Some Phillies Links for You, September 16, 2010: Praise Chooch, Drabek Debuts, Phillies On Top
by WholeCamels on Sep 16, 2010 8:25 AM EDT
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PrintResurgent Philadelphia Phillies turn heads of baseball insiders as NL favorite
I mean, who would think that the back-to-back league champions would sneak up on everyone like this?
Doc, Phillies to visit Jays in July 2011
Maybe the games will get moved back to Philadelphia again in 2011 because of Canadian ComicCon or some crap.
Phillies Notebook: Phillies catcher Ruiz invaluable behind the plate
He really has been outstanding this season. That contract extension he signed is a true bargain.
Puzzle-solvers dared to try all three phases of Phillies corn maze
Any chance we can send Danys Baez to get lost in that thing? Or: Will they find the frozen corpse of Greg Dobbs in there this offseason?
As Halladay Wins Again, Drabek Makes His Debut
NO THEY SHOULD OF TRADED HAMMELS INSTEAD
Ruiz, Victorino swinging hot bats lately
No questions asked. Also of note from the link: Jimmy Rollins became a 10-and-5 player this month.
Blue Jays Admire Halladay's Work from Afar
Stalkers!
Justin Maxwell's Grand Slam Lifts Washington Nationals To 4-2 Win Over Atlanta Braves...You've Been SPOILED!!! - Federal Baseball
Justin Maxwell, I owe you a beer.
The Giants win and gain ground on the Padres and Braves
The Giants now trail the Braves by a half game for the Wild Card lead, and the Padres by a half game for the NL West lead.
Jay Bruce Is All Outta Bubblegum. Reds win, 7-5. - Red Reporter
Reds now two games behind the Phillies in the loss column for best overall record in the National League, and the ponies and stuff that come with that.
And while I don't like kicking a man while he's down, this seems to have been made by Mets fans, so it's all in fun...
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That Mets parody is pretty deadpan funny
That kid even looks sort of like John Ricco
Hillarious,,,,
Dear Mr. Ricco,
I would like to apply for one of your many openings. I run slowly and injure frequently. When healthy, I throw a 50 mph fastball that is as straight as an arrow with selective command, making me gloriously effectively wild. I am not Latin, but as the first female MLB player, I would still draw fans and entertain people!
the pointing he does is great. I even like that the cutaways are about a second off.
by Wet Luzinski on Sep 16, 2010 11:32 AM EDT up reply actions
“So, whatcha selling?”
“Alpha Flight comic books…and…Alpha Flight trades.”
“Jeez. You got anything else?”
“…get out.”
by Trev223 on Sep 16, 2010 9:43 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Original Alpha Flight was awesome
by SportingFanaticism on Sep 16, 2010 10:43 AM EDT up reply actions
Haha, no offense meant, really. I have a lot of love for the X-spinoffs like Alpha Flight. Even early New Mutants (pre-Cable) was pretty good.
The original New Mutants were kind of awesome, i just finished a lot of recoupoing of comic books digitally and some of the things i got were all the marvel graphic novels and the original 80s alpha flight and new mutants comics.
Plus x-factor from the begginning
by SportingFanaticism on Sep 16, 2010 10:51 AM EDT up reply actions
Oh, those early graphic novels have some real gems. And I completely forgot about X-Factor. That and Excalibur seem to really depend on writing talent as they move along, but the early concept on X-Factor is solid. I got a bunch of that stuff digitally a while back…I guess I should revisit it.
I sort of went crazy with the digital stuff, i filled up half a TB hard drive with stuff…
by SportingFanaticism on Sep 16, 2010 11:05 AM EDT up reply actions
I actually have no idea what in the hell any of you are talking about, but keep it on.
http://www.thegoodphight.com
by WholeCamels on Sep 16, 2010 11:16 AM EDT up reply actions
Haha, it’s like I woke up my dad shuffling through comic books. “Sorry sir…we’ll keep it down.”
Also, yeah, it’s easy to get carried away w/digital comics. I ended up with, like, 20 years of X-Men chronology because of accession mania — being so used to the physical thing, it’s almost like a hoarding impulse.
I went back and got stuff from before i was born, complete hulk, complete avengers, complete thor, found the complete disassembled which was 37.2 gb all by itself
by SportingFanaticism on Sep 16, 2010 11:24 AM EDT up reply actions
Oh wow — I didn’t realize Disassembled was so huge…I just followed the flagship Avengers title and called it a day. I went ahead and got the complete Capt. America and Thor; the early Kirby stuff on both is a revelation.
Well this goes back and gets everything that even might be related including all kree-skrull war old school stuff
It’s like the final crisis thing i downloaded – it goes all the way back to pre crisis on infinite earths monitor appearances (and to think I had all those freaking comics with their 75 cent price tag)
by SportingFanaticism on Sep 16, 2010 11:31 AM EDT up reply actions
Oh, okay. I kind of had the same thing happen with Secret Invasion — lots of old, skrull related stuff that provided context, if not actual content. I know the feeling, though, of seeing those old comics and being irritated at the price possibilities. I never had many myself, but my uncle had a box of comics that I thought would be worth a fortune; he just didn’t buy the right ones, it turned out.
I had a 20 dollar a week allowance and supplemental income that all went to comics :)
This difital thing allows me to find stuff i loved but would be impossible to find these days like Shatter (first computer generated mainstream comic) or Elementals
by SportingFanaticism on Sep 16, 2010 11:47 AM EDT up reply actions
Haha, smart use of the cash; through college and high school I did the same thing, basically. I haven’t heard of Shatter — though based on the early, trippy Iron Man digital graphic novel, I’d like to see it. The rare stuff really is so much easier to get at digitally, even indie stuff like Ms. Tree or Love and Rockets; with collections incomplete or prohibitively expensive, those single issues are a real balm.
I realize that it’s a “part of the game” and that Derek Jeter is the lowest of low hanging fruit, but his whole HBP-when-not-really schtick (Commercial/video warning) was irritating as hell. I can handle (read: tune out) the monstrous love for the “classy way he plays the game,” but watching him smugly recount how he tricked an umpire just puts the lie to that so effectively.
Jeter should be embarrassed. that is NOT part of the game. To me its totally different than a guy raising his glove on a trap as if he caught the ball or a runner knowing he didnt beat a throw or tag. Those things happen every single game. And I’d have no problem if he just kept his mouth shut and ran to first if the ump awards him the base but to fake an injury and have the trainer come out is just weak!!
Can you imagine if A-Rod did that???
Can you imagine if A-Rod did that???
A lot of people are saying this this morning, and it’s completely true.
I’ve never had a problem with Jeter, but his aura of — well, whatever his aura was — is completely gone for me at this point. At one point I considered him a really smart baseball player, then I watched him bunt foul to strike out against Chan Ho Park with two runners on and nobody out in a World Series game. I used to consider him classy and then I see this. I mean, not to overreact or anything, but this is pretty bad, as you said, Trev.
by PhillyFriar on Sep 16, 2010 10:09 AM EDT up reply actions
I agree…it would have been one thing if the ball hit the bat and the ump awarded him first. But Jeter clearly played it off as if he was hit on the elbow or wrist. That is why he was awarded first base. The ump probably felt like most of us do, Jeter would never sink to that level so he must have been hit. Except that he wasn’t.
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
Every ump in the league is going to see that video. Next time he gets HBP it wouldn’t supprise me to see the ump say he didn’t try to get out of the way.
Hey Dez, it's 2am do you know where your mother is?
by sowhatifitisasportste on Sep 16, 2010 10:29 AM EDT up reply actions
At the very least, he’s probably not getting many close calls. Why in the hell would you admit you were doing it? It’s funny how A-Rod was a shame to baseball players everywhere when he “called off” a fielder on the opposing team as he ran the bases on a pop-up, but Jeter pulls something equally shady and is lauded as a heady, smart player out to help his team win.
YOu know what rhymes with Jeter?
Cheater
by SportingFanaticism on Sep 16, 2010 10:43 AM EDT up reply actions
If A-Rod had done that, along with the criticism, there would’ve been more than one commentator talking about how classy Jeter is, and how he would never do such a thing.
Jeter was just doing this to protect ARod from criticism if ARod were ever to pull this stunt. That’s how good a teammate Jeter is; that unclutch bum ARoid probably would’ve blamed Jeter while banging Madonna if their roles were reversed.
Five rings, bro!!
/Yankees fan
I have thought about the A-Rod question as well. I guarantee the reaction would be different (read, negative) if he would have tried that stunt.
Forget A-Rod, what about if Manny had tried it?
by SportingFanaticism on Sep 16, 2010 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions
Actually I think Manny might talk the ump out of it and let him finish his at bat.
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
by EREX21 on Sep 16, 2010 11:12 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Albert Belle did this once.
Remember the Phitans
by RememberthePhitans on Sep 16, 2010 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Agreed- While I can understand and stomach a player taking a base he is awarded even when he knows that he has not been hit (I don’t like the dishonesty, but can accept that it is part of the game), what Derek Jeter did (all of the drama after the HBP) is classless and much reduces my opinion of him.
Follow up clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lls-EKAKxV8&feature=player_embedded
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
Old-fashioned I guess, but I’ve never truly understood why our sports culture is all about getting over on officials, and there are bona fide subsegments of it who ardently believe that “well if the ump doesn’t see it, that’s on him.” Furthermore, why does the MLB or any league suspend guys for charging the mound or gambling on another baseball game but not going public with an account like this? Integrity of the game. ::rolls eyes::
The rest of us have to call our own fouls.
by Wet Luzinski on Sep 16, 2010 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions
To be fair, getting over on officials seems to be an important element of international soccer as well.
true, true. Unsure where I get my inner priggishness.
by Wet Luzinski on Sep 16, 2010 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions
And it’s the only criticism of soccer that I consider truly valid. My friend and I have talked ad nauseam about how there need to be retroactive suspensions for diving and cheap shots that the ref can’t catch, and it would solve the problem almost immediately.
I think the same goes for WL’s suggestion here in the sport at issue. I know it’s something of a slippery slope, but Jeter’s was a clear case of simulation and should be punished accordingly.
by PhillyFriar on Sep 16, 2010 12:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Actually, when I played soccer as a kid, my ‘job’ usually was to shadow the best player on the other team, annoy the crap out of him and try and get him ejected diving never occurred to me though
by SportingFanaticism on Sep 16, 2010 12:03 PM EDT up reply actions
But I would expect totally unsurprising, Louis Spivak hated me :)
I was also a goalie some times
by SportingFanaticism on Sep 16, 2010 12:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Speaking of which, with a the stuff going on about Jeter in terms of the more generalized
“gamesmanship/cheating” discussion was the 2006 World Cup when Zidane head-butted Materazzi in the chest for accusing Zidane’s mother, who is Algerian, of being a terrorist. (so i read) The idea being that Italy was playing for a shoot out in which they would have the advantage if France didn’t have Zidane. Is this true, I don’t know but thought it kinda of interesting.
I forgot about that, but is it typically considered taboo in the “unwrtten book of soccer etiquette”? I mean penalty kicks really favor the shooter in soccer whereas in hockey for example it’s much more difficult to score on a penalty shot.
“IF you ain’t cheatin you ain’t trying”?
by SportingFanaticism on Sep 16, 2010 11:47 AM EDT up reply actions
How about a glass of whine with breakfast
Comment of the day on TC
I. Want. Phillie. still can’t wait. those Phuckers don’t scare me. we just can’t let their lead get any more out of hand. and we also have to accept the fact that all the other teams in the NL East are essentially bowing down to them, and turning it up a notch for us. that’s fine.
by Chief Noc-A-Homa on Sep 16, 2010 10:06 AM EDT reply actions
Why would they be looking forward to playing the team with the best record in the league 6 times when they have just a .5 game lead in the WC. Seems kinda dumb.
because winning those games has the potential to be back in the driver’s seat. Right now, there’s a 3 game lead, with 6 games between the two teams.
The breakdown is as follows:
Win 6, gain 6
Win 5, gain 4
Win 4 gain 2
Win 3 gain 0
Winning those games is the quickest way to get back in first place.
It seems they have a handful of pro-Phillies trolls over there who clearly have SBNation accounts but who have never commented over here. They sign up for the sole purpose of trolling opposing teams’ blogs. That’s odd.
To our credit, I haven’t seen much trolling by TPGers. I’ve bitten my tongue more than a few times when I wanted to respond to their bigoted vile.
by Boundforbeach on Sep 16, 2010 10:34 AM EDT up reply actions
I find myself overthere to talk baseball with someone from a diffrent point of view, also to get a good chuckle at the level of jerked off they are after watching thier team piss away their playoff hopes.
Hey Dez, it's 2am do you know where your mother is?
by sowhatifitisasportste on Sep 16, 2010 10:39 AM EDT up reply actions
It's a lost cause
Anytime something even remotely interesting re: baseball gets brought up, some douchebag pops in and says something stupid about attendance or pitching, the bravo fans all start hubbubbing and I do one of these:
by Chutley's Impressed by Mac's Speed on Sep 16, 2010 1:35 PM EDT up reply actions
I never really saw the need to gloat or talk smack or “engage” fans on another site. What is there to gain, really? Ultimately it just makes you look dumb and like you have nothing better to do.
http://www.thegoodphight.com
by WholeCamels on Sep 16, 2010 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions
I don’t even visit other teams’ blogs because I don’t want to read ignorant commentary about my team, and to engage anyone about it never ends with any sort of concessions.
Lex clavatoris designati rescindenda est.
When a team i root for makes a trade with another team I tend to read that other teams blog to see about the player if i don’t know much about them (like the sixers this off season in their dumb trade)
by SportingFanaticism on Sep 16, 2010 11:32 AM EDT up reply actions
I visit blogs that are of good quality (MCC) and a few where I follow players (Red Reporter), but never to engage in trash talk. I have no problem with guys like MVHSbaseball who come here from the Braves blog and engage in spirited, but well reasoned and respectful debates.
oh that guy
“I always thought highly of TGP but now….” blah. blah, passive aggressive deflection, insult, blah, blah, whining, blah, blah, insult , “you would hit an guy with glasses on” routine, blah, blah…..
Well, if mvhssmallballs actually came over here and did that, it’d be fine, but…
Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will.
I don’t really think he’s that bad. I wouldn’t accuse him of trolling like some of what they get at chop. I’m just not as cranky as you, J and TP :)
It's the same thing as the uber-nerds who write computer viruses
Sure some of them are to steal your information and whatnot… I get that. I can at least understand it without condoning it. But the ones that are purely destructive? That ruin your hard drive and fry you computer? The dude who made it will never see the effects. It’s like Passive Aggressive Sadism. I just don’t get it.
by Chutley's Impressed by Mac's Speed on Sep 16, 2010 1:38 PM EDT up reply actions
I think the people who do only this—i.e. sign up and only post on the opposition’s board to talk smack aren’t really fans of the team at all. They’re just the frontrunners who would be running with whatever team was in first place just so they can stick it in everybody’s else’s face. It’s sort of pathological if you ask me.
Lex clavatoris designati rescindenda est.
Cause I didn’t watch the Dodgers SS tank a ball in the bottem of the 9th to allow the winning 2 runs across the plate about a month ago.
Hey Dez, it's 2am do you know where your mother is?
by sowhatifitisasportste on Sep 16, 2010 10:31 AM EDT up reply actions
i am partial to this one, myself
Mguz…
You are just like every other Philly fan on the planet… Fans of any other team are inferior people and f’ing morons and you are the king of the world because you are a Philly fan… Get bent yo… I’ve live in Philly… The teams suck, the city sucks, and the people suck, not to mention all that Jersey garbage spillover… Go pound on your chest and brag about the size of your dick on another blog a-hole
by HansonManCrush on Sep 16, 2010 7:29 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Oh, the pathos of the dying fanboy! So tragic…
He’s like a deranged ethnographer in a savage world.
by Trev223 on Sep 16, 2010 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I did find myself nodding slightly at this part, though...
not to mention all that Jersey garbage spillover
. Present company excepted, of course, for any Jersey TGPers… but vomit-guy, DJ Smokey McFatnonrunner, Drunken Parking Lot Murderer… Some of our worst representatives have been from the Garden State…
by Chutley's Impressed by Mac's Speed on Sep 16, 2010 1:42 PM EDT up reply actions
So, now it is not ok to dump on Philly phans- but it is fine to dump on Jersey phans? I resent that remark!
by dannijd on Sep 16, 2010 6:10 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I said present company excepted!
I was simply making an observation that some of the worse stories we get saddled with were Jersey Phils fans.
by Chutley's Impressed by Mac's Speed on Sep 17, 2010 8:36 AM EDT up reply actions
nope
You can’t just say “present company excepted” to make something like that OK.
I mean, I’m not really offended or anything, but you have to consider that a sizable portion of the readership of this site and/or the Phillies fanbase live in NJ, so you’re painting w/ a pretty broad brush there, slugger.
http://www.thegoodphight.com
Let Us Be Cool to One Another.
I read the game recap at TC and the comments from yesterday’s game. It only takes a spoonful of empathy to imagine the commentary over here would be similar in the same situation.
Beyond Chief NAH, there was also a lot of TC rage directed at the team. Bottom line is that the more the Braves fall behind (esp if they are 4+ GB) the more they will have to sweep in Philadelphia against quite a pitching lineup and a full stadium of loud fans. And remember that is just the middle series of a 9-game road swing for ATL. All that said, let them charge away.
by Wet Luzinski on Sep 16, 2010 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
shhh.....
Not until after….
by Chutley's Impressed by Mac's Speed on Sep 16, 2010 1:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Definitely- think of how many of us on this blog were as the Phillies were losing their lead in the East and again in July as the Braves lead grew larger… At least then we as phans had the knowledge that there was a lot of time left on the clock— they do not even have that.
that last part is hilarious
Why would they randomly turn it up a notch for the Braves when the Phillies are defending nl champions? That makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.
by PhilsForever on Sep 16, 2010 5:27 PM EDT up reply actions
wants
Diamondbacks over Reds
Mets over Pirates
Padres over Cardinals
Giants over Dodgers
BlueClaws over Drive
Go claws! Thinking of driving over for tonight.
"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 Sep 16, 2010 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions
Are you going to be there or am I going to doing my typical “Lone Phillies fan taking notes in a sea of Mets/ Yankees fans” thing? :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 Sep 16, 2010 10:30 AM EDT up reply actions
You do that, a quart of blood drops out of a man’s body.
http://www.thegoodphight.com
by WholeCamels on Sep 16, 2010 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Damn you, I wish I was anywhere near Lakewood, and I’d definitely join you. Probably wouldn’t go over well with the missus to skip the wedding for a weekend road trip to Jersey though, huh?
by PhillyFriar on Sep 16, 2010 12:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey mang, women come and go but prospects are forever.
"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 Sep 16, 2010 3:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Looks like a salsa dancing crab
Hey Dez, it's 2am do you know where your mother is?
by sowhatifitisasportste on Sep 16, 2010 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions
an aside
Do the people in the Hanes Marketing Department really think their ad with the picture focusing right on that guy’s junks is going to move merchandise among their target audience? If so, I don’t think that is an accurate assumption.
Right. Maybe they should market it like the Axe Body Spray adds. Works on my 13 year old. He sprays that god-awful stuff every day before school.
by Boundforbeach on Sep 16, 2010 10:29 AM EDT up reply actions
It’s no worse than that axe commercial about cleaning your ‘equipment’
by SportingFanaticism on Sep 16, 2010 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions
photo caption
Maybe it was a recycled (and really big) ransom note?
Remember the Phitans
by RememberthePhitans on Sep 16, 2010 10:28 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
ALL UR FANS ARE STUFFED INTO THE TRUNK OF OUR 68 IMPALA
by Wet Luzinski on Sep 16, 2010 11:57 AM EDT up reply actions
Just a day after Yahoo publishes this slobbering piece of how Jeter is just beyond statistics, he proved it last night
by SportingFanaticism on Sep 16, 2010 10:45 AM EDT reply actions
Essentially, Jeter will be worth whatever his next contract is based on his past performance, and the aura he has as a clubhouse leader. Brilliant, brilliant stuff.
by PhillyFriar on Sep 16, 2010 10:51 AM EDT up reply actions
So far this year in the media it’s been fait accompli that he’ll be getting like 25 million per year in his next deal and that he is worth that because he is THE DEREK
What’s funny is this morning i heard a comparison that ‘cal ripken’ would have done exactly the same thing jeter did. I laughed to myself because I consider Ripken and his streak one of the most selfish things ever in professional baseball, on a level with Brett Favre
by SportingFanaticism on Sep 16, 2010 10:52 AM EDT up reply actions
I hope Jeter gets 50 bajillion dollars a year in his next contract, that it is guaranteed, and that it is quite lengthy. I also hope the contract is with the Yankees.
He does deserve it. More importantly, so do the Yankees.
Remember the Phitans
by RememberthePhitans on Sep 16, 2010 3:54 PM EDT up reply actions
I like where you’re going with this, except that the Yankees’ budget is so much bigger than everyone else’s that it wouldn’t really hurt them that badly. It’s like the U.S. government wasting lots of money on some piece of military equipment that doesn’t work. It’s still isn’t going to have any real effect on the level of military superiority.
I don’t see how he ends up signing with anyone but the Yankees. He’s worth way more to them in dollar terms than any other team anyway.
He’d be worth more to the Mets who have both a proclivity for acquiring past their prime veterans and would love to get out of the Yankees shadow. That said, he’s as likely to sign with the Mets as I am to date Minka Kelly.
More than anything, I’m fascinated to see how the positional aspect plays out. Jeter can’t stay on shortstop much longer at this point, and that could be, ummm, a sticking point in negotiations.
Yeah , where’d they play him other than SS. 2nd base is the only spot I can think of but Cano can’t play SS unless they put A-Rod back at SS and Cano at 3rd.
There was talk (granted I read this on ESPN, so take from it what you will), that Jeter may be moved to the outfield at some point in the future. When asked about it, Jeter replied that he was a shortstop.
by dannijd on Sep 16, 2010 8:38 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
This is the thing. Will he ever accept a positional switch? I don’t know, he’s never ever seemed amenable to it. So you’re talking about shelling out $20MM+ per year for an aging shortstop who can’t hit anymore, could never really field well in the first place, and won’t move off the position. It’s really a pickle for the Yankees. Which I like!
He didn’t accept one when the best short stop in the game was obtained by the yankees.
For all his public image, I think of Jeter like Ripken, who underneath is really more about his own personal glory (iron man streak, not good for orioles when you’re old and busted) and any team glory is incidental to his personal glory
by SportingFanaticism on Sep 17, 2010 12:14 PM EDT up reply actions
He was… but he doesn’t seem to be a particularly good 3B these days. It’s possible that he’s lost a step, even relative to Jeter.
Question:
Is anyone else kind of worried about Halladay going into the playoffs?
He’s logged more innings than anyone in baseball so far, and it may be starting to become apparent. HIs last four starts, I think, he’s given up 3+ runs in each of them.
It’s 5 straight starts actually, but I’m not worried. He hasn’t given up more than 4 in any of them either, and has gone at least 6 innings each time. His K/BB over that span is 30/3.
Basically he’s given up a flurry of homers, and last night had quite a few groundballs go through. It’s not like this is uncharted territory for Halladay; he always pitches a ton of innings.
It may be nitpicking
but it really seems (of course it could just be me paying closer attention to it) as if he gives up a lot of 2 strike hits… he had a few guys buried in counts last night only to throw them very hittable strikes. I understand his philosophy is to get ahead in the count and stay ahead. but a guy with as good of control as halladay may benefit from throwing a few more pitches out of the zone…
Also Sarge always talks about how hitters are very comfortable in the box against Doc due to his amazing control. Maybe some more chin music might be beneficial as well
I’m hoping we can lock up the division early so he can get some extra rest. The innings are piling up and its possible he’s getting tired.
It’s possible, but he does have a 2.50 ERA in September for his career, despite always starting the month with 190 innings already pitched. The dude is just a bionic pitching machine.
But absolutely, rest him (and the others, if possible) if the division is locked up.
not worried based on innings pitched
But, he may be a little tired and he has never pitched in the playoffs. That, I am a little bit worried about. Especially if he is starting game 1 in a series. I am not that worried though. Just a tad.
by PhilsForever on Sep 16, 2010 5:26 PM EDT up reply actions
shouldnt the phillies be the home team during their series in Toronto? its not fair that the blue jays get to be the home team 2 years in a row.
Chase Utley is so good that on one pitch he stole second, third and the shortstop's hat.
welcome to my desktop
Hey Dez, it's 2am do you know where your mother is?
by sowhatifitisasportste on Sep 16, 2010 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions
They specifically scheduled the series in 2011 to make up for the fact that the Philllies @ Blue Jays series this season had to be moved to Philadelphia because of the G20 Summit in Toronto occurring right down the road from Rogers Centre. I also believe Blue Jays fans wanting a chance to see Roy Halladay return to Toronto had something to do with the schedule this series again in 2011.
The best thing about Tim Tebow is his former roommate.
From Jayson Stark today:
One more Phillies development: Amaro took issue with our suggestion last week that their blueprint in right field for next season, assuming Jayson Werth goes off to hit the free-agent lottery, is to give Domonic Brown the job and complement him with a veteran right-handed bat.
“That’s one possible solution,” Amaro said. “But I’m not anointing Domonic Brown as a major league player. He’s not our right fielder yet. People think he’ll automatically be our right fielder next year. But he’s got a long ways to go before that happens.”
Well gee, Ruben. I’m so glad you brought him up to the majors and cost him all those at bats he could have had down in AAA if you don’t think he’s ready to be our everyday right fielder. Also, I hate the idea that they would “complement him with a right handed bat.” Because, while not explicit, it sounds an awful lot like “platoon.” And I have to admit, I’m kinda disturbed with the way they’ve been handling him against lefties (i.e. not letting him face them). He’s certainly too good to be a platoon player, but if they keep this up they damn well could turn him into one.
Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will.
I don’t like what they’ve done either, but I wouldn’t take this at face value. I think what Ruben is really saying here is “Don’t start slacking Brown, you still need to work hard.” Also he’s paying lip service to Werth, in that he doesn’t expect to re-sign him but doesn’t think he can or should say that as long as Werth is still a key member of the team.
I’m starting to just not like the smug one
by SportingFanaticism on Sep 16, 2010 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Didn’t you know if Brown wasn’t black he’d be in AAA the entire season untill the roster expanded than be brought up to jump back and fourth with Jason Werth when a RHP is on the mouns. Than he would be given a 50 Billion dollar a year contract after they assanate Howard / Rollans / Fransisco / Mayburry to make cap room
Hey Dez, it's 2am do you know where your mother is?
by sowhatifitisasportste on Sep 16, 2010 7:40 PM EDT up reply actions
I dunno…“their effectiveness is always consistently good” sounds awfully familiar. Maybe Joe Morgan is trying to talk to us about Cowboy football, but just can’t figure out the computer.
by Trev223 on Sep 16, 2010 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
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