Escape from L.A. - NLCS Game Five, Phillies at Dodgers
by WholeCamels on Oct 15, 2008 6:15 PM EDT
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Philadelphia Phillies at Los Angeles Dodgers, Oct 15, 2008 8:22 PM EDT
Seven months ago, as the frigid winter was winding down and we were assessing the fortunes of our red pinstriped pals, did you really think it'd come to this? One victory, and the Phillies are in the World Series for just the sixth time in their very, very long history.
Win.
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Phils' lineup
Rollins
Werth
Utley
Howard
Burrell
Victorino
P. Happy
Ruiz
Hamels
Anyone can look good on an off day
Plus Feliz has veteranbility and grittitude
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 8:15 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm a frank, messly
Hi, just stopping in from Red Reporter to wish you guys luck.
"Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est."
Apparently apathy = traffic to Joe Buck.
For Who? My teammates.
For What? To Win.
How Much? Where do I sign?
I'll take it.
"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"
still a mess?
"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"
I guess Werth thought he was breaking up a DP.
For Who? My teammates.
For What? To Win.
How Much? Where do I sign?
Jeezus Howard. Don’t make me stop defending you. How the EFF did you pull that. Go the other god damn way!
For Who? My teammates.
For What? To Win.
How Much? Where do I sign?
dodger fans
fasionably late as usual
Matt Kemp for president.
Clayton Kershaw for vice.
Adrian Wilson for secretary of defense.
Dear god folks
Games on the east coast start at 8 pm local time – it’s 5 out here – some folks HAVE JOBS that don’t let out until 5 or earlier.
How about we start the games at 8 pm local time so you can whine about staying up late?
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 8:42 PM EDT up reply actions
I’ll whine about staying up late anyway …
"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"
Go right ahead…don’t be such a baby unsupportive fan, suck it up
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 8:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Cole wasn’t getting swings and misses, which might be something to be wary of. Or maybe I am just over-scrutinizing.
seriously ...
I bet Dubee is worried …
"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"
Dubee should be concerned though the Phils are up 1-0?
For Who? My teammates.
For What? To Win.
How Much? Where do I sign?
Is Shane batting sixth to give pat the almighty ‘protection’?
BTW – it was nice to see furqual limping :)
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 8:46 PM EDT reply actions
How many games did Feliz start at 3rd versus Dobbs this year?
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 8:47 PM EDT reply actions
take that tim ’he’s in there for defense’ mccarver
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 8:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Ruiz really needs to start working on improving his trade value
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 8:49 PM EDT reply actions
WHen a ball is at eye level – should you swing at it?
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 8:49 PM EDT reply actions
Bud Light has drinkability?
That can’t mean what I think it means cause that’s unpossible
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 8:50 PM EDT reply actions
Admit it – which one of you thought there were two Octobers?
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 8:52 PM EDT reply actions
I think my commercial channel will be the Presidential Debate on the spanish channel … could be entertaining, I wonder if they will superimpose half naked women running around everywhere like the rest of their programming.
"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"
seriously ...
"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"
DP
and we escape
"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"
Buck: “In my opinion, there is still heavy drama left in this series.”
Rollins somehow avoids the tag. Wow.
They don’t need to feed anything to either of these pro dodger douches.
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Which is why his peavy trade value (PTV®) is less than his PPTV®) as elucidated on a certain message board
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions
He swung at a low pitch that he couldn’t hit – that isn’t a gift strike – that’s how you pitch ryan howard
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 9:12 PM EDT reply actions
You know, i heard on the pre game that chad billingsley had like 16 wins and a good era and thus was a good pitcher
Eric Karros was wrong
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 9:15 PM EDT reply actions
Dodgers Fan #1: “Well, I am ready to go. Might as well try to beat traffic.”
Dodgers Fan #2: “Yeah, good idea.”
True, phillies fans would stay so they could drink more beer and boo :)
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Dodgers Fan #3: “if we want to beat traffic we should stay another inning”
"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"
He’s going to get LCS MVP if the phils win tonight probably
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Make them pay for the lack of respect Pedro
Oh crap I didn’t just say that nor do i believe it
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 9:17 PM EDT reply actions
He’ll ground into what will be a perfect triple play pitch – just to prove his suckitude
Why do all cop movies look like they suck?
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Ok a perfect DP ball – but that wouldn’t have scored any runs on a no out situation
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s embarassing when you get pulled from the favorable match up against Pedro Feliz in the 3rd inning, you really should just quit the game when that happens
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 9:19 PM EDT reply actions
But sad commentary on billingsley – pulled cause his manager doesn’t think he can get out pedro feliz…it’s PEDRO FELIZ
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Only if you are surprised by the outcome…Feliz got his hit already for the day
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions
How long have you been a philadelphia sports fan? If you have hope – not long enough
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Seriously
A. Jason Donald ain’t gonna get you Jake Peavy
B. He’s better than Pedro Feliz – i’m telling you -
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 9:22 PM EDT reply actions
Quantum of Solace must go down as one of the oddest film titles ever not for a documentary about the sadness of physics
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 9:23 PM EDT reply actions
Dude, I’m a huge Daniel Craig fan, I love that he’s the new bond.
Now, who is going to be the new doctor, they already eliminated the best BBC ‘owned’ candidate by making him the master.
Never was a huge bond fan but layer cake just told me daniel craig is awesome
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m anti gang and everything -b ut this commercial baffles me
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 9:24 PM EDT reply actions
You’ve never feared for your life in a wendys in madison wisconsin cause you’re wearing a star of david (cause your jewish) and finding out it’s a gang symbol in chicago I take it?
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m a cultural jew, never was that religious, it’s part of your cultural heritage AND religious heritage dude…but seriously – that happened to me – when i was alone – on my way to a friends – who lived across the street – down a dark alley – never been so scared in my whole life
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Has McCarver mentioned how fracking idiotic his comments about Hamels after the first 3 outs seem?
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 9:26 PM EDT reply actions
“If I don’t say anyting maybe they’ll forget what a moron I am”
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions
If Joe Buck wasn’t related to Jack Buck – would he be broadcasting sports – on any level?
No Joe – TBS sucked
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 9:27 PM EDT reply actions
The only field in which quality-free nepotism might be more pronounced than sports broadcasting is presidential politics.
Hollywood
Most businesses
Ivy League Schools
Nepotism in general is just quality free…seriously
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions
You know, I’m not one of those ‘oh god i fear history’ folks, but seriously, am I the only one who would rather face the redsox due to the AL East history against the phils in the playoffs (and the florida playoff history)
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 9:28 PM EDT reply actions
My version of that: the Phils have lost World Series to four AL East franchises. Guess which one isn’t on the list?
That’s what I meant by the AL East history against the phils
I forgot until this morning the ‘florida undefeated’ thing as well
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Best News Ever would read something like this
Marc Cuban buys Phillies
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions
As a lark i once sent him an email through his blog begging him to buy the phillies just to rub it into the pittsburgh folk who rejected his generous offer.
No way does MLB let him in the door.
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 9:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah.
He look, carlos ruiz can’t put white out on his fingernails without help…
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 9:33 PM EDT up reply actions
I know hamels is a pitcher, but wasn’t that ball 3?
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 9:34 PM EDT reply actions
FOX trax refuses to show a pitch called a strike that was a ball if thrown by Greg Maddux :)
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 9:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Isn’t his FIL some ESPN college basketball douche? If so he dserves none
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions
They been holding on to that just in case he makes an appearance
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Walter A. himself. Deceased newspaper magnate.
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 15, 2008 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Dobbs, Coste, Donald, all could have done that baby
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions
SOmeone remind me again what happened to Manny’s options?
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Ah…that was pretty dumb of the dodgers it seems :)
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions
You know what sells tickets and merchandise Kenny
WINNING
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 9:42 PM EDT reply actions
Scott Boras doesn’t look like he’s from the deepest pits of hell – i mean that’s a very nice orange sweater
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 9:42 PM EDT reply actions
Watching Summer Glau beat people up shouldn’t be as hot as I think it is, should it?
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 9:43 PM EDT reply actions
If you’re guilty, I’m guilty.
Maybe the reason she didn’t do it for me on “Firefly” was that all the chicks on that show were gorgeous. Or maybe it was that she was underage. But whatever the reason, it’s working now.
Yes, on Firefly she was only the third or fourth hottest depending on your tastes, Morena Baccarin is just SMOKING hot and i can’t believe they won’t cast her as wonder woman…
But seriously, she kicked ass in the movie too, watching her beat up adam baldwin was just cool
I’m debating starting a blog – the name will either be ‘pain is scary’ or ‘how do you like me so far’ – i’m not sure which
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Maybe she’s too ethnic looking? I dunno. I agree though, she makes me feel all funny.
River was pretty badass in the movie. I need to see that again.
I own that movie – it was a ‘theater worthy opening night’ movie for me
Joss Whedon is a friggin genius, and Warners has NO idea what they are doing with any frnachise but batman, they screwed up WW, Flash and now superman
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Damn it Jayson – can’t you deliver when it matters?
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 9:46 PM EDT reply actions
Hey – who knew utley was batting 429 in the series?
What the hell just happened – is chase really slow?
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 9:47 PM EDT reply actions
HEAD! one of my all-time favorite photoballs, in the pre-bobblehead era.
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 15, 2008 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions
he’s channeling his inner Chollie. They zig, you zag baby.
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 15, 2008 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Hamels needs a hair cut – seriously Steinbrenner is furious
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 9:51 PM EDT reply actions
Dear Phillies,
Thank you for ruining my hope of a World Series ring.
From a Dodgers Fan.
P.S. Greg Maddux, you’re not helping.
Dodger Fever: Catch it every summer; head to the ER every October.
Dear Los Angeles sports fans
Show up and enjoy the lakers titles
Go steal an NFL team
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions
but not ours please. we have this bad girlfriend thing going on with them.
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 15, 2008 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Colts
Chargers
Jaguars maybe (they get no fans)
All legitimate suitable contenders if they can EVER get an NFL caliber stadium in LA
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions
The Dodgers are the only LA team I like. Now it’s back to hockey season.
Dodger Fever: Catch it every summer; head to the ER every October.
by Tango and Cash on Oct 15, 2008 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions
word, what’s up with fights that actually land punches but no one goes to jail? I never get that.
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 15, 2008 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions
What’s up with a professsional sports league that people care less about than the AFL?
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Attaboy to Jayson Werth for the take out slide I’m sure
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions
He did last time – on the 2nd pitch – he’s made it to eht third – that’s progress
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions
THe curse of Scott Rolen will last for decades
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Ok – that pitch WASNT a strike but that one to hamels was strike 3?
I can’t believe I’m still aggravated by that horrible pitch
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 9:56 PM EDT reply actions
When the phillies win the series – Shane Victorino is going to be the one on Letterman and Kimmel and he’s going to KILL, KILL i tell ya
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 9:57 PM EDT reply actions
First off, pitcher is up next. You gotta try. Second, the odds of a good throw on a botched play like that are much lower than on a relay throw where they practice it.
For Who? My teammates.
For What? To Win.
How Much? Where do I sign?
He forgot who was pitching, thought Myers was up next
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:05 PM EDT up reply actions
I can already see the headlines on ESPN
“Dodgers throw away Series”
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 9:58 PM EDT reply actions
subhead: “Team from PHiladelphia witnesses it all”
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 15, 2008 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions
If the phillies ran for vice president their last name would be stockdale
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions
If the onion was still funny i bet they could make some hay with this
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions
maybe those minor league rehab tuneups aren’t such a lousy idea
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 15, 2008 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m waiting for the “Furcal costs himself some money” comments
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 9:59 PM EDT reply actions
Can someone tell me about this ‘sense of dignity that comes with having a good job’ thing?
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:01 PM EDT reply actions
spend time without one, or a really bad one. You’ll catch on quick
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 15, 2008 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Aside from my salary i have a really bad job
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Is it wrong that I think the vicinity app on the iphone is just awesomeness in my lifetime?
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:01 PM EDT reply actions
It integrates the GPS on the iphone with some sort of ‘local’ database, so you select ‘coffe shop’ it shows you all the local coffee shops, you select the one you want, (it tells you how far it is) and automatically maps the best route to get there
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:03 PM EDT reply actions
It was the featured app in the commercial style that now features the MLB app during the NLCS…i haven’t actually purchased any apps for my phone yet – but there are some great app
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Look how desperate these idiots are for fox to win “BLake gets it started”
1 hit
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:04 PM EDT reply actions
One single
Mitch Hamels – where’s the ‘you know’ factor?
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions
At least their crowd is making a little noise now. And it looks pretty much full. I guess that happens between the 4th and 6th or so.
traffic at 5 PM in Los ANgeles is one of the circles of hell
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions
he probably gets so much poon pretending to be cole
by Putsy Caballero. on Oct 15, 2008 10:07 PM EDT up reply actions
OUtside of Philadelphia who the hell knows who cole hamels is?
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:08 PM EDT up reply actions
well, PA poon is still poon (technically)
by Putsy Caballero. on Oct 15, 2008 10:09 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m from the state and all – but david lee roth and the beach boys were on to something
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions
The call came down from Rupert Murdoch – let the dodgers back in it – just like on that family guy episode
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:07 PM EDT reply actions
Have they mentioned the anniversary yet on this broadcast?
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:10 PM EDT reply actions
I didn’t invoke it directly for fear of invoking something, but it was all over LA sports radio this morning.
I just found it shocking that world series games used to be this early in october :)
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Just saw that too – from what i recall of Coles wife, hotter than her (but i discount anyones hotness if they’ve been on reality tv show)
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Wouldn’t they have mentioned or interviewed her
Wife of player
Hot
Reality tv star
I mean hell fox would give her a show if she pulled a good interview
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions
she can pull my good interview anytime.
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 15, 2008 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions
wife is brunette and was on cover of Philly Mag’s best of issue. Woman sitting next to bro was a blond.
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 15, 2008 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Do you know how many blondes in California, even with hair like that, aren’t blondes?
It’s like 90%
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions
I meant Chase’s wife.
re the blonds I’ve heard but only imagine.
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 15, 2008 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Living out here for 14 years I’ve developed this theory about the dumb blondes – it’s not the naturals – it’s the dyes – something in the blonde dye actually kills brain cells
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Seriously – touch screens are one of those things hardly anyone needs
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:13 PM EDT reply actions
You don’t like talking bout practice?
We’re talking bout practice
Practice?
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Not a game, not a game, not a game….PRACTICE
by FuquaManuel on Oct 15, 2008 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions
All Iverson haters should read the wages of wins
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions
When did Ed Norton stop reading scripts and start taking paychecks?
Was it around the awful Red Dragon remake?
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:14 PM EDT reply actions
Of course, the hulk reboot might be good, but i’m protesting it because i really liked the first one (and wrote a review of it posted somewhere on the web)
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Holy Crap – I didn’t even think about it – is the world series over by halloween?
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions
he is if our Manchurian candidate frontrunner doesn’t stop palling around with domestic terrorists.
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 15, 2008 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions
I knew that was a mistake to post...
But I just have to point out the irony of positing the non-McCain candidate as “Manchurian.”
Was the original of that film less sucky than the remake?
Denzel Washington, another very good actor who stopped reading scripts.
Seriously folks
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions
I was joking. sort of. But thank God Jack Bauer is there if I’m not joking, and FOX is there bankrolling our crypto-fascist fantasy snuff films.
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 15, 2008 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions
I’ve never seen an episode of 24 so i don’t know what you’re talking about
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions
I haven’t either, not because of its politics (which sound a bit more mixed than is generally put out there anyway) but because the original premise—a whole season that captures the events of one day?—just seemed so goofy to me.
And I still have trouble not thinking of “The Lost Boys” with Kiefer Sutherland up there.
The first season seemed goofy to me – the second season just ridonkulous – by the third season i’m thinking, what the hell is going on in this show that he never gets to sleep.
I know nonthing of its politics nor do I care.
At least stop taking yourself seriously – like Prison Break did – it’s at least fun.
The Lost Boys is a touchstone film of my childhood (as opposed to those crappy john hughes POS films) – i think that’s one of my problems
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions
If you think there’s any hope in the politicians involved in the governing of this nation, you are too far gone for any help or redemption
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions
If you take your medical advice primarily from Web MD you deserve to die
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:20 PM EDT reply actions
Wrong. Those who take their medical advice from Web MD are hypochondriacs.
by FuquaManuel on Oct 15, 2008 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions
I take my medical advice from reliable sources
WIkipedia
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Seriously dude – with all that money how do you not have that bulge on the side of your face fixed, it’s frightening.
Oh yes, please, let’s have the national government try and fix public education
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:21 PM EDT reply actions
I should ban myself for opening up this can of worms
But seriously, let’s not talk about that stuff anymore here.
I channel surfed to the wrong channel – my bad – that thing on mccains face is hypnotic
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions
I need this game to end before the start of Pushing Daisies
Seriously
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:22 PM EDT reply actions
seriously?
I admire how confirmed you must be in your heterosexuality.
(No, I watched a few minutes of that a couple weeks ago. Seemed okay.)
Yes, I even go to gay clubs and release the wrist of my girlfriend and walk freely….Bryan Fuller is a genius, Dead Like Me, Wonderfalls, and now Pushing Daisies, he’s brilliant…i don’t let latent homophobia interfere with my ability to appreciate true writing talent
Hell I watched every episode of Buffy from day one…
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Did he just say that the phillies want manny to hit with the bases loaded? I think that’s incorrect and impossible right now
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:23 PM EDT reply actions
In two years he’ll still be a better fielding first baseman than Ryan Howard is now
I’m just saying
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions
is there any truth to the idea that when ruiz stands up like that the batter senses the high ball and kills it?
by Putsy Caballero. on Oct 15, 2008 10:26 PM EDT reply actions
I’ve felt that the dodgers had insight to the phillies signs for quite a bit of this series – maybe they didn’t change them when bowa left?
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions
solo homeruns won't help :/
stupid top of the order couldn’t get anything done.
Matt Kemp for president.
Clayton Kershaw for vice.
Adrian Wilson for secretary of defense.
It was 5-0
It is now 5-1
The deficit went from 5 to 4
5 is less than 4
The home run made the deficit less
The home run helped
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah. i had something else typed, then forgot to delete the original subject line.
oh well.. nothing gets pass you phillies fans :D
Matt Kemp for president.
Clayton Kershaw for vice.
Adrian Wilson for secretary of defense.
your logic is undeniable.
Matt Kemp for president.
Clayton Kershaw for vice.
Adrian Wilson for secretary of defense.
I’m sorry – but it’s like the statement that implies ‘singles are better because home runs kill rallies’ – i find it ludicrous
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m with all ya! Go Phillies! On to the back 3.
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 15, 2008 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes it did – but it was a dodger fan (i think from the signature) commenting on how the solo home run didn’t help.
It was a comment worthy of FM :)
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Russell Martin is going to get ejected – EJECT HIM
When is baseball going to strictly enforce the balls/strikes argument rule?
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:29 PM EDT reply actions
really, it’s elimination game time. He’d just about have to slug blue for that.
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 15, 2008 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Only thing dumber is how NBA officiating changes in the playoffs
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions
I know winning is great and everything, but can I just say the best thing about this game is Ryan Howard at the plate…if he wakes up i’d be so happy
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:33 PM EDT reply actions
A few more runs here would really hit the spot.
Leadoff walk for RyHo.
I think the Dodgers crowd has booed more than ours has in this series.
Well – that kind of makes sense, doesn’t it?
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions
i work for yahoo and today i took a big poop, and took a picture of it, and put it on russell martin’s player page, and nobody has noticed anything different
Dodgers fans cheering loney – not for the block of the ball – but for the fact that victorino seems to have taking a hit to the chest
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:37 PM EDT reply actions
Matt Stairs is chanelling that guy who was a good pitching coach on the bravs but sucked elsewhere
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:39 PM EDT reply actions
Look – feliz got one hit tonight – expecting anything else is downright crazy – like expecting your girlfriend to be ok with you shtupping all the hot interns
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:39 PM EDT reply actions
A. Hilary was his wife
B. Monica Lewisnky – not hot
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions
spring equinox then. purim. eid.
The NHL is starting to crowd July 4.
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 15, 2008 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Dear god Charlie – you HAVE to leave pat in for the entirety of this game – he’s been here the longest
Joe Buck just broke the news – it’s only a 4 run game
And Scott Eyre is warming?
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:43 PM EDT reply actions
Victorino Shuts up dodger fans
Seriously – FOX is going to make him the face of the team for the world series aren’t they? Visions of Eckstein dance through their head.
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:45 PM EDT reply actions
The ‘best buy’ the phillies made in 10 years?
How much did Ryan Howard cost?
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:45 PM EDT reply actions
Ruben Amaro is the guy according to CHarlie Manuel.
Manuels been here 3 seasons right? Weren’t most of these guys drafted before his arrival?
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:46 PM EDT reply actions
If Aaron Rowand made that catch, he would have broken his nose, thus Shane is better
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:47 PM EDT reply actions
dear potential WS advertisers
tune in for Longoria v. Victorino. sell your wares prior to the deep recession!
Love,
FOX
Does it count being part of your “system” if you are traded for as a minor leaguer? Or do you HAVE to be drafted?
For Who? My teammates.
For What? To Win.
How Much? Where do I sign?
Does it depend on what level they’re at? I mean if you get a guy from single a and developo him for a couple years versus getting a guy who becomes the MVP in AAA and then you take too long to promote him?
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions
The phillies were last in the playoffs/world series in 1993 – and it was a long time
When were the dodgers last in the playoffs/world series again?
If Ken Rosenthal somehow thinks the phillies will sign manny ramirez then ken rosenthal should be fired?
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:47 PM EDT reply actions
Stop it, you’re embarassing yourself in a way that makes pp posters prideful
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Ok, now i’m a bit concerned, but bring in madson?
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:51 PM EDT reply actions
No Tim – if Madson gets Kemp out you can let him bat in the 8th
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:52 PM EDT reply actions
Didn’t matter the move, I dunno if I like it.
For Who? My teammates.
For What? To Win.
How Much? Where do I sign?
You’d make an excellent politician
Waffle Waffle Waffle
:D
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions
These fox guys said something earlier about how it seems like this game should be a blow out but it’s too close – and i pshawed it – now i’m feeling nervous again
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:53 PM EDT reply actions
Charlie Manuel is a friggin genius – he OWNS joe torre
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:55 PM EDT reply actions
Please do not use So Taguchi as a pinch hitter – NO MATTER WHO IS PITCHING
Thank you
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:55 PM EDT reply actions
I don’t care if they let Myers PH – Taguchis eyes scare the hell out of me – they are like bugging out of his face like in Total Recall
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions
sorry jemagee, Taguchi owns the naked pictures of Dave Montgomery
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 15, 2008 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Seriously, I mean is there a worse bat on the bench?
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions
So – Fox doesn’t broadcast college football all year and then has the BCS
That does not make sense.
It’s like a wookie on endor
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:58 PM EDT reply actions
You’ve GOT to be kidding me, I wasn’t even paying attention and FOX didn’t tell me who was batting
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:58 PM EDT reply actions
well, he’s doing his part to end the game quickly. So Bad.
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 15, 2008 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions
You know it isn’t – i mean in that situation charlie could have used anyone and he used taguchi – it’s like mo cheeks unhealthy devotion to willie green – it makes no sense but it keeps happening
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions
I guess the thinking is that he might as well use his least worthwhile bench bat in the relatively low-leverage situation we just saw.
But if there’s a chance to do some things differently in future, Manuel really should consider other options.
Yeah, like you, or me, or one of the ball girls
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Did Charlies daddy have a WW2 baby we don’t know about that then fathered parented So Taguchi?
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 10:59 PM EDT reply actions
Pedro Feliz is a bad baseball player
SO Taguchi is an embarassment to himself, his sport, and his nation of origin
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions
I guess if there’s any time for this stuff, it’s now. But I’m not sure what Torre’s point was there—bring in Beimel, who warmed up something like seven times, so Manuel wouldn’t use Dobbs or Stairs? And he switched up half his infielders.
otherwise you don’t get the varsity jacket I guess
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 15, 2008 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions
How the hell did Kenley make the final of Project Runway, I don’t understand
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 11:01 PM EDT reply actions
Pick a night, any night – there’s at least one hour where i have to record one show and watch another, sometimes i have to record as many as 3 while i watch a 4th
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes the ball to Kent was low
Guess was idiots – the low pitch has been a strike all night
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 11:03 PM EDT reply actions
BTW – there’s another iphone app that just went from 2.99 for free that uses some sort of smart interface to tell you how far you’ve walked, and at the elevation as well, i don’t know if it determines speed as well, but it would be awesome if it did
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 11:05 PM EDT reply actions
I guess you go madson 8th and lidge 9th because if they win you have a weeks rest?
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 11:06 PM EDT reply actions
Ostrich might not be a burger dude, but you might want to try some turkey burgers
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 11:07 PM EDT reply actions
GOtta be a fast gun…
Seriously – why do women bother wearing shorts like that – just wear your panties
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Careful Chase, Noxzema pays a lot fo that pretty face
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 11:08 PM EDT reply actions
Okay…McCarver needs to be more consistent, two nights ago Madson had the best changeup, now he has the 2nd best.
The old get addled, he forgets about starters who aren’t actually pitching in the game
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions
We’ll see how they do in the top of the 9th.
by FuquaManuel on Oct 15, 2008 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions
He won’t leave Pat in to get to finish out the best moment of his career, but you can bet ‘the closer pitches the 9th of the clinching game’
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Would it be wrong to suggest that if Madson is throwing 97 MPH he might want to aim at the posterior of manny ramirez – just because?
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 11:09 PM EDT reply actions
right. the bottom of the 7th, i believe. down two, chase catches the line drive and stumbles to second base to double off furcal.
also, pierre was on third making any hit almost definitely a 2-run hit
Aren’t most baseball players likely to score from 3rd on a hit?
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions
You aren’t a pitcher – she only likes pitchers (usually marlins pitchers) and you might need many many shots
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Was that Alyssa Milano with the towel on her head?
Which dodger pitcher is she diddling now?
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 11:11 PM EDT reply actions
She strikes me as kind of a white guys only girl
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions
They don’t call him HUNG Chi Kuo for nothing.
by FuquaManuel on Oct 15, 2008 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions
that’s what they told me – cause if he didn’t that sure as hell wasn’t a check swing
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions
WOuld you look at how good manny ramirez is folks?
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 11:12 PM EDT reply actions
I’m unfamiliar with his story—please tell me again!
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 15, 2008 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Well this was a new one – did you see how he carred the indians and red sox to the playoffs SINGLE HANDEDLY – he single handledly beat the yankees in four straight games.
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions
extraordinary! how pray tell does he pants himself in the mornings?
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 15, 2008 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions
I certainly hope he has adequate representation and compensation for such a concatenation of skill and persona!
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 15, 2008 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Manny Ramirez, like Cole Hamels, has no need for representation, he creates money for any franchise that he plays for, more than enough to pay him
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 11:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Buck and McCarver
Are they going to cry now that Manny probably isn’t going to get another at-bat in the post-season?
by David S. Cohen on Oct 15, 2008 11:14 PM EDT reply actions
If they get paid on percentage of ad revenue, I might cry too.
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 15, 2008 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions
man. madson throws heat.
has he always thrown this hard?
Matt Kemp for president.
Clayton Kershaw for vice.
Adrian Wilson for secretary of defense.
He’s not throwing that hard now – do not believe the fox gun
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Has anyone ever gotten the NLCS MVP on the losing team – cause you know FOX wants to give it to manny?
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 11:15 PM EDT reply actions
He can have it, so long as it means he is on the losing team.
by FuquaManuel on Oct 15, 2008 11:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Lidge
Does he pitch even if they have a 1000 run lead?
by David S. Cohen on Oct 15, 2008 11:16 PM EDT reply actions
True, but . . .
At some point you worry about a freak injury, right? I mean, if the Phils score 2 this inning, why risk something bad happening to the guy who will be so key in the Series?
by David S. Cohen on Oct 15, 2008 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions
get in line! He’s my man-crush & o so dreamy
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 15, 2008 11:22 PM EDT up reply actions
I'll fourth that
Young lefty ace . . . what’s better?
by David S. Cohen on Oct 15, 2008 11:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Matt Cain resents you calling him a shit.
by FuquaManuel on Oct 15, 2008 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Let him talk to me about it when he and hamels make the best 1 2 combination in the NL East since those atlanta folks
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 11:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Howard now batting .263 for this series. He’s had some good ABs the last two games… strange as it is that he’s been a table-setter.
Shut up!
Shut up about Manny. The Phils are about to go to the World Series.
by David S. Cohen on Oct 15, 2008 11:24 PM EDT reply actions
It’s their last chance
I can imagine the first thing they say in the bottom of the 9th will be something to the effect ‘manny ramirez will bat 8th this inning’
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions
I hate that Pat Burrel is not in the game right now – it’s just WRONG
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 11:26 PM EDT up reply actions
I send Christmas cards to the Ozark family in a strange combination of guilt and pity
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 15, 2008 11:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes – don’t even need to know which one – they all suck
THere’s the mention of the 20th anniversary – you little shits – when it should be the phillies moment
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t believe I just had to see that
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 15, 2008 11:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey, I just noticed — you guys don’t use the Subject line. I thought LetsGoTribe was the only SBN site where people did that.
I have nothing but hate in my heart for all things Cleveland
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 11:30 PM EDT up reply actions
If you’re a phillies fan yeah, if not, why?
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions
I am a Phillies fan. Not the team I grew up with, but definitely fell in love in ’93, when I was at Penn.
Being from Cleveland, I had never seen what happens to a town when the ballclub goes to the playoffs.
Or, for that matter, when the ballclub finishes above fourth place.
COuld have been worse
You could look like John Kruk
Today
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions
I suppose, i mean he has a trailer park personality and mentality – but it is a personality
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 11:37 PM EDT up reply actions
in 93 it was. I hope you look better now
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 15, 2008 11:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Subject lines are for sissies and metrosexuals
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 11:30 PM EDT up reply actions
I tried to buy many phillies hats this season (philadlephia apparel surprisingly hard to find in santa barbara) and any time i found a hat it would barely fit a teen age girl – very irritating
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 11:32 PM EDT up reply actions
I’ve learned to just completely block the announcers out now, it’s the only way to stay sane.
Re-sign Everyday Atty!
by AtkinsandTulofan on Oct 15, 2008 11:32 PM EDT up reply actions
The Plumstead Inn in Media called
Message: Unlikely.
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 15, 2008 11:34 PM EDT up reply actions
They’ve freaked out on every ball that’s left the infield tonight
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions
You are responsible for heart palpatations damn you
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 11:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Al Michaels behind Nomar
Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words—"mank" and "ind". What do these words mean? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.
-Jack Handey
that thing went 395 feet – he had a fat pitch to hit – he just missed it – if it cleared the fence mccarver would have sucked his knob personally…mccarver is a putz
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Another to V for Victory ONE OUT AWAY BABY!
Re-sign Everyday Atty!
by AtkinsandTulofan on Oct 15, 2008 11:35 PM EDT reply actions
You catch on to becoming a Philadelphia sports fan very quckly
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 11:36 PM EDT up reply actions
just because we can handle a 3-1 lead….
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 15, 2008 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions
We? Talking about the fans here, not the players.
Comment on LGT: “Casey Blake seems to have a knack for flying out to deep center in the 9th inning to lose the LCS.”
Sorry, that was mean. good comment. Everyone has a role to play
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 15, 2008 11:41 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s okay, it’s a stressful time.
I’m thrilled about this. For me, nothing would be better for this postseason than the Phillies beating the Rays for the ring.
SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHh – the red sox still have a chance
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions
No Manny Being Manny.
No Beckett Being Beckett.
No Ortiz Being Ortiz.
No Schilling on the roster.
It’s over.
Florida baseball teams have never lost a playoff series
The phillies have lost the world series to every AL East team but one
I want the red sox damn it
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions
PHILLIES ARE NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS GOING TO THE WORLD SERIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Re-sign Everyday Atty!
by AtkinsandTulofan on Oct 15, 2008 11:37 PM EDT reply actions
And yet the dodgers have been absent from the world series longer haven’t they?
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 11:38 PM EDT reply actions
You know what – this is much better than having to support the red sox by marriage…
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 11:38 PM EDT reply actions
I think they just don’t know how to celebrate
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t either. This is too surreal. I am in a haze.
by FuquaManuel on Oct 15, 2008 11:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Congratulations Phillies fans
You’ve come a long way since Scott Rolen and Larry Bowa.
Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words—"mank" and "ind". What do these words mean? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.
-Jack Handey
It seems fait accompli that if you win 2 games in an LCS or World Series you get the MVP…I want the Rule V player that the dodgers didn’t want back to the win the MVP – there’s more poetry
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions
He might get it — those award people love those RBI.
Me, I’m going with the great middle infield defender with the 1457 OPS.
you…you… sabrmetrician! Me likee the drama
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 15, 2008 11:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Look at the scrubs eyeing the champagne before the real players show up
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 11:42 PM EDT reply actions
I love Harry – but the MLB audio always falls behind slowly through the game so i can’t synch it with any games I watch – it’s sad
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 11:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Congrats Phillies fans
From a southern californian who hates both the Dodgers and Angels.
For you, a traditional Texas Rangers celabratory image: Ric Flair.
Congrats guys.
"M’s fans are such weenies." - Zywica
Gillick’s a classy guy. Tipping his cap to Wade in the interview.
Wade would not have gotten us here.
Gillick's a great GM
this should have happened to him in Baltimore
Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words—"mank" and "ind". What do these words mean? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.
-Jack Handey
I feel he’s an adequate GM over rated almost as much as Joe Torre as a manager
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 11:51 PM EDT up reply actions
He put together the Blue Jays teams of the early '90s
and the very good Mariners clubs of the early 2000’s. He is good at what he does.
Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words—"mank" and "ind". What do these words mean? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.
-Jack Handey
he didn’t do it all alone – and the core of this team was in place before gillick – i feel it’s insulting to those that came before him to give gillick all the credit as much as i feel it was wrong to pull burrell in game 5 after all the crap and intense loyalty he’s had to the city
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 11:56 PM EDT up reply actions
How involved was Wade in drafting as isn’t Wade the guy running the team when they drafted at least one of the MVPs, the guy at second base, and the guy accepting this MVP award?
Wasn’t the core of this team selected while Pat Gillick was here?
Who drafted JImmy and Pat?
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Wade put together the core—Rollins, Burrell, Myers, Utley, Howard, Hamels.
Gillick finished the job. The late-Wade Phils never could complete the roster—the dropoff was huge from the first ten or so guys to the last ten or so. Gillick’s finds or cheap pickups—Moyer, Werth, Dobbs, Romero, Eyre, Durbin, Stairs—were what they needed to finish the job.
Every team has a handful of stars. It’s what you do with them that counts.
Most of that core is well beyond their original free agency years and signed to extensions. Many of those extensions are dramatic overpays with idiotic no-trade clauses. That created great financial pressures that Gillick has had to overcome.
Some might say he’s overrated. I say he’s arguably the most accomplished GM of the past 25 years.
Ryan Howard Cole Hamels and Shane Victorino are not signed to extensions
Burrell is gone after this year
So of the ‘core’ only two are signed to long term extensions
But hey – that’s most of them right?
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 11:59 PM EDT up reply actions
from a dodgers fan
congrats.. after watching you guys come back from that 5-3 deficit the other night, i knew you were on your way to the fall classic.
Matt Kemp for president.
Clayton Kershaw for vice.
Adrian Wilson for secretary of defense.
classy post
Though all the attention is on your free agents, you’ve got the best young talent core in the league. (Even) better days are coming.
But a fracked up front office – i’d be afraid if i were a dodgers fan
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 11:52 PM EDT up reply actions
I live out west – people do not like that frank guy who owns the team (they love his wife though)
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 11:55 PM EDT up reply actions
MLB has so many fishy transactions it’s embarassing – the fact that the dodgers didn’t go to the highest (all cash) local buyer is one of them
by jemagee on Oct 15, 2008 11:57 PM EDT up reply actions
they do need to open up the aperture beyond being a way station to retirement after leaving the AL East pressure cooker. I’d fear the cronyism and money ill-spent. LA has to compete with AZ and COL who are dedicated to farms
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 15, 2008 11:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Congratulations on winning the NLCS…Good luck in the WS…nothing against your team but you guys are going to need it against the Rays…they look unstoppable…they have a winning combo of being good and young…So Good Luck…and I mean it..I always pull for the NL…Dodger Fan for Life
I'm an Orioles fan and I usually route for the AL
but screw the Rays, they’re still an expansion team, Go Phils!
Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words—"mank" and "ind". What do these words mean? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.
-Jack Handey
Congratulations
I just have to say that the Phillies deserve it (and Philadelphia as a whole), so GO PHILLIES
something is different
kruk just said that he would pick the phillies over either AL team. jeez. this year is weird.
1. Everybody loves a winner.
2. Everybody loves “veterans.”
3. Everybody loves a well-balanced team with basically no weak spots.
I’m not saying every player is great, but among the lineup, defense, rotation and bullpen … none of them are bad.
Jayson Werth is a platooner who can’t hit lefties
Carlos Ruiz and Pedro Feliz are god awful
Moyer has very little left and Blanton makes people nervous
Brett Myers and consistency are estranged as Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards
by jemagee on Oct 16, 2008 12:02 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, yeah, what a fatalist you are.
Can we do something about all these new guys and their stupid Subject lines?
is there an e-barn to take them all behind?
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 16, 2008 12:05 AM EDT up reply actions
Yes, I understand, fans shouldn’t recognize the flaws in the teams they root for
by jemagee on Oct 16, 2008 12:05 AM EDT up reply actions
I think you’re not appreciating how good a club the devil rays are how much deeper and better their pitching rotation is and i think you’re ignoring the 3 flaws in the starting line up and the worrys behind Myers
Did you catch Jamie Moyer in the playoffs or sleep through those games?
by jemagee on Oct 16, 2008 12:07 AM EDT up reply actions
pending the Rays win, this series has the potential to be an entertaining slugfest in the spirit of 93. I just hope the results are different.
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 16, 2008 12:08 AM EDT up reply actions
I just can’t get a read on the ALCS. The Rays look unstoppable but I can’t tell if the Sox are just flat.
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 16, 2008 12:03 AM EDT up reply actions
Becketts injured
Lester is young and blew in game 4
Ortiz isn’t healthy
Varitek is too old
The Rays are good, but the Red Sox aren’t 100%
by jemagee on Oct 16, 2008 12:04 AM EDT up reply actions
Young, inconsistent, couldn’t handle the pressure, whatever, he was god awful in game 3, he’ll be a great pitcher but the pressure of pitching in boston during the playoffs in a must win seemed to get to him…he’ll shake it off long term i’m sure of it
by jemagee on Oct 16, 2008 12:06 AM EDT up reply actions
That was his fourth postseason start, and he pitched about 20 scoreless innings in the first three, plus two scoreless innings in relief (against the Indians) the game before.
My theory: He had one bad game.
COuld be that too :)
Not as big a problem as Ortiz and Becket not being 100% anyway :)
I don’t believe ‘no manny’ makes a difference personally, Jason Bay has been quite good since coming to Boston, Ortiz is just not healthy
by jemagee on Oct 16, 2008 12:21 AM EDT up reply actions
I agree, and Bay can beat you a lot of ways. Hell of a good player.
But Manny can transform a game to an almost Bonds-like degree at the plate. Over 162 games, I’ll take Bay, but I probably take Manny in a short series, just as long as Harold Baines is nowhere in sight.
Beckett and Ortiz are more significant problems, and not having Schilling this season makes a big difference as they try to find guys to pitch that third and fourth game.
Philly Fans, congrats!!! From a die hard Rays Fan, I hope to see you guys in the World Series.
Boston will be no cakewalk, but god willing I hope we get the chance and look forward to an exciting series!
by TheUltimateBucFan on Oct 15, 2008 11:57 PM EDT reply actions
Growing up as a kid, I went to plenty of Spring Training games at Jack Russell Field in Clearwater (now called BrightHouse Field)..
That was all we had was Spring Training until the Rays were born. Cole Hammels was LIGHTS OUT!
by TheUltimateBucFan on Oct 16, 2008 12:00 AM EDT up reply actions
Different places
The Jack—a great old park—is no more. But BrightHouse is a great place to watch the game. I go down with friends every spring.
I hope y’all win too. In game 7, after three consecutive extra-inning games.
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 16, 2008 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions
it’s a psych midterm. He chooses to suffer.
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 16, 2008 12:03 AM EDT up reply actions
If he was choosing to suffer wouldn’t he take a hard course, like biophysical chemistry?
by jemagee on Oct 16, 2008 12:04 AM EDT up reply actions
Congrats Phillies Fans!
Good luck in the Series.
"I tell you what? It doesn't suck!" - Jonny Gomes
by thebaddancingraysfan on Oct 16, 2008 12:03 AM EDT reply actions
Congrats guys!
I love Brad Lidge.
Where will you be when the Sixers hoist the Larry O'Brien trophy? Hopefully Liberty Ballers.
They're spilling out into the streets in Philadelphia
in the white enclaves of the Northeast and South Philadelphia.
Broad and Snyder, five points in the Northeast
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 16, 2008 12:13 AM EDT up reply actions
say something like, “Whoo! Go Phillies! Yeeeeaahhh!” for me.
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 16, 2008 12:18 AM EDT up reply actions
Very nearly a race war here in west Philly. Drunk white kids walking past the black dorm…not a good look.
by FuquaManuel on Oct 16, 2008 12:20 AM EDT up reply actions
the ‘black dorm’ – what the hell school do you go to?
by jemagee on Oct 16, 2008 12:23 AM EDT up reply actions
Penn. For the record, I live in the “black dorm”
by FuquaManuel on Oct 16, 2008 12:24 AM EDT up reply actions
I mean is it coincidental or is it reserved for african american students in the name of multi culturalism?
by jemagee on Oct 16, 2008 12:25 AM EDT up reply actions
It was won through student protests in the 70s as a safe space on campus. It’s not really the “black dorm”, but it has historically had a higher percentage of black students than any other dorm. But it is not reserved for blacks exclusively, obviously. I don’t like to call it the black dorm (especially considering that it is slightly less than 50% black) but in order to convey the tension of the moment it was the best way to go.
by FuquaManuel on Oct 16, 2008 12:30 AM EDT up reply actions
I find it sad that there was a tension in the moment…one of the things i don’t miss about my ‘native home’
by jemagee on Oct 16, 2008 12:34 AM EDT up reply actions
see, this is baseball crack. By the end of the 1983 WS I was 16 years old and had a solid 7 formative years of this. on the one hand it scarred me for life. On the other hand, that damn organization scarred me. Nonetheless, when these years come around I don’t miss, and recommend strong buys on the merchandise.
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 16, 2008 12:21 AM EDT up reply actions
You were scarred for life when you decided to be a philadlephia sports fan, 83 just popped your cherry.
by jemagee on Oct 16, 2008 12:22 AM EDT up reply actions
ESPN running a montage of all the bad moments since 1993 in all sports
BASTARDS
by jemagee on Oct 16, 2008 12:24 AM EDT reply actions
no, no, this is good. This is how to chase the ghosts
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 16, 2008 12:25 AM EDT up reply actions
ESPN baseball tonight starts now – expect 1/4 NLCS 3/4 ALCS
by jemagee on Oct 16, 2008 12:26 AM EDT reply actions
If there are riots when they win the NLCS i shudder to think what might happen if they win the wWS
by jemagee on Oct 16, 2008 12:27 AM EDT reply actions
1980 was really an all-night love-fest. there wasn’t too much out of control stuff. I’d recommend the same.
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 16, 2008 12:29 AM EDT up reply actions
expect is what I meant. I do recommend it too.
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 16, 2008 12:30 AM EDT up reply actions
I was 8 and asleep in Merion – but i swear i heard the cheer when they made the last out
by jemagee on Oct 16, 2008 12:34 AM EDT up reply actions
The biggest loser tonight
might have been John McCain. THe largest metro region in a swing state was watching baseball.
but he had to to reduce the margin he’s going to be losing by pulling out of the 5-county region. At this point Obama might have a Rendell-like pad.
And baseball demographics skew right to the groups he needs. McCain needed to shore up the base.
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 16, 2008 1:09 AM EDT up reply actions
Naturally, the talk on Baseball Tonight is about how the Dodgers lost the series, not how the Phillies won.
thank goodness the Phillies were there to watch it all, up close & personal-like.
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 16, 2008 12:35 AM EDT up reply actions
Steve Phillips thinks
A. Juan Pierre will be traded (to who?)
B. THe Dodgers will sign CC
C. THe Dodgers will keep Manny, Furcal and Blake.
D. He thinks the ‘big money teams’ will make plays for guys like lowe who the dodgers won’t be interested in but somehow they’ll put up the money for CC
Anyone wonder why Steve Phillips isn’t a GM in baseball any more?
by jemagee on Oct 16, 2008 12:44 AM EDT reply actions
Heard him say on Mike & Mike that his opening offer to Manny would be 3 × 20, willing to go to 3 × 25, but he’d have to swallow hard and talk to ownership to go for 4 × 25. If I were ownership, I’d have to swallow hard to hire Steve Phillips to be my GM.
Manny at this point should go to the AL and enter the DH phase of his career. If the Mets’ new ballpark is CBP cozy that might make sense too. But that money after what they already have sunk to Beltran is crazy, and I have to believe after this season he’ll want to stay in LA.
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 16, 2008 1:14 AM EDT up reply actions
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