Posts Tagged ‘JC Romero’
It was the bottom of the eighth inning, Brett Myers just got knocked out of the game after yet another wonderful start, and the Cubs were threatening to take it to the Phillies bullpen again. Well, at least that’s the most Philly fans were thinking. After blowing 7th inning-or-later leads in the previous two contests at Wrigley, the Phillies bullpen needed someone — anyone — to step in and stop the bleeding.
Enter: J.C. Romero. He promptly struck out Reed Johnson & Ronny Cedeno swinging, walked Kosuke Fukudome to load the bases, and ran the count to 1-2 against the next batter, Geovany Soto.
Then this happened:
Now, under most circumstances, I’m completely against over-the-top celebrations like that, but the bullpen needed a shot of adrenaline and J.C. was happy to oblige. It seemed to work for Brad Lidge, who closed the game with a 1-2-3 ninth inning for his 32nd save in 32 opportunities,
“[Romero's celebration] was strong,” added closer Brad Lidge. “It got me pumped up, so that’s a bonus. I go with the more traditional fist pump. I don’t know how else to express it. Maybe someday, I’ll add the chest pound. I might hurt myself though. He’s big-chested, so he can handle it.”
In reality, the bullpen has been fantastic this year; better than anyone could imagine. Hopefully, they just hit a temporary bump and Romero put them back on track. We’ll find out this afternoon when Granpappy is set to face Carlos Zambrano Sean Marshall (thanks, Fuqua!) in the series finale.
Romero’s exuberance pumps up Phils | Phillies.com
As you may have heard, Jimmy Rollins held his 3rd annual BaseBowl charity event last Thursday at Lucky Strike lanes in Center City. His yearly bowl-a-thon allows fans to sort-of interact with the Phillies and bid on various memorbilia with the proceeds going to the Arthritis Foundation of Eastern Pennsylvania. An incredibly nice gesture from Young James.
HOWEVER, each participant is also given their very own bowling shirt, complete with a Rollins-decided nickname. Most of these choices were questionable to say the least. For example, Ryan Howard (pictured) was given the moniker ‘UPS’; not for his fondness of delivering runners home, but rather because they’ve been calling him Big Brown in the clubhouse. Call me crazy, but I’m going to assume if Bill Conlin happened to call him that on DNL, he’d be suspended for life.
Other not-so-clever nicknames include Chase ‘The Model’ Utley, Jamie ‘Dyno’ Moyer, So ‘Asian Magic’ Taguchi (which mightaswell have been ‘Waiver Wire’) and the grammatically incorrect JC ‘Lo Roca’ Romero. Poor Kyle Kendrick is so bland, his shirt was left blank.
After the jump, watch the explanation for the nicknames in video form…
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