Atlanta Braves @ Philadelphia Phillies GameThread, Jul 26, 2008 3:55 PM EDT

Samuel Beckett Sez: Phils vs. Braves, 7/26/08

by dajafi on Jul 26, 2008 3:49 PM EDT Comment 24 comments

Atlanta Braves at Philadelphia Phillies, Jul 26, 2008 3:55 PM EDT

Everybody's waiting for something. For us, it's offense, of course.

And the Braves' long wait for Mike Hampton--who last took a big-league mound on August 19, 2005--is finally over. Perhaps he'll get back to his previous dominance of the Phillies: a 3.05 ERA in 168 career innings.

Lineup

Atlanta Braves @ Philadelphia Phillies

07/26/08 3:55 PM EDT

Atlanta Braves	Philadelphia Phillies
Gregor Blanco - LF	Jimmy Rollins - SS
Yunel Escobar - SS	Shane Victorino - CF
Mark Teixeira - 1B	Chase Utley - 2B
Brian McCann - C	Ryan Howard - 1B
Omar Infante - 3B	Pat Burrell - LF
Jeff Francoeur - RF	Jayson Werth - RF
Martin Prado - 2B	Eric Bruntlett - 3B
Mark Kotsay - CF	Chris Coste - C
Mike Hampton - P	Cole Hamels - P

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Popup, walk, 4-6-3 DP for Cole Hamels in the 1st.

by dajafi on Jul 26, 2008 4:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Rollins thrown out trying to steal for the first time this season.

by dajafi on Jul 26, 2008 4:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Phils with some early runs for a change: two-run single for Coste, triple for Victorino and a sac fly for Utley.

Three runs seems like a lot these days. With Cole pitching, it’s even arguably that in reality.

by dajafi on Jul 26, 2008 4:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Tie game.

Fck them all. Fck this team, every single one of them.

by dajafi on Jul 26, 2008 5:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Now we’re losing. 6-3. They’ve batted around. Hamels has fallen apart completely.

It’s unreal. Why can’t I just turn it off?

by dajafi on Jul 26, 2008 5:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

9-3.

I’m done.

by dajafi on Jul 26, 2008 5:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

You gotta believe!

by PhoenixPhilly on Jul 26, 2008 5:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I wasn't done

I kept playing online poker, and left it on…

And the Phils just scored SEVEN runs in the bottom of the fifth, and now they’re winning 10-9.

Not really much else to say. I’m totally stunned.

by dajafi on Jul 26, 2008 5:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

It is actually games like this that make the other games when they don’t come back and do something amazing so frustrating.

by PhoenixPhilly on Jul 26, 2008 6:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

This is the least of the frustrations, no?

by dajafi on Jul 26, 2008 6:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think this may be the quintessential Philadelphia sports fan blog comment.

by taco pal on Jul 26, 2008 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I have so many questions about this game that I am not even gonna start asking them haha.

by FuquaManuel on Jul 26, 2008 6:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

All I’ll say is that your boy Tom Gordon actually might have been useful in this one.

by dajafi on Jul 26, 2008 6:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dobbs pinch hit

dajafi – what did you think of Charlie’s decision to pinch hit Dobbs for Eaton?

I was against it, thinking we would want innings from Eaton.

by PhoenixPhilly on Jul 26, 2008 6:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Braves have a lot of lefties, so you may as well have used him there.

And at that point it was already 9-7, so Eaton was likely not coming back out anyway.

by dajafi on Jul 26, 2008 7:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think they are probably going to lose this one. The offense will come around and then the pitching will then fall apart and be unable to hold a lead.

by FuquaManuel on Jul 26, 2008 6:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I feel good about Lidge coming in to save it. I think last night was just one of those “I don’t know what to do if it’s not a save situation” nights.

by PhoenixPhilly on Jul 26, 2008 6:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

So great to hear the call from Harry.

by PhoenixPhilly on Jul 26, 2008 7:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I am mortally sure that had it been that sonofabitch McCarthy calling the game, we wouldn’t have won it.

by dajafi on Jul 26, 2008 7:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don’t think McCarthy is all that bad, to be honest.

by taco pal on Jul 26, 2008 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

What the…? First of all, I thought they had a night game today. And second… am I reading this box score correctly?

by taco pal on Jul 26, 2008 7:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Dear Phillies,

It is within the rules to score runs when you are not down 3+ runs.

Thanks,
Chewy

by chewy wellington on Jul 26, 2008 7:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

First time in more than a month that they have scored 10+ runs.

by FuquaManuel on Jul 26, 2008 8:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

What a comeback...

Great game, what a comeback. I was really worried that with a big loss today Gillick might make in irrational trade that would destroy the future of this franchise. Now maybe all the blogs about trading Jimmy Rollins might chill out a little bit.

by Philadelphia Phillies on Jul 26, 2008 9:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs