2011 National League Division Series Game One Thread -- Cardinals at Phillies
by WholeCamels on Oct 1, 2011 4:52 PM EDT
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The Phillies kick off their fifth straight postseason late this afternoon in Philadelphia against the St. Louis Cardinals, who shocked the baseball world (and themselves, more than likely) with a September surge that led to the team's Wild Card berth and a date with Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee, and the Phillies crew.
Due to their late season run, which went to the final day, the Cardinals were not able to align their starting rotation to permit ace Chris Carpenter to start game one. Rather, former Phillie Kyle Lohse will get the ball in the first game and will oppose Roy Halladay, who will look to repeat last season's NLDS Game One magic. Carpenter is slated to pitch game two on three days rest.
Get all your Cardinals coverage over at Viva El Birdos.
In honor of Halladay's Musings on the Bard yesterday, enjoy some Marlon Brando
Discuss the game below.
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I will be watching this elsewhere, but I shall be present in spirit. Baseba’al will not fail us.
A proud member of the Church of BaseBa'al
It doesn’t surprise me at all. If I was him I would only leave Boston to go to a team that opens up the check book.
However, I would think that maybe this means Tito doesn’t go there. Unless, the two of them had no issues, which is certainly possible. I have no idea in that regard.
Ed Snider is a crotchety old fuck.
That is all.
Yea so Epstein can ruin another franchise by overpaying for Colby Lewis and BJ Upton
The Jruth shall be told.
The Sox won 2 titles with Epstein as the GM, not sure how he ruined them. Did he overpay for guys? Absolutely, but the Sox were still a good team.
Ed Snider is a crotchety old fuck.
That is all.
if Epstein does half of what he did with the Cubs as he did with the Red Sox, then he belongs in the hall of fame.
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by Veni Vidi Vici on Oct 1, 2011 5:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Honestly, I have more respect for guys like Andrew Friedman.
I think it’s clearly a lot easier to be a GM when you are the GM of teams like the Yanks, Sox, and Phillies.
The fact that the cubs spent what they did every year and still sucked says a lot about how horrible Jim Hendry was.
Ed Snider is a crotchety old fuck.
That is all.
wow…
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by Veni Vidi Vici on Oct 1, 2011 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Trolling is not for playoff threads.
Luxury rap, the Hermes of verses. Sophisticated ignorance, write my curses in cursive
by Eaglesadvocate on Oct 1, 2011 5:05 PM EDT up reply actions
FanSince09’d?
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by Veni Vidi Vici on Oct 1, 2011 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions
just hung up on someone who called me, yep the playoffs are here
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No blogging for me today, watching with friends and homework.
Let’s have some fun, yeah?
Some people don't think it be what it is, but it do.
by TheOrangeCone on Oct 1, 2011 5:07 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
“The advanced metrics will tell you that Ruiz isn’t a great defensive catcher, but the pitchers know better.”
@BSH_EricT
Writer at Broad Street Hockey
Not really sure what advanced metrics they were referring to, but whatever.
by philsandthrills on Oct 1, 2011 5:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Some of the advanced metrics tell you Ruiz isn’t one of the better catchers?
I suppose they are under the assumption that advanced metrics only include BA, HR and RBIZ?
Ed Snider is a crotchety old fuck.
That is all.
He’s below average in generating called strikes defensively, a skill that may be incredibly important.
@BSH_EricT
Writer at Broad Street Hockey
There is absolutely no way in hell that the TBS announcers were referring to that.
by philsandthrills on Oct 1, 2011 5:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Agreed. But my mind is still blown by the idea that Jose Molina’s defense may be worth as much as Pujols’ offense.
@BSH_EricT
Writer at Broad Street Hockey
It isn’t. I read that yesterday when you tweeted it and those are run totals for the 5-year period.
by philsandthrills on Oct 1, 2011 5:16 PM EDT up reply actions
It says Molina saves 35 runs per 120 games, or about 47 runs per 162 games versus the average catcher.
Pujols’ oRAR this year was 43 runs over 143 games, or about 49 runs per 162 games versus the replacement first baseman.
@BSH_EricT
Writer at Broad Street Hockey
Right. So 49 runs over replacement is probably not more than 47 runs over average. So Molina’s defense is probably worth more than Pujols’ offense (or at least more than Pujols’ offense this year, which was admittedly a down year).
@BSH_EricT
Writer at Broad Street Hockey
I guess I didn’t address this directly.
It says Molina has saved 73 runs over five years. But he doesn’t play very much, and it works out to 47 runs per 162 games played. Which is a freaking lot.
@BSH_EricT
Writer at Broad Street Hockey
look at that fucking moron slightly to the left directly behind home plate. You just know he wasn’t a Phillies fan until 3-4 years ago.
The Jruth shall be told.
Halladay looked all over the place.
"Valdez can pitch, Lee can hit... and pigs can fly."
by dannijd on Oct 1, 2011 5:18 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Totally- wonder where the mic was to make that sound.
"Valdez can pitch, Lee can hit... and pigs can fly."
by dannijd on Oct 1, 2011 5:17 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Amen.
"Valdez can pitch, Lee can hit... and pigs can fly."
by dannijd on Oct 1, 2011 5:17 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
What will be, will be.
"Valdez can pitch, Lee can hit... and pigs can fly."
by dannijd on Oct 1, 2011 5:19 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
What is, and what should never be.
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by Eaglesadvocate on Oct 1, 2011 5:19 PM EDT up reply actions
I like it- splits up the lefties, making it harder to deploy the LOOGIEs.
"Valdez can pitch, Lee can hit... and pigs can fly."
by dannijd on Oct 1, 2011 5:20 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
well a new seat should change all
I hate new york.
by XxActionJacksonxX on Oct 1, 2011 5:18 PM EDT reply actions
You mean Cy Loshe, sinkerballer extraordinaire?
"Valdez can pitch, Lee can hit... and pigs can fly."
by dannijd on Oct 1, 2011 5:20 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Phillies Offense + sinkerball pitcher= rolled over quickly.
"Valdez can pitch, Lee can hit... and pigs can fly."
by dannijd on Oct 1, 2011 5:22 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
That inning was definitely not “high octane”, TBS announcers…
"We definitley can't lose anymore games."
-Charlie Manuel
He was referring to Pence, not the rest of the team.
"Valdez can pitch, Lee can hit... and pigs can fly."
by dannijd on Oct 1, 2011 5:23 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
well if your definition of high octane is going very quickly, then yes the phillies were very much high octane that inning.
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by Veni Vidi Vici on Oct 1, 2011 5:23 PM EDT up reply actions
so what did Doc throw to Berkman that he crushed first pitch. I was just getting back and heard it on the radio.
I just have a gut feeling that we are fucked this game
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 had bad feeling all day.
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 Oct 1, 2011 5:26 PM EDT up reply actions
I knew there was a reason why I really didn't want to play the Cardinals
by The Fish on Oct 1, 2011 5:26 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Ruiz tagged him with an empty hand. He’s not out yet. It’s like the runner who never touched home.
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Writer at Broad Street Hockey
Is it me, or are between inning commercials REALLY long?
"You play to win the playoffs, and we let 'em off the hook!" -Herm Mora Green
Three minutes.
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It came off of a Phillie’s bat, what did you really expect?
"Valdez can pitch, Lee can hit... and pigs can fly."
Well that was a predictable response.
by philsandthrills on Oct 1, 2011 5:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Considering how the first 2 innings have went, I think it is not pessimism, but honesty- their balls are finding holes and the business end of the outfield fense, ours are finding gloves.
"Valdez can pitch, Lee can hit... and pigs can fly."
Isn’t it pessimism to think “their balls are finding holes…ours are finding gloves” is anything other than unsustainable luck?
@BSH_EricT
Writer at Broad Street Hockey
Unsustainable luck works over a 162 game season
Not a five game series
Flaming yawn
Yes, but that doesn’t indicate that it will continue.
by philsandthrills on Oct 1, 2011 5:42 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s what I was going for. It’s certainly possible that their balls could continue to find holes and ours to find gloves for the rest of the game, but there’s no particular reason to expect it.
@BSH_EricT
Writer at Broad Street Hockey
Well really the only hit that mattered so far has a 0% chance of finding a glove.
The Jruth shall be told.
I do believe that there was a hit before that which ended up turning into a run. Did that run not count too?
by philsandthrills on Oct 1, 2011 5:49 PM EDT up reply actions
We are currently losing 3-0… even the Berkman homer by itself would have done them in.
"Valdez can pitch, Lee can hit... and pigs can fly."
Done them in how? By trailing 1-0 or 2-0?
by philsandthrills on Oct 1, 2011 5:50 PM EDT up reply actions
You don’t seriously think this game is over, do you?
by philsandthrills on Oct 1, 2011 5:50 PM EDT up reply actions
They’ve got him right where they want him.
by philsandthrills on Oct 1, 2011 5:34 PM EDT up reply actions
4 outs on 7 pitches? Seriously? Don’t these guys realize that the best way to beat the Cardinals is to get to their shitastic as soon as possible…..
It is a sinkerball pitcher, what do you really expect?
"Valdez can pitch, Lee can hit... and pigs can fly."
I expect us to pound this guy like we do every other time we face him (not including last time where we played mostly bench players)
the bats are looking real good right now
by Legion of Bullies on Oct 1, 2011 5:33 PM EDT reply actions
Oh noes
Doc, Lee, Hamels, Vance...Moyer. 2012's winning combination.
by Missing Jamie Moyer on Oct 1, 2011 5:33 PM EDT reply actions
we are losing cause you aint pulling your weight
do some assimilating or something
The Phillies have hit some balls hard. This game is not over yet.
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I agree, they’re just being ridiculously impatient right now.
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by Veni Vidi Vici on Oct 1, 2011 5:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Of the first game.
Some people don't think it be what it is, but it do.
by TheOrangeCone on Oct 1, 2011 5:36 PM EDT up reply actions
of the first…..day in october?
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by Veni Vidi Vici on Oct 1, 2011 5:37 PM EDT up reply actions
I know im not the best baseball observer
but is this strike zone a lil off to anyone else?
Is it immoral to hope that Halladay beans Pujols in the dome and knocks him out of the series?
Bullies, Phightins, and Vickerbockers
yes
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by Veni Vidi Vici on Oct 1, 2011 5:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Ask your magic 8 ball for the result of the game!
"Valdez can pitch, Lee can hit... and pigs can fly."
a this rat oc will be at 50 pitches before Lohse is at 25.
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’m going half and half. Half on Docfro missing his spot and half on Ruiz for calling a fastball in the first place.
for calling an outside fastball with runners on 1st and 2nd after just walking a player on four pitches? I’d go like 90/10.
The Jruth shall be told.
Serious question you guys
Someone ask Liz for a ruling.
My wife surprised me with a jersey. It’s a nice one. A playoff gift. Expidited shipping.
Arrived at the door while Pujols was batting.
I have to burn that thing, don’t I?
25.8/106 "Winter is coming" -Eddard Stark
by Joecatz on Oct 1, 2011 5:39 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
The Laws of Superstition are suspended for Saturday delivery, Sunday alcohol sales and while eating breakfast after noon.
by flyersfaninchicago on Oct 1, 2011 5:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Well the approaches at the plate couldn’t be any fuckin worse
by aPHILLYated on Oct 1, 2011 5:39 PM EDT via iPhone app reply actions
Ah..my 18-month-old niece just said a new word: “Baseball”
(She saw it in the kitchen and is watching in the living room now).
berkman's faced 2 pitches..
killed one and barely hit one
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Todd Zolecki
Lohse hasn’t pitched in the postseason since Game 2 of 2007 NLDS, when he gave up a grand slam to Kaz Matsui in relief of Kyle Kendrick
.
Oh, shit. I was just joking about Meals umping the postseason. How the hell did he get a slot on this crew?
Bob.
The same way Angel Hernandez and Country Joe West did. By not sharing pictures of Bud Selig squirting oil himself while wearing nothing but a skimpy man thong.
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dunno about this ump
strike zone seems erratic
by Legion of Bullies on Oct 1, 2011 5:43 PM EDT reply actions
“Looks the ball all the way into that first baseman’s mitt” he says during a close-up of Pujols looking at the crowd.
@BSH_EricT
Writer at Broad Street Hockey
This is how I'm feeling right now:
Doc, Lee, Hamels, Vance...Moyer. 2012's winning combination.
by Missing Jamie Moyer on Oct 1, 2011 5:45 PM EDT reply actions
Well at least the offense is getting hard hit balls, right? They’ll start falling eventually.
Luxury rap, the Hermes of verses. Sophisticated ignorance, write my curses in cursive
Doesn’t mean they won’t fall this year.
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chasing Lohse based on pitch count is basically impossible at this point. You need to chase him by pounding him now and putting up some crooked numbers
it’s not about chasing Lohse it’s about getting more hitters counts and forcing him to throw more to the middle of the plate
I have been watching on TV, without AtBat up- has Lohse been throwing a ton of strikes or are the Phillies making fair contact with garbage?
"Valdez can pitch, Lee can hit... and pigs can fly."
Phillies are auditioning for the “before” in a Five-Hour-Energy commercial.
by flyersfaninchicago on Oct 1, 2011 5:48 PM EDT reply actions
Already had a bad day and this. It better turn around soon.
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.
with all due respect, in this thread you’re sounding like Eeyore
by flyersfaninchicago on Oct 1, 2011 5:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Going to tomorrow’s game…so if you see a large cube above CBP it’s me.
"We are the Borg. Resistance is futile."
I’m going too. 300 level.
Why look'st thou so?' -"With my crossbow
I shot the Albatross."
by RememberthePhitans on Oct 1, 2011 5:54 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
How can this be possible?
Doc, Lee, Hamels, Vance...Moyer. 2012's winning combination.
by Missing Jamie Moyer on Oct 1, 2011 5:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Considering what Doc has done the last three innings, it makes the first inning suck that much more.
Ed Snider is a crotchety old fuck.
That is all.
On a scale of one to awesome, so far I give this game a D+.
@BSH_EricT
Writer at Broad Street Hockey
Ok so the cosmos seems back in order in the top half of innings.
by flyersfaninchicago on Oct 1, 2011 5:52 PM EDT reply actions
OK time to put on my #50 jersey let’s turn this around
Doc, Lee, Hamels, Vance...Moyer. 2012's winning combination.
by Missing Jamie Moyer on Oct 1, 2011 5:53 PM EDT reply actions
I hope that the person who bought my tix on stubhub is enjoying the game. I’m having fun on the wife outing weekend , with tix to tomorrow. Broke even on today and my tix for Sunday were cheaper. Ha!
Why look'st thou so?' -"With my crossbow
I shot the Albatross."
by RememberthePhitans on Oct 1, 2011 5:53 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
I have a feeling I will hate every TBS show by the time this round of playoffs is done
"You play to win the playoffs, and we let 'em off the hook!" -Herm Mora Green
My day worked out perfectly… I worked till 5 and now the game is on!! I thought that this game was bumped to the late game cause of the Yanks-Tigers game yesterday.
I’m about to put one of my Phillies tshirts on!
GO PHILS!!
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Can we please see some fucking pitches this inning
by aPHILLYated on Oct 1, 2011 5:55 PM EDT via iPhone app reply actions
A WILD BASERUNNER APPEARS!
What do you choose to do?
by Legion of Bullies on Oct 1, 2011 5:57 PM EDT reply actions
hello, dodgers fan here
I’ll be rooting with you for now; grew up in south Jersey, so I was a Phils fan before the dodgers.
Why couldn’t halladay have allowed a couple of those during the regular season instead of now? :(
by Riffraffselbow on Oct 1, 2011 5:57 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
There we go – it was the jersey
Doc, Lee, Hamels, Vance...Moyer. 2012's winning combination.
by Missing Jamie Moyer on Oct 1, 2011 5:57 PM EDT reply actions
Wow. Full douche. WTG, DJ.
Why look'st thou so?' -"With my crossbow
I shot the Albatross."
by RememberthePhitans on Oct 1, 2011 5:59 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
For what it’s worth, Lohse gets worse the second and third time he sees a lineup. .641 OPS the first time through, .683 the second, .758 the third.
Let’s hope that holds.
by everybodyhitswoohoo on Oct 1, 2011 5:58 PM EDT reply actions
Pence, now is a good time to show us your mule strength.
Ed Snider is a crotchety old fuck.
That is all.
Setting the table for Vic
Doc, Lee, Hamels, Vance...Moyer. 2012's winning combination.
by Missing Jamie Moyer on Oct 1, 2011 6:00 PM EDT reply actions
This seems strangely like prophecy.
Why look'st thou so?' -"With my crossbow
I shot the Albatross."
by RememberthePhitans on Oct 1, 2011 6:02 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Must be the Natti Boh, because there’s no way Howard just got a four pitch walk.
Why look'st thou so?' -"With my crossbow
I shot the Albatross."
by RememberthePhitans on Oct 1, 2011 6:01 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Make him pay for that one
Doc, Lee, Hamels, Vance...Moyer. 2012's winning combination.
by Missing Jamie Moyer on Oct 1, 2011 6:02 PM EDT reply actions
I still like the guy behind home plate in the second row slightly to the left.
The Jruth shall be told.
He looks like Elmo.
"Fly Eagles fly..."
by 92-74-99-96 on Oct 1, 2011 6:10 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
bahahaha
Oh my, lets hope that comes back to bite them
by Riffraffselbow on Oct 1, 2011 6:02 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Make Freese pay.
Why look'st thou so?' -"With my crossbow
I shot the Albatross."
by RememberthePhitans on Oct 1, 2011 6:02 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Unless the bases are loaded haha…i think
Luxury rap, the Hermes of verses. Sophisticated ignorance, write my curses in cursive
by Eaglesadvocate on Oct 1, 2011 6:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Praise Baseba’al
Doc, Lee, Hamels, Vance...Moyer. 2012's winning combination.
by Missing Jamie Moyer on Oct 1, 2011 6:04 PM EDT reply actions
When is Raul due to turn ice cold again?
Doc, Lee, Hamels, Vance...Moyer. 2012's winning combination.
by Missing Jamie Moyer on Oct 1, 2011 6:05 PM EDT reply actions
Lohse was all over the place that inning. Why swing first pitch?
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yeah I really don’t get what’s been going on. They know what’s coming, Lohse’s had no control, but the Phillies keep bailing him out.
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by Veni Vidi Vici on Oct 1, 2011 6:08 PM EDT up reply actions
I used to laugh at that “Detroit was the Paris of the midwest” commercial. Then I realized that Paris is dirty, crimeridden, has a huge gap between the rich & poor, and is in general way overrarted. So now it makes sense.
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Are you talking about Paris, Texas?
The city in France spends a lot of $$$ cleaning up after itself, we Americans can’t really say anything about rich/poor gap these days and for violent crime I’ll take my chances in it or most other European cities.
Oh, plus it’s magic.
by flyersfaninchicago on Oct 1, 2011 6:14 PM EDT up reply actions
or the d’Orsay. or the picasso. or in front of the eiffel tower. or in front of montmartre. or in notre dame. or in the jardin du luxembourg. or in the tulieries. or. or. or. or.
Not that I want to knock a city in down times, but where would one want to pitch a tent in Detroit?
by flyersfaninchicago on Oct 1, 2011 6:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Doc is dealing
Doc, Lee, Hamels, Vance...Moyer. 2012's winning combination.
by Missing Jamie Moyer on Oct 1, 2011 6:08 PM EDT reply actions
I hate the Phils pitching coach more than anything in the world.
Writer at SB Nation's Philadelphia Union blog, The Brotherly Game. Follow me on Twitter.
Dusty Baker pretty much qualifies as his own pitching coach.
by philsandthrills on Oct 1, 2011 6:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Dusty Baker should be tried at the Hague for what he’s done to young pitchers
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by Veni Vidi Vici on Oct 1, 2011 6:13 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s not even that Dubee is the worst pitching coach in the game, he isn’t. But he isn’t good either. But he acts and speaks as though he is any good at what he does and not someone who benefits from having Doc, Lee, Oswalt and Hamels. And then there’s the whole throwing his pitchers under the bus thing.
Ed Snider is a crotchety old fuck.
That is all.
If Dusty Baker were the Phillies manager, I’d hate him more than anything in the world.
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Is there an equivalent of the brooksbaseball tool that tells us how many pitches outside the strike zone were swung at?
@BSH_EricT
Writer at Broad Street Hockey
I think swinging strikes are represented by their own color on there, so you could count them.
The other option would be to go on GameDay, and go batter by batter looking at the pitch locations and results.
"Valdez can pitch, Lee can hit... and pigs can fly."
Nah, their tool is just for called balls and strikes, because it’s a measure of what the ump did.
Game Day was what I thought of, but that sounds like more effort than I feel like putting into it during a game.
@BSH_EricT
Writer at Broad Street Hockey
The Brooks Pitch FX tool does this.
by Spoilt Victorian Child on Oct 1, 2011 6:13 PM EDT up reply actions
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Ohhh. I was just looking at their strike zone map, ‘cuz I’m a dunce. :)
Looks like they swung at 7 pitches off the plate and had 12 pitches called balls. This doesn’t seem like a great ratio to me.
@BSH_EricT
Writer at Broad Street Hockey
Sabermetric-diss by Wheels FTW
Doc, Lee, Hamels, Vance...Moyer. 2012's winning combination.
by Missing Jamie Moyer on Oct 1, 2011 6:11 PM EDT reply actions
Just looking for feedback here:
Section 328, Sunday. Paid 115 each for two tickets. Reasonable? For a playoff game, I thought it was pretty awesome.
I ask because it seemed cheap to me compared to playoff tickets for prior years. Are we getting jaded?
Why look'st thou so?' -"With my crossbow
I shot the Albatross."
by RememberthePhitans on Oct 1, 2011 6:11 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Don’t know if this helps but I’m in 400 level and tickets are $50. so figure 300 would be maybe $10-20 higher not so bad. Cliff Lee pitching too.
"We are the Borg. Resistance is futile."
That’s awesome. I’m honestly a bit surprised at how low the prices are. My last couple NLDS were more expensive.
Why look'st thou so?' -"With my crossbow
I shot the Albatross."
by RememberthePhitans on Oct 1, 2011 6:18 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
dodgers fan here
I paid similar for 2009 nlds tix, in a bigger stadium (by about 10,000 seats). Not a bad deal, especially considering a lot more people want to watch the 2011 phils than the 2009 dodgers.
Then again, the tickets I got were 75 ft away from this: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs/2009/columns/story?columnist=neel_eric&id=4544617
by Riffraffselbow on Oct 1, 2011 6:22 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I wouldn’t be mad if you got a hit, Polly.
Luxury rap, the Hermes of verses. Sophisticated ignorance, write my curses in cursive
What the fuck is polanco poking at. Jesus fuckin Christ. Shoulda been a 3-0 count
by aPHILLYated on Oct 1, 2011 6:15 PM EDT via iPhone app reply actions
Written In The Stars by Tinie Tempah featuring Eric Turner
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is anyone else tired of the song TBS is playing every chance they get yet?
by flyersfaninchicago on Oct 1, 2011 6:16 PM EDT up reply actions
true enough. Just annoying to have inferior broadcasters working the most important games of the year. I know the NFL rules but still…..they should hire the best of the local broadcasting teams who aren’t in the playoffs.
by flyersfaninchicago on Oct 1, 2011 6:23 PM EDT up reply actions
I’d love the ability to change audio like you can in DVDs. Just like the MLB At Bat app, actually.
Hell, I’m surprised the networks don’t do it cause I’m sure it’d save them a lot of money.
Eagles: 1-2, but yes, still better than the Vagiants
Flyers: Soon
Phillies:5 Time NL East Division Champions!
And put a GPS device in the ball that is voice-activated to describe its journey.
by flyersfaninchicago on Oct 1, 2011 6:29 PM EDT up reply actions
afraid the umpires will do a mass resignation like they did in the 90’s?
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by Veni Vidi Vici on Oct 1, 2011 6:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Most likely they all resign except for Meals and Cowboy Joe
Doc, Lee, Hamels, Vance...Moyer. 2012's winning combination.
by Missing Jamie Moyer on Oct 1, 2011 6:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Just about balls and strikes- they have been ok with the other stuff so far.
"Valdez can pitch, Lee can hit... and pigs can fly."
aww isn’t that cute, the same pitch that was strike three to polly is ball one to chooch
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He’s pretty bad. Ruiz has more pop than Polly. He hasn’t been the same since his elbow got messed up.
The Jruth shall be told.
3rd in BA, 6th in OBP, but yeah, his power’s down. Which means you don’t want him right in front of the pitcher, because he’ll get on, but won’t drive in guys already on base.
Bob.
The only real argument to bat him eighth ins.tead of Ruiz is that he may be a little easier to bunt over
"Valdez can pitch, Lee can hit... and pigs can fly."
I read somewhere Hamels won the starting pitcher hitting competition.
"We are the Borg. Resistance is futile."
Pujols with the least effort in the history of efforts on that ground ball.
@BSH_EricT
Writer at Broad Street Hockey
I was just thinking that I miss Pete Rose running out ground balls like he was late for a flight to Vegas.
by flyersfaninchicago on Oct 1, 2011 6:25 PM EDT up reply actions
something tells me Rose had a private jet for the sole purpose of going to vegas.
Giving St. Louis the bird since 1982
by Veni Vidi Vici on Oct 1, 2011 6:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Cliff Lee begs to differ
Doc, Lee, Hamels, Vance...Moyer. 2012's winning combination.
by Missing Jamie Moyer on Oct 1, 2011 6:26 PM EDT up reply actions
HITS!
I've been waiting my whole life for an Eagles Championship
R2C2!
RIP JJ
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
He did it again! And now called time! Eject him for delay of game!
by Riffraffselbow on Oct 1, 2011 6:32 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Is Wheels really this bad?
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i’d prefer Hawk Harrelson for a post season game. i don’t think i couldn stand him all season
I've been waiting my whole life for an Eagles Championship
R2C2!
RIP JJ
by sports00fan00 on Oct 1, 2011 6:33 PM EDT up reply actions
especially with all the Ks Halladay has
I've been waiting my whole life for an Eagles Championship
R2C2!
RIP JJ
by sports00fan00 on Oct 1, 2011 6:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Uh, I was talking about the umpire jumping out.
by philsandthrills on Oct 1, 2011 6:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Howard up
and there’s no shift
I've been waiting my whole life for an Eagles Championship
R2C2!
RIP JJ
I can haz double steal?
Doc, Lee, Hamels, Vance...Moyer. 2012's winning combination.
by Missing Jamie Moyer on Oct 1, 2011 6:34 PM EDT reply actions
ok. first chance to earn your money, big guy.
by flyersfaninchicago on Oct 1, 2011 6:34 PM EDT reply actions
have all the Phillies’ hits besides Utley’s double been groundballs?
Giving St. Louis the bird since 1982
I tell my five year old that this is an important at-bat and he should watch. He says “I hope he hits it to Kentucky”.
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Considering that CBP faces north, that would be a really long…..foul ball
Giving St. Louis the bird since 1982
by Veni Vidi Vici on Oct 1, 2011 6:36 PM EDT up reply actions
I FUCKING LOVE HUNTER PENCE.
Just wanted to throw that out there.
Bullies, Phightins, and Vickerbockers
Work it, Piece
Doc, Lee, Hamels, Vance...Moyer. 2012's winning combination.
by Missing Jamie Moyer on Oct 1, 2011 6:35 PM EDT reply actions
your timing is beautiful, my friend
by flyersfaninchicago on Oct 1, 2011 6:40 PM EDT up reply actions
trollololololol
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Oh god it’s the playoffs and there are guys on first and second and there’s a 3-2 count on Howard
by everybodyhitswoohoo on Oct 1, 2011 6:37 PM EDT reply actions
So it’s a full count with two outs and according to Stockton Howard is swinging to protect the runners? Did I actually hear that? Are they trying to be funny?
by flyersfaninchicago on Oct 1, 2011 6:38 PM EDT reply actions
How many of Lohse’s pitches have been in the strike zone? not strikes, but over the plate
I've been waiting my whole life for an Eagles Championship
R2C2!
RIP JJ
that one might have been the first
I've been waiting my whole life for an Eagles Championship
R2C2!
RIP JJ
by sports00fan00 on Oct 1, 2011 6:39 PM EDT up reply actions
THIS
Doc, Lee, Hamels, Vance...Moyer. 2012's winning combination.
by Missing Jamie Moyer on Oct 1, 2011 6:39 PM EDT up reply actions
BOOM
I've been waiting my whole life for an Eagles Championship
R2C2!
RIP JJ
PIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECE
Doc, Lee, Hamels, Vance...Moyer. 2012's winning combination.
by Missing Jamie Moyer on Oct 1, 2011 6:39 PM EDT reply actions
AND FOR MY FIRST COMMENT In THE THREAD
THANKS RYAN
Hunter Pence will not guarantee a WS, but, then, neither does Carlos Beltran.
incredible
Absolute no doubter. Destroyed.
by Riffraffselbow on Oct 1, 2011 6:39 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Good God, Howard. Awesome.
Why look'st thou so?' -"With my crossbow
I shot the Albatross."
by RememberthePhitans on Oct 1, 2011 6:40 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
the phils scored 5 on 5 so far this inning
Fwiw
by Riffraffselbow on Oct 1, 2011 6:45 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
man that was a goosebumps swing by Howard.
by flyersfaninchicago on Oct 1, 2011 6:41 PM EDT reply actions
and the crowd. it was so fast, like a hockey goal.
by flyersfaninchicago on Oct 1, 2011 6:43 PM EDT up reply actions
I say leave him in.
Giving St. Louis the bird since 1982
by Veni Vidi Vici on Oct 1, 2011 6:42 PM EDT up reply actions
I loved it when he would have three pitchers go three innings in a game, regardless of how good or how bad they were doing.
Giving St. Louis the bird since 1982
by Veni Vidi Vici on Oct 1, 2011 6:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Shane with a hit……we want moar runzs please!
"We are the Borg. Resistance is futile."
by Borg_Queen on Oct 1, 2011 6:42 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
make a .gif of it
I've been waiting my whole life for an Eagles Championship
R2C2!
RIP JJ
by sports00fan00 on Oct 1, 2011 6:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Time to pile it on boys
Doc, Lee, Hamels, Vance...Moyer. 2012's winning combination.
by Missing Jamie Moyer on Oct 1, 2011 6:43 PM EDT reply actions
did anyone see that dude sitting right behind the dugout put his kid up so he could get a good view of that home run??
thats a life long phillies fan created right there :)
RAUUUUUULLLLLLLLLL
Hunter Pence will not guarantee a WS, but, then, neither does Carlos Beltran.
Rauuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuul
Doc, Lee, Hamels, Vance...Moyer. 2012's winning combination.
by Missing Jamie Moyer on Oct 1, 2011 6:43 PM EDT reply actions
Raul is a dish best server hot! YES!
"We are the Borg. Resistance is futile."
by Borg_Queen on Oct 1, 2011 6:44 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
HOT RAUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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That's Raul... He's SOOO hot right now...
by Blind Ninjas on Oct 1, 2011 6:45 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
rec’d lol
I've been waiting my whole life for an Eagles Championship
R2C2!
RIP JJ
by sports00fan00 on Oct 1, 2011 6:52 PM EDT up reply actions
So he throws as many pitches to Howard in that at bat as in the first two innings, right?
by flyersfaninchicago on Oct 1, 2011 6:45 PM EDT reply actions
but are you prepared to starve yourself for three games?
by flyersfaninchicago on Oct 1, 2011 6:49 PM EDT up reply actions
So…when is Cold Raul due to show up?
Doc, Lee, Hamels, Vance...Moyer. 2012's winning combination.
by Missing Jamie Moyer on Oct 1, 2011 6:46 PM EDT reply actions
December
Giving St. Louis the bird since 1982
by Veni Vidi Vici on Oct 1, 2011 6:47 PM EDT up reply actions
he’ll be playing in a senior softball league next year so I’m fine with that.
Giving St. Louis the bird since 1982
by Veni Vidi Vici on Oct 1, 2011 6:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Does Raul’s homer count toward fantasy stats?
Oh, and thank you Joecatz.
Why look'st thou so?' -"With my crossbow
I shot the Albatross."
by RememberthePhitans on Oct 1, 2011 6:47 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
no it was foul, good call
Giving St. Louis the bird since 1982
by Veni Vidi Vici on Oct 1, 2011 6:48 PM EDT up reply actions
lol, octavio dotel
As a dodgers fan, trust me: you got a good chance to tack on some more.
by Riffraffselbow on Oct 1, 2011 6:48 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
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