White Line Fever: Phillies 5, Marlins 4 (10)
by WholeCamels on Aug 5, 2010 11:30 PM EDT
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PrintIn English class, in essay writing, you know how they taught you to pick a thesis -- or central theme -- for your assignment? I've been tossing four of them around for tonight:
1. Carlos Ruiz, the Batman.
2. Bullpen = Bullshit
3. Ninth inning Baserunner Hijinks
4. Fair or Foul?
Luckily the Phillies prevailed, so I'm going to touch on all of them.
Phillies catcher Carlos Ruiz continued his red-hot August, going 3-for-5 with a go-ahead home run in the top of the 10th inning, plus two more RBIs. Raul Ibanez and Placido Polanco joined Ruiz with three hits apiece.
For most of the night, all those hits resulted in very few runs. The Phillies stranded the bases loaded in the first, and five overall baserunners in the first three innings without scoring a single run, against Marlins starter Chris Volstad. Phillies starter Roy Oswalt improved greatly on his first Phillies outing, leaving the game with a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the seventh but with two runners left on base. But, not terribly surprisingly, the bullpen coughed it up, with J.C. Romero surrendering a ground rule double to put runners on second and third with one out. And then, what do we do next? Walk the bases loaded, and let J.C. Romero -- with his 7.4 BB/9 walk rate -- pitch with the bases loaded. And the result, naturally, boom! Walk in the run, tie the game. After Jose Contreras allowed a bloop RBI single to Gaby Sanchez, the score went to 4-2 in favor of the Marlins, and things looked bleak.
But fortune smiled on the Phillies for once. After a throwing error in the top of the ninth allowed Placido Polanco to reach first base leading off the inning, Ross Gload reached on a single, later advancing to third with no outs on a Raul Ibanez double that made the score 4-3. Jayson Werth tied the game on an RBI single, and then things got ugly. The Phillies proceeded to produce THREE outs in the ninth on the basepaths, with Ibanez thrown out on his way to the plate on a Domonic Brown grounder, Jayson Werth dumbly picked off second base, and Brown caught stealing to end the inning.
With the score tied 4-4, the Marlins threatened after Ryan Madson hit Hanley Ramirez with a pitch. Ramirez then stole second, and looked like he was going to score on a ball up the third base line that was called foul, but appeared on replay to possibly maybe be fair. To be completely fair (hah!), the ball skipped from foul territory and then took a weird hop back into fair territory. Tough call, bad break for the Marlins, I guess, but will I complain? Hell to the naw. Madson then beared bore down and completed the inning without incident.
Then... the 10th, and Chooch slammed his solo home run, putting the Phillies up by a run. Brad Lidge closed the game out with only a Code Yellow Lidge Save (one baserunner, advanced to second with one out, no runs).
Whoop. Sweep! Bring on the Mets!
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Oh WC, did you use my Batman reference? Finally a man of enough high-powered comedy to keep up with me!
"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 Aug 5, 2010 11:32 PM EDT reply actions
Lies, conspiracy, J’accuse, etc.
"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 Aug 5, 2010 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions
great writeup, but wondering how you left out the part, pictured above, about Jayson Werth’s ability to levitate 3 inches above ground.
by Wet Luzinski on Aug 5, 2010 11:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Also left out, maybe a theme 5, Phillies reach a season-high 12 games over .500 after winning their 12th in 14 games.
Without: Howard, Utley, Victorino, Moyer plus notable time missed by Ruiz, Polanco, and Rollins.
by phillyinportland on Aug 5, 2010 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Must be getting your ’whoa’s out of the system tonight. Is this a personal record?
by WanderingMoses on Aug 5, 2010 11:43 PM EDT up reply actions
He’s just Werthing.
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by RememberthePhitans on Aug 5, 2010 11:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Funny story
My wife dicided she wanted to have a talk with me one that wasn’t disturbed by baseball so i figured ok the game will show again at 2230 so i lissen to her bla bla bla then i need to go get somkes I turn the key in the ignition on my truck and i hear on 97.5 fanatic (philly sports station) “And lidge pulls it out the Phills get a win” So much for enjoying the last of the game.
Hey Dez, it's 2am do you know where your mother is?
by sowhatifitisasportste on Aug 5, 2010 11:36 PM EDT reply actions
Romero effectively had a walk rate of infinity just for that appearance alone.
Charlie has to ride the hot hands on offense. Even Exxon is getting into it with some hard (but unlucky) hit balls. Hopefully Werth wakes up just enough to complement the absolute madness that is Raul’s hot streak. Again….a hope.
“bore” down, not “beared” It burns!
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by RememberthePhitans on Aug 5, 2010 11:44 PM EDT reply actions
guh
The worst part is, I knew that, just shitty proofreading. Embarrassed.
http://www.thegoodphight.com
You write better than that. I figured it was an oversight. That or the whiskey and hard drugs.
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by RememberthePhitans on Aug 5, 2010 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Wild Card
I would rather the braves lose, but since they seem to be an unstoppable force at home, oh well. Are the Phils now tied with the Giants for the wildcats?
by PhilsForever on Aug 5, 2010 11:47 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
I meant wildcard not wildcats
Sorry
by PhilsForever on Aug 5, 2010 11:49 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Lots of baseball left to play just win and you’re in. That being said it would be nice to see the Braves get sweept once of five times.
Hey Dez, it's 2am do you know where your mother is?
by sowhatifitisasportste on Aug 5, 2010 11:59 PM EDT up reply actions
I was cut off from the game @ 7:40ish thanks to a thunderstorm in the area which resulted in the holy trifecta (phone/cable/web) being down for the night. Finally came back up after the game was over. Appreciate the lengthy recap WC, I was able to look through the play-by-play, but it never captures the true gist of what REALLY happened.
Stinkin’ Braves…
No…
Just, no.
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by RememberthePhitans on Aug 5, 2010 11:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Has that ever happend before a closer strikes out the same guy to get the final out in the WS
Hey Dez, it's 2am do you know where your mother is?
by sowhatifitisasportste on Aug 5, 2010 11:56 PM EDT up reply actions
I also was sorta derelict in not discussing how much Oswalt labored through the first three innings (60+ pitches), but then how sharp he looked from the 4th through 6th innings. We have a really nice pitcher, we do.
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I have to say that is a pretty awesome fangraph.
2005 Chicago White Sox. 2006 Chicago Rush. 2008 Philadelphia Phillies. 2009-10 Chicago Blackhawks. CHAMPIONS.
by HappyHuman on Aug 5, 2010 11:53 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
If it were a roller coaster, I think our faces would be torn off thanks to the G-force of the downward slope.
by WanderingMoses on Aug 5, 2010 11:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Gee, isn’t baseball fun? Wheeee!!!
And my doctor wonders why he has to medicate me…
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by RememberthePhitans on Aug 5, 2010 11:55 PM EDT up reply actions
I actually find it much easier to go to sleep after a loss than a win. I’ll probably be up until 2 now.
by WanderingMoses on Aug 5, 2010 11:57 PM EDT up reply actions
I just bottled 5 gallons of wine, and I’m shot. Just eating this fantastic tomato/basil/mozzarella thing my wife made tonight. I’m literally Conlin-ing it right now, and I need to just walk away.
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by RememberthePhitans on Aug 5, 2010 11:59 PM EDT up reply actions
I wish I could eat this late. Enjoy the goodness of that.
by WanderingMoses on Aug 6, 2010 12:01 AM EDT up reply actions
It is tomato time, sir. Lunch consisted of two varieties of beefsteak tomatoes that were on the vine mere hours before. Dead ripe, drizzled with balsamic vinegar and a dash of salt.
Best part of August…
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by RememberthePhitans on Aug 6, 2010 12:04 AM EDT up reply actions
The sugary goodness of tomatoes would overload my system….but damn that sounds sooooo good.
by WanderingMoses on Aug 6, 2010 12:05 AM EDT up reply actions
my tomato plants got whacked by bambi despite the deer fence.
So I put up the electric fence….and they got whacked again.
So I smeared peanut butter on the electric fence and set up a motion sensor camera to catch them in the act.
And I did. And my tomatoes have not been munched since. Just starting to get mine in now…and it’s great.
Deer can be re-educated with a crop damage permit. It turns out that they are sensitive to lead poisoning, where the lead is applied at 3,000 fps.
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by RememberthePhitans on Aug 6, 2010 12:08 AM EDT up reply actions
If you come to the Blueclaws thing, I would be glad to bring some. Red raspberry, fairly dry. It’s not a bordeaux or anything — I have no pretentions. It is drinkable and kind of nice though.
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by RememberthePhitans on Aug 6, 2010 12:02 AM EDT up reply actions
I remember the mulch spreading evening, so I am glad to see you reaping the benefits of that work. Also psyched you will be at Lakewood.
by Wet Luzinski on Aug 6, 2010 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions
Wow. I forgot all about the mulch night. These were canned, actually, from the wine supply store. The next batch I just started will be from wild fruit picked by my minions. The next batch (probably next summer) may end up being from the mulched ones. The tomatoes are def from the mulch evening.
I had to be in Bethlehem on the 15th anyway, so I’m practically there anyway. Worked out great.
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by RememberthePhitans on Aug 6, 2010 12:19 AM EDT up reply actions
Every team can probably point to at least one game in which they won thanks to an umpire blunder. Maybe all of the blown calls just cancel each other out?
I would guess it evens out except that every fan of every team probably sees and remembers far more slights against his preferred team. Hence the paranoia of many fans…
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by RememberthePhitans on Aug 5, 2010 11:57 PM EDT up reply actions
IIRC it was Marlins who won the infamous “ball got stuck underneath the padding” debacle at CBP in 2004.
Last year it was the “Dobbs GW HR called foul because it went above the pole” game.
Still, all in all, Davidson blew the call and the game.
by Wet Luzinski on Aug 6, 2010 12:16 AM EDT up reply actions
Hrm… wasn’t there a game where the ball got stuck in the padding against the Mets leading to an inside the park home run since Victorino messed up a bit?
And I know I’ve been drinking a lot, but wasn’t that same game ended with Bruntlett’s unassisted triple play? Last year was kind of a blur for me.
Watching the replay last night, it was a really hard call to make. I thought the ball bounced foul before it got to third (2nd bounce). It definitely made some weird bounce and went fair again, but the umpire isn’t looking at where the ball bounced after the bag…just before it. If I was the umpire and saw that ball bounce foul, or very close to foul before the bag, I would have assumed it kept its normal trajectory too.
by Clyde Simmons on Aug 6, 2010 8:08 AM EDT up reply actions
Awful lot of new people on the game threads…where did they all come from suddenly?
Lex clavatoris designati rescindenda est.
I put an ad on Craigslist
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by RememberthePhitans on Aug 6, 2010 12:12 AM EDT up reply actions
Oh yeah. At LarryCraigslist.com
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by RememberthePhitans on Aug 6, 2010 12:21 AM EDT up reply actions
Marlins announcers went out of their minds over the 9th inning call:
http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=10660809
At first I got lots of discouragement from friends and stranger who are loser! You know what these people kept telling me? They kept saying, ‘Well Tom Vu, you a crazy nut, here you are, a poor immigrant, poor minority, speak no English, no contact, on and on, and you trying to be rich in America! You crazy, man! Look at people out there! They smarter than you are, they not even rich! Who are you to try?’ And you know what? I have to keep telling these people every time, I kept saying, ‘You are loser! Get out of my way! I make it somehow!’"
by Wet Luzinski on Aug 6, 2010 12:23 AM EDT up reply actions
Just Noticed
The new tagline for the site, and I concur. So does Dan Uggla, BTW.
That pic of Werth is funny—like they caught him in the middle of a dance step. Possibly Fosse, but most likely Jerome Robbins. Nice dancing he did off of second, too. Butthead.
Lex clavatoris designati rescindenda est.
I guess the “official” narrative of this game is that it was a controversial call that gave the Phillies the win. Seriously though, did they not pay attention to the ball landing foul 10 feet off the plate before bouncing back in?
Ah, researched it a bit more… where it initially lands in front of the bag doesn’t matter I guess. Still, the ump had his eyes on the ball the entire way and signaled foul after it crossed third base. He had the best view in the stadium of where the ball was in proximity to the bag, and the replays weren’t from any decent angles. Such is life I guess.
Saturday on MLB Network
For those like me who rely on national coverage for chances to watch the Phillies, Saturday at 7 ET Phillies-Mets on the MLB Network. Hamels vs. Santana.
by phillyinportland on Aug 6, 2010 2:35 AM EDT reply actions
Tix to the game tomorrow
Great that I get to see Blanton… with Oswalt the day before and Hamels the day after. Ah well, should be an electric atmosphere at the Bank since we’ve been winning lately and haven’t played the Mets in a while.
"Bills everywhere, trill everything, and Drake just stand for Do Right And Kill Everything..."
I'd Feel a Tad More Sympathy For the Marlins...
….if they actually ran the bases or played defense like they actually gave a poo.
Concern about Oswalt...
He might be the unluckiest man on the face of the earth. He’s obviously angered Base’baal — how else could he get so little run support and such crappy relief pitching over 2 different teams?
Focusing on the positives, he had some zip on his pitches
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~Thomas Jefferson
by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Aug 6, 2010 8:10 AM EDT up reply actions
Oh, he himself was fine. If he’d had a bit more control in the early innings, he could have had a really great game, and I’m excited to see him when he’s really clicking. It was just the 100 or so men left on base vs. Chris Volstad and Romero’s impressive suckitude.
by zfg on Aug 6, 2010 8:19 AM EDT up reply actions
have you watched Halladay or Hamels pitch this year? They’ve ticked of baseba’al wrt run support as well.
Could this have been the Phills bats being silent? To the point they give up damn near a perfect game.
Hey Dez, it's 2am do you know where your mother is?
by sowhatifitisasportste on Aug 6, 2010 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions
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