A Phillies blog - Philadelphia Phillies - 2009 National League Champions 2009-11-06T19:45:10Z http://www.thegoodphight.com/rss/fanshots 2009-11-06T19:45:10Z 2009-11-06T19:45:10Z <h3 class="link-title"><a href="http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/phillies/Phillies_wont_bring_Myers_back_next_season.html">Myers Won't Be&nbsp;Back</a></h3> <div class="description"><p>The part of me that remembers he's a person says "good riddance." The cold-blooded GM wannabe, though, wonders if a low base, make-good deal to bring him back as a fifth starter might not have been a better way to go. Remember that the most likely alternative in-house options are Jamie Moyer and Kyle Kendrick. </p></div> http://www.thegoodphight.com/2009/11/6/1119495/myers-wont-be-back dajafi 2009-11-06T18:39:55Z 2009-11-06T18:39:55Z <h3 class="link-title"><a href="http://twitter.com/ToddZolecki/statuses/5483235726">Phillies Pick Up Cliff Lee's&nbsp;Option</a></h3> <div class="description"><p>Shocking, just shocking news! Full Zolecki tweet: "Phillies pick up Cliff Lee's option. Haven't decided on Pedro Feliz. Have until Monday to make that decision." We've got to hope Ruben Amaro Jr. makes the right call on Feliz and dumps him.</p></div> http://www.thegoodphight.com/2009/11/6/1119389/phillies-pick-up-cliff-lees-option David S. Cohen 2009-11-06T13:19:01Z 2009-11-06T13:19:01Z <img alt="Nleastchamps" src="http://cdn0.sbnation.com/fan_shot_images/84645/nleastchamps.png" /> <div class="source source-img"><p>WANTED: A photo of the blue 2009 National League pennant flag... like this one, except the blue League Championship one. REWARD: Gratitude, and possible prominent placement on this site for the next 12 months or so.</p></div> http://www.thegoodphight.com/2009/11/6/1118554/wanted-a-photo-of-the-blue-2009 WholeCamels 2009-11-06T06:59:18Z 2009-11-06T06:59:18Z <h3 class="link-title"><a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/joe_posnanski/11/05/yankees.payroll/1.html">great joe p.&nbsp;article</a></h3> <div class="description"><p>a lot we already know, but still.</p></div> http://www.thegoodphight.com/2009/11/6/1118442/great-joe-p-article char6587 2009-11-04T18:23:58Z 2009-11-04T18:23:58Z <img alt="72q7u9" src="http://cdn3.sbnation.com/fan_shot_images/84244/72q7u9.jpg" /> <div class="source source-img"><p>It's&nbsp;ON!</p></div> http://www.thegoodphight.com/2009/11/4/1114713/its-on N4S 2009-11-04T17:00:34Z 2009-11-04T17:00:34Z <object height="315" width="500"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/d_S3ETRH_58&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;border=1" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/d_S3ETRH_58&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="315" width="500"></embed></object> <div class="source source-img"><p>Photo slide show recapping game five of the World Series. Naturally it is set to music from the Rocky series and includes audio snippets of Scott Franske making the big calls.</p> <p>All game slide shows can be found at <a href="http://macho-row.blogspot.com" target="new">Macho Row</a>.</p></div> http://www.thegoodphight.com/2009/11/4/1114565/photo-slide-show-recapping-game kevinmc 2009-11-04T15:15:41Z 2009-11-04T15:15:41Z <h3 class="link-title"><a href="http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-padilla4-2009nov04,0,6153364.story">Vicente Padilla treated for minor gunshot&nbsp;wound</a></h3> <div class="description"><p>From the LA Times. Apparently it was a hunting accident in Nicaragua where his right leg was grazed. It's somewhat contradictory - it's said the wound was self-inflicted, but it's also reported that his "escort" was attempting to fix his gun when the bullet was fired.</p></div> http://www.thegoodphight.com/2009/11/4/1114390/vicente-padilla-treated-for-minor The Dark 2009-11-04T04:34:34Z 2009-11-04T04:34:34Z <h3 class="link-title"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2009/10/31/sports/baseball/01fansGFX.html">Philadelphia fans according to the New York&nbsp;Times</a></h3> <div class="description"><p>The article from the Sunday New York Times featured this graphic, as well as one of the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/sports/baseball/01fans.html?scp=1&sq=Heroes%20with%20a%20lunchpail&st=cse" target="new">best ledes ever</a> about Philadelphia sports fans. McNabb always seems to get a pass in the NY press, probably because he tortures the Giants so.</p></div> http://www.thegoodphight.com/2009/11/3/1113966/philadelphia-fans-according-to-the Wet Luzinski 2009-11-03T23:32:54Z 2009-11-03T23:32:54Z <h3 class="link-title"><a href="http://media.neumann.edu/Radio/radio.html">Online Sports&nbsp;Show</a></h3> <div class="description"><p>I do a college sports show. Theres the link. We talk a ton about the Phillies and other Philly sports</p></div> http://www.thegoodphight.com/2009/11/3/1113575/online-sports-show Doug Pederson MVP 2009-11-03T09:59:09Z 2009-11-03T09:59:09Z <blockquote> <p>"Understand something. Sabathia is a left-hander, maybe the most overpowering lefty in baseball, and he surrendered three home runs all regular season to lefties. And he has surrendered three home runs in two games to Utley."</p> </blockquote> <div class="source"><p><a href="http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/story/12462554">Chase Utley is talented</a></p></div> http://www.thegoodphight.com/2009/11/3/1112497/understand-something-sabathia-is-a ajay 2009-11-02T23:11:13Z 2009-11-02T23:11:13Z <h3 class="link-title"><a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20316940,00.html">Hey - at leat utley is the&nbsp;sexiest.</a></h3> <div class="description"><p>Chase Utley currently leads this poll on people magazine - those who aren't insecure in their sexualities should vote.</p> <p></p></div> http://www.thegoodphight.com/2009/11/2/1111907/hey-at-leat-utley-is-the-sexiest jemagee 2009-11-02T16:39:10Z 2009-11-02T16:39:10Z <blockquote> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> </blockquote> <div class="source"><p><a href="http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/ws-coverage-game-four-thoughts">Dave Cameron</a>, from the Hardball Times</p></div> http://www.thegoodphight.com/2009/11/2/1111184/if-there-was-one-glaring-lesson Jay 2009-11-01T23:58:29Z 2009-11-01T23:58:29Z <h3 class="link-title"><a href="http://www.takeyourskirtofftombrady.com/?p=266">Cliff Lee Wins&nbsp;RHMWAFFIPW</a></h3> <div class="description"><p>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. </p></div> http://www.thegoodphight.com/2009/11/1/1110357/cliff-lee-wins-rhmwaffipw bboxxx35 2009-11-01T00:30:28Z 2009-11-01T00:30:28Z <h3 class="link-title"><a href="http://dwizzlesworld.blogspot.com/2009/10/phillies-state-of-mind-remake-of-jay-z.html">Phillies State of Mind - Reply to Jay Z&nbsp;song</a></h3> <div class="description"><p>nice remake of the jay z version </p></div> http://www.thegoodphight.com/2009/10/31/1109366/phillies-state-of-mind-reply-to mobbdeep 2009-10-31T21:10:12Z 2009-10-31T21:10:12Z <h3 class="link-title"><a href="http://www.usmagazine.com/celebritynews/news/ex-alex-rodriguez-had-portraits-of-himself-as-a-centaur-over-his-bed-20093010">A-Rod has Portraits of Himself as a Centaur Over His&nbsp;Bed</a></h3> <div class="description"><p>What a narcissistic freak</p></div> http://www.thegoodphight.com/2009/10/31/1109195/a-rod-has-portraits-of-himself-as Boundforbeach 2009-10-31T13:50:07Z 2009-10-31T13:50:07Z <object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XxBdcdKVm2U&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XxBdcdKVm2U&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="340" width="560"></embed></object> <div class="source source-img"><p>Cole Hamels speaks out against grenade spam in Call Of&nbsp;Duty</p></div> http://www.thegoodphight.com/2009/10/31/1108784/cole-hamels-speaks-out-against JasonB 2009-10-31T03:08:07Z 2009-10-31T03:08:07Z <h3 class="link-title"><a href="http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=19147">Weather Issues for Game&nbsp;3</a></h3> <div class="description"><p>We've been here before. In fact, just over one year ago. Will Bud Selig pull the same crap Saturday night he pulled for Game 5 last year? If the weather's really as bad as it seems they're forecasting, here's hoping they call it early before either pitcher throws anything, and before any fans make their trek from wherever they are coming.</p> <p>Key questions though: if the game is postponed to Sunday, do the Yankees skip Pettite and go with Sabathia for a Sunday Game 3? Also, no doubt Lee pitches on Monday regardless of whether it's Game 4 or Game 5, right?</p></div> http://www.thegoodphight.com/2009/10/30/1108497/weather-issues-for-game-3 David S. Cohen 2009-10-30T19:27:11Z 2009-10-30T19:27:11Z <img alt="Philly_tie" src="http://cdn0.sbnation.com/fan_shot_images/83254/philly_tie.jpg" /> <div class="source source-img"><p>Could not have summed this up better, this has been one of the worst umpired playoffs in a long time: <a href="http://www.tauntr.com/content/tie-goes-runner">http://www.tauntr.com/content/tie-goes-runner</a></p></div> http://www.thegoodphight.com/2009/10/30/1108027/could-not-have-summed-this-up MajorAppleFlight 2009-10-29T22:33:50Z 2009-10-29T22:33:50Z <img alt="Facepalm" src="http://cdn0.sbnation.com/fan_shot_images/83068/facepalm.png" /> <div class="source source-img"><p>FACEPALM - (Yankees fan last night in the eighth or ninth) <br />http://www.thefightins.com/meechone/facepalm/</p></div> http://www.thegoodphight.com/2009/10/29/1106806/facepalm sports00fan00 2009-10-29T21:00:17Z 2009-10-29T21:00:17Z <h3 class="link-title"><a href="http://www.baseballprospectus.com/statistics/postseasonodds.php">Phillies World Series Win Probability Now&nbsp;59.3%</a></h3> <div class="description"><p>I like those chances.</p></div> http://www.thegoodphight.com/2009/10/29/1106675/phillies-world-series-win David S. Cohen