its one guy who's paying attention and his noises are resonating around the dome like a seashell.

10:00-Fox interview with Joe Maddon....oooo weeeee oooo I look just like Buddy Holly

9:54-Carl Crawford hit a homerun to right center. 3-1. Hamels will take it.

9:53-Carlos Pena has a dinner date at 11:00. Grounds out to first.

9:49-S-Kaz strikes out J-Roll to end the inning. 3-0 Phillies.

9:39-B.J. Upton should change his name to D.P. Upton. Too easy?

9:37-Bases loaded for the Rays. 1 out in the bottom of the 3rd. Upton up.

9:33- It's clear the Rays fans are only now experimenting with rally chants. "How can I effectively rouse the spirts of my team?" ponders the Tampa Bay C.P.A in row 1. 'I know "Lets Go Rays!"' Guys we are crushing it!-Guest Post.

9:31-I wonder what Cole Hamels thinks about the fact that Jeff Probst has seen his wife nude. http://survivor12.blogspot.com/2006/06/heidi-strobel-update.html  It must be what fires him up every time he pitches.

9:26-Is it just me, or have Joe Buck and Tim McCarver become white noise? Everything they say is so cookie cutter, it feels like a video game. "Strike three! And the visitors are coming to bat."

9:20-Jayson Werth doubles down the line. Is it time for David Price and his 7 innings of major league experience?

9:14-I feel like I'm watching a mid-June interleague game between two teams fighting for third place in their respective divisions. I know that both the Phillies and Rays defeated all comers, it just feels like this was a weak year for Major League Baseball. I mean, ANY other World Series winner over the past 20 years could beat either of these teams. Except the 2006 Cardinals.

9:08-Kazmir gets bailed out by B.J. Upton. 3 out. Mid 2nd 2-0 Phillies.

9:00-Looks like Kazmir is starting to unravel. I bet those Mets fans are happy they traded him now.

8:50-I'm Evan Longoria, leftfield, batting fourth, and my favorite player is Derek Jeter.

8:45-Utley, hits one deep to right, OUTTA HERE! 2-0 Phillies.

8:42-A heavy shift for Chase Utley. Boy that Joe Maddon is unconventional.

8:33-This amount of commercials is insulting. I mean who do these companies think I am? Some gullible, naive, lemming who.....Oh look, Frank Caliendo. That young man is talented.

8:31-Mike Schmidt got to Shane Victorino in the lineup and almost broke down. Phillies' fans are probably booing him in their homes.

8:20 — I've just been handed a note from Tropicana Field. "While the Backstreet Boys are singing the Star Spangled Banner on the field, beer and popcorn service in Section 213 will be suspended until they can get back up there."-VIA DEADSPIN

8:18-BACKSTREET'S BACK! I can't tell which one's missing. Where's Aaron Carter? Anyway, they are butchering the national anthem. I don't think they realize that the Trop isn't filled with 40,000 screaming girls. Or maybe it is? If they pulled this crap at Yankee Stadium or Fenway, they would be dead before they got to the dugout.

8:13-It's nice that most of the seats at the Trop will be used in the correct way and not in the upright and locked position.

8:09-Steal a base. Win a Taco. So I guess Fox has the "Fat" demographic for Game 1.