Phillies Breakfast Links, October 27, 2009: Series Eve, NJ DMZ, Die-Nasty
by WholeCamels on Oct 27, 2009 8:21 AM EDT
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Didn't Hinske hit a HR vs the Phils
in the WS last year? He was pretty bad for the Pirates but put up a respectable .828 ops off the bench for the Yanks. He also owned the base paths with a 100% SB rate (1/1, heh).
If I were you I’d be rooting for Bruney, when he’s off, which is quite often he’s batting practice.
Strikeouts are boring- Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic.
by CasanovaWong on Oct 27, 2009 8:44 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I was more thinking of this...
http://www.thegoodphight.com
by WholeCamels on Oct 27, 2009 8:55 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ah right, yea that'll do it.
Strikeouts are boring- Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic.
by CasanovaWong on Oct 27, 2009 9:07 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He makes Brad Lidge levitate?
"When you make your final stand
I'll be right there
I'll never leave
And all I ask of you is
Believe"
by The Dark on Oct 27, 2009 9:30 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
maybe that’s why his slider’s been elevated all year. The Hinske Curse?
by Bilzo on Oct 27, 2009 9:46 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
So then all he has to do is strike him out to end the series again, and it will be reversed.
by taco pal on Oct 27, 2009 10:22 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
swingers article
Oh man. That was a weird, weird article.
by taco pal on Oct 27, 2009 10:27 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The Charlie Manuel is Sexy to 95 year old women angle was unexpected.
by Cormican on Oct 27, 2009 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Delco Times article
Do they have high schoolers or middle schoolers writing for them?
by David S. Cohen on Oct 27, 2009 10:31 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
That sounded like it was written by Bill Swerski’s Superfans.
by taco pal on Oct 27, 2009 10:35 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
and I thought this was the best thing in the Daily Times today:
http://www.delcotimes.com/articles/2009/10/27/news/doc4ae7244a186e9438056642.txt
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 27, 2009 3:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
What would have been worse for her? Getting arrested or not getting those Series tickets.
By the way, do the police in Bensalem have nothing better to do than send someone out on an undercover sting about baseball tickets?
by phillyinportland on Oct 27, 2009 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, doing the deed and getting hustled with counterfeits, for one, wholly independent of the attentiveness of her well-enducated paramour.
But to your second question: doesn’t take a genius to guess who was out looking for tickets on Craigslist in the first place! For the last week of the month, it’s a good week to speed through Bensalem.
“I’m on it, chief.”
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 27, 2009 4:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Had no idea there was such a thing as a chartered train.
by taco pal on Oct 27, 2009 10:56 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
winter leagues
Check out Sebastian Valle’s numbers from the Mexican League. I know the Mexican League is easier than the Arizona league, but still.
by taco pal on Oct 27, 2009 10:57 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
We were talking about this over at Phuture Phillies: surprisingly, it’s not all that much easier to hit in the Mexican Winter League. It’s usually filled with Mexican professionals and Triple-A players, and Valle’s probably only playing there because he’s a special case, playing for his hometown team. He’s certainly doing the hometown proud, too: he could be playing in Legion Ball, and his .455/.480/1.318 line with 5 HRs in 6 games would still be impressive.
by PhillyFriar on Oct 27, 2009 11:09 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kryptonite...?
Really? That guy is either trying to stir up the Yankee hate pot or he really believes that the only players the Phils have are Lee and Howard. Even then, Lee seems to already have been neutralized by their talent and Howard by an outside slider.
Either way, love it!
by Phils 2036 World CH on Oct 27, 2009 11:06 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Anyone see Jimmy giving the yankees ‘bulletin board’ material on leno last night.
5 jimmy? Really, 5?
:)
Don't frack with me or you'll get a punch in the kidneys...you've been warned
by jemagee on Oct 27, 2009 1:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
good for him
This idea of bulletin board material is so absurd….
by David S. Cohen on Oct 27, 2009 1:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know – hence the smiley – sad thing is i didn’t recognize him (i don’t normally watch leno – i find him very unfunny and hope this move to 10 PM bombs for a variety of reasons) and was just surfing and my gf said ’that’s jimmy’.
I’m sure there’s a clip of it up somewhere
Don't frack with me or you'll get a punch in the kidneys...you've been warned
by jemagee on Oct 27, 2009 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Leno has moments
His man on the street and headline/want ads bits are almost always funny, but that has more to do with the fact that people are idiots, as oppossed to Leno being a comedy genius. For a guy who does stand-up habitually, his timing is awkward.
But, I digress. Back to Phillies talk.
by Cormican on Oct 27, 2009 2:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
In his prime, Leno was actually a really good stand-up comic. But that was a long, long time ago.
by taco pal on Oct 27, 2009 3:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
True, I saw him in college, (gasp) 21 years ago. I never laughed so hard in my life.
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 27, 2009 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
superman article: gotta love biased journalism
by Halos in DE on Oct 27, 2009 1:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Mercer county
I thought yesterday we established that the dividing line was the State Barber Shop in Trenton!
Anyways, I loved this quote:
“I’m sure I’ll get guys coming in here trying to give me the razz,” Beetel said,
as I think we should all use 1950-era phrases in pregame chats. It’d be swell.
by Wet Luzinski on Oct 27, 2009 3:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Samuel Alito is from Trenton and roots for the Phillies, for what it’s worth. Not sure where he lived in relationship to the barbershop though.
by taco pal on Oct 27, 2009 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Baseball Prospectus
I just lost a little respect for the Post-Season Simulator, but in the corporate speak world, the Yankees achieved synergy.
When it was Yanks up 3-2 vs Angels and Phils Waiting:
(odds to Win WS):
Yanks=50.8%
Angels=3.7%
Phillies=45.4%
Now that the Yanks have finished off the Halos, not only did they absorb the 3.7% chance the Angels had, they even took some more from the Phillies!
Yanks = 59.9%, Phils = 40.1%
i guess pitching matchups had something to do with this, maybe, but still, that doens’t make a whole lot of sense.
by Bilzo on Oct 27, 2009 4:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I think you’re right: it’s the pitching matchups. I’m sure that a large chunk of the 4.3% we lost was because there was no ALCS Game 7, which would have meant no Sabathia/Lackey in Game 1 of the World Series. And I’m guessing the rest of it was lost due to the fact that we now don’t get a chance to play the Angels, who are obviously an inferior team to the Yanks.
by PhillyFriar on Oct 27, 2009 4:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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