Phillies Breakfast Links, September 18, 2009: Claws Fall, Park Out, Shane Sits

by WholeCamels on Sep 18, 2009 8:24 AM EDT

BlueClaws left stranded
Lakewood's lead in best-of-five championship series trimmed to 2-1.

Park May Not Pitch Anymore This Season
The Korea Times is here for us, thank goodness.

Phillies Notebook: Phillies reliever Park won't start rehab for 2 to 3 weeks
This could be a very big deal. Hopefully the rotation keeps dominating.

Phillies Notes: Manuel doubts Myers can be Phillies closer
I give up.

Girl, 3, who tossed back foul gets Phillies jersey - TODAY People
With link to video of their Today show appearance. AND... scene.

Rollins has eyes on some 2009 drama
He's minislumping again, dooming his season OBP to stay below .300.

Phillies' Victorino leaves game with gastrointestinal illness
Victorino failed to score any runs last night, but... well, you get the idea.

Paul Hagen: In hindsight, Phillies lucky they didn't get Soriano
"Hindsight?" Some of us didn't want him at all, ever.

Cole and Heidi Hamels tour Philly school
If he keeps pitching like he did last night, maybe he can renovate some more schools.

Phillies made strides in the minors, too
It Was a Very Good Year

Harwell says thanks to baseball friends | MLB.com
Wow. Not Phillies related, but I wanted to share.

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Cole

Has his recent hot streak coincided with his recent modeling for Liberty Two? Just as I suspected. Keep doing those ads Cole!

by David S. Cohen on Sep 18, 2009 10:32 AM EDT reply actions

Some amusing tidbits in that Hagen article.

Now that we’re looking at things from the other side, the magnitude of the Mets’ collapse in 2007 is all the more astounding. Can you imagine how stunning it would be to lose the division this year with the lead we have right now? But it’s almost exactly the same size as the lead the Mets had over us at this time in ’07.

by taco pal on Sep 18, 2009 11:40 AM EDT reply actions

1 of 3 in Atlanta, and best scenario is to take tonight’s game, and we keep the ’64 and ’07 wolves away from the door.

by Wet Luzinski on Sep 18, 2009 3:43 PM EDT up reply actions

I may be off on the number of years he mentioned, but Tim Kurkjian was commenting how since the divisional/wild-card format began in 1995 only one team had blown a lead of 5 games or more with 17 games to play, which is what the Tigers would do if they don’t win this year. Unless they stop losing to the Twins they just might do it.

by phillyinportland on Sep 19, 2009 3:51 AM EDT up reply actions

The Steve Perry/ “Don’t Stop Believing” piece was interesting. I can’t imagine writing an anthem that, say, Mets or Braves fans would co-opt, without needing constant antibacterial showers.

OTOH, I heard Michigan fans singing it in unison last Saturday and thought it sounded silly and mockable. So, in that respect, I’m happy that both UM and the Dodgers fans sing Journey.

In general, it never ceases to amaze me that Gary Glitter’s “Rock and Roll” and Queen’s “We Are the Champions” were written by some of the queerest guys ever, and have been co-opted by relentlessly macho jock culture as anthems.

by Wet Luzinski on Sep 18, 2009 3:56 PM EDT reply actions

I thought Gary Glitter was straight. Still not macho though.

by taco pal on Sep 18, 2009 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions

Didn’t Gary Glitter get caught with all the child porn?

by doubleh on Sep 18, 2009 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, but I thought they were girls.

by taco pal on Sep 18, 2009 5:17 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, they were girls, but they were really young. He’s still a creep. I believe he’s not allowed entry into several countries because of various allegations of sex with minors.

by doubleh on Sep 18, 2009 6:20 PM EDT up reply actions