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If there was one glaring lesson from last night's game, it was how quickly a dominating pitcher can get humbled. Joba Chamberlain looked like he was at the top of his game, blowing away Jayson Werth and Raul Ibanez with 97 MPH fastballs. After getting ahead of Pedro Feliz with two swinging strikes, Phillies hitters had missed on the six of seven swings they had taken against Chamberlain that inning. And then Feliz hit one out of the park to tie the game.

Fast forward to the ninth inning, and Lidge had no problems dispatching Hideki Matsui and Derek Jeter. All three strikes to The Captain were of the swing-and-miss variety, as Lidge showed the stuff that caused Manuel to still believe in his closer. And then, after getting to within one pitch of ending the inning, he allowed the next four guys to reach base and lost the game.

Forget hindsight - at the moment of their failure, both Chamberlain and Lidge looked great. There was nothing to suggest that a problem was lurking. They were throwing the hell out of the ball, and then they got hit. Trying to predict the future is really hard.

Dave Cameron, from the Hardball Times

19 days ago Jay 0 comments 2 recs

Cliff Lee Wins RHMWAFFIPW

Props from some Braves fans to Cliff Lee for taking the award this week for a gutsy game 1 performance. Chase Utley was also a finalist.

20 days ago bboxxx35 0 comments 0 recs

Phillies State of Mind - Reply to Jay Z song

nice remake of the jay z version

21 days ago mobbdeep 0 comments 0 recs

A-Rod has Portraits of Himself as a Centaur Over His Bed

What a narcissistic freak

21 days ago Boundforbeach 0 comments 0 recs

Cole Hamels speaks out against grenade spam in Call Of Duty

21 days ago JasonB 0 comments 0 recs

Could not have summed this up better, this has been one of the worst umpired playoffs in a long time: http://www.tauntr.com/content/tie-goes-runner

22 days ago MajorAppleFlight 0 comments 0 recs

FACEPALM - (Yankees fan last night in the eighth or ninth)
http://www.thefightins.com/meechone/facepalm/

23 days ago sports00fan00 0 comments 0 recs

Yankees reporter grew up a Phillies fan

I liked this article by Sweeney Murti, the Yankees beat reporter for WFAN sports talk radio in New York.

Many of us have thought, at one point or another, that it would be a dream job to work in sports. There is a downside though, in that you lose the ability to appreciate the game in the same simple way that a fan appreciates it. Murti, who grew up a Phillies fan, not only had to ignore his love for his team, but eventually came to a point where he had to lose it for good. Chase Utley, who grew up a big Dodgers fan, needed to actively blot out his childhood fandom for the sake of being a professional. Both of their lives are still pretty sweet. But it's also fun to root, root, root, and I for one I'm glad I get to do that.

23 days ago taco pal 0 comments 0 recs