You Get NOTHING!: Phillies 1, Braves 0
by WholeCamels on Sep 22, 2010 10:28 PM EDT
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It feels like somthing has been taken from me. When this team wasn’t leading the division I wasa scoreboard watching, trolling blog sights and, just obsessing over baseball in general. Now with a 6 game lead and, the ENTIRE NL looking up at us as good as the wins feel anything but a WS victory will feel like a disapointment….. Have I been spoiled?
Hey Dez, it's 2am do you know where your mother is?
by sowhatifitisasportste on Sep 23, 2010 1:50 PM EDT up reply actions
If it makes you feel any better...
I didn’t even notice and read it how you meant it.
by Screen Name 20 on Sep 23, 2010 7:51 AM EDT up reply actions
Heavy is the crown that the head wears
Hey Dez, it's 2am do you know where your mother is?
by sowhatifitisasportste on Sep 23, 2010 1:52 PM EDT up reply actions
There is one thing to add
Brad Lidge saved all three games and looked damn good doing it.
I was thinking about that just now. When’s the last time Lidge saved three straight games?Two years ago I’d guess. Among other things, it suggests the elbow is okay.
by dajafi on Sep 22, 2010 10:53 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
obviously
its because in all both games I watched, I used the magic gif of glory. I swear its good luck, though, i used a different, more seizurey one today that had to get deleted (for good reason, not knocking wholecamels at all.), but it was up there, so that was enough to bring the heat. I started using it with my friends a while ago, and since then, Lidge has been on fire.
The laws of alchemy dont justify murder........but the laws of murder justify being a cowboys fan :P
Ibanez's double
Sure looked foul to me! And I have HD TiVo that I can pause without any loss of picture quality. There was pretty clearly space between the foul line and the ball.
by David S. Cohen on Sep 22, 2010 10:37 PM EDT reply actions
took a closer look. On my technology I can’t see clearly, but I think you are right.
by Wet Luzinski on Sep 22, 2010 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Well that doesn’t fit with my preconceived notions. Damn you, Shoert, and your reasonableness.
by PhillyFriar on Sep 23, 2010 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions
That is one of my favorite sceens from the original WW movie. Very fitting.
"We are the borg. Resistance is futile."
I guess we need to print MOAR $$$ for our bandbox. SIGH! printing $$$ is SO hard.
"We are the borg. Resistance is futile."
Sorta have a t-shirt idea now
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by WholeCamels on Sep 22, 2010 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions
The main flaw with that film was that the children were all old enough to know better.
The kids in the remake were age appropriate but almost everything about the film was just grim.
I still think Christopher Walken would have been an amazing Willy Wonka for the remake.
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by WholeCamels on Sep 22, 2010 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m still surprised the original choice to play Willy Wonka for the remake was Marilyn Manson
That's great Bobby, but we don't have Dance Dance Revolution, so... you're dumb.
by alcatraz0109 on Sep 22, 2010 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Speak for yourself. I would have drank from the chocolate river fo sho.
Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will.
by FuquaManuel on Sep 22, 2010 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Glad your Phillies are moving strongly into the playoffs!
Although I am still a die hard Blue Jays fan, I have decided to ride the Phillies for the playoffs this postseason. I promise to be extra nice when joining the game threads here, and you know I’ll be cheering extra hard for Halladay and Werth!
See you all in about two weeks!
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by Wet Luzinski on Sep 22, 2010 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions 10 recs
Is that similar to what the Phillies send out in response to inquiries about playoff tickets? By the way, are the local fans from TGP signed up for playoff tickets for the LDS (when they become available, of course)?
by phillyinportland on Sep 23, 2010 2:20 AM EDT up reply actions
Are they in the playoffs again this year? I think they match up well against the Jehovah’s Witnesses, not so sure about the Baha’i.
by phillyinportland on Sep 23, 2010 3:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Doesn’t matter, the Druze are going to crush everybody.
by ThinMountainAir on Sep 23, 2010 6:34 PM EDT up reply actions
FeartheTurtle:
Is it a requirement for Heyward to bat in the ninth?
was my favorite late-game post on the MOTORBOAT THREAT
Cute… yes- it is in the Constitution, right after the rule that Broxton must pitch to Carlos Ruiz at a vital moment at least once in ever Phillies-Dodgers series.
I hereby demand...
…that everyone in late July that said we had no chance at all to win the division publicly out themselves, or face penalty of death.
This is a truth and reconciliation commission. I will start.
I said we should trade Jayson Werth. I apologize.
I don’t think I ever wrote the words “no chance,” but between the injuries and Slumpmas I definitely had the strong sense that it wasn’t our year. And I too wanted to trade Werth, who’s probably been our biggest bat the last week-plus. Good hold, Smuggles.
by dajafi on Sep 22, 2010 10:57 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
In principle I did not want to trade for Oswalt (I did not think we were buyers), although had I known what the trade would end up being I would have been fine with it.
by Spoilt Victorian Child on Sep 22, 2010 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions
I think that I have the record for having this team dead and buried… starting long about the night the Red Sox kicked Moyer around, and continuing through Utley’s injury and the road trip to Hell (and for the record, Hell looked an awful lot like Chicago and St. Louis). By St. Louis, I wanted this season over (or at least the pain of having the team find new and different ways to crush my hope every day) in the worst way, and had even counted the days until football season started. I even got to the point where I had accepted that the best thing RAJ could do is trade Werth and get back as much as he could for him- and that no prospects/young players should be moved to bring in anything to help this team win now, as acceptance that this was not our year, and not band aids should be used on the team.
I was wrong. I am sorry. I will try not to do it again.
I apologize for all of the above.
I admit that I thought they were gonna finish in second place with around 84 wins, right around the time they went 2-6 post ASB. You gotta believe.
by ThinMountainAir on Sep 22, 2010 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions
At the dawn of Cerberus I had my doubts, they have since been proven wrong. The thing about predictions is that sometimes they don’t happen, and in this case I am quite happy.
"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 23, 2010 12:51 AM EDT up reply actions
I’ll fess up. At some point I figured that, with all the injuries, the team just wasn’t going to make it this time around. But as Spoilt said above, the Oswalt trade really helped turn things around, and the team hung in there till its health got better.
Should’ve kept the faith. Sorry I doubted you, Phils.
by PhillyFriar on Sep 23, 2010 11:52 AM EDT up reply actions
Braves Broadcasters and Talking Chop-ers
Said the ball was fair.
Of course, Talking Chop-ers said they owned Hamels, Lidge and especially Oswalt before they got swept.
by EastFallowfield on Sep 22, 2010 10:44 PM EDT reply actions
Oswalt has bad numbers against the Braves! Never mind sample size, plus the fact that all the Braves he got those bad numbers against are no longer on the team!
Also make sure not to count the playoffs for some reason.
by Spoilt Victorian Child on Sep 22, 2010 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, I never got that part. Its clear Oswalt is a different pitcher when games actually mean something.
Read something on ESPN today from Crasnick that says Oswalt is just a different pitcher right now. Adam Dunn essentially said he’s better than he was in Houston the last few years: check it out
“This is the best I’ve seen him,” Dunn said. “He’d kill us in Cincinnati, but we always had a chance. It didn’t feel like, ‘Aw crap, here’s Roy.’ He’s just a better pitcher now. It used to be if the count was 2-0, you could book a heater. Now you might get a fastball, a curveball, a slider or a stinkin’ good change. You don’t know what you’re gonna get.”
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I know that the concept of Catcher-ERA was debunked years ago, but watching how well our big three perform with Chooch back there makes me think that it may be something in how he calls the game that helps keep batters off balance. Dunn’s statement above about being able to book the heater before but now getting any number of pitches, combined with how well the big three do with Ruiz behind the plate makes me wonder if there is something to it- that Ruiz has made Oswalt a better (or at least less predictable) pitcher.
I think it may have more to do with the Phillies’ overall pitching philosophy with CU’s/breaking balls being thrown at any point in the count.
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I was just posting what Dunn said. Perhaps he hadn’t seen him this year before he came to the Phils?
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I wasn’t disagreeing with you. I don’t think Dunn was necessarily saying the change was sudden. I just doubt that Ruiz played that much of a role in it. Probably more like a gradual evolution that began long before he came here.
Yeah, I don’t think Ruiz has much to do with it either. Thought perhaps it was more to do with Phils philosophy, but if it started before he came to Philly, I wouldn’t doubt it. He was pitching well before the trade, just had no defense or offense behind him at the time.
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Actually, right before the trade he had been lit up in a few starts.
by philsandthrills on Sep 22, 2010 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions
That wasn’t really representative though. Splits:
With Houston – 3.42 ERA, 3.38 FIP, 3.43 xFIP, .283 BABIP
With Phila – 1.94 ERA, 3.32 FIP, 3.55 xFIP, .237 BABIP
Oh yeah, I know. I just remember that being brought up as negative against trading for him.
by philsandthrills on Sep 23, 2010 12:44 AM EDT up reply actions
Like the man said, life is good. And life as a Phillies fan right now is very good.
Every night this month I’ve gone to bed thanking this team for another great day of baseball (there were two, only two exceptions). Needless to say, I’ve been sleeping well.
by phillyinportland on Sep 22, 2010 10:46 PM EDT reply actions
Talking Chop-ers are now saying the ball was foul in their recap thread. I was at a meeting when the play happened and I have not seen it to make a judgment for myself. MLB.com has not uploaded it and I could not find it anywhere on YouTube.
The best thing about Tim Tebow is his former roommate.
I thought it might have been. Surprisingly, given how close it was, the Phillies broadcasters didn’t take a close look.
It was a close call. What isn’t a close call is that the guy who wrote the recap itself over there said it was a “weak hit,” which it was not. Fair or foul, it was a nice line drive, deep to the opposite field.
MLB.com finally has the video up. You guys are right, that’s close too tell and the angle is not great. If it was fair, it was fair by an inch, if it was foul, it was foul by an inch.
The best thing about Tim Tebow is his former roommate.
Link to mlb? As I said upthread, I thought it was clearly foul on the replays that were shown last night. But, as someone else said, the Phils broadcasters and game broadcast didn’t take a closer look.
by David S. Cohen on Sep 23, 2010 9:01 AM EDT up reply actions
I heard T-Mac on the radio earlier this morning saying that the Braves’ camera angle showed chalk being kicked up.
McClouth didn’t complain so I am guessing he saw chalk 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 Sep 23, 2010 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Just watched the replay. It appeared to hit the line IMHO. Also…(and I realize this isn’t always the best approach), if you watch the fans along that row closest to the field, they all signal fair when it lands. It’s a knee jerk reaction, and they’re not NBA guys coached on swaying officials every time a ball goes out of bounds.
Fear no one. I’m just rooting for the Braves to get knocked out, since it would be funny.
by taco pal on Sep 22, 2010 11:23 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Werth on Phillies "inner calm":
Werth, a free agent this offseason, relates the Phillies’ sense of inner calm to a different sporting venue: He got a glimpse of it when he went to see the Flyers play the Chicago Blackhawks in the Stanley Cup finals in June.
“I’m sitting there going crazy at this [hockey] game, with this nervousness and anticipation and anxiety and all the emotions that fans go through,‘’ Werth said. "Then I look at the guys out on the ice and they’re calm and collected. They have a job to do no matter how many people are pulling their hair out in the seats. It’s hard for fans to really have a sense of that. But it’s just different for us as players, because we’re out there and we’re in control of the situation.’’
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Or beer or wine—at least that’s what I use. Tonight I actually felt pretty calm about the entire game. Thought we had it all the way and I am NOT a positive person by nature.
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My Wife the Braves fan
Says I’m sleeping on the couch tonight. Totally worth it
by The Fish on Sep 22, 2010 11:25 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Tell her she’s lucky you haven’t kicked her out of the house by now.
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Ack, Mets a looooong, long, time ago. He loved Ron Darling when he was growing up. No earthly idea why. Think it was because he went to law school, was from Hawaii and married some model. My man thought he had the sweet life.
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admissions
My grandfather was a Braves fan.
Lived in Wyoming during the TBS years, before the Rockies. Braves games were the only ones he got to see regularly on cable.
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by WholeCamels on Sep 22, 2010 11:48 PM EDT up reply actions
The first step to fixing a problem is admitting that it exists. We’re glad you’ve come forward, WC.
by PhillyFriar on Sep 23, 2010 11:59 AM EDT up reply actions
Highly recommend you put together a FanPost on what this mixed marriage is like.
by Wet Luzinski on Sep 23, 2010 2:20 PM EDT up reply actions
I’ve been wearing the same 2 silly bandz my son gave to me for the last 10 games. Do I take them off or keep them on?
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A friend of mine wore the same pair of sweatpants throughout almost all of the Flyers’ postseason run, and stopped wearing them midway through the Finals. Look what happened there. I rest my case.
by ThinMountainAir on Sep 23, 2010 12:03 AM EDT up reply actions
Here’s hoping I don’t have to go anywhere fancy for the next two months or so…I’ll have to ’splain myself and likely to a bunch of non-believers.
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I have to admit, I was a little nervous yesterday morning about switching my contacts out, but the ability to SEE the streak continue kind of won. As did the Phillies, so I’m relieved.
by Wet Luzinski on Sep 23, 2010 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions
So...
when did a team last have three starters with eras under 3.00 in the same season. It is very likely all of the big three will finish the regular season with eras under 3.00. That is just awesome!
Here’s how utterly dominant the Phils’ pitching was tonight:
Jason Heyward has the highest WPA among Atlanta hitters, with .000. Way to go, Roy, Ryan and Brad.
by ThinMountainAir on Sep 23, 2010 12:01 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
did I hear this right, but do we already have as many september wins(17) this season then we did in the past 3 years? Thats pretty Fing sick, since we still have more games left.
The laws of alchemy dont justify murder........but the laws of murder justify being a cowboys fan :P
We actually have more wins (18) this year
We only won 17 games each of the last 3 years in September:
Year……Prior…….Sept……Overall
2007…..72-62…..17-11……89-73
2008…..75-62…..17-8……..92-70
2009…..75-53…..17-13……93-69 (Went 1-3 in October)
2010…..74-58…..18-3……..(So far 92-61 with 9 GR)
by Screen Name 20 on Sep 23, 2010 8:31 AM EDT up reply actions
Just for s&g...
Year……Prior…….Sept……Overall
2006…..67-66…..18-10……85-77 (Went 0-1 in October)
2005…..71-62…..15-12……88-74 (Went 2-0 in October)
2004…..65-67…..19-8……..86-76 (Went 2-1 in October)
2003…..73-63…..13-13……86-76
by Screen Name 20 on Sep 23, 2010 8:43 AM EDT up reply actions
Thanks for the stats
Nice work , showing how incredible the Phillies have been in September going back 7-8 years. The funny thing about the numbers is they don’t always correlate with the magic. And that run in 2007 is still the most magical month I can remember in all my years as a fan of the Phillies. But this year, with this record, may become equally memorable.
by phillyinportland on Sep 23, 2010 3:43 PM EDT up reply actions
I agree with you on 2007
The record doesn’t seem to capture the magic of that month. Winning %-wise, 17-11 is right in the middle of the pack, in terms of best Septembers.
We remember it the most due to the magic of the comeback – a lot of which was due to the Mets’ sucktitude – which didn’t start until September 13th, when we were 7 back. The Phillies started the month 4-7 and were 7 back of the Mets on September 12th. They finished 13-4 down the stretch while the Mets went 5-12 (including 3 losses to the Phils).
by Screen Name 20 on Sep 23, 2010 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s a real trip to go back and read some of the TGP archives from August and September ’07.
Did you know, children, that back then, instead of game threads, we had one thread for an entire series? Here’s the thread for the series at Shea from September 14 through 16:
that’s oldschool man
Hey Dez, it's 2am do you know where your mother is?
by sowhatifitisasportste on Sep 23, 2010 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Ha, reading some of those comments...
From FM-
Oh god, they brought Tom Gordon into the game with a 4 run lead after he has pitched 2 straight games….This reminds me of something…
My, how things have changed, or not at all…this reminds me of something as well…
by Screen Name 20 on Sep 24, 2010 7:48 AM EDT up reply actions
From our own factoid collector, Jayson (also with a "y") Stark:
blockquote>From 2004 to 2009, there were five 1-0 games at Citizens Bank Park. However, since July 10, there have now been six 1-0 games at there, and the Phillies have won five.
From same article, this little nugget from Elias:
The Phillies are the second National League team this season with a 10-game winning streak in September, along with the Colorado Rockies. The last year in which two National League teams had winning streaks of at least 10 games in September was 1969, when the Braves and New York Mets each won 10 straight en route to winning their respective divisions.
Good company, I’d say.
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Geebus, with the blockquote shit. Got one right, one wrong. Have another glass, Heather.
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Tied for most wins
Yanks have six left against the Red Sox, Twins have the Tigers, Royals, and Jays.
themes
The Blog Lords discussed a “Go home and get your ____ shinebox.” title for this game thread until it was pointed out that Tommy comes back and kills Billy Batts after that, and the Phillies play the Braves next weekend, so I didn’t want any parts of that metaphor.
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