End of the Century: Phillies 4, Braves 2
by WholeCamels on Sep 26, 2011 10:36 PM EDT
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Cliff Lee settled in after a slightly bumpy start and went six strong innings, as the Phillies slowly piled on to defeat the Braves 4-2 for their 100th victory of the 2011 season.
Chipper Jones helped the Braves jump out to an early lead with a solo home run in the first inning, and would score again on an Alex Gonzalez RBI double in the second. Lee would cruise through the rest of the game, surrendering five hits -- all for extra bases -- striking out six and walking none in his six inning postseason tuneup. Braves starter Randall Delgado was extremely sharp in the early going, allowing just a Ryan Howard infield single through the first three innings. In the fourth, Placido Polanco picked up an RBI single, and Jimmy Rollins tied the game with a solo home run in the fifth. The Phillies would score their final two runs on Raul Ibanez RBI singles in the sixth and eighth innings.
As for encouraging signs, the Phillies bullpen was sharp tonight, with Brad Lidge, Joe Savery, Mike Stutes, and Ryan Madson combining to allow just two hits, a walk, and four strikeouts through three innings.
The Braves, for their part, cling to a tenuous lead in the Wild Card, pending the outcome of tonight's Houston/St. Louis contest.
100 wins!
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4-4, Top of the 8th. 2 on, no outs for the Cards.
"What's gonna happen is that you jerk off the ball. You almost want to let this guy here jam you, and if it comes, it comes." Gary 'Sarge' Matthews
Runners on second and third after the SAC bunt.
"What's gonna happen is that you jerk off the ball. You almost want to let this guy here jam you, and if it comes, it comes." Gary 'Sarge' Matthews
by Senor Octubre on Sep 26, 2011 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Popout. 2 RISP, 2 outs. Nick Punto to the plate.
"What's gonna happen is that you jerk off the ball. You almost want to let this guy here jam you, and if it comes, it comes." Gary 'Sarge' Matthews
by Senor Octubre on Sep 26, 2011 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Cards fail to capitalize. 4-4, bottom of the 8th.
"What's gonna happen is that you jerk off the ball. You almost want to let this guy here jam you, and if it comes, it comes." Gary 'Sarge' Matthews
by Senor Octubre on Sep 26, 2011 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Ein Hundert!
No one knows what it means, but it's provocative! GETS THE PEOPLE GOING!
by Eaglesadvocate on Sep 26, 2011 10:39 PM EDT reply actions
100 wins for a special team. Unforgettable.
I felt like I thought it hit me - Chase Utley
by SandPhlea on Sep 26, 2011 10:41 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Trading managers
Chuck Tanner, manager: Traded by Oakland Athletics to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Manny Sanguillen and $100,000 (November 5, 1976).
by phillyinportland on Sep 26, 2011 10:55 PM EDT reply actions
You know, when I think of “Rum” I think of “Oakheart.” I mean, it’s natural. Sugar cane. Alcohol. The Caribbean. Oak trees. Duh.
Why look'st thou so?' -"With my crossbow
I shot the Albatross."
by RememberthePhitans on Sep 26, 2011 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions
And cardiovascular systems, don’t forget those.
Some people think it don't be what it is, but it do.
by TheOrangeCone on Sep 26, 2011 11:16 PM EDT up reply actions
My three-word catchphrase submission: Where’s the Coke(heart)?
by Wet Luzinski on Sep 26, 2011 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Jack Sparrow: Why is the Oakheart gone?
by Phrozen on Sep 26, 2011 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Mine was : chipper, douchebag extraordinaire.
Perfect, no?
25.8/106 "Winter is coming" -Eddard Stark
by Joecatz on Sep 27, 2011 7:35 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I honestly never thought I would see the Phillies win 100 games. I know that in the grand scheme it means nothing but there is just something about that number. Now let’s win two more games just for shits and giggles.
Oh and Ozzie Guillen traded to the Marlins? That could only happen to him. How long until we find out he is managing under an assumed name?
Ed Snider is a crotchety old fuck.
That is all.
I’ve watched the Phillies win 100 games before. Of course, that took me through the better part of two years in the late eighties.
Why look'st thou so?' -"With my crossbow
I shot the Albatross."
by RememberthePhitans on Sep 26, 2011 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Zing. I was the same age as my older son (8) so by the time I developed a fuller baseball consciousness, it was too late to fully appreciate it and has always taken on a kind of dreamlike quality, featuring large bicentennial kabuki figures. And home run fountains.
by Wet Luzinski on Sep 26, 2011 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions
....
Bicentennial kabuki figures …possiblities for some surrealistic philly sports poem or something out of Rush Hour 11: The Franklin Time Macheen Chroniclles.
I was still very young then. I had just learned how to say Bobby Clarke properly. I fire frucked it up. So , apparently before this linguistic breakthrough, I was yelling Babby Cock which, after eating an entire bottle of Flintstones vitamins, I graciously seranaded the neighborhood with for 48 hours straight on a Big Wheel while waving around my prized possession – a Babby Cock kiddie hockey stick.
Take off on the Campbell's Soup Kids
“M’m! M’m! Good! M’m! M’m! Good!, That’s what Campbell’s soups are, M’m! M’m! Good!”
http://youtu.be/mloB8XYJFTE
by phillyinportland on Sep 27, 2011 3:20 AM EDT up reply actions
In 2001 I thought if the Mariners could do it, it still would take at least a decade for the Phillies to get to the century mark
anyways, in all seriousness, this is super cool.
And the amazing thing about that, is how often do you see a team lose it’s best player, and one of the best players of all time and then go on to set a record for wins in a season the following year?
I really loved rooting for that team.
Truth be told, the first baseball team I ever rooted for was the 1995 Seattle Mariners. I’ll never forget it. I was 11 at the time and my family went to Cooperstown, at the time they had the MLB standings posted outside and I remember seeing the Mariners logo and I asked my dad if that was the team Ken Griffey Jr played for as the logo looked somewhat familiar, he said yes and so I proclaimed that that was my new favorite team. He smiled and laughed, but that year the Mariners made their incredible comeback to make the playoffs thanks to a 1 game playoff with the Angels. I remember having my dad videotape the game for me because it was in the afternoon/early evening and I had Aikido class and couldn’t see it live. The Mariners then went on to beat the Yanks in the ALDS, that was magical but then lost to the Indians. I can still recite the entire 95 Mariners starting line up.
That was the summer I really got into baseball and after I got over the Mariners losing to the Indians I started to pay attention to the Phillies and it’s been love ever since. Well, mostly heart ache, but a whole lot of love lately.
Ed Snider is a crotchety old fuck.
That is all.
Small Sample Size.
A proud member of the Church of BaseBa'al
by WanderingMoses on Sep 26, 2011 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s why we play 162 games.
Time is not made of lines. It is made of circles. That is why clocks are round.
-Michael J Caboose
by TheOrangeCone on Sep 26, 2011 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions
A little better.
TRENDS!
A proud member of the Church of BaseBa'al
by WanderingMoses on Sep 26, 2011 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions
That ends with a 32-inning maelstrom and Tony LaRussa having his face explode because he looked into the Ark of the Covenant.
A proud member of the Church of BaseBa'al
by WanderingMoses on Sep 26, 2011 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions
I would just like to see more than one pitcher in his lineup.
Some people don't think it be what it is, but it do.
by TheOrangeCone on Sep 26, 2011 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions
“And now batting for your Philadelphia Phillies, number 81, Jesus Tiamo!”
Some people don't think it be what it is, but it do.
by TheOrangeCone on Sep 26, 2011 11:23 PM EDT up reply actions
"LaRussa!"
“You and I – we are just passing through history. But the Phillies – the Phillies ARE history!”
- Fredi Gonzalez
"I am the Walrus?..... I am the Walrus." - Donny Kerabatsos
by The Navigator on Sep 26, 2011 11:23 PM EDT up reply actions
“Do what you will”
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by WanderingMoses on Sep 26, 2011 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Cardinals about to puke on their own shoes.
Why look'st thou so?' -"With my crossbow
I shot the Albatross."
by RememberthePhitans on Sep 26, 2011 11:24 PM EDT reply actions
Just to spite their faces.
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by WanderingMoses on Sep 26, 2011 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions
In play, run(s)
Why look'st thou so?' -"With my crossbow
I shot the Albatross."
by RememberthePhitans on Sep 26, 2011 11:26 PM EDT up reply actions
I have concerns. They own Cliff Lee, and…oh, wait…
"Ninety percent of this game is half mental" - Yogi Berra (SI, May 14, 1979)
by bandwagonesque on Sep 26, 2011 11:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Strangely, I am not. Knocking the Barves out of the postseason would be wonderful. The hell with the Cardinals—I’m not afraid of them.
I’m sort of OK with either outcome. Knocking them out would be kind of yummy.
What kind of plane is it? Oh, it's a big pretty white plane with red stripes, curtains in the windows and wheels and it looks like a big ol' Tylenol.
Cake icing yummy, indeed.
"Ninety percent of this game is half mental" - Yogi Berra (SI, May 14, 1979)
by bandwagonesque on Sep 26, 2011 11:34 PM EDT up reply actions
This.
Sometimes I make a good comment. Sometimes I make a bad one. Really it's all a crapshoot.
by Veni Vidi Vici on Sep 26, 2011 11:34 PM EDT up reply actions
How about this for delicious irony: Phillies sweep Braves. Cards lose again tomorrow and then their game is still going on after Atlanta is finished with the Phillies. With five straight losses and 8 of 10 to end the season the Braves and their fans hang around Turner Field for an hour before they can celebrate making the playoffs when the Cardinals lose to Houston. Let the wild times begin.
by phillyinportland on Sep 27, 2011 3:37 AM EDT up reply actions
Thanks
That’s always fun to see, and I can imagine some unusual reactions if the Braves back into the playoffs this time.
by phillyinportland on Sep 27, 2011 5:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Cardinal fear,
don’t haveit either though their line-up gets a nice bosst with Holliday. Offense aside, it’s Carpenter + Garcia + who? – absolute shit fielding – a shakey bullpen with LaRussa behind the wheel.
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Cardinal Richelieu, LaRussa’ s “tactical acumen”, Baseball Heaven – it’s all coming together for me now.
but we only have four aces, not the three musketeers….
Sometimes I make a good comment. Sometimes I make a bad one. Really it's all a crapshoot.
by Veni Vidi Vici on Sep 26, 2011 11:53 PM EDT up reply actions
We have William Pitts the elder and younger, fuck the Cardinals.
"I remember being three and I wanted to be a baseball player, that's all I ever really wanted to be. That and Spider Man." -Raul Ibanez
by Jose and the Contrarians on Sep 26, 2011 11:59 PM EDT up reply actions
William “Halladay” Pitt the Elder, and William “Oswalt” Pitt the Younger?
Cole “Gladstone” Hamels?
Vance “Major” Worley?
Joe “Churchill” Blanton?
Ryan “Disraeli” Madson?
What sort of list is this without Lyold George or, God Forbid, Thatcher. Also notable omission is Robert Walpole.
"I remember being three and I wanted to be a baseball player, that's all I ever really wanted to be. That and Spider Man." -Raul Ibanez
by Jose and the Contrarians on Sep 27, 2011 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions
Only so many pitchers
Rich “Thatcher” Dubee?
For old times sake: Jose “Walpole” Contreras? Jamie “Vicount Palmerston” Moyer?
Also, I’m gonna make an adjustment:
Ryan “Lloyd George” Madson
Michael “Disraeli” Schwimmer
You are a scholar and a gentlemen.
"I remember being three and I wanted to be a baseball player, that's all I ever really wanted to be. That and Spider Man." -Raul Ibanez
by Jose and the Contrarians on Sep 27, 2011 12:34 AM EDT up reply actions
Generally it’s forgotten that Wellington was a PM, and for good reason. It is a blemish on an otherwise excellent career.
"I remember being three and I wanted to be a baseball player, that's all I ever really wanted to be. That and Spider Man." -Raul Ibanez
by Jose and the Contrarians on Sep 27, 2011 2:11 AM EDT up reply actions
Roy “Athos” Halladay
Cliff “Porthos” Lee
Roy “Aramis” Oswalt
Cole “d’Artagnan” Camels
Bob.
by The Dark on Sep 27, 2011 12:34 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
The offense is kind of a big deal though. I mean, they really are dangerous, even if they’re inferior to the Phils. But every team is dangerous in the postseason, even the Diamondbacks, so whatever.
If there’s one thing they need to do when they tinker with the play-off is just make the 5 game series a 7 game one. It really favors the hot team.
I agree with you here, that and it just makes the division series seem so cheap
Sometimes I make a good comment. Sometimes I make a bad one. Really it's all a crapshoot.
by Veni Vidi Vici on Sep 27, 2011 12:13 AM EDT up reply actions
So another thing. The Phillies clinched the best record in baseball tonight
Sometimes I make a good comment. Sometimes I make a bad one. Really it's all a crapshoot.
by Veni Vidi Vici on Sep 26, 2011 11:36 PM EDT reply actions
That’s cool. Time for another beer!
What kind of plane is it? Oh, it's a big pretty white plane with red stripes, curtains in the windows and wheels and it looks like a big ol' Tylenol.
Two years in a row!
Might as well just hand them over.
by All ur Aces R Belong to Us on Sep 26, 2011 11:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Lol @ Excedrin
Might as well just hand them over.
by All ur Aces R Belong to Us on Sep 26, 2011 11:39 PM EDT reply actions
The Cardinals are at most a 91-win team. The Phillies are at least a 100-win team. The playoffs are a crapshoot.
For my money, I want the Phillies to sweep this series and what happens elsewhere is largely irrelevant. If the Phillies end up with St. Louis and lose in the NLDS, there is no guarantee a series with Arizona would have gone better.
And not for nothing, but for those that are concerned with match-ups, I am not sure how people can be so against facing St. Louis but okay with putting yourself in a position to possibly end up with Milwaukee in the NLDS. I just don’t see how you can justify not wanting one while being okay with possibly getting the other.
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I pretty much agree with you here. I dont’ really care who the Phillies play in the playoffs, knocking out the Braves would be aesthetically pleasing, although the Cardinals are hot right now the Phillies are clearly a better team, and even with that the playoffs are a crapshoot, etc. etc. etc.
Sometimes I make a good comment. Sometimes I make a bad one. Really it's all a crapshoot.
by Veni Vidi Vici on Sep 26, 2011 11:43 PM EDT up reply actions
91 wins? I guess that’s true if you count a 1-game playoff.
by philsandthrills on Sep 26, 2011 11:43 PM EDT up reply actions
I thought they were at 89 now and MLB.com had not updated yet. Oops. At most a 90 win team, then.
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All this being said, taco pal’s ideal scenario right below me does have merit. If the Phillies are to get the Cardinals, having them pull all their resources into a 1-game playoff may not be the worst thing in the world. Carpenter is pitching Wednesday. Would the Cardinals use Garcia on really short rest on Thursday in some capacity, should there be a one-game playoff?
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Yes, but mainly, I was just trying to come up with the scenario that would be most painful for the Braves.
(insert shoving tomahawk into posterior joke here)
Sometimes I make a good comment. Sometimes I make a bad one. Really it's all a crapshoot.
by Veni Vidi Vici on Sep 26, 2011 11:59 PM EDT up reply actions
I think getting swept by the Phillies would be most painful for them. They despise us. I want to cause their sweet, sweet tears.
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by Justin F. on Sep 27, 2011 12:06 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I just REALLY hate Tony LaRussa and don’t want to deal with his many lineup/pitching changes. It really makes my scorecards messy.
by LeepinLizardz on Sep 27, 2011 9:11 AM EDT up reply actions
new ideal scenario
Tomorrow: Phillies beat Braves, Cardinals lose again
Wednesday: Phillies beat Braves, Cardinals squeak out a win in extras
Thursday: One-game playoff, Cardinals squeak out a win in extras
My ideal scenario
NLDS: Phillies win
NLCS: Phillies… win
WS: Phillies win
Everything else is just extra.
by philsandthrills on Sep 26, 2011 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Also, I think it’s appropriate to root for a Braves loss. This isn’t strategery about benefiting the Phillies, which is stupid. To the contrary, this is a moral issue.
Yeah, but it’s kind of an annoying one.
by philsandthrills on Sep 26, 2011 11:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Though I guess I’m mostly annoyed by the people scared by the Cardinals, so your scenario is fine.
by philsandthrills on Sep 26, 2011 11:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah. I mean, if rooting the Braves to lose is wrong, I don’t want to be right.
by taco pal on Sep 26, 2011 11:54 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Cardinals squeak out a win in the playoff in a game that goes to so many extras they have to hop on a plane and get to CBP for the game that starts in an hour.
Sometimes I make a good comment. Sometimes I make a bad one. Really it's all a crapshoot.
by Veni Vidi Vici on Sep 26, 2011 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions
In other news, the Dream Team now has sole possession of last place of the NFC East.
Sometimes I make a good comment. Sometimes I make a bad one. Really it's all a crapshoot.
by Veni Vidi Vici on Sep 26, 2011 11:48 PM EDT reply actions
Thank God the season doesn’t end today.
No one knows what it means, but it's provocative! GETS THE PEOPLE GOING!
by Eaglesadvocate on Sep 26, 2011 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Breaking...
3 team trade: Ozzie Guillen to the Marlins, Logan Morrison to the Phils, Dom Brown to the Pale Hose….official announcement to be made at Phillies playoff pep rally emceed by Cataldi
Remember when Chase Utley was good at baseball
So despite all the chatter to the contrary several weeks back, we have two pretty exciting wild card races. Personal Braves-hate and Rays-love not withstanding, I would really like the two come from behind stories to unfold
by FanSince1993 on Sep 27, 2011 12:13 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
I’m not sure what’s more surprising to me…the fact that Joe Savery may make the playoff roster as a Loogy or the fact that Charlie is actually using him as a Loogy
Remember when Chase Utley was good at baseball
Somebody on Baseball Today (Eric Karabell/Mark Simon) suggested that Bastardo might not be on the postseason roster.
by phillyinportland on Sep 27, 2011 3:59 AM EDT up reply actions
Stat of the Night!
Red Sox are 6-19 in September but even more amazing is that they are 1-19 in games where they score less than 12 runs….holy shit!
Remember when Chase Utley was good at baseball
That’s fuckin’ bizzare. Especially when you consider our record scoring 3 runs or less.
Some people don't think it be what it is, but it do.
by TheOrangeCone on Sep 27, 2011 2:31 AM EDT up reply actions
Angels lose. They’re mathematically eliminated.
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