Hey Let's Make it Eight!: Phillies at Mets Game Thread the Second, September 24, 2011
by WholeCamels on Sep 24, 2011 7:10 PM EDT
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Joe Blanton starts his first game since May as the Phillies look to bring their post-clinch seven game slide to a halt against Dillon Gee and the Mets.
Woo hoo baseball yay.
Discuss the game below.
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A shot to Utley’s Corner would be orgasmic right now.
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by PhiladelphiaEagles on Sep 24, 2011 7:15 PM EDT reply actions
Me too! How are you?
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by WanderingMoses on Sep 24, 2011 7:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Doing ok. Garage door opener not working and work sucks. But watching baseball tonight! How’s things with you?
"We are the Borg. Resistance is futile."
Busy busy busy….and taking time out of the day to watch the suckage known as the last week with this team. But hey, bowling has started again!
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by WanderingMoses on Sep 24, 2011 7:22 PM EDT up reply actions
How did you do? was thinking about joining a league but hard to make a 6PM start and 9PM too late. :-P
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205 average in the first two weeks. The term I would use is…‘unsustainable’
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by WanderingMoses on Sep 24, 2011 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions
I can deal with the regression so long as it doesn’t go below 190.
I have pride!
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by WanderingMoses on Sep 24, 2011 7:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Good AB, Chase.
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Wtf is this?
"Descartes commanded the future from his study more than Napoleon did from his throne."
by Euler.is.a.Pimp on Sep 24, 2011 7:19 PM EDT reply actions
And I tune in just in time to see Hunter do that……..
hey everyone.
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I might pull a Jose and the Contrarians and repeatedly punch myself in the balls.
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Fist meet balls.
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the future Mrs. Justin F. is not going to be happy.
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by Veni Vidi Vici on Sep 24, 2011 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions
This team is a fucking disaster right now.
Ed Snider is a crotchety old fuck.
That is all.
by EREX21 on Sep 24, 2011 7:21 PM EDT via mobile reply actions 1 recs
They are fine
Its not a slump, they just dont care! …..
/endsarcasm
Even for a team that is really like actually horrible, it is rare they lose seven games in a row.
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o i know, i been worrying the past week basically but people kept telling me these games dont matter and they will turn it on soon enough…they are getting worse after each game it looks
I think you missed the point.
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My point was, even if you are actually a shitty team, it is rare that a team loses seven games in a row and eventually the win(s) will come. And that’s for a shitty team, mind you.
For instance, the Houston Astros’ longest losing streak of the season is seven, and that only occurred once.
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ya think people are going to start worrying yet or will they continue to write it off as these games mean nothing
One of the guys I work with has already said Phillies are cooked I think he said it Tuesday
"We are the Borg. Resistance is futile."
its not looking too good thats for sure. If they lose or look like ass in the first round, this town is going to blow up
really I see these games and the playoffs as having no correlation. IT’s the equivalent of a week 17 NFL game when the team has clinched a playoff berth and is only interested in getting out of the game healthy
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by Veni Vidi Vici on Sep 24, 2011 7:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Anybody else pulling for the Rays to take the wildcard?
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by Euler.is.a.Pimp on Sep 24, 2011 7:28 PM EDT reply actions
After Boston’s lost today I believe it is 2.5. They’re currently down to the Jays because Bautista is ridiculous.
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by Euler.is.a.Pimp on Sep 24, 2011 7:32 PM EDT up reply actions
They’re 2 back right now. If they lose they’re 2.5 back again. Boston plays a doubleheader tomorrow.
25.8/106 "Winter is coming" -Eddard Stark
Ah thanks. Lost track.
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by Euler.is.a.Pimp on Sep 24, 2011 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Definitely. 90 minutes away, I’d love to see us win the WS in Tampa live again.
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Nice
I can’t stand the RS, but on top of that I like the Rays. Good organization and good memories of playing them.
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by Euler.is.a.Pimp on Sep 24, 2011 7:33 PM EDT up reply actions
I did a Google search for “seven game losing streak” to see what came up.
I think I might punch myself in the balls again.
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Mariners and their 15 game losing streak…
Casey Matthews isn't the MLB anymore but he still sucks.
Vance Worley > Roy Oswalt and Joe Blanton
Never call a Phillies, Eagles, Flyers or Sixers fans, a band-wagoner. It is disrespectful. We have suffered agony through the years. Philadelphians should be jovial for their teams' success.
by chillyphilly on Sep 24, 2011 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Gross Load with a standup double!
At Citi Field. Left field, good view, about 10000 and half are Phillies fans.
by Airedale260 on Sep 24, 2011 7:32 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
whoa a Gload double? when’s the last time that happened?
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I remember for a long time this season he had no xbh’s and drew no walks so his triple slash line was identical triplets.
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by Veni Vidi Vici on Sep 24, 2011 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions
well played
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by Euler.is.a.Pimp on Sep 24, 2011 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Nice AB
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by Euler.is.a.Pimp on Sep 24, 2011 7:37 PM EDT reply actions
and suddenly BABIP luck happens
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and more even more runs
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BABIP giveth, BABIP taketh, Joe Blatnon craveth cookie in dugout.
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Blanton heading out for the next inning
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by Veni Vidi Vici on Sep 24, 2011 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions
C is for Cookie, and that’s good enough for me.
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by WanderingMoses on Sep 24, 2011 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Ha! Actually, it’s just because when I was four and my parents took me to Sesame Place and Cookie Monster gave me a big hug, and I have never forgotten it.
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by WanderingMoses on Sep 24, 2011 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions
The day after, I got my first hug from the Phillie Phanatic. It was a memorable weekend.
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by WanderingMoses on Sep 24, 2011 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions
I was an only child at that point, so everything revolved around me ;)
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by WanderingMoses on Sep 24, 2011 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Well he hit a line drive.
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by Euler.is.a.Pimp on Sep 24, 2011 7:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Is this the first time since returning that Blanton pitched more than one inning?
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Yeah, I don’t know what the PC is supposed to be for the night.
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by WanderingMoses on Sep 24, 2011 7:46 PM EDT up reply actions
I hope Joe Savery pitches tonight. And gets an AB.
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Just ate some chewy Chips Ahoy. Is that good enough?
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by WanderingMoses on Sep 24, 2011 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Can’t eat too many for health reasons…
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by WanderingMoses on Sep 24, 2011 7:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Raisin cookies are kinda healthy...
seriously a cookie is a lot healthier than a diet coke.
Casey Matthews isn't the MLB anymore but he still sucks.
Vance Worley > Roy Oswalt and Joe Blanton
Never call a Phillies, Eagles, Flyers or Sixers fans, a band-wagoner. It is disrespectful. We have suffered agony through the years. Philadelphians should be jovial for their teams' success.
by chillyphilly on Sep 24, 2011 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Not for me, it isn’t.
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by WanderingMoses on Sep 24, 2011 7:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Not to be intrusive but diabetes?
Casey Matthews isn't the MLB anymore but he still sucks.
Vance Worley > Roy Oswalt and Joe Blanton
Never call a Phillies, Eagles, Flyers or Sixers fans, a band-wagoner. It is disrespectful. We have suffered agony through the years. Philadelphians should be jovial for their teams' success.
by chillyphilly on Sep 24, 2011 7:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Indeed.
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by WanderingMoses on Sep 24, 2011 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions
so the Doctor allows you drink diet coke but not to eat a cookie?
Casey Matthews isn't the MLB anymore but he still sucks.
Vance Worley > Roy Oswalt and Joe Blanton
Never call a Phillies, Eagles, Flyers or Sixers fans, a band-wagoner. It is disrespectful. We have suffered agony through the years. Philadelphians should be jovial for their teams' success.
by chillyphilly on Sep 24, 2011 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions
I drink mostly water with one cup of coffee per day plus one glass of Diet Pepsi per day. I can eat a couple cookies, just can’t do what j reed was suggesting about eating cookies for the rest of the game lol
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by WanderingMoses on Sep 24, 2011 8:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Gotcha...
this is coming from a health nut.
Casey Matthews isn't the MLB anymore but he still sucks.
Vance Worley > Roy Oswalt and Joe Blanton
Never call a Phillies, Eagles, Flyers or Sixers fans, a band-wagoner. It is disrespectful. We have suffered agony through the years. Philadelphians should be jovial for their teams' success.
by chillyphilly on Sep 24, 2011 8:03 PM EDT up reply actions
No problem. Some days its better than others.
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by WanderingMoses on Sep 24, 2011 8:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Actually classic Borg thing is Diet Coke with a desert. I actually like the taste of diet better than regular. Regular too sweet
"We are the Borg. Resistance is futile."
Maybe because I'm 22.
I remember when cotton candy was good. I had one the other day, i thought I was going to have diabetes.
Casey Matthews isn't the MLB anymore but he still sucks.
Vance Worley > Roy Oswalt and Joe Blanton
Never call a Phillies, Eagles, Flyers or Sixers fans, a band-wagoner. It is disrespectful. We have suffered agony through the years. Philadelphians should be jovial for their teams' success.
by chillyphilly on Sep 24, 2011 8:02 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah but isn’t a regular coke actually healthier than a diet coke?
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by Veni Vidi Vici on Sep 24, 2011 7:56 PM EDT up reply actions
yep. Wrote a paper about it. Diet sodas are worse for you.
Casey Matthews isn't the MLB anymore but he still sucks.
Vance Worley > Roy Oswalt and Joe Blanton
Never call a Phillies, Eagles, Flyers or Sixers fans, a band-wagoner. It is disrespectful. We have suffered agony through the years. Philadelphians should be jovial for their teams' success.
by chillyphilly on Sep 24, 2011 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions
For one thing the sugar substitute is really bad for your teeth.
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by Veni Vidi Vici on Sep 24, 2011 8:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Aspartame
One: It is linked to cancer
Two: actually makes you hungrier and some cases addicted.
Casey Matthews isn't the MLB anymore but he still sucks.
Vance Worley > Roy Oswalt and Joe Blanton
Never call a Phillies, Eagles, Flyers or Sixers fans, a band-wagoner. It is disrespectful. We have suffered agony through the years. Philadelphians should be jovial for their teams' success.
by chillyphilly on Sep 24, 2011 8:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Best option would be green tea, water, and a small amount of fruit juices.
Casey Matthews isn't the MLB anymore but he still sucks.
Vance Worley > Roy Oswalt and Joe Blanton
Never call a Phillies, Eagles, Flyers or Sixers fans, a band-wagoner. It is disrespectful. We have suffered agony through the years. Philadelphians should be jovial for their teams' success.
by chillyphilly on Sep 24, 2011 8:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Seriously, can someone explain?
Resting our starters or just playing crappy for this 7 game losing streak…
Casey Matthews isn't the MLB anymore but he still sucks.
Vance Worley > Roy Oswalt and Joe Blanton
Never call a Phillies, Eagles, Flyers or Sixers fans, a band-wagoner. It is disrespectful. We have suffered agony through the years. Philadelphians should be jovial for their teams' success.
Damn… I was hoping they would try to break their franchise record…
Casey Matthews isn't the MLB anymore but he still sucks.
Vance Worley > Roy Oswalt and Joe Blanton
Never call a Phillies, Eagles, Flyers or Sixers fans, a band-wagoner. It is disrespectful. We have suffered agony through the years. Philadelphians should be jovial for their teams' success.
by chillyphilly on Sep 24, 2011 7:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Be nice if Gload wasn’t useless when playoff time came.
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by Euler.is.a.Pimp on Sep 24, 2011 7:59 PM EDT reply actions
double the pleasure, double the fun…. that commercial seems so sexual…
Casey Matthews isn't the MLB anymore but he still sucks.
Vance Worley > Roy Oswalt and Joe Blanton
Never call a Phillies, Eagles, Flyers or Sixers fans, a band-wagoner. It is disrespectful. We have suffered agony through the years. Philadelphians should be jovial for their teams' success.
by chillyphilly on Sep 24, 2011 8:00 PM EDT up reply actions
This better?
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by WanderingMoses on Sep 24, 2011 8:01 PM EDT up reply actions
because when you think stepford wives you think chewing gum.
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by Veni Vidi Vici on Sep 24, 2011 8:02 PM EDT up reply actions
I think of sex when I see Uncle Ben’s Microwaveable Rice Bowls.
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by WanderingMoses on Sep 24, 2011 8:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Someone been watching too much Go daddy.com commericals
Is there a living soul who has visited that site?
Casey Matthews isn't the MLB anymore but he still sucks.
Vance Worley > Roy Oswalt and Joe Blanton
Never call a Phillies, Eagles, Flyers or Sixers fans, a band-wagoner. It is disrespectful. We have suffered agony through the years. Philadelphians should be jovial for their teams' success.
by chillyphilly on Sep 24, 2011 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions
I just remember that one commercial showing the couple making out in the kitchen while waiting for the rice bowl to get done in the microwave.
I haven’t actually ever visited GoDaddy – never needed to purchase an URL.
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by WanderingMoses on Sep 24, 2011 8:08 PM EDT up reply actions
I love how I’ve seen multiple commercials for go daddy at every NFL game and IndyCar race I’ve watched on tv and yet I still have no idea what exactly they do.
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by Veni Vidi Vici on Sep 24, 2011 8:09 PM EDT up reply actions
You buy URL’s from them and they do have some sort of email service as well.
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by WanderingMoses on Sep 24, 2011 8:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah… but why would I go on their site because it’s “unrated”.
Casey Matthews isn't the MLB anymore but he still sucks.
Vance Worley > Roy Oswalt and Joe Blanton
Never call a Phillies, Eagles, Flyers or Sixers fans, a band-wagoner. It is disrespectful. We have suffered agony through the years. Philadelphians should be jovial for their teams' success.
by chillyphilly on Sep 24, 2011 8:12 PM EDT up reply actions
You want to see Danica quasi-naked?
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by WanderingMoses on Sep 24, 2011 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Why would I when I could look at Kim Kardashian naked….. i’m still scared from that.
Casey Matthews isn't the MLB anymore but he still sucks.
Vance Worley > Roy Oswalt and Joe Blanton
Never call a Phillies, Eagles, Flyers or Sixers fans, a band-wagoner. It is disrespectful. We have suffered agony through the years. Philadelphians should be jovial for their teams' success.
by chillyphilly on Sep 24, 2011 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Really? They should come up with some sort of phrase to describe it. Oh I got it! Sex Sells. Man I’m so original
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by Veni Vidi Vici on Sep 24, 2011 8:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Bill Hicks did something on commerical.
" You have a naked lady and have buy coke"
Casey Matthews isn't the MLB anymore but he still sucks.
Vance Worley > Roy Oswalt and Joe Blanton
Never call a Phillies, Eagles, Flyers or Sixers fans, a band-wagoner. It is disrespectful. We have suffered agony through the years. Philadelphians should be jovial for their teams' success.
by chillyphilly on Sep 24, 2011 8:04 PM EDT up reply actions
wait what happened to Blanton?
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phillies doing their globetrotters impersonation.
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by Veni Vidi Vici on Sep 24, 2011 8:10 PM EDT up reply actions
WTF Pence…
Took the Wide Receiver’s route to that ball AND dropped it. Yeesh.
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I can’t help but think that Pence’s unique fielding abilities are going to wind up causing the Phillies a couple runs in the playoffs.
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by Veni Vidi Vici on Sep 24, 2011 8:17 PM EDT up reply actions
3 run lead. finally happy.
and then pence ****s upp
"This team (Philadelphia Eagles) gives me the best chance of winning a Super Bowl."
-Michael Vick #7
Well people always said he’s a mess out there.
Ed Snider is a crotchety old fuck.
That is all.
by EREX21 on Sep 24, 2011 8:17 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
oh Kendrick coming in and inheriting runners, all of our problems are solved.
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Become the KK that destroyed the Rockies this year.
Casey Matthews isn't the MLB anymore but he still sucks.
Vance Worley > Roy Oswalt and Joe Blanton
Never call a Phillies, Eagles, Flyers or Sixers fans, a band-wagoner. It is disrespectful. We have suffered agony through the years. Philadelphians should be jovial for their teams' success.
by chillyphilly on Sep 24, 2011 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions
This is horrid.
"Descartes commanded the future from his study more than Napoleon did from his throne."
by Euler.is.a.Pimp on Sep 24, 2011 8:22 PM EDT reply actions
So, umm, what did I miss?
Team Kafka.
"When life gives you lemons, don’t make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don’t want your damn lemons, what the hell am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life’s manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I’m the man who’s gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I’m gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!" - Cave Johnson
NOOOOOOOOOO………..
(Was it RTP’s and his precious unicorn?)
Team Kafka.
"When life gives you lemons, don’t make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don’t want your damn lemons, what the hell am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life’s manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I’m the man who’s gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I’m gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!" - Cave Johnson
This is lovely.
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but such emotions are a sign of human weakness?
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by Veni Vidi Vici on Sep 24, 2011 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Even though they're locked out, the Sixers are the best team in Philadelphia right now
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by PhiladelphiaEagles on Sep 24, 2011 8:23 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Haha
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by Euler.is.a.Pimp on Sep 24, 2011 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions
hey, they’re the only team that’s undefeated in philly this month.
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by Veni Vidi Vici on Sep 24, 2011 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions
You said it man!
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by PhiladelphiaEagles on Sep 24, 2011 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Also, what channel is the game on?
Team Kafka.
"When life gives you lemons, don’t make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don’t want your damn lemons, what the hell am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life’s manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I’m the man who’s gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I’m gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!" - Cave Johnson
Ahh ok. TV list had big bang theory on so i just assumed.
Team Kafka.
"When life gives you lemons, don’t make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don’t want your damn lemons, what the hell am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life’s manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I’m the man who’s gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I’m gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!" - Cave Johnson
Those were the days.
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UPN57 was good times.
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Anybody want to watch some Gargoyles or Breaker High?
No one knows what it means, but it's provocative! GETS THE PEOPLE GOING!
by Eaglesadvocate on Sep 24, 2011 8:32 PM EDT up reply actions
You guys were robbed, We grew up with the classics when Bugs, Daffy and Woody were all raving assholes.
Kids shows nowadays have certainly taken a stranger turn.
No one knows what it means, but it's provocative! GETS THE PEOPLE GOING!
by Eaglesadvocate on Sep 24, 2011 8:51 PM EDT up reply actions
UPN...
what? Has to be the wrong channel. When the hell did UPN play baseball games?
Casey Matthews isn't the MLB anymore but he still sucks.
Vance Worley > Roy Oswalt and Joe Blanton
Never call a Phillies, Eagles, Flyers or Sixers fans, a band-wagoner. It is disrespectful. We have suffered agony through the years. Philadelphians should be jovial for their teams' success.
by chillyphilly on Sep 24, 2011 8:27 PM EDT up reply actions
I would tell you but that would probably make me an accessory in this crime.
"Descartes commanded the future from his study more than Napoleon did from his throne."
by Euler.is.a.Pimp on Sep 24, 2011 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes, but Herndon should have been out of it if Pence doesn’t think he is Terrell Owens.
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by WanderingMoses on Sep 24, 2011 8:26 PM EDT up reply actions
wait wait wait….you’re telling me that Pence isn’t Terrell Owens?
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by Veni Vidi Vici on Sep 24, 2011 8:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Runs WR routes and drops balls….actually, ok, he is!
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by WanderingMoses on Sep 24, 2011 8:29 PM EDT up reply actions
I go to give my daughter a bath when we are up 3-0. I come back and we are down 5-3.
What the fuck man……
It’s all your fault.
Casey Matthews isn't the MLB anymore but he still sucks.
Vance Worley > Roy Oswalt and Joe Blanton
Never call a Phillies, Eagles, Flyers or Sixers fans, a band-wagoner. It is disrespectful. We have suffered agony through the years. Philadelphians should be jovial for their teams' success.
by chillyphilly on Sep 24, 2011 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions
never ever bathe your daughter again.
Sometimes I make a good comment. Sometimes I make a bad one. Really it's all a crapshoot.
by Veni Vidi Vici on Sep 24, 2011 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Just use some Lysol...
and called that a bath.
Casey Matthews isn't the MLB anymore but he still sucks.
Vance Worley > Roy Oswalt and Joe Blanton
Never call a Phillies, Eagles, Flyers or Sixers fans, a band-wagoner. It is disrespectful. We have suffered agony through the years. Philadelphians should be jovial for their teams' success.
by chillyphilly on Sep 24, 2011 8:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Remember when it was a foregone conclusion that this team was going to shatter the franchise record for wins?
by everybodyhitswoohoo on Sep 24, 2011 8:29 PM EDT reply actions
Nope, now it is going to be swept in the playoffs. Karma is a bitch. I’ll never make fun of the Padres from last year.
Casey Matthews isn't the MLB anymore but he still sucks.
Vance Worley > Roy Oswalt and Joe Blanton
Never call a Phillies, Eagles, Flyers or Sixers fans, a band-wagoner. It is disrespectful. We have suffered agony through the years. Philadelphians should be jovial for their teams' success.
by chillyphilly on Sep 24, 2011 8:30 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m not saying that. I still think these games are meaningless come next weekend. But wow, this tailspin makes me sad.
by everybodyhitswoohoo on Sep 24, 2011 8:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Do we have home field advantage?
Casey Matthews isn't the MLB anymore but he still sucks.
Vance Worley > Roy Oswalt and Joe Blanton
Never call a Phillies, Eagles, Flyers or Sixers fans, a band-wagoner. It is disrespectful. We have suffered agony through the years. Philadelphians should be jovial for their teams' success.
by chillyphilly on Sep 24, 2011 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions
yes….believe it or not this is actually a good baseball team
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by Veni Vidi Vici on Sep 24, 2011 8:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Good news, Rollins and the O looks like its starting to get into some swing grooves. Bad news, they do this on a game in witch they use the bullpen for 9 innings….
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"When life gives you lemons, don’t make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don’t want your damn lemons, what the hell am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life’s manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I’m the man who’s gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I’m gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!" - Cave Johnson
NEWS FLASH...
Young James bunted and got on base. Please Vic don’t fail us
"We are the Borg. Resistance is futile."
Desperate offense jokes aside, that was an excellent bunt.
by everybodyhitswoohoo on Sep 24, 2011 8:32 PM EDT reply actions
I think the song for this month ought to be Wake Me Up When September Ends.
I know, doesn’t have anything to do with baseball or such, but it fits the calendar so perfectly.
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by WanderingMoses on Sep 24, 2011 8:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Just think of how fun it’s going to be when they start playing well again! You know, when the games actually count!
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by PhiladelphiaEagles on Sep 24, 2011 8:40 PM EDT reply actions
Glorified Spring Training game, glorified Spring Training game, glorified Spring Training game.
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I have to admit. I am disheartened at this game. The other 7 didn’t bother me too much, but there is something about this game that makes me want to ram my head into a wall.
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Why? This one should be least infuriating. It’s a bullpen start.
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I can deal with getting our asses kicked. I can deal even the occasional bullpen blow (or suck) job, but I cannot deal with stupid crap like dropped fly balls.
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by WanderingMoses on Sep 24, 2011 8:50 PM EDT up reply actions
the phillies were intentionally saving up all their energy grit and hustle to sweep the classy Braves out of the playoffs.
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by Veni Vidi Vici on Sep 24, 2011 8:44 PM EDT up reply actions
The Phillies would roll over for everyone but the Braves!
No one knows what it means, but it's provocative! GETS THE PEOPLE GOING!
by Eaglesadvocate on Sep 24, 2011 8:52 PM EDT up reply actions
You know The Picture of Dorian Gray? I’m getting the feeling that one of the Phillies stabbed the team’s hideous painting and the accumulated suck is all hitting at once.
I keep thinking it is the Portrait not Picture...
Odd book.
Casey Matthews isn't the MLB anymore but he still sucks.
Vance Worley > Roy Oswalt and Joe Blanton
Never call a Phillies, Eagles, Flyers or Sixers fans, a band-wagoner. It is disrespectful. We have suffered agony through the years. Philadelphians should be jovial for their teams' success.
by chillyphilly on Sep 24, 2011 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions
I seriously was about to say the same thing. It always bothered me that it wasn’t Portrait. And it was a very strange book.
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by Eaglesadvocate on Sep 24, 2011 9:06 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah Pence is playing like shit tonight. But at least he’s playing like shit the right way.
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The Right Way™
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by WanderingMoses on Sep 24, 2011 8:50 PM EDT up reply actions
In other news, the Rays are winning right now and the Giants are losing 6-1. If the Giants lose tonight they’re officially mathematically eliminated from the playoffs.
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Oh come on. I was just getting set to say the exact same thing. Great minds, etc., etc.
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if the Rays win, how many gams behind are they from the Sox?
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"When life gives you lemons, don’t make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don’t want your damn lemons, what the hell am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life’s manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I’m the man who’s gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I’m gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!" - Cave Johnson
1.5
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by WanderingMoses on Sep 24, 2011 9:05 PM EDT up reply actions
I really hope they make it. I lope the Rays and hate the Sox
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"When life gives you lemons, don’t make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don’t want your damn lemons, what the hell am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life’s manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I’m the man who’s gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I’m gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!" - Cave Johnson
I like the Rays a lot as well. That fanbase is wishy washy, but that team is fun. And Joe Maddon is pretty awesome.
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Same. Though I am fine with settling for Ryne Sandberg once Charlie steps down.
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Yeah I’m actually excited about the prospect of Sandberg.
Ed Snider is a crotchety old fuck.
That is all.
will he be available?
i thought numerous ML clubs—many of whom will likely be shopping sooner than the phillies—had their eye on him already.
Agreed. Plus, I would love Upton, Zobrist, and Longoria
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"When life gives you lemons, don’t make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don’t want your damn lemons, what the hell am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life’s manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I’m the man who’s gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I’m gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!" - Cave Johnson
And Price
Team Kafka.
"When life gives you lemons, don’t make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don’t want your damn lemons, what the hell am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life’s manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I’m the man who’s gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I’m gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!" - Cave Johnson
faster then Valdez, slower then Orr.
Team Kafka.
"When life gives you lemons, don’t make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don’t want your damn lemons, what the hell am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life’s manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I’m the man who’s gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I’m gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!" - Cave Johnson
Hey Bear Jew!
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Yep, pretty craptacular.
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by WanderingMoses on Sep 24, 2011 9:03 PM EDT up reply actions
And now the Offense kind of goes in the tank, until they score 2 in the 9th.
Ed Snider is a crotchety old fuck.
That is all.
Line drive caught. Of fucking course.
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They would probably tell you to keep him. And then they would call the Phillies and demand that that the Phillies never speak to them again for being so disrespectful.
Ed Snider is a crotchety old fuck.
That is all.
And theres a Bowker special.
Team Kafka.
"When life gives you lemons, don’t make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don’t want your damn lemons, what the hell am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life’s manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I’m the man who’s gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I’m gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!" - Cave Johnson
bowker is absolutely useless.
i’d rather have the extra from earlier today who hit his first home run in 7 years.
I am sure he is totally good for something. Just not baseball.
"We are the Borg. Resistance is futile."
I hear he does a great job of carrying the veteran’s bags.
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by Veni Vidi Vici on Sep 24, 2011 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Damn, what a shame we peaked too early.
No one knows what it means, but it's provocative! GETS THE PEOPLE GOING!
What is more significant? Being consistently the best team in baseball in terms of run production since May 23, or losing a long string of meaningless games late in September?
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I always love the people that say loosing a few games early in the year is fine, but loosing a few at the end is off limits.
Team Kafka.
"When life gives you lemons, don’t make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don’t want your damn lemons, what the hell am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life’s manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I’m the man who’s gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I’m gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!" - Cave Johnson
you better be joking.
Sometimes I make a good comment. Sometimes I make a bad one. Really it's all a crapshoot.
by Veni Vidi Vici on Sep 24, 2011 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions
I almost added ::ducks:: but thought it would be more fun this way.
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by Eaglesadvocate on Sep 24, 2011 9:11 PM EDT up reply actions
We’re like the head cheer captain in HS, but at the 10 year reunion, we are a college dropout, 215 lbs, and have a few kids with no dad.
Team Kafka.
"When life gives you lemons, don’t make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don’t want your damn lemons, what the hell am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life’s manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I’m the man who’s gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I’m gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!" - Cave Johnson
I miss the days when the biggest thing people on this blog freaked out about was Jimmy Rollins’ comments on the American Tax Code?
Sometimes I make a good comment. Sometimes I make a bad one. Really it's all a crapshoot.
by Veni Vidi Vici on Sep 24, 2011 9:11 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Bowker? I don’t even know her.
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Bodysnatchers don’t respond to pages.
by Delicious Cake on Sep 24, 2011 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Earth to Phillies offense…
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by Eaglesadvocate on Sep 24, 2011 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions
superstition?
kidding. but regardless of your metaphysical commitments, stutes has looked better tonight than i remember him looking in weeks.
Big John makes a great play in RF!!! BTW what happened to Pence?
"We are the Borg. Resistance is futile."
So
why even bother having blanton pitch if he was on like a 30 pitch count. I havent been watching and just recapping now.
cool Mortal Kombat music guys
Team Kafka.
"When life gives you lemons, don’t make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don’t want your damn lemons, what the hell am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life’s manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I’m the man who’s gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I’m gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!" - Cave Johnson
Offering Baseba’al a Rickey Botallico baseball card and a picture of my ex girlfriend.
(saving up good offerings for the playoffs)
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by Veni Vidi Vici on Sep 24, 2011 9:31 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Things in baseball that were shorter than the Phillies' current losing streak
-Eddie Giddell’s playing career
-Mike Piazza’s tenure with the Marlins
-The Phold of 1964
-The Mets’ Meltdown of 2007
-The time that the Pirates have spent in first place since 2001
-Ted Turner’s managerial career
Sometimes I make a good comment. Sometimes I make a bad one. Really it's all a crapshoot.
If I can include football….Kevin Kolb’s career as starting QB in Philly
"We are the Borg. Resistance is futile."
The Red Sox Meltdown of 20...oh wait...nvm
Schleckonds.
by dees ees en drama on Sep 24, 2011 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions
And it doesn't qualify as "shorter than the Phillies losing streak"
it’s a spectacular implosion…
Schleckonds.
by dees ees en drama on Sep 24, 2011 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Like Basewars for the old NES.
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by WanderingMoses on Sep 24, 2011 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Turn on channel 6 and get a load of the WV unis. IT’s like all of college football is having a most hideous uniform contest this season.
Sometimes I make a good comment. Sometimes I make a bad one. Really it's all a crapshoot.
Yeah and they are getting dealt with accordingly.
Pretty sure that beating Maryland was handed today was God’s way of saying he was not amused with their uniforms.
Ed Snider is a crotchety old fuck.
That is all.
God’s a Temple fan? I can live with that.
What a game it was, too.
I haven't died. Right now I'm drinking a beer and eating fried chicken. What were you expecting, a funeral?- Yao Ming
They did not just win, they completely obliterated. 38-7. Seriously.
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It’s about the psychological effects of being the color of a bulldozer. Be the Bulldozer. Own the Dozer, all of it.
judging from the result of the game, the unis are having the psychological effects of a crossing guard outfit.
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by Veni Vidi Vici on Sep 24, 2011 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Acosta pitching again.
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Pinch-hitter Eric Kratz.
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Raul is supposed to be hot now. Let’s see Raul show this off.
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Don’t you love people who don’t use the acronyms properly?
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by WanderingMoses on Sep 24, 2011 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions
That AB
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"When life gives you lemons, don’t make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don’t want your damn lemons, what the hell am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life’s manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I’m the man who’s gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I’m gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!" - Cave Johnson
by JpH89 on Sep 24, 2011 9:54 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
The Iron Giant?
I haven't died. Right now I'm drinking a beer and eating fried chicken. What were you expecting, a funeral?- Yao Ming
Yessr. Great movie
Team Kafka.
"When life gives you lemons, don’t make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don’t want your damn lemons, what the hell am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life’s manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I’m the man who’s gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I’m gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!" - Cave Johnson
The best gif of the night.
Casey Matthews isn't the MLB anymore but he still sucks.
Vance Worley > Roy Oswalt and Joe Blanton
Never call a Phillies, Eagles, Flyers or Sixers fans, a band-wagoner. It is disrespectful. We have suffered agony through the years. Philadelphians should be jovial for their teams' success.
by chillyphilly on Sep 24, 2011 9:58 PM EDT up reply actions
So tomorrow is Halladay vs. Pelfrey. That should tell us whether we are literally unable to win anymore.
by Spoilt Victorian Child on Sep 24, 2011 9:54 PM EDT reply actions
If Gload,Orr, Valdez, or Mini Mart are in the lineup. I will lean toward unable to win.
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 24, 2011 9:58 PM EDT up reply actions
SLUMPMAS
We expected in May or June. It’s just later in the season this year.
Hope everyone is celebrating appropriately.
Hunter Pence will not guarantee a WS, but, then, neither does Carlos Beltran.
I got my metal pole up
Team Kafka.
"When life gives you lemons, don’t make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don’t want your damn lemons, what the hell am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life’s manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I’m the man who’s gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I’m gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!" - Cave Johnson
Slumpas…for the rest of us.
Now for the airing or….oh fuck it.
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by WanderingMoses on Sep 24, 2011 9:58 PM EDT up reply actions
I thought that was Festivas?
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 24, 2011 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions
The crazy thing about this streak? Even if the Phillies lose tonight, they’re one game ahead of Yankees for best record in baseball.
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by Veni Vidi Vici on Sep 24, 2011 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Last time Yanks had best record they won WS?
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 24, 2011 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions
I am fully expecting a 2 run bomb. Followed by a pop up.
Ed Snider is a crotchety old fuck.
That is all.
Gr8…
I haven't died. Right now I'm drinking a beer and eating fried chicken. What were you expecting, a funeral?- Yao Ming
We aren't going to the World series but instead lose the first round
Casey Matthews isn't the MLB anymore but he still sucks.
Vance Worley > Roy Oswalt and Joe Blanton
Never call a Phillies, Eagles, Flyers or Sixers fans, a band-wagoner. It is disrespectful. We have suffered agony through the years. Philadelphians should be jovial for their teams' success.
by chillyphilly on Sep 24, 2011 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions
If by some highly unlikely chance we do, you’re a dead man. Sarcasm or no sarcasm.
I haven't died. Right now I'm drinking a beer and eating fried chicken. What were you expecting, a funeral?- Yao Ming
Negative.
Casey Matthews isn't the MLB anymore but he still sucks.
Vance Worley > Roy Oswalt and Joe Blanton
Never call a Phillies, Eagles, Flyers or Sixers fans, a band-wagoner. It is disrespectful. We have suffered agony through the years. Philadelphians should be jovial for their teams' success.
by chillyphilly on Sep 24, 2011 10:05 PM EDT up reply actions
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFLLLLAAATT
Team Kafka.
"When life gives you lemons, don’t make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don’t want your damn lemons, what the hell am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life’s manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I’m the man who’s gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I’m gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!" - Cave Johnson
2000 was the last time there was an 8 game losing streak…
Wow. Terry Francona days.
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by WanderingMoses on Sep 24, 2011 10:02 PM EDT reply actions
eight-peat
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by Veni Vidi Vici on Sep 24, 2011 10:02 PM EDT reply actions
shit-peat more like it
Casey Matthews isn't the MLB anymore but he still sucks.
Vance Worley > Roy Oswalt and Joe Blanton
Never call a Phillies, Eagles, Flyers or Sixers fans, a band-wagoner. It is disrespectful. We have suffered agony through the years. Philadelphians should be jovial for their teams' success.
by chillyphilly on Sep 24, 2011 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions
8 straight, but hey our guys are healthy! Oh wait, their injuries didn’t and can’t magically disappear. At least they didn’t get worse…Oh wait, they haven’t been able to get their regular workload in and therefore they’re kind of rusty themselves.
You don’t understand baseball.
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Ah yes, I don’t understand baseball. But I’ve been around sports to know a disaster when I see one. We’re reduplicating the 06-08 Pistons and their attitude that you can just “turn it on”.
The 08 Phillies didn’t have that attitude and that’s why they won the world series in spite of having an inferior roster to the 09, 010 and 11 Phillies.
by LeQuan Glover on Sep 24, 2011 10:07 PM EDT up reply actions
This team made the playoffs. How do you think they did in them?
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I’m waiting, LeQuan.
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It’s so convenient how he is avoiding this.
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Actually, since the topic came up I’ll use the info on this very site to counter: http://www.thegoodphight.com/2011/9/22/2443076/are-the-mlb-playoffs-really-a-crapshoot-a-cross-sport-comparison
You proclaimed that the MLB playoffs are a crapshoot and that because of this, there’s so little one can actually do to improve his chances of winning.
Unfortunately though, if this were true the average seeding would be alot lower than it actually is. That is to say, the top teams wouldn’t make it consistently.
But in the end, the average seeding is 2.375, you could round it up to say 2.4 What that basically means is that on occasion, the 3rd best team(or a wild card team) will make it.
You inflate these occasions to make it seem like it’s one big jack in a box or a random lottery drawing. But ultimately, the best teams in baseball going by that 2.4 rating(2 as in 2nd seed my friend) will make it at the very least very far into the post season.
The 43% stat proves my point, even with these major upsets occuring in the early rounds of the post season tournament we still have at the very least one representative of the top-5 teams in baseball.(Going again by the 2.4 rating).
And the question we should be asking ourselves is: Is it truly luck? The Phillies identified starting pitching as a reason we lost to the Giants, they then signed Lee and became(for the most part) the best team in baseball.
They then identified that gap at right field as something that couldn’t hold up if they want to seriously contend for October and got a solid bat at RF.
For all of the “luck” involved in any sport(I’d roughly say 5-10 percent) or in any human activity, there’s skill and determination. Which, you’ll find it odd to believe but they actually are really big factors.
Ask the Derek Jeter’s and the Alex Rodriguez’s of the world if their careers amount to a fluke. Standards of excellence can only be held by expecting excellence.
We’re very lucky that the majority of you aren’t in the front office because I doubt we would have 07-11 Phillies with your passive “it’s a crapshoot” attitude.
by LeQuan Glover on Sep 24, 2011 10:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Uh, no I understood what I was reading and responded accordingly, don’t mix our situations together.
by LeQuan Glover on Sep 24, 2011 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions
See, that’s the problem, kiddo. If you want to try to troll me, you’ll REALLY have to step your game up. I sincerely doubt you have the ability to do so.
Why would I want to waste my time “trolling” you AKA annoying you. You and Justin are the ones that brought this about, not me.
As I said, don’t mix our perceptions together.
by LeQuan Glover on Sep 24, 2011 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Yet you still have no actual answer for him. What a shock. Stick to the minor leagues, kiddo. Go troll TC or something.
Why is Lebron here?
Casey Matthews isn't the MLB anymore but he still sucks.
Vance Worley > Roy Oswalt and Joe Blanton
Never call a Phillies, Eagles, Flyers or Sixers fans, a band-wagoner. It is disrespectful. We have suffered agony through the years. Philadelphians should be jovial for their teams' success.
by chillyphilly on Sep 24, 2011 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions
I did answer him, do you want me to shorten it for you to fit into your IQ?
I said that in spite of the fact that they claimed the playoffs was a crapshoot, their statistics proved that on average, a second seed(IE: The second best team in the conference or a division) will make it to the Finals or if you want to be liberal, will advance far in the post season.
Their statistics proved that even when the 43% of upsets, these top teams still end up in fact making it. An example is last year, in spite of the Giants being upheld as underdog’s, they did win the NL West last year(ignoring the futility of that league).
And the Texas Rangers won their division as well if I’m not mistaken.
So it seems, even with the crapshoot that is October, elite teams have made it to the Finals.
Let me elaborate more clearly for you: In the playoffs, there are nothing but elite teams. That’s why there can be “crapshoots”.
These crapshoots between equally matched teams can come down to rosters and whether it was properly built or not, and what adjustments to be made.
RaptorLC, I know it’s confusing but Ruben Amaro JR does in fact have a job. As do the GM’S of the other 3 professional leagues.
by LeQuan Glover on Sep 24, 2011 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Keep on trollin’ in the free world.
Jesus Christ, kiddo. You’ve managed to string together a lot of sentences that say absolutely nothing, and mean even less. You wouldn’t even impress a Tea Party rally FFS.
Keep avoiding the question of how teams that barely break .500 have won the World Series in the past. I know you’re incapable of giving an actual answer to those.
Actually, I can give you an answer based on my NBA experiences. Those of us who’ve watched the league for a while have termed “playoff teams” from “regular season teams”
As an example, the Dallas Mavericks. They were always a top 2-3 or even a #1 seed in the West(‘08). But they weren’t built for playoff basketball. Their lack of a front court and/or perimeter defense or both kept them from winning.
It was only with the Avery Johnson ERA did the Mavericks finally incorporate the idea of versatile players into their system and then they began enjoying post season success.
Vice versa, take the Philadelphia 76ers of ‘99-’01. Not great teams by any stretch of the imagination but they were built the right way. You might find it cliche, but the results tend to argue for that.
If the ‘99-01 76ers aren’t enough for you, we forget the ’04 Pistons acquired Rasheed Wallace at the deadline and from there they were primed for post season play. Before that, they were your typical mid-heavyweight but not a title contender.
Those barely over .500 teams might not have had the starting pitching an elite team like the Phillies have, or the hitting of a Rangers/Red Sox/Yankees. But they had enough to stay in ball games and they made those crucial plays and yes, even a little luck.
Or, they could’ve made a deal at the deadline. In the mold of the Pistons and sheed and the Sixers in Deke to give themselves a competitive edge.
You don’t want to bring Politics into this, of the 300 million Americans. I sware that 250 million of them waste their vote every single year!(Republican or Democrat).
Meanwhile, you then take to the streets demanding “change” from the people who have frankly spat in your face! The saying “The definition of insanity is repeating the same thing over and over and expecting a different result” applies more to American Politics than anything else in the world.
No people could be more passive than Americans, would there be a Tea Party if there were no economic problems? Would Obama have won in 2008 if America didn’t have an Anti-Bush rhetoric?
The answer is no, the only time Americans are interested in their Political Destiny is when things are collasping and even then, their activity is so productive and revolutionary!(Sarcasm)
King George would have kept the colonies if these incarnations of Americans were the subjects of Great Britain.
by LeQuan Glover on Sep 24, 2011 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions
What the bloody fuck does an NBA experience have to do with MLB besides absolutely nothing at all?
Christ, TRY a little.
I did, read outside of the word “NBA”. I’ll repost what I said without invoking a league or a sport.
Some teams are built to win in the playoffs/October/etc. Other teams were built to win in the regular season but not October.
Of course, every GM would try to put his best blueprint for wanting to win in postseason. So it’s more accurate to say some teams are more complete than others.
It’s through the playoffs, through that crapshoot of elite teams that GM’S can further define their blue print to continue their quest for that championship.
Do we understand this premise?
by LeQuan Glover on Sep 24, 2011 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions
No because it makes no bloody sense, is not grounded in evidence, and it makes no sense.
Some teams are built to win in the playoffs/October/etc. Other teams were built to win in the regular season but not October.Describe what differentiates a baseball game in July from a baseball game in October.
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I’ll put it in one simple sentence: “Level of Competition”.
The regular season is a mixed string of games of playoff contenders, mediocre teams and lottery teams.
The playoffs is a tournament of those playoff contenders.
Now, which do you think a general manager gets the most benefit out of?
Does he judge the 162 game season or does he judge the 16 game post-season?
Reasonably, one would say he judges both, as he should. But what does he put more weight on?
The answer comes in this cliche saying “What have you done for me lately?”
So say for example the Phillies struggle next year, as a GM Ruben would have to look for the evidence that the team could turn the corner. He would then have to look at the core’s relative ages to see if they still have a prime left. After all that is considered, the important question “What have you done for me lately”? Comes into effect. If he’s the smart GM we’ve been told he is, he’ll likely blow the team up and start anew.
There’s alot that goes into consideration when building a team. But the 162 game season has a lot less of a factor then people would expect.
In effect, the regular season is meaningless. Unless you win in the regular season.
by LeQuan Glover on Sep 24, 2011 11:58 PM EDT up reply actions
I give up. You win.
You don’t listen to logic. You don’t listen to reason. You don’t support your claims with evidence. You are nothing but a troll and you want to save yourself from more arguments, you would be wise to never come back here again.
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You don’t listen to logic. You don’t listen to reason. You don’t support your claims with evidence. You are nothing but a troll and if you want to save yourself from more arguments, you would be wise to never come back here again.
I had a grammar error in my final “fuck off.” You win. Again.
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Please describe the relevance of any of this in how it relates to baseball. Last I checked, and my research may be a bit lazy on this, but baseball is neither basketball nor politics. And this conversation was neither about politics nor basketball.
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No offense, but comparing NBA rosters to MLB rosters completely negates your argument. There is a HUGE talent gap between top tier players in the NBA to the middle tiers.
Team Kafka.
"When life gives you lemons, don’t make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don’t want your damn lemons, what the hell am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life’s manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I’m the man who’s gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I’m gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!" - Cave Johnson
You proclaimed that the MLB playoffs are a crapshoot and that because of this, there’s so little one can actually do to improve his chances of winning.
As of September 19, the Phillies had a 24.1% chance of winning the World Series. Comparatively speaking, this is the best of the eight teams projected then to make the playoffs, but the chance the Phillies (the best team in baseball) does not win the World Series is 75.9%. Crapshoot.
Unfortunately though, if this were true the average seeding would be alot lower than it actually is. That is to say, the top teams wouldn’t make it consistently.This paragraph makes no sense.
But in the end, the average seeding is 2.375, you could round it up to say 2.4 What that basically means is that on occasion, the 3rd best team(or a wild card team) will make it.On occasion? This is the average of the World Series finalists since 1995. And there a total of 4 seeds.
You inflate these occasions to make it seem like it’s one big jack in a box or a random lottery drawing. But ultimately, the best teams in baseball going by that 2.4 rating(2 as in 2nd seed my friend) will make it at the very least very far into the post season.Again, you misunderstand, this is the average seed of the World Series finalists. And it is an average where the lowest possible number is 1 and the highest possible number is 4.
The 43% stat proves my point, even with these major upsets occuring in the early rounds of the post season tournament we still have at the very least one representative of the top-5 teams in baseball.(Going again by the 2.4 rating).That the higher seed only beats the lower seed 57% of the time proves your point that the better team always wins and that there is not a crapshoot factor to the playoffs? Comparatively speaking, the odds of a first round upset are greater than in any other sport.
And the question we should be asking ourselves is: Is it truly luck? The Phillies identified starting pitching as a reason we lost to the Giants, they then signed Lee and became(for the most part) the best team in baseball.They signed Cliff Lee to compensate for a (comparatively speaking) declining offense which did not feature much room to move around in terms of losing free agents and trades. The thought behind the trade was not “Roy Halladay, Cole Hamels, Roy Oswalt, and Joe Blanton” are not good enough, but “we are going to have the best damn pitching staff in baseball on top of our declining but still above average offense. Try and stop us.” Even with an 8-game losing streak, the Phillies still have less losses than anyone else in baseball.
They then identified that gap at right field as something that couldn’t hold up if they want to seriously contend for October and got a solid bat at RF.Hunter Pence has accumulated 2.3 Wins Above Replacement, and have not seen changes in their run production or prevention since the trade. While in large part that is due to slumps of Utley, Rollins, and Victorino, the fact remains that the Phillies have scored and prevent the same number of runs in the last 47 games before the trade as the first 47 games before the trade.
For all of the "luck" involved in any sport(I’d roughly say 5-10 percent) or in any human activity, there’s skill and determination. Which, you’ll find it odd to believe but they actually are really big factors.Don’t OBP, SLG%, OPS, FIP, and SIERA measure skills? Show me a major leaguer who is not determined to win the World Series.
Ask the Derek Jeter’s and the Alex Rodriguez’s of the world if their careers amount to a fluke. Standards of excellence can only be held by expecting excellence.What does that even mean? And what are you suggesting, only Yankees have capable of excellence? What about the Phillies winning the World Series? Was that not excellence? Has this year not been excellence?
But good on you for finally clicking my link and learning that the 2000 Yankees finished the regular season 3-15, including a dismal 0-7 in the final 7 games of the season and being outscored by over 90 runs in that final 18 game stretch. Do you have a guess as to what they did in the playoffs? I’ll give you a hint. The answer starts with “won” and ends with “the World Series.”
We’re very lucky that the majority of you aren’t in the front office because I doubt we would have 07-11 Phillies with your passive "it’s a crapshoot" attitude.The MLB Playoffs are a crapshoot. This is a proven fact. That you don’t recognize it is simply ignorance on your part.
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I know research is not your strong suit, LeQuan, but while searching Baseball Prospectus, I stumbled upon an interesting tidbit from the 1983 Phillies that might be of some interest of you. During the 1983 season, the Phillies lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers 11 out of 12 times. That’s right. 1983 season. The Phillies’ record versus the Los Angeles Dodgers was 1-11.
The Phillies met the Dodgers in the 1983 NLCS. The Phillies won that series 3-1.
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You already established that you have no idea what a crapshoot is. You don’t need to continue proving your idiocy, but if that’s how you get your catharsis, please continue spouting stupid shit.
The use of the word crapshoot is an excuse. You’ll find that Ruben Amaro probably doesn’t use that excuse.
by LeQuan Glover on Sep 24, 2011 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Actually, nothing. You’ll find that in none of my posts, have I ever excused my lack of knowledge. I’m just here because there’s a forum(TGP), this is a sport and I like talking sports.
Currently, the sport I specialize in basketball is in a lockout and at that it’s severely declining.(The PG position is literally the only healthy position left in the sport). So I’m trying to find something to reinvigorate my interest.
by LeQuan Glover on Sep 24, 2011 10:13 PM EDT up reply actions
So you admit that you know nothing, and are just trolling to get your jollies?
I rescind my previous “shut the fuck up” statement, and change it to “fuck you”. That is all your clueless ilk deserves.
I don’t consider it trolling IE: Just posting to irritate others, I’m not that bored of a Human Being. I’m saying, that in spite of my lack of intelligence I’m willing to engage with people because I’m an engaging person and that through engaging I might actually learn something.
by LeQuan Glover on Sep 24, 2011 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Given your consistency in posting stupid shit and totally ignoring any rebuttal ever given to you, I’d have to say that you’re a liar on top of being a troll.
I ignore those rebuttal’s because I don’t find them intellectually sufficient.
by LeQuan Glover on Sep 24, 2011 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Perfect example, that’s so going to convince me that what I’m doing is wrong or immoral or stupid.
by LeQuan Glover on Sep 24, 2011 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions
What about this rebuttal is not intellectually sufficient?
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The use of the word “crapshoot” is the reality of the situation. Veni Vidi Vici put up a FanPost the other day that helps illustrate just how much this is true.
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You have no credibility.
Thanks and come again.
Casey Matthews isn't the MLB anymore but he still sucks.
Vance Worley > Roy Oswalt and Joe Blanton
Never call a Phillies, Eagles, Flyers or Sixers fans, a band-wagoner. It is disrespectful. We have suffered agony through the years. Philadelphians should be jovial for their teams' success.
by chillyphilly on Sep 24, 2011 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions
oh that attitude…of course how could I forget something so obvious as that attitude. That thing that Moneyball so conveniently overlooked.
Sometimes I make a good comment. Sometimes I make a bad one. Really it's all a crapshoot.
by Veni Vidi Vici on Sep 24, 2011 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions
You didn’t pay the troll’s toll… get the fuck back in your hole.
Casey Matthews isn't the MLB anymore but he still sucks.
Vance Worley > Roy Oswalt and Joe Blanton
Never call a Phillies, Eagles, Flyers or Sixers fans, a band-wagoner. It is disrespectful. We have suffered agony through the years. Philadelphians should be jovial for their teams' success.
by chillyphilly on Sep 24, 2011 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Team Kafka.
"When life gives you lemons, don’t make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don’t want your damn lemons, what the hell am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life’s manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I’m the man who’s gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I’m gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!" - Cave Johnson
That is the ugliest Spiderman I have ever seen. I used to hate him but I laughed at it.
Casey Matthews isn't the MLB anymore but he still sucks.
Vance Worley > Roy Oswalt and Joe Blanton
Never call a Phillies, Eagles, Flyers or Sixers fans, a band-wagoner. It is disrespectful. We have suffered agony through the years. Philadelphians should be jovial for their teams' success.
by chillyphilly on Sep 24, 2011 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions
it is from the 60’s and 70’s haha
Team Kafka.
"When life gives you lemons, don’t make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don’t want your damn lemons, what the hell am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life’s manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I’m the man who’s gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I’m gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!" - Cave Johnson
He looks ass retarded.
Casey Matthews isn't the MLB anymore but he still sucks.
Vance Worley > Roy Oswalt and Joe Blanton
Never call a Phillies, Eagles, Flyers or Sixers fans, a band-wagoner. It is disrespectful. We have suffered agony through the years. Philadelphians should be jovial for their teams' success.
by chillyphilly on Sep 24, 2011 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions
In games that actually matter
Tampa Bay won Angels won, Giants losing
Sometimes I make a good comment. Sometimes I make a bad one. Really it's all a crapshoot.
by Veni Vidi Vici on Sep 24, 2011 10:08 PM EDT reply actions
Angels winning*
Sometimes I make a good comment. Sometimes I make a bad one. Really it's all a crapshoot.
by Veni Vidi Vici on Sep 24, 2011 10:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Fun to watch the Giants’ playoff hopes end, but kind of sad to see a Barry Zito meltdown as a part of it.
Sometimes I make a good comment. Sometimes I make a bad one. Really it's all a crapshoot.
by Veni Vidi Vici on Sep 24, 2011 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions
How many more years does Zito have on his contract?
"Valdez can pitch, Lee can hit... and pigs can fly."
by dannijd on Sep 24, 2011 11:28 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
People
are getting confused at to why some are starting to worry. Its not the fact they lost 8 in a row, its the fact how BAD they been playing in those games.
because you know losing a bunch of games with a spring training roster that mean less than spring training game to the phillies. Complete panic time.
Sometimes I make a good comment. Sometimes I make a bad one. Really it's all a crapshoot.
by Veni Vidi Vici on Sep 24, 2011 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions
However, it’s reasonable to assume that they won’t continue to play poorly forever. At some point they’ll break the slump. It’s unreasonable to panic because it’s impossible to predict how they’ll perform once the playoffs start, or when the slump will break. In fact, it’s more reasonable to assume that they’ll perform closer to the season averages of the entire year then to this recent 8-game string of suckitude. Might as well put on the blinders (except for injuries) to how they do in the next 4 games, and just gear up for the Brewers.
No one knows what it means, but it's provocative! GETS THE PEOPLE GOING!
by Eaglesadvocate on Sep 24, 2011 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions
However, it’s reasonable to assume that they won’t continue to play poorly forever. At some point they’ll break the slump. It’s unreasonable to panic because it’s impossible to predict how they’ll perform once the playoffs start, or when the slump will break. In fact, it’s more reasonable to assume that they’ll perform closer to the season averages of the entire year then to this recent 8-game string of suckitude. Might as well put on the blinders (except for injuries) to how they do in the next 4 games, and just gear up for the Brewers.
No one knows what it means, but it's provocative! GETS THE PEOPLE GOING!
by Eaglesadvocate on Sep 24, 2011 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Ugh. The double reply of death. Wish there was a way to delete posts.
No one knows what it means, but it's provocative! GETS THE PEOPLE GOING!
by Eaglesadvocate on Sep 24, 2011 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions
This. And it is not just since they clinched. It really started with that first game in Houston, and has continued since. In that span, they have won 4 games. For the remaining 11, they have looked like absolute turd. They have not lost because they are resting the starters. I could have dealt with that. They have lost because they are playing poorly- historically poorly for a team as good as they have been. They need to wake up, and fast, because there isn’t a switch in the locker room that magically gets flipped when October 1 comes around.
"Valdez can pitch, Lee can hit... and pigs can fly."
by dannijd on Sep 24, 2011 10:22 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
No…. Aggravated with the current state of this team, yes. Cranky because my day has tried really hard to both suck and blow, yes. But a Troll… Heck no.
"Valdez can pitch, Lee can hit... and pigs can fly."
by dannijd on Sep 24, 2011 10:31 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
This. I’m seriously annoyed with Pence right now.
Sometimes I make a good comment. Sometimes I make a bad one. Really it's all a crapshoot.
by Veni Vidi Vici on Sep 24, 2011 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions
gotta give it to him tonight…really did his best to extend the losing streak
Remember when Chase Utley was good at baseball
by DirtyWaters on Sep 24, 2011 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions
and that’s not even counting how many potential runs there could have been if Pence hadn’t GIDP when the bases were loaded with none out.
Sometimes I make a good comment. Sometimes I make a bad one. Really it's all a crapshoot.
by Veni Vidi Vici on Sep 24, 2011 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions
A feline reenactment of Pence's route on that fly ball
Remember when Chase Utley was good at baseball
by DirtyWaters on Sep 24, 2011 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Can we send him back?
"Valdez can pitch, Lee can hit... and pigs can fly."
by dannijd on Sep 24, 2011 10:23 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Ok, thats strike 1. Lets leave this alone for now
Team Kafka.
"When life gives you lemons, don’t make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don’t want your damn lemons, what the hell am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life’s manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I’m the man who’s gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I’m gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!" - Cave Johnson
Here's my opinion on this shit-fest.
I don’t claim to be some expert on Baseball. But I was unaware that a person needed to have this level of credibility to post a comment on a blog. A comment is an opinion and my opinion is this:
I realize they have absolutely dick to play for, outside of whether or not they can break the franchise records for wins. I realize that starters are not playing, like at all. That being said, all I’m seeing on my TV is my favorite baseball team blowing game after game. So, how can you not worry or be frustrated with this team right now? I’m not assuming they’re about to be swept right out of the NLDS, but this team seriously needs to get its shit together. That’s all there is to it. Reasons aside, MY team is losing. How anyone on here can discount that and say “no, you should not care” is ludicrous to me.
They have four more games of fall training to figure this stuff out. After that, it’s time to panic. They really shouldn’t be playing Pence and Howard too much right now given their injuries, and the starters should be just staying stretched out at this point.
It’s a concern, but it’s not a huge deal, and certainly not the end of the world. It’s certainly not something that warrants that idiot troll above pulling his usual clueless bullshit that he’s been doing all year.
Right now, its a very mild concern. I will not be fully worried until they lose game 1 of the NLDS. If that happens, then by all means panic.
Team Kafka.
"When life gives you lemons, don’t make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don’t want your damn lemons, what the hell am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life’s manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I’m the man who’s gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I’m gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!" - Cave Johnson
I can certainly agree with this. Doesn’t mean it’s absurdly frustrating to watch.
Again, just my opinion on it.
Yeah, but that Dom Brown crack above wasn’t the smartest of things.
He probably should start the next game or two (or four) just to rest Pence’s obviously gimpy knee in time for the post season.
unless I’m mistaken, he was sent to the Instructional league
Remember when Chase Utley was good at baseball
by DirtyWaters on Sep 24, 2011 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions
I must have missed that. Did it happen in the past few days? He was called up once Lehigh Valley was eliminated from the playoffs, though his only appearance was as a pinch runner.
maybe it’s going to be at season’s end, but I thought they sent him out early…could be wrong though
Remember when Chase Utley was good at baseball
by DirtyWaters on Sep 24, 2011 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions
I grew up with 12 years straight of frustrating Phillies baseball, I think I can handle 2 weeks.
Team Kafka.
"When life gives you lemons, don’t make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don’t want your damn lemons, what the hell am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life’s manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I’m the man who’s gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I’m gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!" - Cave Johnson
Yeah, I wonder if the ‘94-’06 was better or worse then the ‘83-’92 years? Since I only know the former, I can only use them as the example.
Team Kafka.
"When life gives you lemons, don’t make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don’t want your damn lemons, what the hell am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life’s manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I’m the man who’s gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I’m gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!" - Cave Johnson
There’s alot of parallels between where the team is now and where it was in the late 70’s and early 80’s with impact FA signings, 2 WS appearances , 1 title, and sustained winnning he but the ownership changed in ‘83 when the team was at its most vulernable. Needless to say they drove the team right back into the desert. However now, I feel as though they now understand the full power and sustainibility the largest single team baseball market in a city filled with rabid sports fans. I think we’ve finally arrived. In Smug I Trust…well not 100% but enough that anytime in the future spent in the desert will be short lived or at the very least much less than before.
I don’t think anyone is necessarily saying that. It certainly is frustrating and maddening to see this team lose, when we know how ridiculously good they can be. I just think it’d be ill-advised to draw conclusions on how they’ll perform in the playoffs based on these games. But it is shitty to see them lose like this, no doubt about it.
No one knows what it means, but it's provocative! GETS THE PEOPLE GOING!
by Eaglesadvocate on Sep 24, 2011 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions
“We’ve got to find a way to score some runs.”
the Prophet Charlie Speaks
Remember when Chase Utley was good at baseball
You know what really makes me hate fellow human life. All the people that were chirping about trading every prospect they’ve heard of for Pence, are the same people that are all “Doom and Gloom” about this losing streak. Its like these guys don’t learn.
Team Kafka.
"When life gives you lemons, don’t make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don’t want your damn lemons, what the hell am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life’s manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I’m the man who’s gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I’m gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!" - Cave Johnson
not sure I understand your post…chirping as in who cares they’re prospects or upset about losing the prospects?
Remember when Chase Utley was good at baseball
by DirtyWaters on Sep 24, 2011 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions
the “who cares” people. think WIP
Team Kafka.
"When life gives you lemons, don’t make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don’t want your damn lemons, what the hell am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life’s manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I’m the man who’s gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I’m gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!" - Cave Johnson
okay…gotcha and yes
Remember when Chase Utley was good at baseball
by DirtyWaters on Sep 24, 2011 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Well really it’s the same line of thought. The justification (at least for the “who cares” crowd) was that Hunter Pence helps the Phillies “win now” and well the Phillies aren’t winning now.
Sometimes I make a good comment. Sometimes I make a bad one. Really it's all a crapshoot.
by Veni Vidi Vici on Sep 24, 2011 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions
“I know the pitchers…we’re ready to go. We’re gonna go out there and try to throw nine-inning shutouts. I know it’s not possible, but that’s our plan, so everybody just needs to get on board.”
Assassin calling out the line-up…I likey
Remember when Chase Utley was good at baseball
I do too. However, the rotation is not innocent in this little crap fest:
Since Clinching
Hamels: 14IP, 5 ER- 3.21 ERA
Halladay: 8 IP, 4 ER- 4.50 ERA
Lee: 7 IP, 2 ER- 2.57 ERA
Oswalt: 7.2 IP, 6 ER- 7.04 ERA
Post Season Starters: 36.2 IP, 17 ER- 4.17 ERA
Chase Utley and Ryan Howard didn’t say anything when you gave up two 2-run homers against the Cardinals. Show the same discretion in who you throw under the bus.
"Valdez can pitch, Lee can hit... and pigs can fly."
by dannijd on Sep 24, 2011 11:26 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
and only 1 solo HR would have been enough to lose that game since the offense put up a goose egg
Remember when Chase Utley was good at baseball
by DirtyWaters on Sep 25, 2011 12:41 AM EDT up reply actions
I think Charlie has left them in way too long in some cases.
It's in his wheelhouse!!
Carlos Ruiz, My Nickname is Chooch.
I’m on Hamels’ side here. He’s been dealing with this offensive failure for a couple of years now. The line-up needs to be called out. I’m not saying they should all be getting hot at the same time, but because of the injury, they can’t depend upon Howard this September like in years past and so far they’ve had very little in the way of stepping up.
Fuck it dudes, lets go bowling.
Team Kafka.
"When life gives you lemons, don’t make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don’t want your damn lemons, what the hell am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life’s manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I’m the man who’s gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I’m gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!" - Cave Johnson
Let’s go eat.
…
…too soon?
I reject your reality and substitute my own.
by alcatraz0109 on Sep 24, 2011 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Need a good game soon- I’m starving!
"Valdez can pitch, Lee can hit... and pigs can fly."
by dannijd on Sep 24, 2011 11:48 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Apparently there was a power outage at the diamondbacks game
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by Veni Vidi Vici on Sep 24, 2011 11:04 PM EDT reply actions
I thought that was happening next week
Remember when Chase Utley was good at baseball
by DirtyWaters on Sep 25, 2011 12:43 AM EDT up reply actions
Ok is it time yet ???
I mean.. its the STINKING METS & STINKING NATIONALS !!!
What the Fudge !
FLYERROB ! YOU STAY AWESOME FLYERS FANS ! ~ ~ ~ Lori Wilson Gray ~ ~ April 07th 1967 - May 27th 2011 ~ May you rest in Peace ~ I love you and miss you big Sis ! I cant believe at 44 yrs of age .. you went to sleep and never woke up. I promise to take care of Matt and Emily for you. With Love, your baby Brother.
last year should be a lesson for us.
Unlike NBA or other sports.. You just cant flip a switch in the playoffs.
FLYERROB ! YOU STAY AWESOME FLYERS FANS ! ~ ~ ~ Lori Wilson Gray ~ ~ April 07th 1967 - May 27th 2011 ~ May you rest in Peace ~ I love you and miss you big Sis ! I cant believe at 44 yrs of age .. you went to sleep and never woke up. I promise to take care of Matt and Emily for you. With Love, your baby Brother.
I kind of remember us playing extremely well going into the postseason last year actually.
Team Kafka.
"When life gives you lemons, don’t make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don’t want your damn lemons, what the hell am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life’s manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I’m the man who’s gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I’m gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!" - Cave Johnson
FLYERROB and LeQuan in the same thread. My head might explode.
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Team Kafka.
"When life gives you lemons, don’t make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don’t want your damn lemons, what the hell am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life’s manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I’m the man who’s gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I’m gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!" - Cave Johnson
LeQuan’s response was one of the dumbest things I’ve read in a while.
by philsandthrills on Sep 24, 2011 11:52 PM EDT up reply actions
And then he went and topped it. Wow.
by philsandthrills on Sep 25, 2011 12:53 AM EDT up reply actions
Oh GOD yes..
Free country and I am not about giving into the Peer Pressure Clique Popularity contest.
My concern ….
Is that the bats are Extremely Cold going into the post season. You need to go into the post season on a hot streak.
FLYERROB ! YOU STAY AWESOME FLYERS FANS ! ~ ~ ~ Lori Wilson Gray ~ ~ April 07th 1967 - May 27th 2011 ~ May you rest in Peace ~ I love you and miss you big Sis ! I cant believe at 44 yrs of age .. you went to sleep and never woke up. I promise to take care of Matt and Emily for you. With Love, your baby Brother.
I gotta call Hunter Pence out here.
I love the guy, but this shoddy defense shit always seems to happen when David Herndon is on the mound in a high-risk situation. As soon as Pence missed/dropped the ball (whatever it was), I knew wasn’t going to be a great game.
I realize Big Joe hasn’t exactly been stretched out, but I wonder if there was even a conversation about at least letting him start the third. He got two Ks there in the second.
Flyerrob and LeQuan FTW
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by Cole_Hamels_Can on Sep 25, 2011 1:24 AM EDT reply actions
Note… I understand this is probably being too generous to them as Waldorf and Statler are much more awesome.
by Cole_Hamels_Can on Sep 25, 2011 1:32 AM EDT up reply actions
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