World Series Game 5: Pre-game chat
by jonk
on Oct 27, 2008 2:57 PM EDT
This is it people. This could finally be the day we've all been waiting for as Phillies fans. 28 years of frustration may finally come to close. If we win today, good things to come out of this:
Finally get to stop living in the past. Yay 1980 team. Now go back where you came from, we got a new dog in town.
Finally get to stop hearing about the lightning in a bottle. Man, I loved that team when it happened, I almost hate them now. At the very least, they go to the back burner cause this team has equaled or passed their achivements.
The city can stop having it's pity party. How come they focus on the Cubs? How come they focused on the Red Sox. We play whiney little brother too much. However, if we do win, the focus then goes completely on the Cubs for another 100 years. I guess that's a drawback.
Cole Hamel's superstardom. He is on the brink and hopefully he can eclipse all that came before him.
A repeat next year. Yeah, I said it. Jimmy's next. We gonna win 140 games baby!
Met's fans. HAHA!
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Someone should call Jim Caple and ask him how this quote is panning out for him
I pick the Rays to sweep because the American League is that much superior to the National League, which once again got smoked in interleague play and the All-Star Game. It’s like the majors versus AAA.
"When you get that nice celebration coming into the dugout and you're getting your ass hammered by guys - there's no better feeling than to have that done." - Matt Stairs 10/13/08
Gold... Pure Gold...
by foos05 on Oct 27, 2008 9:37 AM EDT 0 recs
Personally I thought Hamels should’ve been pitching yesterday, but Blanton sure showed me what was up. Sets up nicely for tonight indeed!
by SethC on Oct 27, 2008 9:43 AM EDT 0 recs
I’m so excited, I can’t even sit still in my chair at work… is it almost 8 o’clock yet?
"When you get that nice celebration coming into the dugout and you're getting your ass hammered by guys - there's no better feeling than to have that done." - Matt Stairs 10/13/08
Gold... Pure Gold...
by foos05 on Oct 27, 2008 10:42 AM EDT 0 recs
What a game to have tickets for!
I’ll be there!
by David S. Cohen on Oct 27, 2008 10:45 AM EDT 0 recs
national anthem tonight
Daryl Hall of Hall & Oates.
Haven’t heard anything about the first pitch. Since we had Carlton in 3 and Roberts in 4, I’m going to guess Schmidt.
by taco pal on Oct 27, 2008 11:23 AM EDT 0 recs
I think I heard it was going to be Jim Bunning.
First pitch, not the Anthem.
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WHY CAN'T US?
by WholeCamels on
Oct 27, 2008 12:03 PM EDT
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as did I… althought it would be funny for the anthem as well
"When you get that nice celebration coming into the dugout and you're getting your ass hammered by guys - there's no better feeling than to have that done." - Matt Stairs 10/13/08
Gold... Pure Gold...
by foos05 on
Oct 27, 2008 12:16 PM EDT
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Ick. I don’t like it. Keep the ’64 team far away!
by taco pal on
Oct 27, 2008 12:21 PM EDT
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i’d love to see it… too bad he’s not allowed to set foor in the park
"When you get that nice celebration coming into the dugout and you're getting your ass hammered by guys - there's no better feeling than to have that done." - Matt Stairs 10/13/08
Gold... Pure Gold...
by foos05 on
Oct 27, 2008 12:30 PM EDT
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Was making a joke, but someone from the 80 team would be nice who hasn’t thrown out a pitch yet – schmidt was so underwhelming when he delivered the line ups (was he medicated?) – what’s manny trillo doing?
by jemagee on
Oct 27, 2008 12:40 PM EDT
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Coaching for the White Sox. So he should be available.
You could also go with Luzinski. Or maybe Bake McBride?
by taco pal on
Oct 27, 2008 12:48 PM EDT
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Marty Bystrom, Del Unser, Lonnie Smith??? Maddox is always a good one. Bob Boone.
by Wet Luzinski on
Oct 27, 2008 6:35 PM EDT
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Hall and Oates baby.
For Who? My teammates.
For What? To Win.
How Much? Where do I sign?
by jonk on
Oct 27, 2008 12:43 PM EDT
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This has happened before
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hR7gkRFXrJY
Complete with cheesy background track. I don’t know if I can go for that.
All Games and Comments are Subject to Blackout
by Hit4TheCycle on
Oct 27, 2008 4:40 PM EDT
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Sheesh. Hall’s look has really evolved over the years. You can hardly tell he’s the same person if you look at photos from different decades.
by taco pal on
Oct 27, 2008 5:23 PM EDT
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Questions From a Cubs Fan
Cubs fan here who also like the Phillies and wants them to win it all this year (what can I say, I loved your city when I visited earlier this year and hope to live there someday!)
Something occured to me when I read this post. Are fans of other teams as tired of hearing about the Cubs 100 year World Series drought as we Cub fans are?
Personally, I’d like nothing more than to never hear about the World Series drought again.
Good luck tonight! I’m pulling for your team and your city!
by crowlster on Oct 27, 2008 12:47 PM EDT 0 recs
We are tired of it because we are jealous. Seriously. We want the media to look at us and say, “They are suffering too!”
For Who? My teammates.
For What? To Win.
How Much? Where do I sign?
by jonk on
Oct 27, 2008 1:00 PM EDT
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hahaha…. good point
"When you get that nice celebration coming into the dugout and you're getting your ass hammered by guys - there's no better feeling than to have that done." - Matt Stairs 10/13/08
Gold... Pure Gold...
by foos05 on
Oct 27, 2008 1:03 PM EDT
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So let me get this straight . . . You guys want the media to spend so much time talking about the curse of Billy Penn, that when your players take the field in the playoffs, they play like they have the weight of 100 years of failure on their shoulders?
The players can talk all they want about how the curse doesn’t affect them. It was pretty obvious from watching the Cubs in the playoffs this year that it did!
by crowlster on
Oct 27, 2008 1:05 PM EDT
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I’m not a psychiatrist, but I wonder if the players feel the pressure/weight of a long title drought in the same manner as the fans. Player loyalty is so fluid, I think the players are by and large loyal and committed to their current group of guys, if not the logo on their uniform. Not in every case, of course, but in many.
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by WholeCamels on
Oct 27, 2008 1:08 PM EDT
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I don’t think they do – it’s just part of the fans wanting to be ‘part’ of the team (like using the word we all the time when talking about teams you root for) so since the fans feel it, the players must feel it…
by jemagee on
Oct 27, 2008 1:09 PM EDT
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Howard hit on this yesterday. He mentioned how he didn’t think it was that big of a thing going on in Philly (missed playoffs for 25 years), It’s a much different perspective.
For Who? My teammates.
For What? To Win.
How Much? Where do I sign?
by jonk on
Oct 27, 2008 1:10 PM EDT
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I think for the most part your right on that point. However, everyone who has ever even heard of the Chicago Cubs, baseball fan or not, has heard about the supposed curse. So every player who signs with the Cubs does so knowing about it and wanting to be part of the team that finally I guess puts an end to it.
Even if they don’t believe in it, I think they still might press extra hard in the playoffs for no other reason than to end the World Series drought.
by crowlster on
Oct 27, 2008 1:18 PM EDT
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No doubt that’s a huge burden. I thought Piniella was the perfect guy to lead them past it, but I think it ultimately got to him too.
Those things, though, disappear in an instant. And you never know what’s going to do the trick: I remember while going to college in New England in the early ‘90s reading about Mo Vaughn wanting to be the guy who led the Red Sox past the Curse, and thinking he could do it. Then ten years later watching them blow the big lead late in Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS… and thinking there was no way they could get past that with the same set of players. When they hired Terry Francona, our former manager, I remember telling friends who were Sox fans that they had at least 2-3 more bad years to suffer through. And Francona, and the same set of players, got down 0-3 in the ALCS and didn’t lose again until the next April.
Something equally implausible will lift the Cubs out of it.
by dajafi on
Oct 27, 2008 3:19 PM EDT
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If you say so – the only thing pretty obvious is that they failed to perform, and the fans want something to blame…it was the equivalent of being swept in a 3 game series, with higher stakes, but still it happens.
They mentioned the curse of billy penn this morning on something i was watching, but if any player is out there ‘believing’ in a curse it’s not a player i’d want on a team i root for because obviously they’re damaged
by jemagee on
Oct 27, 2008 1:08 PM EDT
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I’m not blaming anyone but the players for the Cubs postseason results this year. I don’t believe in any form of organized religion, let alone media invented curses.
Any even if players were affected by the supposed curse, as highly paid professional athletes, I feel like they should find ways to overcome it. It still would be nice to not constantly hear about it thought.
I guess all I’m really saying is that as a Cub fan who also now roots for the Phillies: Be careful what you wish for!
by crowlster on
Oct 27, 2008 1:13 PM EDT
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IF Hamels wins tonight...
by pitching outstanding as he has done the whole post season wouldn’t his post season performance go down as one of the best ever by a pitcher. This is what his stats would look like:
5W, 1.something ERA, avg 7inn per start, 7K per start.
"For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled"- Hunter S. Thompson
by phishead_psu on Oct 27, 2008 3:37 PM EDT 0 recs
If you are feeling the butterflies even half as bad as I am thenthis will certainly serve to calm you down a little bit.
by FuquaManuel on Oct 27, 2008 4:15 PM EDT 0 recs
i cant sit still at all....
This is going to be a long next 3 1/2 hours.
I live 3 hours outside the city, and the only reason i’m not coming in tonight is that i have a hugely important meeting with a client tomorrow morning…
I am certain that if i came in and we win i’d never make it back in time
"Watching Big Ben kiss the canvas nine times in Philly was like watching a guy fighting a school of sharks -- with everyone rooting for the sharks."
by 700 Level on Oct 27, 2008 4:24 PM EDT 0 recs
Savor every minute of this day. It should make for one that you always remember. I cant wait till the phillies get a lead and we can start counting down outs!
by schrifty on Oct 27, 2008 5:49 PM EDT 0 recs
To be honest, I am torn. I’m an NL East guy from D.C. now living in south Florida.
As crappy as the Nationals have been I still follow them peripherally so that part of me is pulling for the Phillies.
But being in south Florida I like the potential that I have seen in the Rays. Ultimately, they simply have to play well and they haven’t in this World Series. They just look dazed and confused both in the field and at the plate.
So may the best team win! (How’s that for a cop-out?)
Weather Underground gives you both RADAR and temperature from people’s weather stations plotted on a Google map. Gawd that looks like miserable weather for baseball! Bundle up and enjoy the game up there, guys.
by boteman on Oct 27, 2008 7:14 PM EDT 0 recs
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