World Series Game Thread, Game One - Phillies at Rays
by WholeCamels on Oct 22, 2008 6:30 PM EDT
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PrintPhiladelphia Phillies at Tampa Bay Rays, Oct 22, 2008 8:35 PM EDT
Now they're just playing out the string, I guess.
NO WAIT, It's WORLD SERIES TIME!!!!!
The Phillies, in their first World Series since 1993, facing off against the Rays, who'd never won more than 70 games in a season. What an awesome matchup.
And the pitching matchup? Cole Hamels, the 17th overall pick in the 2002 "Moneyball" draft, faces off against Scott Kazmir, the 15th overall selection in the same draft. By the Mets. Who traded him for Victor Zambrano. Can I get a "bahaha"?
It just came across the wire (a/k/a my laptop) that right-handed batter Chris Coste will be the Phillies DH tonight. Question the wisdom of this if you want, but I agree with the decision. The exceedingly unlikelihood of Ruiz being injured and needing to be replaced by Coste, thus forfeiting the DH, is far outweighed by the benefit of Coste and his ability to hit lefties being in the lineup. Good on you, Charlie.
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i think coste at DH is a good idea too. so what happens if ruiz does get injured? coste switches to catch and then the pitcher has to hit? i have never bothered to learn DH rules.
or i guess werth could catch.
by Putsy Caballero. on Oct 22, 2008 7:33 PM EDT reply actions
Joe Buck?!
Where will you be when the Sixers hoist the Larry O'Brien trophy? Hopefully Liberty Ballers.
This is gonna be one of those awful, incredibly long “Star Spangled Banners” isn’t it?
http://www.thegoodphight.com
WHY CAN'T US?
Nothing will top when I had to listen to Aaron Neville before
the ’Stros and White Sox.
Straight up weird.
Where will you be when the Sixers hoist the Larry O'Brien trophy? Hopefully Liberty Ballers.
Ugh I got home for that.
I wish baseball fans would stop caring about the world series ratings
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 8:20 PM EDT reply actions
Tell me when it’s over – i’m watching something else
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 8:21 PM EDT reply actions
The effing backstreet boys??!!!?! Are you effing serious? Gimme Britney Spears at least…I don’t want washed up pop stars…I want train wreck washed up pop stars.
I prefer people who can sing over talentless bubble gum trailer trash whore bags
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions
She seems to have grown up a bit since becoming a momma baby and marrying her daddy baby
So keith law picked rays in 6
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions
FOX marketing blows entirely – but sons of anarchy is AWESOME
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 8:24 PM EDT reply actions
I think Joe Buck offended the Makeup people – or he’s dying
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 8:25 PM EDT reply actions
Oh my god – FOX is really talking about the rays as the ‘scrappy underdogs’ STILL?
Are you fracking kidding me?
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 8:26 PM EDT reply actions
When the HELL is the election over – I’m so tired of lying commercials
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 8:29 PM EDT reply actions
I feel bad for your east coast folks who gotta go to work tomorrow, i can’t see this game ending before 9 with all the crap commercializing
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 8:31 PM EDT reply actions
Who had the RBI record before Victorino?
Or is it sad that 11 RBIs is the phillies record for one post season?
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 8:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Around 500 comments or so, this thread eats up just about all of the wireless bandwidth my school has.
If I like up unhealthy aging on WebMD will they help me out on how to accelerate the de3ath of all the useless resource sucking baby boomers?
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 8:33 PM EDT reply actions
He’s just reading from his book of baseball cliches – man can’t think for his self
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 8:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Weird behind the mound camera angle. I think its actually a shade to the left of the mound, which gives you a weird perspective on left handed pitchers.
Jayson Werth is the biggest threat against left handed pitching?
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 8:40 PM EDT reply actions
But is calling the low and outside one.
by David S. Cohen on Oct 22, 2008 8:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Can we call them the tampa bay cownose rays now?
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 8:41 PM EDT reply actions
Two good at bats – 3 bad ones – could be worse :)
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 8:47 PM EDT reply actions
Cowbells
They really shouldn’t be allowed in a closed stadium. At some point, wouldn’t a particular noise from the fans, especially in a closed stadium, cross the line?
THey really shouldn’t allow closed stadiums is what you’re really trying to say
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 8:48 PM EDT up reply actions
So what – the phillies aren’t telegenic enough to introduce themselves?
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 8:49 PM EDT reply actions
Okay, they at least acknowledge there’s little history there by having the Rays players intro themselves.
Took McCarver 3 pitchers to talk about slow starting cole
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 8:51 PM EDT reply actions
i guess that could have been worse? (i.e. cole having to be scraped off that weird grass)
by Putsy Caballero. on Oct 22, 2008 8:52 PM EDT reply actions
It’s some sort of weird new creation – they call it ‘astro turf’
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 8:53 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s what I heard today…actually the best part was that their ‘warning track’ isn’t actually warning tack, it’s just astroturf with a ‘carpet’ over it so there’s really no difference to your feet
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 8:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Can someone explain to me ‘up the middle’ defense versus ‘right side defense’ where as far as I can tell the second baseman is part of both?
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions
When did pitches closer to the ankles than the knees become strikes?
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 8:58 PM EDT reply actions
Dude, the phillies are too sexy for these catwalks
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 8:58 PM EDT reply actions
Is there anything MORE obvious in baseball that a guy won’t swing on a 3-0 count?
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 9:00 PM EDT reply actions
Yet ANOTHER thing that CHristopher Walkens embarassing career path is responsible for
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 9:04 PM EDT reply actions
that would be a subset of Ruiz at the plate right? So really, not surprising
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 9:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes, but check the splits. It’s the difference between run-of-the-mill bad and “Nationals pitcher at the plate bad.”
So rarely good is worse than complete suckage?
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 9:06 PM EDT up reply actions
I’d really like to see the phillies get to the rays bullpen very early in this game
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 9:08 PM EDT reply actions
I’m sorry, but has anyone else ever heard of the 80-20 formula in relation to pitching?
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 9:08 PM EDT reply actions
The phillies 3rd base coach still sucks – and lousy scouting
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 9:09 PM EDT reply actions
That’s 2 for 2 for bad jimmy
I just want to say in advance – sadly- i got a bad feeling shortly
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions
That was comprehensively awful. Kazmir struggling with command, Werth on deck… bad choice to swing, worse choice to run.
I’d like to know whose idea it was to run.
Ok, another commercial about baseball and barely a mention of the phillies…Jesus
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 9:11 PM EDT reply actions
I didn’t know that it was possible to be hyperbolic about Evan Longoria, but Buck pulled it off
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 9:13 PM EDT reply actions
Was Joe Buck trying to be funny or does he think one year is a long period of time?
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 9:14 PM EDT reply actions
how could he since he missed high and outside in the first inning?
by David S. Cohen on Oct 22, 2008 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions
are you some sort of martyr type person or something, why would you have ever tried something so sisyphusian?
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Cole Hamels heard my fears and as he always does he assuaged them…thank you OKC
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 9:16 PM EDT reply actions
My biggest fear is that Kazmir settles down and we never get another shot like we had last inning. Cole does not factor into my fears…ever.
Then the game ends 2-0 and you’re a happy camper. So shush already
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions
He’s already thrown 40 pitches. “Settles down” probably would mean he finishes six, which is certainly possible.
That’s one of those ‘excuse me’ doubles isn’t it?
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes, alternate opening for hulk movie, see captain america
still won’t get me to buy it – ang lee version didn’t suck
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 9:18 PM EDT reply actions
Did that fox over head shot show an outdoor baseball field?
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 9:19 PM EDT reply actions
Who the hell is zobrist? I’ve never heard of him
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 9:21 PM EDT reply actions
Infielder. What I mostly remember about him was a friend making jokes at a fantasy draft a year or two ago.
How does one make a joke about him.
That Maddon fella he KNOWS how to manage – zobrist second game int he outfield this season – 9-8 baby
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Ken Rosenthal makes it a complete troika of suckage
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 9:21 PM EDT reply actions
He wears glasses and the devil rays sucked last year and now the rays are good
Maddon MUST be a genius
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions
They are establishing the storyline. They must draw the dichotomy between the urbane, smart Maddon and the redneck, inarticulate Cholly Manuel.
Except most of the media has been telling a different manuel story this past couple days
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Am I the only one noticing a lot of media pointing out that Charlie Manuel might be the best manager in the NL East – it seems to have come out of nowhere
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 9:23 PM EDT reply actions
If only he went the other way with that foul ball on purpose
“Put up with those” – Joe Buck confused by thing called OPS?
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 9:24 PM EDT reply actions
Remember when the phillies used to get guys to second with zero outs and not score them on a regular basis?
I thought those days where over
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 9:26 PM EDT reply actions
THe failure is on Utley – what Howard and Burrell did was bound to happen
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 9:27 PM EDT reply actions
funny how a runner on 2nd with none out is the equivalent to a runner on 2nd with 2 outs when Howard is due up next.
Runner on second with no outs not scoring is not exactly rare for the phillies.
Though I’m curios, do the phillies fail to score that runner more often than ‘average’ in baseball
ANywhere to find stuff like that?
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Cole Hamels is pitching and the phils are up 2-0 – drink more beer and shush
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions
I talked to woody today – so the phillies have to win
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 9:27 PM EDT reply actions
Vince Vaughn can not act – he plays the same role all the time -
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 9:28 PM EDT reply actions
No Joe, Cole Hamles is wondering how many different ways he can make the Rays look bad by the 9th inning you idjit
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 9:30 PM EDT reply actions
Cole – i know you like to play with opponents – but if you could stop now – we’d all like it
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 9:34 PM EDT reply actions
I remember when i was pissed that the rays signed iwamura when the phillies needed a 3rd baseman….i still think i’m pissed about it
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 9:35 PM EDT reply actions
Ok, now I’m concerned.
And seriously – Smith – see GOOD 3rd base coach
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 9:36 PM EDT reply actions
Is cole avoiding his breaking stuff at the moment or am I not good enough to tell the difference?
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 9:38 PM EDT reply actions
As you are all quite aware, His Hamels did that on purpose, he was getting bored
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 9:40 PM EDT reply actions
If any of you take any children of any age to see High School Musical 3 you are failures as parents
I’m just saying
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 9:41 PM EDT reply actions
Yes, you are a failure, there are better ways for you to be a good big brother and educate your sister in the concepts of taste and what real talent is…as for hudgens – dear christ isn’t there enough free porn in the world?
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 9:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, the , number is supposed to be after it
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Fellow Cubs fan here from BCB on SBN
Hope to see you guys show the NL how real baseball’s played: with 9 guys in the field, and those same 9 in the box.
Dan
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
No DH?
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
Wouldn’t the teams in the NL already know how ‘real baseball’ is played, as would AL teams even with interleague, plus with the fact that the DH has only been around a few decades. I’m quite sure that most people know how real baseball is played.
I understand that Cubs fans are sad right now, but come on :)
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Whoops, I meant "AL", not NL.
But you don’t have to be a dick about it. Came to cheer on your team, thought I’d get a friendly “Hello”, not a “Huh?” or silly comment like that.
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
I said Huh cause the post didn’t make any sense…I’m not sure how i’m being a dick by being confused by a confusing post…and not it’s not my internet persona, it’s my persona, I prefer people make sense and when they don’t i try to get clarification, i’m nutty that way
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions
I was trying to make an argument
as a Cubs fan, and NL fan, I would prefer to see the Phils win over the Rays. Just a fan of the Senior Circuit and the non-DH, as opposed to the Junior League. I typed NL instead of AL, holy shit.
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
I can’t read minds, so I don’t know you made a mistake.
Call the AL the ‘junior circuit’ all you want, they have the better teams, the better money, and the better GMs, and probably more better run teams than in th NL.
The “Junior Circuit” is one of those silly old school perjoratives that should be done away with…the DH has been around long enough that people need to get over it already anyway
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't really believe in blanket statements
but when I hear about Philly fans, they must be speaking about you.
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
Some people say ebeneezer scrooge is
he isn’t
but i’ll tell you who is
all 3 stooges
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions
So I noticed in the past few interview snippets I’ve seen on tv that cole hamels has stopped saying you know.
It’s now 3-1 :(
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 9:54 PM EDT reply actions
Ok, how are these ‘pro prop 8’ commercials not blatant homophobia?
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 9:58 PM EDT reply actions
It’s not the expanding that bothers me it’s the fact that it differs depending on top or bottom half
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m constantly stunned by how shitty Fox’s coverage is. They routinely miss pitches. Is the director drunk?
whew. I would really have hated to see Ryno K after going up 3-0. My remote would have hated it too.
Joe Maddon reads…
Dear god he’s a genius
No truth to the fact that he loves Brett Favre
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 10:05 PM EDT reply actions
there is a comma there. Don’t make fun of me again.
by FuquaManuel on Oct 22, 2008 10:08 PM EDT up reply actions
“Dropped it?” Oh no, my friend. It was a “tough play,” says McCarver.
by Have a Seat on Oct 22, 2008 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Some of these hitters just don’t get it. Or else someone is failing to tell them to be patient against Kazmir.
Or maybe they know better than you when a pitch is hittable, first pitch or not?
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 10:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Shane does it too often for it to just be him “knowing”.
by FuquaManuel on Oct 22, 2008 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Shane Victorino has been one of the better philies bats in the playoffs…maybe lighten up a little?
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Cole can’t get the 9 and 1 hitters out.
by David S. Cohen on Oct 22, 2008 10:25 PM EDT reply actions
I GUARANTEE we will need more than 3 runs to win this game.
by FuquaManuel on Oct 22, 2008 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions
And like I told you before when you conceded a game way too early (as you seem to do every game) the phillies still get at bats between now and the end of the game, and garza probably won’t make it past the sixth.
If only your guaranatee came with something
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions
I have not conceded the game. I have merely stated that I am losing confidence. But my confidence means nothing, so I am just saying.
by FuquaManuel on Oct 22, 2008 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions
These slow games suck when you have a newborn you know is going to wake up at 5:15 (if not earlier and throughout the night).
by David S. Cohen on Oct 22, 2008 10:29 PM EDT reply actions
Who are you and what have you done with the REAL pedro feliz?
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 10:31 PM EDT reply actions
Can Chris Coste get a good swing/at bat tonight?
by David S. Cohen on Oct 22, 2008 10:32 PM EDT reply actions
At this point i’m just hoping coste only exits the field with one out
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 10:33 PM EDT reply actions
I seem to be a good 10 to 15 seconds ahead of most of you.
by David S. Cohen on Oct 22, 2008 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh you mean that wasn’t a perscient prediction of Carlos Ruiz?
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Taco Bell was started in Southern California by a hispanic man (whose last name was bell, that’s where the bell comes from) And the president of taco bell is some bloody foreigner – are you kidding me?
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 10:35 PM EDT reply actions
It boggles my mind how close Howard came to nearly not making that throw in time with probably their slowest runner out there.
It is when you factor in it’s supposed to make the rays look better the phils look lucky
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions
He’s at 91. Definitely gonna get the nod in the 7th.
by FuquaManuel on Oct 22, 2008 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions
I like this conversation with the ump – nice feature!
by David S. Cohen on Oct 22, 2008 10:49 PM EDT reply actions
What does it mean that Cole isn’t a reader?
Is Maddon saying he’s illiterate?
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 10:49 PM EDT reply actions
Howell’s throwing 2 inches off the ground.
by David S. Cohen on Oct 22, 2008 10:50 PM EDT reply actions
Phils have had baserunners in every inning.
by David S. Cohen on Oct 22, 2008 10:51 PM EDT reply actions
So they bring in the lefty primarily to face Utley /Howard but he makes werth look stupid?
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 10:51 PM EDT reply actions
Oh it’s true, i’m quite quite sad about opposite day
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Joe Buck could make the point that Ryan Howard poor performance yet the phillies success is a prime example of baseball being a team game.
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 10:52 PM EDT reply actions
But redeeming now wouldn’t it? I mean wouldn’t you look at Joe just a bit less icky if he made the thought?
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Jesus Christ Ryan – that like bounced BEFORE the plate…you really haven’t seen a low pitch you don’t salivate over do you?
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 10:53 PM EDT reply actions
“Get out of here. God dammit.” Who said that?
by David S. Cohen on Oct 22, 2008 10:54 PM EDT reply actions
I’ve always wondered why people pitch to ryan howard above the knees – he’ll swing at it every time.
Navarro is tempting fate.
What don’t we do
tempt fate
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 10:54 PM EDT reply actions
Has ever Rays FOX trax pitch been a strike while every Phils Fox Trax pitch has been a ball or does it just seem that way?
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 10:55 PM EDT reply actions
Meh
He got to a full count – that’s a successful at bat for him these days
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions
That was at least a good pitch. Sort of.
If they wind up losing this game, that might be where it will have happened.
two separate innings runner at second with no out – doesn’t score
I’m going with those events being more of a problem
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m aware of that – or haven’t you been watching – i wasn’t referring to THIS inning – i was referring to two DIFFERENT innings
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions
The phils have had AMPLE scoring opportunities to score tonight – if they lose (i still think a big if) it would be wrong to pin it on any one occurance
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m not saying bench him but at SOME point you have to go left right left at 3-4-5 don’t you?
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 10:56 PM EDT reply actions
Does that include the relief pitchers who will never see time?
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Has Howell thrown anything above the ankles?
by David S. Cohen on Oct 22, 2008 10:57 PM EDT reply actions
Well, that one was right there. Damn you Pat!
by David S. Cohen on Oct 22, 2008 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes, on the 1-1 pitch to burrell called for a strike :)
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Damn it Pat, swing at bad pitches, a man would swing, a real player would swing, walks are for wussies, you gotta swing when it’s close no matter what…
sorry – doing some chanelling for a moment
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 11:00 PM EDT reply actions
if you’re talking to me – there are those who will know what i was doing :)
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Fox faded out to commercial with a 7year old Rays fan screaming in dismay at ball 4 to Burrell
by Have a Seat on Oct 22, 2008 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions
And you told a 7 year old girl to shuit up?
Damn, SERIOUS Philly fan
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions
TB may not have the best bullpen, but Maddon manages it better than almost anyone. Most managers don’t recognize that Victorino is strong from the right side.
I’m sure they do but for most of the season victorino batted second so maybe they just wanted to maintain their left handers for the guys after Victorino?
Seriously folks, let’s not over or under rate managers ok :)
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions
He swung at the first pitch in his last at bat as well didn’t he? Somehow he got stupider as the game progressed
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Good actor, awesome on 6 ft under, can’tt get a permanent gig though
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions
You know, they say may you live in interesting times, i would have preferred the phils ignore that comment and make this game more interesting
OH god – god bless america – must change channel
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 11:05 PM EDT reply actions
At least this lady can sing. Unlike the Dodgers performers. Or the boy band that they inflicted on us earlier.
I’m tired of it, just go back to take me out to the ball game america, stop putting your religion and politics in my baseball, it’s worse than your peanut butter in my chocolate…gods too busy to give a crap about baeball or america, he’s working on Earth 2.0
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Seriously, on most brodcasts, doesn’t the bottom of the 7th start immediately after that stupid song? Fox went to commercial afterwards?
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 11:11 PM EDT reply actions
Almost messed up that throw to Howard, but got the out.
by David S. Cohen on Oct 22, 2008 11:14 PM EDT reply actions
I bring him back for the 8th but make sure pitchers are ready – don’t suddenly get them up if cole gets in trouble – be able to pull cole the moment you have to
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 11:15 PM EDT reply actions
Is he allowed to do that? Get pitchers up before the feces hits the rotating blades? Cos I’m pretty sure I’ve never seen it done…
It’s in the book, but charlie got tobaccy juice on it, took some time but the pages are unstuck now
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s the same number as angels dancing on a pinhead and baseball fans who never give credit to pitchers
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions
I would be giving credit to nearly every pitcher in the league if I were to go around covering Coste’s tracks.
by FuquaManuel on Oct 22, 2008 11:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Well with what Feliz did someone had to balance the scales
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions
When is someone gonna get impaled by one of these enormous splinters? How has that not happened yet?
And when it was headed for Lasorda I had such hope
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 11:20 PM EDT up reply actions
I doubt it, just because they have so many lefties. What I would have liked to see was Burrell coming up in a spot where Manuel could have PH’d Dobbs, then made the defensive substitution. But then again Pat walked against the lefty, so that wasn’t to be… probably because Maddon thought the same thing would happen if he brought in a righty to face him.
It’s the fox gone, i bet you he hits 99 today :)
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 11:22 PM EDT up reply actions
How come even with one of the best bullpens in baseball this year, I still get nervous at times like this? Bad memories, I guess.
by David S. Cohen on Oct 22, 2008 11:22 PM EDT reply actions
Just one memory – one really really really REALLY bad memory
And unlike boston, he was forgiven too soon – tempting fate :)
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 11:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Because even during a season like this, mistakes by the bullpen are just so crucial and memorable.
by Have a Seat on Oct 22, 2008 11:23 PM EDT up reply actions
JC is warming – he will walk on the rays tank water later
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 11:24 PM EDT reply actions
I need him to walk 3 to get some swag actually.
I kid, I kid.
by FuquaManuel on Oct 22, 2008 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions
I was gonna say, with that delay, 23 home runs for a team in the regular season has to be bad
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 11:26 PM EDT reply actions
Not any more bigoted than it is to say Daisuke and Kuroda have similar wind ups.
by FuquaManuel on Oct 22, 2008 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Iwamura reminds me more of Ichiro or Kaz Matsui, mainly because they hit from the left side.
by FuquaManuel on Oct 22, 2008 11:29 PM EDT up reply actions
He got it anyway
Madson is the shiz
I still want 12 rays
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 11:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Seriously, not a single phils pitch on fox trax has been close has it?
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 11:31 PM EDT reply actions
there were a couple in the “controversial Rays’ sixth” as we will be reminded of….
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 22, 2008 11:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Damnit you’re right. A little different though.
by Have a Seat on Oct 22, 2008 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions
As long as the outcome is the same i don’t mind all tht much
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 11:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Let’s you see the flies and corn chunks though.
by FuquaManuel on Oct 22, 2008 11:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh god don’t show me these douches any more than you have to
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 11:38 PM EDT reply actions
It’s sad that people walk Utley to get to Howard
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 11:39 PM EDT reply actions
Howard should harness the hurt he feels from being dissed and turn it into a 400 foot fly ball to right or left.
by FuquaManuel on Oct 22, 2008 11:40 PM EDT up reply actions
And he won’t throw anything at him but he’ll probably still K and then they have to switch pitchers again or leave a lefty in to face Burrell….oh wait.
GOD DAMN IT
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Really? I think he has the face of someone like Tim Redding who has the face of someone the phillies should kill, but are actually owned by.
by FuquaManuel on Oct 22, 2008 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions
I like to use frack cause it’s not really cursing
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 11:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Had one to hit on 1-1. Dammit.
Just totally off right now.
Holy shit—another fastball right down the pike.
Man, when he’s off, he is OFF.
September called. It wants to stuff April and October Ryan Howard into the trunk of the car and drive to Tijuana.
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 22, 2008 11:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Wheeler coming in.
There’s definitely reason to fear this… but I’d seriously, seriously consider Dobbs here. No way Manuel does it, but I think I would.
On a 1-2 count? WIth the phils bunting history? God I hope not
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions
You know – Maddons could have been super tricky and just given the IBB to Howard and let Balfour make Bruntlett his bitch
by jemagee on Oct 22, 2008 11:50 PM EDT reply actions
so pleasing
I just love it !!!!. Tonight was a gift. I really see an offensive eruption tomorrow, because the mettle has been tested and the Rays folded. I just don’t think Shields is the reincarnation of Gibson/Koufax that McCarver/Buck and all the other drooling idiots make him out to be and I think Myers is pumped in a good way, as everyone has talked about the huge dropoff after Cole (not so). By their reckoning David Price after pitching 2 innings in the post season is Dennis Eckersly on steroids while Lidge now 50 for 50 is old news – what crap (by the way Joe Savery in our organization from Rice/not Vanderbilt throws mid 90"s – maybe we should have brought him up and turned the games over to him). Call me optimistic, a jinx, whatever, but I predict Phillies 11-3 tomorrow in a laugher with Dobbs, Rollins, Utley and Victorino providing the big punch (Howard looks like April reincarnated – hopeless at this point and great trade commodity in offseason). And by the way, since “they shoot horses don’t they” isn’t it just time tro euthanize Tim McCarver.
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