Seven games to go before the 2009 regular season (brought to you by Rolaids, Xanax and Jack Daniels) reaches its conclusion. The title defense continues for our heroes in red pinstripes, but since these are the Phillies we’re talking about, nothing is ever frickin’ easy.
As with the Dodgers in ‘08, the Phillies have a chance to return the favor to Houston with a four-game sweep at home. This, if accomplished, would put a nice, pretty bow on the division title, and keep hope for the best overall league record alive. (I think… I’m too lazy to do the math. Somebody bring me a hyperactive idiot savant, stat!)
In the meantime, let’s buckle up, take a few deep breaths, and cheer on the teams standing in Atlanta’s way. So, yeah — go… NATIONALS?
Oh, my God. Alright, remember — deep breaths, clean thoughts, and enjoy this musical tribute to That Which Remains To Be Achieved:
(Note: The first 10 seconds of the video is missing sound, but the song itself is all there.)
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September 28th, 2009 at 11:57 am
Yeah we got this wrapped up. No way we can lose the division. I mean the magic # is 3 with 7 to go. We got this in the bag right? No way this season could end up like the historic Mets collapse of ‘07, right? Holy shit….somebody please offer some assurance quick!
September 28th, 2009 at 11:58 am
The Braves start a three game set against the Marlins tonight. Florida’s helped us out the last two years…do you think we can call in one more favor?
September 28th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
When in hell does the birth of Jesus have anything to do with the rest of this great educational bit?
Ahh, School House Rock….back when LSD was handed out like candy on Halloween…
September 28th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
Do it.
September 28th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
Whoa, guys. Let’s not be so intense. I’ll do my best to win tonight’s game, and you remember to eat your peanut chews with a tall glass of milk!
September 28th, 2009 at 12:09 pm
The site needs more Blind Melon + Schoolhouse Rock = Awesome tag.
September 28th, 2009 at 12:09 pm
Knock it off, pillow biters. Have some Phaith. This season is, to borrow a phrase from Concrete Charlie, “overrrr.”
Something tells me these guys are still gearing up for the run at the Fall Classic.
September 28th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
Oh my! Let the Marlins COOL OFF the Braves, and then we’ll KNOCK THEM OUT.
September 28th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
bigmyc, I don’t really feel like scouring your thousands of previous posts but I could’ve sworn just the other day you said you didn’t see this team going deep in the playoffs
September 28th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
For the #1 seed.
Phills going 6-1 in last 7, would mean the Dodgers have to go 2-4 in their last 6. Dodgers own tie breaker with 4-3 season series lead. You can do the math from there on other possibilities of win/loss variations.
In other words, not gonna happen.
September 28th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
“brought to you by Rolaids, Xanax and Jack Daniels”
I call that The Rolodex. Garnish with a percocet.
September 28th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
@Jroll: Thanks for the quick numbers crunch. So that pretty leaves us fighting for second-best. Screw it, let’s just see that “Division Champs” banner and deal with the rest in due time.
Kudos, Jroll! And remember, kids: In Philly, can’t be no punk.
September 28th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
@Walklett: Brilliant! Add to that recipe: “Dial 911 before serving.”
September 28th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
Basically the Phills just need to finish with the #2 seed and face the Rockies(if they hold on). Thus leaving the Cards to play the Dodgers, if the Cards knock them off then we have homefield anyways in NLCS.
September 28th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
How ’bout a pregame preview of the ballgame tonight? Include stats, trivia, fun facts, pictures, and photos.
Please pass this to your editor.
September 28th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
Blind Melon is so not as good as the original.
September 28th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
GD, Braves! You could’t lose yesterday?? I’m going to the game tonight and wanted to see the clinch in person!
September 28th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
@JDashdog, You may be thinking of me
September 28th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
No need to scour, Jddog. I never said that this team wouldn’t go deep into the post season…not sure where you got that other than the fact that some people appear to want to assign ridiculous and unfounded tags to my screen name.
Fact, I’ve been supremely confident of this team all year and through their two or three lulls. I will continue to be such.
September 28th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
Also a former Phillies prospect turned trainer just got busted with a shitload of blow and automatic weapons that he was smuggling in baseball equipment bags http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/baseball/mlb/09/27/dominican.trainer/index.html
September 28th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
The pitching matchups so heavily favor the Phils this series that anything less than 3 outta 4 is a disgrace. Seriously, the Asstros best starter has a mid-5 ERA.
September 28th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
P-90 Submachine Gun: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uo-ewPQx2w
September 28th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
Yeah, we definitely haven’t been playing our best ball, but the bigger story is how well the Braves are playing. We are the only team to beat them in the past 2 and a half weeks! If the Braves lose even one more game in the past two weeks we are talking about a possible clinch tonight. They are making us earn it, so it’s time to go out and do that. Hopefully the fish can grab one from them and we can get a clinch tomorrow night.
September 28th, 2009 at 3:01 pm
This race is over. Bring on the postseason…and a stable closer.
Mr. Utley, stop tryng to hard. We get it. You are gritty and intense in a quiet, seething way. Great. Now, just hit the ball hard somewhere. Anywhere.
September 28th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
LA got smoked this afternoon so if the Phils win tonight and they are 1.5 back with a game in hand. That’s doable, this team just has to finish strong.
September 28th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
Utley’s line is .290/.405/.522 with 31 home runs and he’s just about the least thing wrong with team
September 28th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
He has faded this month though. He is at .222/.319/.374 with 2 HR and 7 RBI in September.
September 28th, 2009 at 3:40 pm
As usual, the Contrarian, Phylan is at it again. He would argue with a child as to whether or not the kid liked a flavor of ice cream or not.
Utley has been pressing of late. Apparently you haven’t noticed, but the he hasn’t had an RBI in some time. He’s been on 91 for a while. Outta the three spot, that’s less than stellar. Oh, and just read Heese’s post; that is pretty much what I’m saying. Not too good.
Your problem is obvious. After the proctologist extracts your head from your rear, be sure to get plenty of rest.
September 28th, 2009 at 3:47 pm
Fuck RBIs, they’re an awful stat. You are right about recently though, he’s hitting .222/.319/.374 in September with only 2 HRs. Still, even the best hitter on the team has his slumps. He should be fine.
September 28th, 2009 at 3:48 pm
Okay seriously bigmyc, no matter what you say, THERE IS NO ARGUMENT GOING ON HERE. I REFUSE TO LET THERE BE AN ARGUMENT IN THIS THREAD.
September 28th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
just win 3. just win 3. just win 3. phils owe the asstros an assbeatin.
September 28th, 2009 at 3:55 pm
Oh Hesse already posted the hash line. Well my point is I’m not worried about a rough month for the best producer on the team when our bullpen has like 3 guys who can reliably get outs.
September 28th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
bigmyc sure likes talking about heads in asses. Fetish much?
September 28th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
Go Marlins!1!!!!!11!!!!!!ELEVEN!!!!!!
September 28th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
I’m not all that concerned about Utley, but he has certainly been pressing this month, you’ve got to think Chollywood is trying to get him a day or two off this week.
I want Werth to get back on track too after that abortion of a road trip: .156/.317/.156.
My hope is that they are locked in to at least the two seed by Friday so that they can hold Cole back on Saturday and line up him, Lee and Blanton for the first 3 NLDS games.
September 28th, 2009 at 4:31 pm
RsBI, not RBIs. Please respect the memory of William Safire. I hope he RsIP.
September 28th, 2009 at 4:36 pm
Or you can just roll with RBI in plural and singular (like 1 deer and 7 deer, 1 RBI and 34 RBI). I always want to kick someone in the crotch when they say “RBIs”
September 28th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
It’s RBI’s – the apostrophe is there to take the place of all the missing letters of “Run(s) Batted In”.
Much like you see the O’s (Orioles), M’s (Mariners), etc.
September 28th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
RBI’s sounds better colloqially
September 28th, 2009 at 4:51 pm
Still wrong.
September 28th, 2009 at 4:59 pm
I like to abbreviate it to “the statistic with no significant year-to-year correlation in which we measure how this hitter did in the wildly varying times when he was lucky enough to come to bat with runners on base which is really just a function of how well he hits normally” but I guess that doesn’t quite roll off the tongue
September 28th, 2009 at 5:11 pm
Phylan, I agree the stat sucks, but it does carry some weight. For instance, a guy who has 100 RBI for a terrible team is something that really stands out. Also, if you are driving in the amounts of runs Rhyno has in the last few years that certainly says something (one of four? in history).
As for Utley, Jimmy’s ass hasn’t been on base so almost every time Utley comes up in the first running it is in a non-RBI opportunity. If Ryan gets up in the first, there is almost definitely someone in scoring position.
Chase was struggling last year too but he still hit a couple massive, game changing bombs in the postseason. In Chase We Trust.
September 28th, 2009 at 5:12 pm
inning* not running
September 28th, 2009 at 5:15 pm
Phylan, I’m going to have to disagree. Depending on their spot in the lineup, hitters are held to different standards. There’s no perfect stat for determining a hitter’s effectiveness but when you observe several it’s a pretty good indication.
September 28th, 2009 at 5:16 pm
FUCK! It’s raining. What’s the forecast for tonight? Does Hurricane Schwartz comment here?
September 28th, 2009 at 5:18 pm
I just think there are stats that do what RBI tries to do way better than RBI does. Great hitters tend to rack up a lot of RBI, simply because they’re great hitters, and a significant percentage of the time, hitting the way they do, runners are going to be on base. But racking up a lot of RBI don’t necessarily make you a great hitter, or even a good one. That’s an important thing to take note of.
September 28th, 2009 at 5:18 pm
If we have to play another doubleheader I’m going to take doubleshots of tequila before each game so I don’t have to think about it.
September 28th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
Hi I’m Hurricane Schwartz, and my name is Paaaaaaaaaaaaaaay-dro if i come to this wonderful site.
September 28th, 2009 at 5:21 pm
From the RBI WIki page: critics, particularly within the field of sabermetrics, argue that RBI does a better job of measuring the quality of the lineup than it does the player himself since an RBI can only be credited to a player if one or more batters preceding him in the batting order reached base (the exception to this being a solo home run, in which the batter is credited with driving himself in).
September 28th, 2009 at 5:21 pm
@JDashdog, but there are stats that can neutralize distortions like spot in the batting order (rate stats can do this), or runners on base (runs created stats can do this), so why use a number that’s just a straight up counting stat and have to say “well, you have to consider that he was a leadoff hitter and he didn’t have many opportunities” and so forth? RBI is one of those old box score stats that just weasled its way into the papers. In fact, when it was first introduced, the newspaper retracted them and apologized shortly after, because readers were complaining about how context-dependent it was.
September 28th, 2009 at 5:27 pm
Phylan, you’re quite the historian.
September 28th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
MaxL, I’m with you on this one….but you have to understand that what I said about Utley was not a condemnation like the other guy made it seem.
Problem is; too many posters knee jerk instead of r-e-a-d-i-n-g the context.
September 28th, 2009 at 5:33 pm
Not Hurricane, but accuweather has scatter thunderstorms for 7 and 8 PM, cloudy the rest of the way. They should get the game in.
And, regardless of whether it’s a worthwhile stat or not, the singular is Run Batted In, or RBI. The plural would be Runs Batted In…also RBI.
September 28th, 2009 at 5:34 pm
That should be scatterED thunderstorms, obviously.
September 28th, 2009 at 5:52 pm
I feel like rain has derailed more games than normal this year. I know it’s postponed like 3 games that I was going to attend in person, at least.
September 28th, 2009 at 6:00 pm
SMALL SAMPLE SIZE PHYLAN
September 28th, 2009 at 6:02 pm
can we get a new post so i can ask when the next post is coming?
September 28th, 2009 at 6:14 pm
Keep in mind that, like all stats, RBI acquires credence from it’s large sample size….the consistency of a 162 game schedule levels many statistical playing fields.
September 28th, 2009 at 6:22 pm
@Trent good point
@bigmyc No sample size can make up for the inherent flaws of RBI though
September 28th, 2009 at 6:27 pm
Phylan, I see your point. But you theory only works if you think Carlos Ruiz would have 130 RBI’s batting 4th all year. Do you think he would?
September 28th, 2009 at 6:38 pm
Okay, your theory is not based solely on that instance. But that has to be part of the theory.
September 28th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
@Gonzo as you pointed out, my theory doesn’t hinge on that scenario at all. But since you asked, Carlos Ruiz has had 152 PA with men on base in 2009. He averages .24342105 RBI per plate appearance with men on. If he had had as many PA with men on as the current guy who has hit 4th all year, 346, I would expect him to have .24342105 * 346 = 84 RBI, plus one RBI for each of his 5 solo home runs, so 89 RBI (in reality he has 42). I think batting order makes more of a difference than a lot of people realize. And the problem with batting Ruiz 4th all year is not the number of RBI he can get, but the fact that his OBP and SLG cannot support that position in the batting order. It vastly reduces the run expectancy of the Phillies to have a guy who only gets on base 35% of the time and only gets .42 bases per plate appearance batting 4th. Guys like Ibanez and Werth would have nothing to work with.
September 28th, 2009 at 7:37 pm
Just to add, I bet if you regressed OPS to RBI per plate appearance it would have a high correlation, which should tell you that you don’t need RBI to tell you anything about a hitter; it isn’t worth picking through all the potential distortions and muddying factors when you have plenty of (relatively) context neutral ways of judging the hitter. If a guy puts up a .300/.400/.500 line on the season, I do not give a shit how many RBI he has, I know he’s an invaluable hitter and I want him in my lineup.
September 28th, 2009 at 7:46 pm
Without getting into a twisting turning slobfest of a debate about RBI, I’ll say this; If a player is a good run producer on one team, he will be such on another team. Now, whether or not his lineup can be the supporting cast he needs to put up numbers is really not the issue. On a good team or a bad one, production is production and a good middle of the lineup hitter will get his RBI…to varying degrees but he will get them.
September 28th, 2009 at 7:47 pm
Thanks for number crunching, Phylan. I agree with your assessment about Ruiz batting 4th all year hurting the rest of the team. But I am only concerned about his numbers batting 4th as opposed to Howard. Your math indicates about 89 RBI’s to Howard’s 130. Which is hard to believe that Ruiz would get that many Ribbies, but I can’t disregard your math.
September 28th, 2009 at 7:48 pm
I can see both sides of the RBI vs. SABR thing..but RBI is not the trash that you say it is.
September 28th, 2009 at 7:53 pm
Stick a fork in me, I’m done. It’s Cadillac time!
September 28th, 2009 at 7:54 pm
@bigmyc I agree with your basic premise that “a good run producer on one team is a good run producer on another” but the difference between us is that I don’t think RBI is a good or consistent measure of run production.
September 28th, 2009 at 8:11 pm
Is the ‘run’ statistic a bad stat because it relies on others to knock you home (aside from homers, of course).
September 28th, 2009 at 8:26 pm
I hate this bullshit, garbage starters always dominate us for no reason at all.
September 28th, 2009 at 8:26 pm
The Phils could use some RBIs right now.
September 28th, 2009 at 8:27 pm
@Gonzo, in my opinion yes. I ignore runs scored entirely. If anything, it kinda-sorta-but-not-really measures how much you get on base, which OBP does much more accurately and judiciously.
September 28th, 2009 at 8:29 pm
Oh, unless you’re talking about Team Runs Scored which is a great measure of a TEAM offense.
September 28th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
Hunter Freaking Pence. What a doosh.
September 28th, 2009 at 8:33 pm
Pence’s double was obviously hard hit but jesus that hit before was such a bleeder and the one a few innings ago that scored the first run was a rainbow. Why does this shit always happen to Cole?
September 28th, 2009 at 8:42 pm
Haha great dance by the umpire there
September 28th, 2009 at 8:43 pm
Phylan, check out Joe Poz’ blog on the Triple Crown – which includes a link to the NYT. It’s a goodread.
http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/09/27/the-modern-triple-crown/
September 28th, 2009 at 8:47 pm
CHASING HENDERSON
September 28th, 2009 at 8:47 pm
Chasing Henderson, Baby.
September 28th, 2009 at 8:48 pm
big brown with the straight steal! chasing henderson!!
September 28th, 2009 at 8:50 pm
I just want to know who in the dugout was like “You know what this team needs? More Ryan Howard stolen bases.”
@Gonzo, thanks. Joe Pos is one of my favorite baseball writers.
September 28th, 2009 at 8:58 pm
I fucking hate the Astros
September 28th, 2009 at 8:59 pm
This team is flatlining.
September 28th, 2009 at 8:59 pm
I woulda left Cole in there personally
September 28th, 2009 at 8:59 pm
I am so sick and tired of freaking Michael Bourn.
September 28th, 2009 at 9:01 pm
I feel like a Met fan must feel. This is horrific to watch. Bazardo turns into Cy Young. Trying to keep the faith, but these guys are killing me.
September 28th, 2009 at 9:03 pm
Yeah, uh definitely would’ve stuck with cole
September 28th, 2009 at 9:10 pm
Tyler Walker coming in to that appearance allows 50% of inherited runners to score, and on the first pitch allows both of his inherited runners to score, raising it to 55% of inherited runners scoring. And it all counts to someone else’s ERA.
September 28th, 2009 at 9:12 pm
Cant stay with Cole against the righty Lee.
September 28th, 2009 at 9:13 pm
Oh, and fuck Kaz Matsui
September 28th, 2009 at 9:13 pm
Sweet Jesus. Well at least the Braves are losing….. shit.
September 28th, 2009 at 9:14 pm
Good to see we decided to dump this one and go at it tomorrow…
GET A FUCKING OUT!
That is all.
September 28th, 2009 at 9:16 pm
If this isn’t the most depressing loss not involving a blown save this year, I surely can’t thing of another one.
September 28th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
What has Milt Thompson been doing? This game got this goof and funky feeling the whole night
September 28th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
The fact that Ed Wade’s team is beating the Phillies is horseshit. ED FUCKING WADE!
September 28th, 2009 at 9:18 pm
And fuck you, Michael Bourn
September 28th, 2009 at 9:18 pm
By the way….you can’t leave in Cole to pitch to Lee, but it shouldn’t have gotten to that point. Cole should have put away Tejada when he had him 0-2 or just pitched to Berkman, who I believe he got both times previously. Just overall the worst inning of the year.
And now Bourn makes that catch, you gotta be fucking kidding me….
September 28th, 2009 at 9:18 pm
Jesus Michael Bourn is good
September 28th, 2009 at 9:19 pm
Phillies
September 28th, 2009 at 9:19 pm
most depressing 100 comments
September 28th, 2009 at 9:19 pm
@Gonzo, I have to disagree. Cole isn’t some fluky reliever that you play the matchups game with, he’s a front of the rotation starter. He was pitching well to that point, and I think he would’ve gotten out of it. At the very least don’t bring in Tyler “55% of inherited runners allowed to score” Walker.
September 28th, 2009 at 9:22 pm
Seriously? their bullpen blows, RISP blows, defense blows, and starters are mediocre. The phils were 5-5 and really plays like a .500 team, now gonna be a .400 team. I would probably be the last to say it, but the Phils are going to have a collapse like the 07 mets. Thank God the wild card is still there.
September 28th, 2009 at 9:22 pm
Time for Jack to get his Handey on.
September 28th, 2009 at 9:23 pm
This is just not a playoff-caliber team, especially the bullpen. If they come out playing like this the Rockies are going to roll all over them again in the NLDS.
September 28th, 2009 at 9:24 pm
@paaaydro are you kidding me? 1. Fuck RISP, 2. They have one of the better defenses in the league, 3. the playoff rotation is 1. Lee 2. Hamels 3. Blanton 4. Pedro. The bullpen is the primary problem.
September 28th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
ahahaha Lidge is warming up. Someone kill me, right now.
September 28th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
Phylan, I was waiting for you to disagree with me. lol. sorry, not trying to be a dick. Batters are hitting over .300 against Hamels in the 4th thru 7th innings. Batters are hitting .344 in their 3rd plate appearance of the game against him (This stat is universal against probably 95% of pitchers). THe more times you face a guy in a game, the better your stats are in the later at bats . Plus, Hamels had given up 8 hits and 3 walks this game, which is awful.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.cgi?n1=hamelco01&year=2009&t=p
September 28th, 2009 at 9:28 pm
That guy should be ejected just for reaching for the ball. Never mind that he never touched it. Idiot.
September 28th, 2009 at 9:29 pm
wow if that guy touched that ball. at this point in the game, i kinda wish it did happen, just for the entertainment value
September 28th, 2009 at 9:31 pm
@Phylan, I was referring to their slump right now. Before I used to see 0 errors, now 1 or 2. closing we all know. Starters hasn’t dazzled anyone especially Clifton over this “slump”. Either their slump breaks in the Marlins series or we won’t play against the AL this year
September 28th, 2009 at 9:32 pm
We won’t even play the NL. We’ll be playing Wet. Or Madden. Or Banjo Kazooie or some shit.
September 28th, 2009 at 9:40 pm
lol at tom mcarthy saying my bad
September 28th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
@Gonzo I wouldn’t call 3 walks and 8 hits “awful.” It’s not like, with the exception of Pence, the Astros were hitting him particularly hard; I hate to sound like a broken record but most of those hits were bloopers or bleeders. In any case I’m too pissed with this pathetic performance to get into another debate, so let’s agree to disagree, as we inevitably do!
September 28th, 2009 at 9:47 pm
We’ve been talking about Hamels giving up bloopers and bleeders all damn year. At some point, it’s gotta be his fault, rather than being un-lucky. His BABIP is .317 this year.
Eh, let’s face it. That at bat isn’t the defining moment of this game.
September 28th, 2009 at 9:47 pm
Someone mentioned Milt Thompson…..well, the answer is; he doesn’t do anything. At least anything measurable. I’m tell’n you, the guy is a tow the line, don’t speak outta turn, paycheck casher. Good work if you can get it but not too good for the phans. This guy just hangs out banking on the prolific abilities of this lineup. When they need him to step in for some words of wisdom, he’s that guy slowly and cautiously walking away while trying to whistle inconspicuously.
September 28th, 2009 at 9:47 pm
Wow, is this the worst goddamn 90 win team ever, or what?
September 28th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
Sometimes, I hate September baseball. Or maybe I should say I have a love/hate relationship with it.
September 28th, 2009 at 9:53 pm
..and this team will not suffer that ominous collapse. Geez, if they split the series and the Bravos lose one, the division is locked, right?
Not worried.
Now,…their level of play in October on the other hand……..
September 28th, 2009 at 9:55 pm
This is just sad.
September 28th, 2009 at 9:55 pm
There is no reason for me to believe that the phillies will win another game this year.
September 28th, 2009 at 9:56 pm
It seems pretty clear that the Phillies clubhouse misses the drama of late September last year.
September 28th, 2009 at 9:57 pm
ri-goddamned-diculous. that’s the only word that comes to mind right now.
my ex is there, and he’s evil, so let’s blame him.
September 28th, 2009 at 9:57 pm
THREAD EXPLODERZ™
September 28th, 2009 at 9:58 pm
My ex isn’t there (doesn’t like baseball, hence why he’s the ex), but he’s evil, too so can we blame him as well?
September 28th, 2009 at 9:58 pm
Well… at least Lidge worked a scoreless Ninth. One thing to kind of smile about.
September 28th, 2009 at 9:59 pm
In before Eric insults all of us.
September 28th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
@Huge Saint: You know it’s coming.
September 28th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
Perhaps Ed Wade is the EX that is killing us tonight?
September 28th, 2009 at 10:04 pm
I can’t stay away… had to tune back into the last inning.
Comeback? Please?
September 28th, 2009 at 10:05 pm
@lynniemac: i dunno what’s worse, your non-baseball fan of an ex or the fact that i turned my evil ex onto the phillies. either way, it’s all grody.
September 28th, 2009 at 10:07 pm
Fuck you Phillies… really… Fuck you.
September 28th, 2009 at 10:08 pm
Game Recap???????
September 28th, 2009 at 10:08 pm
@Gonzo: Excellent point, that.
@Gabrielle: Maybe your ex has at least one redeeming feature?
September 28th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
prepare yourselves for the fall of ‘09. oh yea, and relentless ridicule by mets fans for eternity.
September 28th, 2009 at 10:12 pm
@Mand: If it happens (God Forbid), they’d have every right to ridicule us.
September 28th, 2009 at 10:24 pm
Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. I thought that was the eagles’ specialty.
September 28th, 2009 at 10:28 pm
Please, Mand, save your convictions of failure for your bedroom.
September 28th, 2009 at 10:30 pm
@bigmyc, does it look like this team wants to win to you? does making 3-7 pitchers look like cy young winners show you that this team wants to win? I would absolutely love to be wrong and for all of you to tell me “i told you so” but this doesn’t look like a team that wants to win.
September 28th, 2009 at 10:40 pm
Well, of course not.
BUT…
But, they are the World Champs and I gotta believe that they won’t go with a listless effort. I just don’t understand the hand wringing yet.
I refuse to yield to the Braves…if only in theory. This season has been locked up for a while and it will stay so. It will only take a lead performance by (Happ?) to turn the tide.
I do wonder about their showing in the post season, but I do not question their place in post season.
September 28th, 2009 at 10:41 pm
And…if these bats do us in…please, please blame that limp dick hitting coach.
September 28th, 2009 at 10:58 pm
I don’t see them blowing the division but they’re definitely not getting past the NLDS like this
September 28th, 2009 at 11:05 pm
I guess I just think that when the first pitch of post season in thrown and the bunting is hanging, the Phillies will seamlessly morph into those tireless professionals of last year.
September 29th, 2009 at 10:26 am
Milt really is a limp dick hitting coach. We need Michael Jack on the job. Remember when he pumped them up last year? Where’s good ole #20? Still hung over from the b-day celebration?