Hot Cole: Braves at Phillies Game Thread, July 6, 2010
by WholeCamels on Jul 6, 2010 7:00 PM EDT
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With game time temperatures expected to be around 100 degrees, it's scorcher time!
Lefty Cole Hamels goes for the Phillies... let's hope he wears a proper undershirt. Jair Jurrjens, who has struggled with injury and ineffectiveness this season yet still owns the Phils, goes for the Braves.
Discuss the game below.
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I want to see a slaughtering*
*meaning we smash them, not the other way around.
How's your wife and my kids?
i’m worried for my health. I can never remember: do they let you bring water bottles in?
by FearTheTurtIe on Jul 6, 2010 7:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh Dad.
"I remember being three and I wanted to be a baseball player, that's all I ever really wanted to be. That and Spider Man." -Raul Ibanez
by Jose and the Contrarians on Jul 6, 2010 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Thank God for GIDPs and all, but could we please start one of these games not in the hole?
by dannijd on Jul 6, 2010 7:16 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Wheels has a serious man crush on Jurrjens. Probably the first non-white player we can say that about.
There’s a reason I only listen to radio feeds at this point.
"I remember being three and I wanted to be a baseball player, that's all I ever really wanted to be. That and Spider Man." -Raul Ibanez
by Jose and the Contrarians on Jul 6, 2010 7:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Great job by Cole to get out of what could have been a disaster.
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
hahaha, he is, busting my balls because he needs to go to the bathroom. Which I am taking him out for now…let’s see what happens.
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
What a weird strikezone
"I remember being three and I wanted to be a baseball player, that's all I ever really wanted to be. That and Spider Man." -Raul Ibanez
by Jose and the Contrarians on Jul 6, 2010 7:21 PM EDT reply actions
I love the veritablle roulette that this lineup goes through every night.
"I remember being three and I wanted to be a baseball player, that's all I ever really wanted to be. That and Spider Man." -Raul Ibanez
by Jose and the Contrarians on Jul 6, 2010 7:22 PM EDT reply actions
I love that Valdez and Castro aren’t ever seen in the same lineup on the same day. Which is wise, but you can start rumors that they’re really the same guy.
The cheapest $140 million lineup ever
"I remember being three and I wanted to be a baseball player, that's all I ever really wanted to be. That and Spider Man." -Raul Ibanez
by Jose and the Contrarians on Jul 6, 2010 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions
They were both in the lineup for the waning innings yesterday.
by dannijd on Jul 6, 2010 7:59 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Mind = bown
"I remember being three and I wanted to be a baseball player, that's all I ever really wanted to be. That and Spider Man." -Raul Ibanez
by Jose and the Contrarians on Jul 6, 2010 7:23 PM EDT up reply actions
RAAAAAALLLLPPPPPHHHHHHH
"I remember being three and I wanted to be a baseball player, that's all I ever really wanted to be. That and Spider Man." -Raul Ibanez
by Jose and the Contrarians on Jul 6, 2010 7:23 PM EDT reply actions
GRRRRRRR!. I just searched for Ralph Malph! – but here’s Ibanez’s new song when he steps to the dish
bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
"I remember being three and I wanted to be a baseball player, that's all I ever really wanted to be. That and Spider Man." -Raul Ibanez
by Jose and the Contrarians on Jul 6, 2010 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions
pouring out some 40 of OE in memory of Jemagee
Preaching the Inglewood Jack
by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jul 6, 2010 7:28 PM EDT reply actions
What happened to him?
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
Ohhh, that’s pretty messed up. The guy seemed to have an issue with me for some reason but still, that’s just not right. I hope whoever went after him gets what’s coming to them.
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
Somebody pulled a shitbag move on him outside of the cyber universe. Whoever does this is a shittbag.
I wasn't even a year old but I stayed up to be outside the Vet with my Dad and Mom when the Phillies won the World Series 1980.
by Christopher A on Jul 6, 2010 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Weird situation, I’m considering getting rid of my facebook account, never know what from 6 years ago could come back to haunt
by Sept.28.Oct.27.Dec.28.2008 on Jul 6, 2010 7:39 PM EDT up reply actions
I have always been skidish on Facebook and Myspace never really posted to much.
Then some douche posted me in some not so good pictures. That is why this fires me up. Somebody that does that shit is a total pussy.
I wasn't even a year old but I stayed up to be outside the Vet with my Dad and Mom when the Phillies won the World Series 1980.
by Christopher A on Jul 6, 2010 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Fortunately for me there are no bad pictures of me out there…that sounds crazy and naive but I am pretty conscience of what is going on around me and since I rarely drink, stupid/crazy/drunk photos are rare if at all.
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
I didn’t even know some had pictured me but It wasn’t that bad. but I was naive of not looking out for myself.
I wasn't even a year old but I stayed up to be outside the Vet with my Dad and Mom when the Phillies won the World Series 1980.
by Christopher A on Jul 6, 2010 7:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Well now you know…
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
Right!
I wasn't even a year old but I stayed up to be outside the Vet with my Dad and Mom when the Phillies won the World Series 1980.
by Christopher A on Jul 6, 2010 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Crap like that is why I have only posted three status messages on Facebook— all pertaining to the Phillies/ Roy Halladay… And why I am conscientious about my real world activities… Just too much risk.
by dannijd on Jul 6, 2010 8:02 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
But there’s still 8 innings left
"I remember being three and I wanted to be a baseball player, that's all I ever really wanted to be. That and Spider Man." -Raul Ibanez
by Jose and the Contrarians on Jul 6, 2010 7:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Man I can’t get a break. The game is on MLBN here in tampa because no goes to see the rays so they a blackout. My wife is home of vacation and decides this is the time to watch movie with kids.
I wasn't even a year old but I stayed up to be outside the Vet with my Dad and Mom when the Phillies won the World Series 1980.
Only got as far as Rauls homer.
I wasn't even a year old but I stayed up to be outside the Vet with my Dad and Mom when the Phillies won the World Series 1980.
by Christopher A on Jul 6, 2010 7:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Only one tv?
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
One with a cable box.
I wasn't even a year old but I stayed up to be outside the Vet with my Dad and Mom when the Phillies won the World Series 1980.
by Christopher A on Jul 6, 2010 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions
It was delicious.
"I remember being three and I wanted to be a baseball player, that's all I ever really wanted to be. That and Spider Man." -Raul Ibanez
by Jose and the Contrarians on Jul 6, 2010 7:34 PM EDT up reply actions
To expand, I was at the game the Phils clinched, I remember word about how the Atlanta game ended creeping through the section as Lidge was brought in to retire Berkmann. It was a great 5 minutes.
"I remember being three and I wanted to be a baseball player, that's all I ever really wanted to be. That and Spider Man." -Raul Ibanez
by Jose and the Contrarians on Jul 6, 2010 7:38 PM EDT up reply actions
A hatred of 1000 suns, from hells heart I stab at thee foul beast of Atlanta!
"I remember being three and I wanted to be a baseball player, that's all I ever really wanted to be. That and Spider Man." -Raul Ibanez
by Jose and the Contrarians on Jul 6, 2010 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Cole giving up tons of fouls makes me about as nervous as anything in sports.
by Spoilt Victorian Child on Jul 6, 2010 7:36 PM EDT reply actions
On fucking cue man.
"I remember being three and I wanted to be a baseball player, that's all I ever really wanted to be. That and Spider Man." -Raul Ibanez
by Jose and the Contrarians on Jul 6, 2010 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh you adorable ragamuffin.
"I remember being three and I wanted to be a baseball player, that's all I ever really wanted to be. That and Spider Man." -Raul Ibanez
by Jose and the Contrarians on Jul 6, 2010 7:38 PM EDT up reply actions
With Wilson Valdez in the game, all double play records are on the table
"I remember being three and I wanted to be a baseball player, that's all I ever really wanted to be. That and Spider Man." -Raul Ibanez
by Jose and the Contrarians on Jul 6, 2010 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Well I believe the most GIDP’s in a 9 inning game is 5…so most consecutive is less than that…I think I remember reading somewhere it was 3 innings in a row.
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
I thought the Phillies gidp’ed more often than that in one of their shutout losses to the Mets… Or maybe it just felt that way.
by dannijd on Jul 6, 2010 8:04 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Normally I’d say to be charitable, because we’re all gathered to watch the same game, but there was a reason Sherman burned the place down.
"I remember being three and I wanted to be a baseball player, that's all I ever really wanted to be. That and Spider Man." -Raul Ibanez
by Jose and the Contrarians on Jul 6, 2010 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions
to be fair, he burned everything down. Atlanta was just in the way
Preaching the Inglewood Jack
by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jul 6, 2010 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Listen, for once in my life I don’t need a correct account of history. Bugger to that.
"I remember being three and I wanted to be a baseball player, that's all I ever really wanted to be. That and Spider Man." -Raul Ibanez
by Jose and the Contrarians on Jul 6, 2010 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions
just saying, it irritates the hell out of me when people misquote history. Although you didn’t misquote it, by any stretch of the term. However, to say that he just burned Atlanta down, would not be giving credit where credit is due.
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jul 6, 2010 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions
I have my BA in this stuff, trust me, I know :P
"I remember being three and I wanted to be a baseball player, that's all I ever really wanted to be. That and Spider Man." -Raul Ibanez
by Jose and the Contrarians on Jul 6, 2010 7:46 PM EDT up reply actions
bam, so he didnt just burn down atlanta. spared savannah. everyones wrong..huzzah
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jul 6, 2010 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions
It is about time we started refighting the Civil War with those relocated rebel poseurs from Talking Chop. The nerdy thin ones with the Lost Cause beards and such.
This time we fight it with nuclear weapons, and mass-production Chase Utleys
"I remember being three and I wanted to be a baseball player, that's all I ever really wanted to be. That and Spider Man." -Raul Ibanez
by Jose and the Contrarians on Jul 6, 2010 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions
He was on DNL today…met him a few years ago at a golf course in South Jersey. Really nice guy. Unlike Maddox, he didn’t seem to want to be bothered and Glavine…not a nice fella.
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
Yeah, but he’s a rabid pro-lifer and all around Christofascist.
"I remember being three and I wanted to be a baseball player, that's all I ever really wanted to be. That and Spider Man." -Raul Ibanez
by Jose and the Contrarians on Jul 6, 2010 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions
HI-O!
"I remember being three and I wanted to be a baseball player, that's all I ever really wanted to be. That and Spider Man." -Raul Ibanez
by Jose and the Contrarians on Jul 6, 2010 8:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Smolt had 4 hole-in-ones with 1 on a par 4
by Sept.28.Oct.27.Dec.28.2008 on Jul 6, 2010 7:59 PM EDT up reply actions
It probably is the metro area with the worst ratio of population size to fan intensity in the U.S. At least for the pros. I know they claim to be better for college sports.
I lived in Greorgia for 4 years before coming to florida and braves fans were just a hot tempered as us I felt.
I wasn't even a year old but I stayed up to be outside the Vet with my Dad and Mom when the Phillies won the World Series 1980.
by Christopher A on Jul 6, 2010 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions
slipped on the r
I wasn't even a year old but I stayed up to be outside the Vet with my Dad and Mom when the Phillies won the World Series 1980.
by Christopher A on Jul 6, 2010 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Dishes common in Curaçao are found in Aruba and Bonaire as well. Popular dishes include: stobá (a stew made with various ingredients such as papaya, beef or goat), Guiambo (soup made from okra and seafood), kadushi (cactus soup), sopi mondongo (intestine soup), funchi (cornmeal paste similar to fufu, ugali and polenta) and a lot of fish and other seafood. The ubiquitous side dish is fried plantain.
And who said blogs are not educational?
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
Forgot I just read this in the New York Times yesterday. Interesting.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/05/world/americas/05curacao.html?_r=1&hp
can we get a ruben smug meter based on his booth appearance here
by Sept.28.Oct.27.Dec.28.2008 on Jul 6, 2010 7:47 PM EDT reply actions
glad chooch is back soon, happy with cerebrus
by Sept.28.Oct.27.Dec.28.2008 on Jul 6, 2010 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Great… There goes the chances of an infielder at the trade deadline… Although games like this one do not make me a fan of buying at the trade deadline
by dannijd on Jul 6, 2010 11:59 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
tone is very subdued… points:
“other GMs have you over the barrel a bit…hehe”
“Dobbers come back, he’s doing okay.”
“The big boys- Howards, Ibanezes, have to step up and play.”
“Domonic Brown..aggressive… great, hard worker…a future big league player.”
“Harold Garcia…interesting guy…kind of blasted himself on the scene offensively. good makeup guy…”
“J. Happ… not easy to send to AAA at all….didn’t feel like he was ready to help rotation at this time…the option helped….better off being a starter…”
Smug factor permeating my eyes!
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jul 6, 2010 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions
i gotta go with disdain here
by Sept.28.Oct.27.Dec.28.2008 on Jul 6, 2010 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions
frustrated and anger, that sounds like disgust
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jul 6, 2010 7:56 PM EDT up reply actions
I heard the words frustrated and anger when referring to Cole Hamels. Disgust
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jul 6, 2010 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions
tmac and wheels are rocking their mgmt approved set-up lead-in questions
by Sept.28.Oct.27.Dec.28.2008 on Jul 6, 2010 7:51 PM EDT reply actions
Wheels is a champ at that.
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
i think tmac is a better robot
by Sept.28.Oct.27.Dec.28.2008 on Jul 6, 2010 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions
I guess he’s bringing the heat today
"I remember being three and I wanted to be a baseball player, that's all I ever really wanted to be. That and Spider Man." -Raul Ibanez
by Jose and the Contrarians on Jul 6, 2010 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions
What strikezone?
"I remember being three and I wanted to be a baseball player, that's all I ever really wanted to be. That and Spider Man." -Raul Ibanez
by Jose and the Contrarians on Jul 6, 2010 7:54 PM EDT up reply actions
haha they said thanks for coming rube and he said na i’ll stay another half inning
by Sept.28.Oct.27.Dec.28.2008 on Jul 6, 2010 7:56 PM EDT reply actions
hm talking about hamels, rube is gettin a little feisty
by Sept.28.Oct.27.Dec.28.2008 on Jul 6, 2010 7:58 PM EDT reply actions
So a fastball down the middle of the plate is not a strike?
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
No, I cannot divulge any information about my clients secret highly illegal account.
"I remember being three and I wanted to be a baseball player, that's all I ever really wanted to be. That and Spider Man." -Raul Ibanez
by Jose and the Contrarians on Jul 6, 2010 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Hi-lo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbKiU8kusqs
Skip to 2:37, unless you’d rather see a buxom, young Vanna White called to “Come on down!”
Remember the Phitans
by RememberthePhitans on Jul 6, 2010 8:09 PM EDT up reply actions
My 5 y/o daughter just told me “make your hand like this” [shows fist]. I did it. She fist-bumped me and said “Go Phillies!”
She’s awesome.
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by RememberthePhitans on Jul 6, 2010 8:04 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I have the misfortune of having many Pittsburgh friends. If I ever have a daughter im hoping that i hear “fuck the penguins” at a very young age. This would be horrible parenting, but I do hate the Penguins. A lot
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jul 6, 2010 8:10 PM EDT up reply actions
I know this has been said before but I just notice on the small flip ion the tube I did to get a ouick look in. Why are they advertising Super pretzel in Philly don’t we make our own.
I wasn't even a year old but I stayed up to be outside the Vet with my Dad and Mom when the Phillies won the World Series 1980.
per capita pretzel and beer consumption in PA leads all 50 states, from what I’ve read. Plus there’s a vendor tie-in with the club.
I never drink bud I drink the YLing now it on tap in Florida
I wasn't even a year old but I stayed up to be outside the Vet with my Dad and Mom when the Phillies won the World Series 1980.
by Christopher A on Jul 6, 2010 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Also there are a ton of Micro brews around here even though we live close to busch gardens
I wasn't even a year old but I stayed up to be outside the Vet with my Dad and Mom when the Phillies won the World Series 1980.
by Christopher A on Jul 6, 2010 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions
I miss Philly pretzels sooooo Bad!!!!!!!
I wasn't even a year old but I stayed up to be outside the Vet with my Dad and Mom when the Phillies won the World Series 1980.
by Christopher A on Jul 6, 2010 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Lol… I definitely help with that… But not Super Pretzels— they are completely disgusting and only have a passing resemblance to the real thing!
by dannijd on Jul 7, 2010 12:03 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Werth’s music
“Wherever I may roam” by Metallica
Oh ya, definitely leaving in free agency lol
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jul 6, 2010 8:18 PM EDT reply actions
just saying, his music used to be Heavy Metal by Hagar
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jul 6, 2010 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions
yup, u got it
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jul 6, 2010 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions
the original is by Don Feldman. I actually like Hagar’s version more
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jul 6, 2010 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions
The Horrible.
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by RememberthePhitans on Jul 6, 2010 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Bye Bye Jayson… You will be missed.
by dannijd on Jul 6, 2010 8:22 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Ugh… 1 hit by the Braves… Where have the Phillies bats gone?
by dannijd on Jul 6, 2010 8:21 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Where have all the bats gone? Long time passing…
http://www.arlo.net/resources/lyrics/flowers-gone.shtml
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by RememberthePhitans on Jul 6, 2010 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Now might be the time for Howl (Phillies 2010 mix).
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by RememberthePhitans on Jul 6, 2010 8:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Raullllll…Werewolves in London?
Dooo it
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jul 6, 2010 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions
I miss him!!!! (book that under things I never thought I would say last November-December… I was betting that I would miss Happy Pete by the second week in April).
by dannijd on Jul 6, 2010 9:14 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I did not say I was a smart fan last fall (more not a fan of Polanco’s lack of significant experience at Third Base)… Further, I was crazy enough to believe that Feliz was a good defensive third baseman with some pop in his bat (that last portion being mainly a result of small visual sample size… With the right sample, Cerberus looks talented).
by dannijd on Jul 7, 2010 12:07 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
it’s those damn foul balls
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jul 6, 2010 8:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Guess there will be bullpennery today… Not good
by dannijd on Jul 6, 2010 8:29 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
small ball em to death!
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jul 6, 2010 8:31 PM EDT reply actions
The question is: How many homeruns do you need to hit to make the GIDPs forgiveable?
by dannijd on Jul 7, 2010 12:11 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
“that was not nice and easy”
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jul 6, 2010 8:34 PM EDT reply actions
Son just asked: “best pitcher in baseball history?”
Brain freeze. I don’t have a pat answer. Clemens? Koufax?
Googled this:
http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/the-all-time-best-pitchers/
Wouldn’t have come up with PA native Lefty Grove
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by RememberthePhitans on Jul 6, 2010 8:35 PM EDT reply actions
funny, I would have said Grover Cleveland Alexander off the toppa. But in time I might have come up with Big Train.
I was thinking Walter Johnson as being in the discussion, partly because of Ks.
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by RememberthePhitans on Jul 6, 2010 8:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Great article
I forgot how much I love The Hardball Times. After my computer crashed this winter I couldn’t remember all my favorites from before and so I’ve overlooked The Hardball Times since last fall. This will give me the opportunity to catch up on some great baseball articles.
by phillyinportland on Jul 7, 2010 2:17 AM EDT up reply actions
I have a theory that a pitcher has to be fat to do that. Cole is not fat enough.
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by RememberthePhitans on Jul 6, 2010 8:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Santana just did that for the mets tonight he isn’t fat.
I wasn't even a year old but I stayed up to be outside the Vet with my Dad and Mom when the Phillies won the World Series 1980.
by Christopher A on Jul 6, 2010 8:37 PM EDT up reply actions
He’s fatter than Cole. Cole is about as fat as a catamaran.
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by RememberthePhitans on Jul 6, 2010 8:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Not much.
I wasn't even a year old but I stayed up to be outside the Vet with my Dad and Mom when the Phillies won the World Series 1980.
by Christopher A on Jul 6, 2010 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Santana is 6-0/208. Cole is 6-3/192. Santana is a chubby.
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by RememberthePhitans on Jul 6, 2010 8:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Santana BMI = 28.2 (overweight)
Hamels has a BMI of 24 (“normal”).
BMI for athletes is kind of funny sometimes.
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by RememberthePhitans on Jul 6, 2010 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions
I thought for a long time that Cole hamels and Cliff Lee was how a pitcher was supposed to look— tall and thin— The first time I saw Halladay I thought he needed to lose weight— since then I have learned that he is how a pitcher is supposed to be built.
by dannijd on Jul 6, 2010 9:16 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Did Randy Wolf ever homer? Trying to think of all the pitchers I’ve seen homer live (either at the ballpark or on TV).
Robert Person, Tommy Greene, Joe Blanton, Bobby Munoz, Jeff Juden…
You don’t have to be fat per se, but it helps to be very large.
Steve Carlton hit a GS once, I think. I’d forgotten about Jeff Juden. Nice call.
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by RememberthePhitans on Jul 6, 2010 8:41 PM EDT up reply actions
They frequently show a trivia question on the scoreboard at CBP on who the last Phillies pitcher to hit a GS was. Juden’s one of the choices. If not for that, I probably would have forgotten all about it.
CBP scoreboard features caused me to retain some strange things, too. I will always think of Werth as a giraffe and Hamels as a Liger.
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by RememberthePhitans on Jul 6, 2010 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions
If you have some you will probably know when your face is attached to the toilet that night .
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
Had that problem once…it was the worst. Swore off the stuff for a year…still won’t eat eel.
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
Eel is usually cooked, no? That would tend to kill pathogens.
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by RememberthePhitans on Jul 6, 2010 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Don’t know, eat it once, got sick, never ate it again and never cared enough to question it.
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
You are probably more likely to get a food bug from your salad than from most sushi.
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by RememberthePhitans on Jul 6, 2010 9:00 PM EDT up reply actions
As far as I know in HS don’t future mlb pitchers hit plenty of hrs since they’re just better athletes? Do they lose that HR ability due to not focusing on it as much once they reach the minors and focus solely on pitching development
by Sept.28.Oct.27.Dec.28.2008 on Jul 6, 2010 8:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Now if that wasn’t the single most predictable double play in the history of the game of baseball, then I don’t know anything.
I had a feeling about that one, too.
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by RememberthePhitans on Jul 6, 2010 8:37 PM EDT up reply actions
I thought the same too.
I wasn't even a year old but I stayed up to be outside the Vet with my Dad and Mom when the Phillies won the World Series 1980.
by Christopher A on Jul 6, 2010 8:38 PM EDT up reply actions
And back to the GIDPs for Valdez… I miss Chase!
by dannijd on Jul 6, 2010 8:39 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
If the games is tied in the 8 can we bring in halladay to fininsh.
I wasn't even a year old but I stayed up to be outside the Vet with my Dad and Mom when the Phillies won the World Series 1980.
Apparently not… Besides, it would not have helped— he is statutorily required to surrender a longball to Chipper each time the two of them face eachother… That being said… At least we would have lost in regulation instead of watching two extra innings of the dreck
by dannijd on Jul 7, 2010 12:14 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
almost got cole in the hair on that one
by Sept.28.Oct.27.Dec.28.2008 on Jul 6, 2010 8:40 PM EDT reply actions
Dramatic shoe lace tightening
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jul 6, 2010 8:51 PM EDT reply actions
Herndon and Figgy are your relievers if Cole gets into trouble? Not reassuring at all
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jul 6, 2010 8:53 PM EDT reply actions
3 innings were 6, 7, 8 pitches seen by the phils….
by Sept.28.Oct.27.Dec.28.2008 on Jul 6, 2010 8:54 PM EDT reply actions
Son of a bitch.
Hamels makes one bad pitch all night and it has to land in the seats.
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
I thought that was murphy’s law of bad pitches… Phillies pitchers edition— all of your mistakes will wind up in the seats.
by dannijd on Jul 7, 2010 12:16 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
why do you throw that down the plate with 2 strikes?
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jul 6, 2010 8:56 PM EDT reply actions
’cause Prado has 1 HR and 22 RBI previous to that at bat?
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by Jose and the Contrarians on Jul 6, 2010 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions
regardless of 1 homerun and 22 rbi, again why do you throw it down the heart of the plate..when you are ahead in the count?
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jul 6, 2010 8:59 PM EDT up reply actions
I dunno, he’d thrown 110 pitches on a freakishly hot night?
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by Jose and the Contrarians on Jul 6, 2010 9:00 PM EDT up reply actions
if that’s the case, then yank him and bring in a fresh pitcher to make that mistake
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jul 6, 2010 9:00 PM EDT up reply actions
For the love of God, can the “power hitters” in our line up do something?
Please!?!
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
Making outs is “doing something.” Be more specific, please.
Remember the Phitans
by RememberthePhitans on Jul 6, 2010 8:59 PM EDT up reply actions
I knew this was going to happen solo shot in the 7th. Do the Phils take batting pratice where they try to hit balls that are thrown around 86 mph? Cause it looks like scouts say they can’t hit off speed and here is a great example tonight.
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LOL!!!!
I wasn't even a year old but I stayed up to be outside the Vet with my Dad and Mom when the Phillies won the World Series 1980.
by Christopher A on Jul 6, 2010 9:03 PM EDT up reply actions
http://www.entertonement.com/clips/rtpmkrgqxz—One-God-Damn-Hit?type=suggestion_tfnbywpdrj
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jul 6, 2010 9:02 PM EDT reply actions
::covers mic::
“You can’t say “God-Damn” on the air!"
“Don’t worry, no one’s listening anyway.
Please hang one to Big Brown...
Please.
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
That is one of those homeruns that really only happens at the Bank and Yanks stadium
I wasn't even a year old but I stayed up to be outside the Vet with my Dad and Mom when the Phillies won the World Series 1980.
I think he meant Prado’s homer?
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
I suppose that would make more sense.
by Euler.is.a.Pimp on Jul 6, 2010 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions
I did mean Prado’s
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by Christopher A on Jul 6, 2010 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Mr. Howard! how nice of you to join us
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jul 6, 2010 9:05 PM EDT reply actions
POWER ON!
"I remember being three and I wanted to be a baseball player, that's all I ever really wanted to be. That and Spider Man." -Raul Ibanez
by Jose and the Contrarians on Jul 6, 2010 9:06 PM EDT reply actions
Count Dracula
1 hit hahaha, 2 hit hahaha
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jul 6, 2010 9:06 PM EDT reply actions
I think it was just “The Count”, unless he was sucking numbers dry or something.
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by Jose and the Contrarians on Jul 6, 2010 9:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Off topic: Ever see the show Life?
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
I’m only “watching” on ESPN gamecast. For those watching on TV: how the heck did Howard get a triple by hitting it to left field? Funky bounce off the wall?
Yeah it hit off the top of the wall and Diaz glove and then hit the ground and rolled towards the left field wall…
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
Diaz played it wrong on the wall
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by Christopher A on Jul 6, 2010 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Here comes Werth to deflate it.
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by Jose and the Contrarians on Jul 6, 2010 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions
He has a case there
"I remember being three and I wanted to be a baseball player, that's all I ever really wanted to be. That and Spider Man." -Raul Ibanez
by Jose and the Contrarians on Jul 6, 2010 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions
nuckin futs
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jul 6, 2010 9:10 PM EDT reply actions
It’s sad, but this season is really making me not mad at all that Werth won’t be back.
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
On one hand, the last month or so have made the prospect of losing him less painful. On the other, I hope that his next destination is in the American League, as the last thing we need is another ex-Phillie coming back to haunt.
by dannijd on Jul 7, 2010 12:20 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Come on Frisco…pick up Werth.
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This is probably a mistake by Cox. I’d rather throw a righty at Dobbs than a lefty at Francisco. Though I guess this forces us to burn a player.
that is exactly what cox is thinking
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by Christopher A on Jul 6, 2010 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions
OMG CALL HIM UP
"I remember being three and I wanted to be a baseball player, that's all I ever really wanted to be. That and Spider Man." -Raul Ibanez
by Jose and the Contrarians on Jul 6, 2010 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions
that names elicits memories from way back when
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jul 6, 2010 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions
thrust head onto keyboard
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jul 6, 2010 9:14 PM EDT reply actions
Come on Valdez…is a single too much to ask for?
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affirmative
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jul 6, 2010 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Uh yeah
"I remember being three and I wanted to be a baseball player, that's all I ever really wanted to be. That and Spider Man." -Raul Ibanez
by Jose and the Contrarians on Jul 6, 2010 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions
He has struck some runs and oil is spilling out.
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by Christopher A on Jul 6, 2010 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Yup… I hate the way this team wastes opportunities… At least Cole will get a no decision now.
by dannijd on Jul 6, 2010 9:19 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I missed Matt Stairs power on that Francisco at bat :(
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jul 6, 2010 9:16 PM EDT reply actions
Damn right times like this I think about that moonshot he had on the dodgers
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by Christopher A on Jul 6, 2010 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Why couldn’t that triple be a 2 run shot. SHIT
I wasn't even a year old but I stayed up to be outside the Vet with my Dad and Mom when the Phillies won the World Series 1980.
cant blame ryho there, on 3rd no out, in mlb, you score
by Sept.28.Oct.27.Dec.28.2008 on Jul 6, 2010 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Except almost always with this team.
by dannijd on Jul 6, 2010 9:25 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
playing like a bunch of sacs
by Sept.28.Oct.27.Dec.28.2008 on Jul 6, 2010 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions
I am just venting.
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by Christopher A on Jul 6, 2010 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Alright, Jose, now is our time TO SHINE!
"I remember being three and I wanted to be a baseball player, that's all I ever really wanted to be. That and Spider Man." -Raul Ibanez
by Jose and the Contrarians on Jul 6, 2010 9:19 PM EDT reply actions
Chernobyl
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by Christopher A on Jul 6, 2010 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Left in the Braves bullpen: Jesse Chavez, Kenshin Kawakami, Eric O’Flaherty, Takashi Saito, Billy Wagner.
I assume Venters will stay in the game though. Sardinha will get to face a lefty, for whatever that’s worth.
this is where it starts, a nubber
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jul 6, 2010 9:21 PM EDT reply actions
the usual weird shit during a cole hamels game
by Sept.28.Oct.27.Dec.28.2008 on Jul 6, 2010 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions
not just a Cole Hamels game. But this is the kind of stuff that happens when you don’t execute. I wouldn’t go as far as saying you deserve to lose the game, but with a runner a 3rd and no one out, and you come away with nothing, you can only blame yourself
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jul 6, 2010 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Contreras is regressing. Big time.
Didn’t really matter if we got the run home last inning, a 1 run lead wouldn’t have held.
Even if that were the case, it would still matter, it would be the difference between a tie game and a deficit.
In retrospect… A Howard homerun (assuming that the rest of the game goes the same) wins it.
by dannijd on Jul 7, 2010 12:23 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
wow they almost threw that away towards home
by Sept.28.Oct.27.Dec.28.2008 on Jul 6, 2010 9:23 PM EDT reply actions
k feel better now, runners dont advance either
by Sept.28.Oct.27.Dec.28.2008 on Jul 6, 2010 9:24 PM EDT reply actions
And here comes Diaz without lube
"I remember being three and I wanted to be a baseball player, that's all I ever really wanted to be. That and Spider Man." -Raul Ibanez
by Jose and the Contrarians on Jul 6, 2010 9:24 PM EDT reply actions
In the fifth game of the 2008 World Series, Pedro Feliz of the Philadelphia Phillies hit a pop-up to the right side of the infield with runners on first and second and one out, in strong rain and swirling winds at Citizens Bank Park against the Tampa Bay Rays, and the infield fly rule was not invoked. Umpiring crew chief Tim Tschida explained that “The infield fly rule requires the umpires’ judgment to determine whether or not a ball can be caught with ordinary effort, and that includes wind” and that the umpire’s determination was that in this case there was no infielder who could make the play with “ordinary effort.”1
by Sept.28.Oct.27.Dec.28.2008 on Jul 6, 2010 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions
And here comes McCann, just goddammit.
"I remember being three and I wanted to be a baseball player, that's all I ever really wanted to be. That and Spider Man." -Raul Ibanez
by Jose and the Contrarians on Jul 6, 2010 9:26 PM EDT reply actions
I really hate him tried to say hi to him once a spring game he was a douche.
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by Christopher A on Jul 6, 2010 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions
He was like not saying high but send me fan mail I always answer I just said hey good game.
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by Christopher A on Jul 6, 2010 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions
whose on deck?
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jul 6, 2010 9:28 PM EDT reply actions
Why are they putting Romero in there?!?
by dannijd on Jul 6, 2010 9:28 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
because Charlie is stark raving mad
"I remember being three and I wanted to be a baseball player, that's all I ever really wanted to be. That and Spider Man." -Raul Ibanez
by Jose and the Contrarians on Jul 6, 2010 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions
hahaha, I used to work with the Lance Bass look a like douche who was just on television. Guy was dumber than a box of rocks
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jul 6, 2010 9:32 PM EDT reply actions
former coworker was on television briefly
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jul 6, 2010 9:33 PM EDT up reply actions
and the Contrarians ride
"I remember being three and I wanted to be a baseball player, that's all I ever really wanted to be. That and Spider Man." -Raul Ibanez
by Jose and the Contrarians on Jul 6, 2010 9:34 PM EDT reply actions
madson update threw well in back to back nights
by Sept.28.Oct.27.Dec.28.2008 on Jul 6, 2010 9:34 PM EDT reply actions
Considering our bullpen, does it really matter?
by dannijd on Jul 6, 2010 9:40 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Durbin’s been injured
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jul 6, 2010 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions
he is doo doo too.
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by Christopher A on Jul 6, 2010 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions
currently, Lidge is in the BP. It seems like Lidge will be out to pitch the 9th in a non save situation.
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jul 6, 2010 9:41 PM EDT up reply actions
maybe he does better in this situation
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by Christopher A on Jul 6, 2010 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions
And even Cerberus+ is not helping us tonight…
by dannijd on Jul 6, 2010 9:39 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
wow i didnt realize braves with 10 hits and phils with 2…
by Sept.28.Oct.27.Dec.28.2008 on Jul 6, 2010 9:43 PM EDT reply actions
You’ve doomed us all
"I remember being three and I wanted to be a baseball player, that's all I ever really wanted to be. That and Spider Man." -Raul Ibanez
by Jose and the Contrarians on Jul 6, 2010 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Lidge striking out Hinske
will never, ever get old.
Stop saying these things!
"I remember being three and I wanted to be a baseball player, that's all I ever really wanted to be. That and Spider Man." -Raul Ibanez
by Jose and the Contrarians on Jul 6, 2010 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions
i thought he got banned at first
by Sept.28.Oct.27.Dec.28.2008 on Jul 6, 2010 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions
That’d be bad form
"I remember being three and I wanted to be a baseball player, that's all I ever really wanted to be. That and Spider Man." -Raul Ibanez
by Jose and the Contrarians on Jul 6, 2010 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions
getting ready for a comeback… folks love comebacks
by Sept.28.Oct.27.Dec.28.2008 on Jul 6, 2010 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions
that was right down the middle
by Sept.28.Oct.27.Dec.28.2008 on Jul 6, 2010 9:49 PM EDT reply actions
Well, yeah
but I always liked the Harry Caray quote, even if it’s a poor fit given the situation.
That thinking leads to Ks
"I remember being three and I wanted to be a baseball player, that's all I ever really wanted to be. That and Spider Man." -Raul Ibanez
by Jose and the Contrarians on Jul 6, 2010 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions
so was shane trying to hit a hr there instead of going for a base hit
by Sept.28.Oct.27.Dec.28.2008 on Jul 6, 2010 9:53 PM EDT reply actions
That’s just unlikely.
"I remember being three and I wanted to be a baseball player, that's all I ever really wanted to be. That and Spider Man." -Raul Ibanez
by Jose and the Contrarians on Jul 6, 2010 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions
For what? this is going into extras
"I remember being three and I wanted to be a baseball player, that's all I ever really wanted to be. That and Spider Man." -Raul Ibanez
by Jose and the Contrarians on Jul 6, 2010 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions
oh when oh when will a125 million buy you a walkoff HR
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When it is used by an opposing coach to buy off one of our relievers.
by dannijd on Jul 6, 2010 10:01 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
When it is used by an opposing coach to buy off one of our relievers.
by dannijd on Jul 6, 2010 10:11 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
We need now damn it
I wasn't even a year old but I stayed up to be outside the Vet with my Dad and Mom when the Phillies won the World Series 1980.
O’Flaherty due up this inning. Three relievers left for the Braves.
Billy Wagner (1.35 ERA)
Kenshin Kawakami (4.48 ERA)
Jesse Chavez (5.81 ERA)
Better than we have left. It’s just Baez and Zagurski, right?
by philsandthrills on Jul 6, 2010 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Right now the Braves have 10 hits. The Phils 2. Only one runner left on base (Howard, glaringly).
Two of the best nights of my life.,,,October 21, 1980 and October 29, 2008.
One of the weirdest...October 1, 1970. I kept part of one of the seats.
I was in college in Boston in 1974 and when Clarke scored the OT goal in game 2 I knew that the Flyers would win the Cup since they would never lose at home.
Herndon!
Two of the best nights of my life.,,,October 21, 1980 and October 29, 2008.
One of the weirdest...October 1, 1970. I kept part of one of the seats.
I was in college in Boston in 1974 and when Clarke scored the OT goal in game 2 I knew that the Flyers would win the Cup since they would never lose at home.
Let’s get a walkoff from Werth or Cerberus…that would be a “milestone” (trying not to jinx) for Herndon.
Two of the best nights of my life.,,,October 21, 1980 and October 29, 2008.
One of the weirdest...October 1, 1970. I kept part of one of the seats.
I was in college in Boston in 1974 and when Clarke scored the OT goal in game 2 I knew that the Flyers would win the Cup since they would never lose at home.
Nobody, although I am Sure the thought of it amused the Mets and Braves
by dannijd on Jul 7, 2010 12:26 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Holy cow. Is that right, three runs on two hits?
by phillyinportland on Jul 6, 2010 10:09 PM EDT reply actions
Correct. I posted earlier that they one have one LOB (Howard)
Two of the best nights of my life.,,,October 21, 1980 and October 29, 2008.
One of the weirdest...October 1, 1970. I kept part of one of the seats.
I was in college in Boston in 1974 and when Clarke scored the OT goal in game 2 I knew that the Flyers would win the Cup since they would never lose at home.
at least he missed that so badly they couldnt turn dbl play
by Sept.28.Oct.27.Dec.28.2008 on Jul 6, 2010 10:10 PM EDT reply actions
Ugh…warning track power.
Two of the best nights of my life.,,,October 21, 1980 and October 29, 2008.
One of the weirdest...October 1, 1970. I kept part of one of the seats.
I was in college in Boston in 1974 and when Clarke scored the OT goal in game 2 I knew that the Flyers would win the Cup since they would never lose at home.
No Exxon sank
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by Christopher A on Jul 6, 2010 10:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Question:
Why can’t they just promote Domonic Brown to the major leagues already?
I’m sick of seeing these scrubs like Valdez, Castro, Dobbs, etc dominating the line-up.
If you have someone talented like Brown waiting in the wings, when do you play him? 2014, when he’s like 26?
Save that convo for the morning
by Sept.28.Oct.27.Dec.28.2008 on Jul 6, 2010 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions
If you have someone talented like Brown waiting in the wings, when do you play him? 2014, when he’s like 26?
How about 2011, when he’s 23 and there’s a spot open in the outfield?
He sucks as a hitter right now. Why not trade him away and start the young guy?
Brown’s upside >>>> Werth’s upside
Instead of posting funny gifs and launching ad hominem attacks
maybe you could actually, you know, use some logic to support your replies?
i think you picked a rough night to enter the fray
by Sept.28.Oct.27.Dec.28.2008 on Jul 6, 2010 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions
first thing i said was save it for tomorrow
by Sept.28.Oct.27.Dec.28.2008 on Jul 6, 2010 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t think you would understand it. I’m serious. If you’ve ever been on this blog in the past, you will know that I’m very happy to engage people in all kinds of logic-based arguments. But in order for that to be fruitful, both people need to be able to grasp basic logic.
That isn’t really an ad hominem, by the way. An ad hominem would be if I said you’re wrong because you lack moral fiber or something. I’m not saying you’re wrong because you’re stupid. I’m just saying that you’re stupid and that that’s a good reason for me not to waste my time arguing the merits of this issue with you.
without jem tp’s energy has gotta go somewhere
by Sept.28.Oct.27.Dec.28.2008 on Jul 6, 2010 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Thanks dude. I will probably regret this tomorrow, but this is not exactly the time for random commenters to go around provoking people.
I’m serious (and I’m not even trying to kiss ass here) there is a certain beauty to the logicality of everything you post here. I honestly learn a lot when you spar with people. And not just about baseball, but about how to construct an argument.
You have the baseball fan equivalent of cabin fever right now.
Brown has, like, 40 at bats above Double-A. He’d hardly be an upgrade over Werth right now, whatever your preconceived notions of Werth’s “upside” or “expendability” are at this point.
If the Braves can start guys like Heyward,
why can’t the Phillies start Brown?
One of Friar's major points was that Brown is too inexperienced
to take a starting spot in the outfield. Clearly if a prospect is talented enough, some MLB teams are willing to start them, so why can’t the Phillies?
Amazingly Heyward has not even been the best rookie, let alone rookie OF to play this year, and yet he is all you hear about.
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
ESPN picks and chooses their hype machine turnouts
by Sept.28.Oct.27.Dec.28.2008 on Jul 6, 2010 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Brennan Boesch.
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
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As am I, but his numbers at home are absolutely ridiculous considering he plays half his games at Comerica. His numbers at home are better than on the road, which makes me feel like he has a chance to be legit. Maybe not this good, but certainly good enough.
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
not to mention heyward is on the dl, guys can get hurt at AAA but just saying, im more pissed about my fantasty team anyway
by Sept.28.Oct.27.Dec.28.2008 on Jul 6, 2010 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions
The funny thing is that doing what the Braves did with Heyward means bringing Brown up next April. Heyward was just as dominant in ’09 as Brown is now, and they waited until he consolidated his growth, even though they really could have used his last year.
So really, for all the clamor to bring up our “Heyward” we are really treating him the way the Braves treated Heyward (but could we please teach Domonic to slide feet first only- we do kot need to find out if he has an Achilles Thumb)
by dannijd on Jul 7, 2010 12:31 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Ugh. Diaz.
Two of the best nights of my life.,,,October 21, 1980 and October 29, 2008.
One of the weirdest...October 1, 1970. I kept part of one of the seats.
I was in college in Boston in 1974 and when Clarke scored the OT goal in game 2 I knew that the Flyers would win the Cup since they would never lose at home.
well, this will be over quickly, was starting to get worried that the season was looking up!
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jul 6, 2010 10:15 PM EDT reply actions
Okay
So we have a lot of guys out, but there’s really no excuse for these 2-hit nightmares we are spotting all over the place.
Why is it...
…that the Braves have a shit ton of interchangeable Latino players that I can’t keep straight — Prado, Infante, Blanco — but they’re somehow all hitting like .800 off the Phillies?
And why is it that even their non-Latino players that kill us have Latino names? (Yeah, I’m looking at you, Matt Diaz, you piece of shit.)
atlanta is closer to the border?
by Sept.28.Oct.27.Dec.28.2008 on Jul 6, 2010 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Two of the best nights of my life.,,,October 21, 1980 and October 29, 2008.
One of the weirdest...October 1, 1970. I kept part of one of the seats.
I was in college in Boston in 1974 and when Clarke scored the OT goal in game 2 I knew that the Flyers would win the Cup since they would never lose at home.
wow babby face zagursk with 94 on the gun
by Sept.28.Oct.27.Dec.28.2008 on Jul 6, 2010 10:19 PM EDT reply actions
Zagurski got Hinsked
Two of the best nights of my life.,,,October 21, 1980 and October 29, 2008.
One of the weirdest...October 1, 1970. I kept part of one of the seats.
I was in college in Boston in 1974 and when Clarke scored the OT goal in game 2 I knew that the Flyers would win the Cup since they would never lose at home.
groovy, now I can play bad company 2
Preaching the Inglewood Jack
by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jul 6, 2010 10:25 PM EDT reply actions
Now would be a bad time to point out that the Braves signed Hinske after we signed Gload, and for less money and years, right?
Yes. But Gload was the best PH in baseball last year, so at the time, and even now, I would still rather have Gload. Like every bench player, it helps to get playign time.
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
I’m trying to think of other crappy people named after sandwiches
by Sept.28.Oct.27.Dec.28.2008 on Jul 6, 2010 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions
RAJ is what the Myers-Briggs folks would call a “J”…very structured, decisive. This does not mean patient, unfortunately. His worst habit is adding unnecessary years to contracts.
Two of the best nights of my life.,,,October 21, 1980 and October 29, 2008.
One of the weirdest...October 1, 1970. I kept part of one of the seats.
I was in college in Boston in 1974 and when Clarke scored the OT goal in game 2 I knew that the Flyers would win the Cup since they would never lose at home.
Or unnecessary contracts…see Baez, Danys.
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
That may be his worst contract. Even when Baez signed, I was flummoxed. Dumb.
Two of the best nights of my life.,,,October 21, 1980 and October 29, 2008.
One of the weirdest...October 1, 1970. I kept part of one of the seats.
I was in college in Boston in 1974 and when Clarke scored the OT goal in game 2 I knew that the Flyers would win the Cup since they would never lose at home.
Now I wish Burrell was available.
Two of the best nights of my life.,,,October 21, 1980 and October 29, 2008.
One of the weirdest...October 1, 1970. I kept part of one of the seats.
I was in college in Boston in 1974 and when Clarke scored the OT goal in game 2 I knew that the Flyers would win the Cup since they would never lose at home.
How are the Phillies against Medlen?
by dannijd on Jul 6, 2010 10:31 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Does it really matter?
"I remember being three and I wanted to be a baseball player, that's all I ever really wanted to be. That and Spider Man." -Raul Ibanez
by Jose and the Contrarians on Jul 6, 2010 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Tomorrow’s matchup— handicapping the Phillies chances of a series win.
by dannijd on Jul 6, 2010 10:34 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Sigh
Three futures:
1. This team continues to play middling baseball and we have no idea what happens at the end of the season – i.e. whether they make the playoffs.
2. They get some guys healthy, win the division and enter the playoffs.
3. They start to collapse and are out of it soon, at which point we can talk about becoming sellers at the trade deadline (i.e. Werth) and maybe getting some intriguing prospects back for the future.
I am okay with #2 and #3, but I can’t stand #1 and I feel like that’s the most likely scenario for the rest of the year.
I tend to think it is going to be # 1, if for no other reason than an unwillingness on the part of RAJ to give up on this year considering certain past precedents
by dannijd on Jul 6, 2010 10:38 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Agree completely.
Two of the best nights of my life.,,,October 21, 1980 and October 29, 2008.
One of the weirdest...October 1, 1970. I kept part of one of the seats.
I was in college in Boston in 1974 and when Clarke scored the OT goal in game 2 I knew that the Flyers would win the Cup since they would never lose at home.
I tend to think it is going to be # 1, if for no other reason than an unwillingness on the part of RAJ to give up on this year considering certain past precedents
by dannijd on Jul 6, 2010 10:39 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I dunno. I don’t think it matters much. The only guy we’d sell is Werth. No reason to sell any desirable players who we have under contract in 2011, since we’d intend to be back in contention even if we collapse in 2010.
Getting prospects for Werth would be better than the compensation picks, but it might not be much better, considering the OF market and the fact that the team would only have him under contract for a couple of months.
Right
I was only imagining selling Werth. Assuming we lose him next year, which is practically a given, and that we have his replacement in Brown, I’d take prospects over picks at this point.
I don’t know. It doesn’t seem like anyone really needs a corner OF that bad. And even the prospect names being thrown around in connection with Cliff Lee haven’t been all that impressive.
Typically the deadline market is a seller’s market, but this year feels different so far.
Only teams I could see (and maybe not even there) are SF or Bos.
Two of the best nights of my life.,,,October 21, 1980 and October 29, 2008.
One of the weirdest...October 1, 1970. I kept part of one of the seats.
I was in college in Boston in 1974 and when Clarke scored the OT goal in game 2 I knew that the Flyers would win the Cup since they would never lose at home.
I don’t think San Fran at this point is going to buy. Also, as much as we have discussed Werth’s hitting difficulties costing him money in free agency, it is also causing his trade value to decline, particularly considering that his last 10 days have been pretty bad. I don’t see him bringing back a ton of value if traded.
by dannijd on Jul 7, 2010 1:11 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Not even willing to burn Wagner tonight against a division rival. Ouch that’s quite a slap in the face to all the players who are not a head of Cerebez.
Huh? Wagner just got the save.
Two of the best nights of my life.,,,October 21, 1980 and October 29, 2008.
One of the weirdest...October 1, 1970. I kept part of one of the seats.
I was in college in Boston in 1974 and when Clarke scored the OT goal in game 2 I knew that the Flyers would win the Cup since they would never lose at home.
No…. My question about Medlen came from curiosity as to whether the bats would come out tomorrow.
by dannijd on Jul 6, 2010 10:41 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Nah— I looked it up when the Phillies fell behind, and asked, not realizing that he had split his time between starting and the bullpen over the past two years, leading to ambiguity.
by dannijd on Jul 7, 2010 1:13 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
glad i’ve got the last button on my remote for quick changes
by Sept.28.Oct.27.Dec.28.2008 on Jul 6, 2010 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions
I discovered that I could co-exist with all the Independence Blue Cross ads while the Phillies are going well, but when they’re not, there is no hiding organizations that rob me of my money and my soul. I’d rather pick up an orange and chug it on down.
by Wet Luzinski on Jul 6, 2010 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Back to 5 games out. Sigh.
2005 Chicago White Sox. 2006 Chicago Rush. 2008 Philadelphia Phillies. 2009-10 Chicago Blackhawks. CHAMPIONS.
Considering our performance over the past several weeks we should be thankful it is not 7.
by dannijd on Jul 7, 2010 1:15 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I see this game as a real failure and exposure of organizational depth. Granted, the Phillies are playing with more than a few hands behind their backs. But they have no answers.
by Wet Luzinski on Jul 6, 2010 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Just watched the Mariners execute a perfect squeeze bunt to plate a run. Might be something the Phillies should start practicing.
by phillyinportland on Jul 6, 2010 10:46 PM EDT reply actions
I think we could do better in the small ball department but as we demostrated last night where not exactly capable of that type of play. Let’s work on scoring a runner from 3rd home with 0 out with a sac fly or a ground ball not to the 3rd basemen.
Lat night
That’s right, it was Castro, wasn’t it, right before he redeemed himself somewhat with the
RBI single. Just because it doesn’t work with one scrub doesn’t mean the rest of the team can’t get a bunt down. There’something called the safety squeeze which might catch a lot of teams off guard if it’s done by Werth or Francisco. Not saying it’s something to do often, but every once in a while it may help, like tonight, where they conceivably could have won 4-3 with two hits.
by phillyinportland on Jul 7, 2010 12:22 AM EDT up reply actions
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