Dominance and Submission: Phils@Marlins, 9/21/08
by dajafi on Sep 21, 2008 4:00 PM EDT
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As recently as two months ago, Jamie Moyer was kryptonite to the Florida Marlins. Facing a lineup of free-swinging sluggers keyed on fastballs, Moyer--who doesn't really have a fastball--endlessly kept them off-balance with his repertoire of slow, slower and slowest offspeed pitches. Moyer won his first ten career starts against the Marlins, including two victories this season. But they finally got his number on Aug. 5--not by slugging home runs, but by drawing three walks and one HBP to go with six hits (five singles and a double), forcing the 45 year-old lefty out of the game with 96 pitches through five innings of work.
Florida's schizophrenic offensive personality was on display in last night's 3-2 Phillies win: the Marlins drew five walks, but struck out 16 times, and were obviously pressing in the last three innings as they chased bad pitches from J.C. Romero, Ryan Madson and Brad Lidge. As is so often the case with him, Moyer's capacity for forcing opposing hitters to make bad decisions and beat themselves likely will determine whether he can resume his former mastery of the Marlins.
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I think...
..the Marlins are laying down for you guys.
no way.
nobody in this division is laying down for anybody.
I imagine the Phillies are less hateful than the mets, but still.
That pitch to Feliz....
…was right down the pipe. This to a hitter that decides when to swing based on the direction of the breeze.
Don’t be silly man. Did you watch the game last night? Have you watched any of the Phillies-Marlins matchups all season?
Dobbs injury worked out for you guys.
Not only did u get the HR, but Dobbs doesn’t make that play.
Luck is a part of the game.....
…I’m just pointing out it’s worked in your favor today.
Why do Phils fans have a stick up there ass? I’m sorry you live in a shithole city. This forum is for baseball tho. Leave your personal baggage to yourselves.
You are the one who came on this blog and started stirring the pot with your conspiracy theories/facetiousness.
My sense of humor....
…doesn’t fly here. Fine.
I’ll revert to 5th grade analogies and knock knock jokes.
I think Lidge...
….was a good pick up actually. Just don’t let him face Pujols.
If he’s back and he acts like a jerk, I’ll ban him.
I could care less about him, I just don’t want any of you guys not acting classy.
Relax....
…Phils fans have a bad sense for sarcasm and we NYers are very sarcastic.
I just need to be more sensitive to the intellectual capacity of my audience here. No need to ban. I’ll keep things simple for you guys.
I live in Brooklyn. My guess is you’re from North Jersey.
So please, don’t go with the “we New Yorkers.”
So you're going to build an argument....
…around an assumption based on nothing?
I’m from Queens and also lived in Manhattan. We consider Brooklyn the “other side” of NY.
My apologies. I figured anyone who’d bother coming to a Phillies message board after watching their team crap out again was of the maturity level I’d expect from a 15 year old from Englewood.
How does....
…being a big baseball fan equate to maturity level?
Only in Brooklyn does that have any chance of making sense.
Well, thanks for the visit. Glad you got to see a bullpen hold a lead today.
Is Queens even in the city? Gotta wonder about a borough whose two most famous residents were Archie Bunker and Son of Sam.
(OK, that isn’t fair. I like Queens. Amazing jazz history there.)
Uh....
..Seinfeld?
Brooklyn is full of homos, crack heads and stray dogs. Honestly, Brooklyn? Give it up man.
What is wrong with gay people being from Brooklyn? I guess the converse is that all of the homophobes come from Queens. Makes sense considering Archie Bunker is from there.
Well, I could keep arguing with him—about the economies of the two boroughs, or the cultural traditions, or any of the dozens of other ways in which Brooklyn is superior to Queens—but I think I’m just gonna wish him well and ban him.
Bigotry isn’t allowed here. Except for making fun of the stupid, of course.
How about stupidity...
I mean, ripping on Brooklyn when Staten Island is clearly the worst…
For Who? My teammates.
For What? To Win.
How Much? Where do I sign?
I lived in NY for 30 years...
….and there are still parts of Brooklyn I’ve never seen and never want to see.
The wierdest people I’ve met in NY all came from Brooklyn.
I live in Brooklyn. My guess is you’re from North Jersey.
I live in North Jersey… :(
by WholeCamels on Sep 21, 2008 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions
In fact, if Pujols is in the stadiium...
…just give Lidge the day off. I think the mere sight of him would revert Lidge to the mental state of a 9 yr old boy.
You should see what it's like....
….having Heilman on your team. Lidge is a cake walk.
Anaheim...
….they got him as a throw in for dirt.
He Ks too much but he had a huge year in Triple A. Doesn’t really count for much given that he’s 27. He’s a quadruple A guy who will bat .220, K a ton and hit a HR once in a while. Thy’d be lucky if he turned into a Mike Jacobs, who isn’t very good anyway.
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