Philadelphia @ New York GameThread, Jul 22, 2008 7:10 PM EDT

Beating Santana

Can it happen? Probably not.

by WholeCamels on Jul 22, 2008 7:11 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

Nice start

First inning run, RBI single from Werth.

Blanton will take it from here…

by WholeCamels on Jul 22, 2008 7:17 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

Hi, A's fan here, came over to watch Blanton pitch

I hope y’all continue our nickname for him: Cupcakes

by schmifty on Jul 22, 2008 7:20 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

Ha!

We’d actually sorta settled on “Cookies”.

by WholeCamels on Jul 22, 2008 7:21 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

LOL... Cookies works

I’m not really sure if there’s an actual reason behind Cupcakes, but it IS fun to yell “Cuppa-Cuppa-Cakes!” at the TV.

by schmifty on Jul 22, 2008 7:23 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

Regardless, bringing my man Cookies to the city of cheesesteaks, soft pretzels, and Tastykakes is dangerous indeed.

I hope he can have more innings like the one we just saw.

by WholeCamels on Jul 22, 2008 7:28 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

We did discuss the idea of changing his nickname to Tastycakes :)

by schmifty on Jul 22, 2008 7:32 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

I like cupcakes. That’s a winner for me.

For Who? My teammates.

For What? To Win.

How Much? Where do I sign?

by jonk on Jul 23, 2008 1:20 AM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

Good Lord...

Blanton already bunts better than all of our pitchers except for Moyer.

by PhillyFriar on Jul 22, 2008 7:31 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

Excuse me… I meant to say, “Cupcakes/Cookies/Tastycakes already bunts better than all of our other pitchers except for Moyer.”

by PhillyFriar on Jul 22, 2008 7:34 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

Castro infield single, and they turn the lineup over. Jeez…

by WholeCamels on Jul 22, 2008 7:43 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

I’ve now seen Blanton one time through the Mets lineup—I turned it on when he was facing Castro in the 2nd.

He didn’t look good in that last inning, but to be fair Wright’s great and Delgado is as hot right now as Howard was before the break.

Blanton is an XXXL Kyle Kendrick: slightly better than fringy stuff, “knows how to pitch,” and doesn’t have that one really plus offering that would make him great. I suspect he’ll win some games for us, but he’s not a difference maker. In other words, much as advertised.

by dajafi on Jul 22, 2008 8:09 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

That sounds about right. His command hasn’t been as advertised, though I’m sure that can be down to nerves in making his first start for a new club.

And I hate to complain about umps, but Delgado went around on that 0-2 pitch before his homer. Replays showed it and even the annoying SNY team admitted as much. They won’t get every call right, but man, that hurts.

by PhillyFriar on Jul 22, 2008 8:41 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

it's off. or it should be.

I’m completely miserable watching this, and my wife is angry at me because I’m miserable. What’s the point again?

by dajafi on Jul 22, 2008 8:27 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

its definitely frustrating to watch a team

we all know can score struggle

by Whodie126 on Jul 22, 2008 8:35 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

It’s only a game, it’s only a game, it’s only a game, it’s only a game

by jemagee on Jul 22, 2008 8:48 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

I’m now listening to the Phils radio broadcast rather than watching the $(*&# Mets broadcast. This is actually helping a bit (and freed the TV for the wife), mostly because Larry Andersen is even angrier than I am.

by dajafi on Jul 22, 2008 8:55 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

Nice to see as I get home that ramon castro tatoos one off the bat of joe blanton – to make it 5-1

Excellent

by jemagee on Jul 22, 2008 8:47 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

Joe Blanton: Different sh*t, same stink.

by chewy wellington on Jul 22, 2008 8:57 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

Joe Blanton isn’t as fat as jose mesa yet though, right?

by jemagee on Jul 22, 2008 9:01 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

Coste demonstrates AWESOME patience…

Didn’t this team used to have, you know, organizational patience? Where the hell did that go?

by jemagee on Jul 22, 2008 9:03 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

Coste’s heroic journey is complete; I’m afraid he’s now basically the lousy player the so-called experts prematurely pegged him as.

by dajafi on Jul 22, 2008 9:06 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

He swung at the first two pitches of the at bat and at least one of them was outside enough he had to reach for it.

Sigh…and the sixers might trade my favorite player, this is not a good day for me

by jemagee on Jul 22, 2008 9:09 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

not to mention estelle getty

by jemagee on Jul 22, 2008 9:10 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

Who are they rumored to be trading?

by dajafi on Jul 22, 2008 9:12 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

A reliable ‘inside source’ on realgm indicates that the sixers and andre iguodala have a problem, he wants a max contract, they don’t want to give it to him so they are exploring sign and trade options, such wonderful names as Tracy McGrady and Vince Carter are making the rounds, making me vomit because at that point i might have to become a clippers fan…of the three, i’d rather have iguodala making max money…iguodala and speights are the two guys in my life i picked out in around february before the draft and said ‘i really think the sixers should draft him’...id’ be peeved if they traded him for aging under achieving over paid shadows of themslves

by jemagee on Jul 22, 2008 9:15 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

I don’t claim to be a hoops expert by any stretch, and I like Iguodala. But I also get the sense that this GM is pretty sharp. I hope they figure out a way to keep him around.

by dajafi on Jul 22, 2008 9:23 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

Wouldn't they have to pay

T-Mac or Vince more than they would offer Andre? Granted he probably wants more years then they both have left on there current contract.

by Whodie126 on Jul 22, 2008 9:23 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

1. Guys like evans and or willie green would have to be massaged in to make it work…iguodala is also a BYC player which makes it more complicated

2. I like ed too, but if he gets t-mac or carter i’m not sure what i’d do, it’d be like an ed wade trade but a lot worse

by jemagee on Jul 22, 2008 9:27 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

BYC would depend on what he signed for ... right

but chances are if they sign and trade they will be over the cap so it would apply. I don’t see the sense in trading your franchise player.

by Whodie126 on Jul 22, 2008 9:30 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

The sixers are already capped out because of iguodala and williams cap hold, whatever he signs for makes him a BYC as I understand it, the NBA CBA sucks in different ways for the NFLs but it still sucks

The argument is that Andre Iguodala isn’t a frnachise player, he’s a very good complimentary player, but not the focus of a team (and I agree, but i think he has more value than tracy mcgrady and or vince carter)...i think between the three the sixers would be ASININE to give up iguodala, just give him a shorter deal….like 3 years plus an option like the other big names got…if they blow this, for me it eliminates all the brand good will

by jemagee on Jul 22, 2008 9:35 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

Oh

I in no way think he is a franchise player but he is the Sixers franchise player … I mean who else is there?

by Whodie126 on Jul 22, 2008 9:40 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

Elton Brand

Thaddeus Young will be an all star some day

and so will Speights

Fans didn’t show up for playoff games last year, fans are dismissing iguodala after only 6 games against the pistons…if iguodala goes, fans will miss him, and deserve what they got for their lack of appreciation of what he brings in EVERY aspect of the game.

Tracy McGrady and Vince Carter can score, that’s about it

by jemagee on Jul 22, 2008 9:43 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

Yeah Brand is but I didn’t really count him since he hasn’t played a game in a sixers uni …. Thad will be a star but isn’t quite the face of the organization … yet.

If they get rid of Iggy they have to get a SG … just hopefully not someone in there 30s

by Whodie126 on Jul 22, 2008 9:46 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

Don’t forget that they have willie green.

And my hope for this off season as trading him, for like a hoagie, cause i know that mo cheeks can’t RESIST playing him and as far as i’m concerned all his minutes belong to louis williams

by jemagee on Jul 22, 2008 9:47 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

agreed

I think the team is a SG away from being a true contender … I think Loooooouuuuuu could be a SG he is a creative scorer almost Iverson-esque I think he is more important to sign than Iggy.

by Whodie126 on Jul 22, 2008 9:56 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

I think you’re wrong for two reasons

Iguodala is a shooting guard, it seems people have forgotten the majority of his career

Louis Williams is barely the same height as allen iverson with a very iverson like game right now, if he doesn’t learn how to play opint guard, he’s a bench guy, he’s just a better bench guy than willie green, but than again, you are probably a better bench guy than willie green

by jemagee on Jul 22, 2008 9:58 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

Why did Cholly get tossed

by jemagee on Jul 22, 2008 9:29 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

arguing the Delgado check swing ...

after Delgado hit the homerun.

by Whodie126 on Jul 22, 2008 9:40 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

I didn’t see it, but it sounds like he was just trying to light a spark.

Didn’t work.

by dajafi on Jul 22, 2008 9:42 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

Delgado went around clearly ...

even the mets fans agree … but he didn’t argue it until Delgado hit one out of the park so it was clearly to try and get the team fired up … and agreed it didn’t work.

by Whodie126 on Jul 22, 2008 9:43 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

I find the whole ‘fired up thing’ tiresome…as much as I find the praise that jerry manuel will inevtiably get for turning the mets around tiresome too…seriously, if the players aren’t fired up for a series against the mets in july when they are tied for first, i’m not 100% sure what the hell is going to get them ‘fired up’...and if fired up means emotional, why do you want your guys playing overly emotional cause when you are overly emotional you do stupid things like what jayson werth just did

by jemagee on Jul 22, 2008 9:46 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs