It’s like waiting for Christmas, I swear. Hoping the Yankees can finish off the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, CA, United States of America, North America, Earth tonight. I want to see a rested CC get whooped. Anything less, and you know we’ll just hear more ‘fluke’ talk. I want their best at their best.
By the way, don’t expect a World Series win to gain the Phillies any respect. Crack open SI’s Baseball Preview next March, and expect to see the Mets or the Braves picked to finish 1st in the NL East for 2010. They’ll pick the Dodgers or the Yankees to win it all, too. Don’t get mad, don’t bellyache or whine about it, it’s a good thing. It’s what we should want as fans, and I’m fairly certain the guys in the clubhouse feel the same way.
Our slogan should be Ruin Your Fun. It feels good to bitch-slap the doubters.
So I’ve found some interesting stuff pertaining to the Phillies while bouncing around. Thought I’d share it with you people (that’s right, I said it). After the jump, of course. And there will be pictures, I promise.
Manuel won’t commit to Hamels in Game 2 | Matt Gelb, Philly.com
I know it’s being bounced around a lot, with many people calling for Pedro to pitch Game 2 at Yankee Stadium. A part of my brain wants that, but I think Charlie being Charlie will see Hamels getting that Game 2 start. But according to Matt Gelb, he won’t commit to it yet. But that only means (to me) that he won’t publicly commit to it. I’d also like to add that Moyer shit the bed a couple of times in the NLDS and NLCS last year, but he pitched the team to a win in the Fall Classic after literally shitting the bed the night before.
And is Philly.com’s webmaster taking a shot at the Eagles? Check out the screengrab:
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Bill Baer at Crashburn Alley also has a good argument for pitching Hamels 2nd:
The World Series Rotation | Bill Baer, Crashburn Alley
Most convincing for me is the fly ball rates. Read it. Know it. Love it.
The Phillies get a little bit of love from Mike Freeman of CBSSports.com. This column has been making the rounds on Twitter and Facebook for the past couple of days, but just in case you haven’t seen it, do yourself a favor and give it a read:
Nation will be pulling for non-phony, non-corporate Phillies | Mike Freeman, CBSSports.com
Speaking of Twitter, Dugout Central has a post about how useful a tool Twitter is for people that enjoy the game. Get an account, and follow the right people, and you’ll wonder why you ever watched a baseball game without it. Meech.one, Dash Treyhorn, Chris, dmac and myself are there, as well as the beat writers Todd Zolecki, John Finger, Scott Lauber, David Murphy and Andy Martino. That’s only scratching the surface. Pretty much every blogger has an account as well as several fans, all who tweet like crazy. It’s informative and amusing. Do it.
Friends Don’t Let Friends Watch Baseball (Without Twitter) | Jake Russ, Dugout Central
Last of all, this is pretty stupid, but I thought I’d share. Upon walking into the building where I work Saturday morning, I came across a ‘wet floor’ sign and the little guy on it immediately reminded me of that great photo of Chooch in midair, sliding home from JRoll’s walkoff triple in Game 4 last Monday. A side-by-side proves I’m not completely moonbat nuts:
- ¡Piso Mojado, Chooch!
Last but not least, if you’re on Facebook, become a fan of The Fightins. All kinds of great contributions from readers and things you may not see on the site.
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October 25th, 2009 at 9:05 pm
Time has nearly slowed to a stand still. Wednesday is taking forever to get here.
October 25th, 2009 at 9:19 pm
I’m likely in the minority, but I wasn’t crazy about the Freeman article. It’s less pro-Phillies and more anti-Yankees, and it sounds very much like it’s from a guy whose ex-girlfriend was a die-hard Yankee fan. I’d prefer it if the Phillies didn’t become “America’s Team,” just look at what it did to the Red Sox.
October 25th, 2009 at 9:20 pm
Brilliant photo of Ruiz/Caution sign.
October 25th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
I dunno, Dash, in the context of a non-Phillies fan writing it, it’s about as good a it’s gonna get. We can’t expect them to understand, even if we have their support. I’m going to forgive him for not realizing the connotations of calling a Philly team “America’s Team.”
October 25th, 2009 at 9:33 pm
here http://mabel.mlblogs.com/ is how ive been thinking about all this discourse (while agreeing with both dash and tug) on the team… with the disclaimer that i am an academic so be warned.
October 25th, 2009 at 9:34 pm
@Tug I appreciate the sentiment of the “America’s Team” comment, but I don’t agree with most the article, including when he calls Nick Swisher a “phony.”
October 25th, 2009 at 9:35 pm
“I’d also like to add that Moyer shit the bed a couple of times in the NLDS and NLCS last year, but he pitched the team to a win in the Fall Classic after literally shitting the bed the night before.”
I’m a fan of this sentence.
October 25th, 2009 at 9:37 pm
no no no no no no. The Phillies are not America’s Team. What makes them so great, what makes me love them, is that they are philly’s team. not America’s Team. The Phils have always, for me, been so linked with the city that its not just 25 guys playing the other team. They represent the entire city of Philadelphia, and now for them to be called America’s team? hell no.
October 25th, 2009 at 9:40 pm
Don’t worry, they will never be called America’s Team.
October 25th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
LETS WAX POETIC I LIKE POEMS LIKE POETRY BY POETS AND POLEMICS BY POLICEMEN AND PORTERS.
My name is dale. And I’m that guy.
October 25th, 2009 at 9:49 pm
I wish I was that zen about the whole lack of respect thing, but no matter how hard I try it still pisses the hell out of me. I certainly don’t want the Phillies to become the new Red Sox, nor do I want them to become the new evil-empire-media-darlings. But isn’t there some sort of middle ground?
I’m also still very torn about the whole ‘Yankees or no Yankees’ thing. After NLCS Game 4 and Game 5, I started getting excited about the prospect of defeating the Yankees. But then reading the trashtalk on the “God Is A Phillies Fan” comments made me start thinking about the constant barrage of shit-talking we’ll have to endure. I know theoretically that should make beating them all the more sweet, but for me that only works when I can actually see them afterwards and not trashtalk – just make it obvious silently that I know and they know who was bested.
Then I watched just the first inning of Game 6 of the ALCS tonight, and just listening to the Yankees fans and enduring the FOX guys talking up the Yankees literally made me feel sick. Not to mention having to watch no less than THREE slow motion replays of A-Rod’s SINGLE! I try really hard not to be an angry guy, but just looking at A-Roid’s fuckface makes my blood boil. I’m not sure I can handle that kind of rage for a whole WS.
October 25th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
@flav thanks for reminding me of the other point I wanted to make, which was to thank Tug for remind everyone of my eponymous hero’s excellent 2008 WS performance. I adopted this name when I first starting reading this blog, which coincided with Moyer being sent to the bullpen and a lot of hate being thrown at him for not being thrilled about it. Nice to see some love thrown his way. Remember that great diving flipthrow to first? And while sick? And 82 years old?
October 25th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
Enough with this “lack of respect”. Does it really keep anyone up at night? I think it’s just something else to complain about when there’s nothing to complain about.
October 25th, 2009 at 10:13 pm
I know that they were expansion teams with no real history, but neither the Diamondbacks or the Marlins earned any respect after beating the Yankees in the World Series. Just sayin’.
October 25th, 2009 at 10:34 pm
I have no idea what this line from the Freeman article means:
Their eight or more runs three times in five different games this postseason is historic.
October 25th, 2009 at 10:34 pm
@Gonzo – totally agree.
Leave that “oh they hate us crap” for the Flyers fans and other teams that haven’t won anything lately.
I don’t care if Ken Rosenthal comes out during the pre-game and wipes his ass with a Phillies towel….as long as the Phils win.
October 25th, 2009 at 10:35 pm
I don’t think anyone has to worry about us becoming “America’s Team.” We get so much shit from national media everywhere, it won’t happen. Any time Philly is in the sports news, some how it always gets brought up that we’re the fans who throw snowballs at Santa, throw batteries at opposing players, and “boo our own mothers.” Give me a fucking break.
October 25th, 2009 at 10:47 pm
It’s worse than waiting for Christmas. At least then, you get to snoop for presents, and eat fresh-baked cookies, and watch the Grinch and Rudolph (the original, not that Shiny New Year crap) and 24 hours of A Christmas Story.
All we have now is trolls, and pointless speculation as to the rotation, and Buck and McCarver endlessly fellating the Yankees.
Play ball. Soon. Please.
October 25th, 2009 at 11:05 pm
@ Lynnie: Exactly. For the last four days, I’ve had to deal with listening to Yankee fans telling me how their team is going to kill us, and how we can’t match Sabathia, and everything in between. The only thing that could make it worse is Buck and McCarver talking about Jeter and how awesome A-Rod is. I’m talking talking to half the people I know once this thing gets started.
October 25th, 2009 at 11:12 pm
Nano-inch.
/McCarver’d
October 25th, 2009 at 11:13 pm
Check out this asshat’s article. He’s from Detroit, yet can talk shit about Philly. Umm, alright.
http://thegregger63.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/dont-the-phillies-know-that-philadelphia-is-city-of-chumps-not-champs/
October 25th, 2009 at 11:34 pm
@ Matt: When did Detroit get to say anything? I mean, they burn half their city down when they win anything. It only happens once every ten years, but it still happens.
October 25th, 2009 at 11:35 pm
@ Matt
Yeah the guy who wrote that article is a total asshat.”Philadelphia is the city that gave us Terrell Owens, and for that alone it deserves locusts descending on it.”..San Francisco gave the NFL TO.
October 25th, 2009 at 11:36 pm
Meh. I’d be bitter if I lived in Detroit, too.
October 25th, 2009 at 11:42 pm
By the way..Is any body else watching the epic failure of the Angels? lol..Looks like they really want the Yanks to make it.
October 25th, 2009 at 11:43 pm
Yeah, this is pretty much a collective shitting of the bed.
October 25th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
@Dave and DPW, my thoughts exactly…I mean, it’s fucking DETROIT. And yeah, as far as I know, TO was born in Alabama and was drafted by San Francisco, and I’m not great with my geography, but I’m pretty sure that’s not even remotely close to Philly…The guy is a moron.
October 25th, 2009 at 11:56 pm
Well, we get the Yankees. I can no longer talk to half of my friends. As for Matt, that’s the point. It’s Detroit, and T.O. had more than enough time in his career to ruin places before us. Don’t ever worry about him.
October 25th, 2009 at 11:59 pm
Well Folks…it’s on!
October 26th, 2009 at 12:01 am
What a half-hearted celebration. At least we know how to fucking party.
October 26th, 2009 at 12:02 am
The Yanks won because of an Angel meltdown. Phils don’t have meltdowns. Bring on the Yanks!!!
October 26th, 2009 at 12:03 am
FUCK NEW YORK
October 26th, 2009 at 12:05 am
Wow..over at AOL the AP writer Ronald Blum..it always takes about a half hour or so until he writes a full Phillies post game blog…After the Yankees won..it was right there as if he already had it written…lol..too funny. I really hope the Phillies kick their asses.
October 26th, 2009 at 12:10 am
Bring them on… let’s go Phils.
October 26th, 2009 at 12:14 am
1950 rematch? Whiz Kids, we will avenge you. We’ve got Whitey and HK on our side. Go to the mountain, Phils!
October 26th, 2009 at 12:14 am
not worried at all – and when we win, it’s will be twice as sweet because the Yanks spent like 500 billion dollars to try to win the whole thing.
October 26th, 2009 at 12:20 am
yanks win! now we get to hear to more even assholes being even more assholey!
October 26th, 2009 at 12:25 am
Good. In fact GREAT. This WS win will be all the more meaningful. And man o man do I hate Joe Buck and Timmy Mac. They are kookookrazy bad. Who thinks these nobs are good at their job? Anyone?
October 26th, 2009 at 12:27 am
@scrapple. i think Jeter confused them when he said they still have to play the Phillies. Buck and fox thought the Yankees won it all already
October 26th, 2009 at 12:31 am
i predict this to be the most viewed world series ever, its already getting hyped up more than any other world series that i remember
this is gonna be EPIC folks, fuckin epic
October 26th, 2009 at 12:44 am
I’m ready to rock n roll. Damn am I excited.
I also love the Chooch/wet floor sign.
Btw, I don’t really have an opinion on Cole vs. Pedro in game 2 because let’s be honest…if Cole doesn’t show up we aren’t going to win this series. I really think that is the truth. If I had to pick I would throw Pedro in game 2 to break up the lefties and let Cole pitch at home.
October 26th, 2009 at 12:45 am
Are you kidding me?
No.
You really think the Phils will beat the Yankees?
Yes.
Not a chance in hell!!! This isn’t TAMPA BAY!!!!! It’s the NEW YORK YANKEES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I know.
You’re team is a fraud and same with your city! Ready for 30,000 New Yawkers to invade on Sunday 11/1?
Game 3 is Saturday.
October 26th, 2009 at 12:47 am
@ Yanks in 6
Remove the ball gag from your mouth, all I can hear is slobbering.
October 26th, 2009 at 12:52 am
@Yanks in 6:
Awwwww, how immature of you. Is it past your bedtime?
October 26th, 2009 at 12:57 am
Are you ready from an A-Bomb from A-Rod!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?????????? Heartbreak Lidge!!!!!!!!!
Ballgame over!!!!!!!!!!!!
World Series over!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Yankees win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The YANKEES WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 26th, 2009 at 1:00 am
The Yankees have so much money, yet their announcers are worse than a 4-man team of Chip Carray, Joe Buck, Tim McCarver, and Tony Kornheiser.
I want to see Howard WOB a ball right down Sterlings throat.
HOLY GOAT, RYAN HOWARD JUST NAILED A BALL DOWN MY THROAT
October 26th, 2009 at 1:09 am
Whoever edited my orignal post, nice touch!
Where there even Phillies fans in 2007? I think Jimmy Rollins was right. You’re front runners!!!!
I don’t remember too many Phillies fans in 07! You were waiting for McChoke to lead you to a super bowl. Did he ever get one like Eili?
Only 25 world series titles to catch up to the NEW YORK YANKEES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 26th, 2009 at 1:12 am
Ahhhh Yankees fans troll Philly boards. Hilarity ensues.
I love this whole “We aren’t the Rays!” argument the Yanks fans throw out there. Sure. Except last year, the Rays were leaps and bounds better than the Yanks AND the Sawx. If the Yanks were so great, maybe they would have been playing postseason ball!
Anyway, I think it’s going to be a thrilling series. The result is going to have a lot to do with whether or not Hamels and Lidge pitch well. I personally think that Lidge will stay hot and that Hamels will rediscover his out pitch (which seems, to me, to be his big problem).
I’m struggling with my prediction. I’m tempted to say Phillies in 5–that’s what I’ve said for every 7-game series over the past 2 years, and hey, it’s done me well so far–but I can see it going to 6 or 7 easily. I think the New Yorkers are in for a nasty surprise when they realize that the Phils can slug the ball just as well (if not better) than the Bombers.
October 26th, 2009 at 1:22 am
If someone ever comes up
with a swashbuckling school,
I think one of the courses should be
Laughing, Then Jumping Off Something.
October 26th, 2009 at 1:23 am
Phillies fans are just like Red Saux fans. You’re going to get bitch slapped by the Yankees too!!!
Keep saying you’re going to hit C.C like last season! Big difference having the Yankee lineup behind him instead of Milwaukee!
Have fun playing in the bronx in October!!!!!!
October 26th, 2009 at 1:28 am
Suck an infected cock, dipshit. We own you.
October 26th, 2009 at 1:35 am
Hey Andrea!!!!
Only 25 more world series titles until you catch up!
You’re like Red Sox fans, you need to be slapped down and put in your place. And you will be!!!
Ready for your ballpark to feel and sound like Yankee Stadium for Games 3,4,5?
October 26th, 2009 at 1:41 am
are you really enjoying this, Yanks fan? Because you look like an idiot. Seriously, take a look in the mirror and say to yourself “I went to a Phillies blog and I cursed them out and laughed at them. I so owned them.” You’re such a cool guy.
October 26th, 2009 at 1:45 am
I totally agree with VICTORYno8 in comment #8. this is philly’s team not america’s team. let america take the yankees and the mets and the rays. this team definitely plays for philly. nicely said VICTORYno8. nicely said.
October 26th, 2009 at 1:47 am
and no place in the cot damn country is like CBP in the playoffs. so don’t play. Wear it. Suck on it.
October 26th, 2009 at 1:57 am
Citizens Bank is a country club! The Yankees play at Fenway 9 times a year You really think you’re going to get into heads?!?!?! HAHAHAHAHA Keep trying!!!! Check the stats on how the Yankees hit Lee and the rest of your fraud team!!!!!!!!!!
WE WANT PEDRO!!!!
October 26th, 2009 at 2:22 am
Yankee Stadium, now that would be country club. Your own fans can’t even afford to go to your shitty franchise’s shitty games because your shitty ownership charges 10 grand a seat. God, who in the world could like the Yankees?
It’s like choosing Vizzini over the Dread Pirate Roberts.
October 26th, 2009 at 2:25 am
Just a question Yanks in 6….if we won’t be able to hit CC, and you guys crush Lee and Pedro, how exactly will we even win 2 games? I would expect an overconfident fan such as yourself to say Yanks in 4.
I’m just realizing how spoiled we were playing Tampa and their “lousy” fan base. Now this site, which is the highlight of my day, will be lowered to standards of constant trolling by Yankees fans with superiority complexes.
Btw, the kind of people who started this site and come on here multiple times a day and beg and plead for Wednesday to come as if it is Christmas morning are not exactly the bandwagon fans you New Yorkers are looking for. If you want to find bandwagon fans, go to philly.com or phillies.com.
October 26th, 2009 at 2:27 am
Well said BigMiles.
October 26th, 2009 at 2:28 am
@dlhunter…I understand why people from New York like the Yankees because I would certainly be wholeheartedly behind the Phillies if they were the corporate behemoth of baseball since I’m from the area. But the people who cheer for them around the country and worship players like A-Rod are soulless. I will never understand it.
October 26th, 2009 at 2:29 am
Wow, too much to say. But what must be acknowledged is that if we do indeed get 25 more championships, as Yanks in 6 proclaims we set our goals for, that will tally us up to 27. A ha…. You see we won it all in 1980 with our team also sporting the MVP and Cy Young winners. So to catch up, we need 24. But who needs math? Let’s move on.
I REEEEEAAALLY hope CBP doesn’t “look and feel like” Yankees Stadium. Because who here wants to see the Diamond Club 70% empty, a mind-numbingly large monitor directly in the batters-eye, and a breath-taking view of the second-poorest district in the nation?
I actually prefer what we do in Philly, thanks. And we do what we do here very well. We wave rally towels and it’s worked for more than two seasons now.
Don’t even try to compare us to Sox fans, because we do our thing better. Wanna know what we do? Go ask the New York Mets about the 2007 and 2008 season. (If you bring up ‘09 they’ll just change the subject like it didn’t happen.) They’ll tell you how we “slap ‘em down.”
And finally, I gotta know, what was it like when you celebrated the back to back Series wins in ‘27 an ‘28? You were there right? I just want to see how it compares to the ‘08 and the repeat in ‘09.
October 26th, 2009 at 2:34 am
YA THATZ RIGHT, WE’RE SO GOOD WE DONT EVEN NEED 4 GAMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOLOLOL LOOK AT OUR CHAMPIONSHIPS!
MORE LIKE FAIL-ADELPHIA!!!!111
WE HAD BABE RUTH ‘N STUFF 2!!!!!!!! YEA!!!!!!!!
October 26th, 2009 at 2:39 am
Lets type in CAPS and act like a dickless moron. Oh wait…
October 26th, 2009 at 2:45 am
I LOVE THE COCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 26th, 2009 at 2:57 am
ME TOO!!!
October 26th, 2009 at 3:17 am
WE FUCKING BLEW!!!!!!!
October 26th, 2009 at 3:44 am
48. Posted by C K Mon Oct 26 12:26am EDT Report Abuse
Thank you for doing a big favor to us, Manuel. Hamels is your best pitcher. Lee was very average when he was in the AL. His stats is nice because he was facing the NL hitters. We hit him very well.
What the flying fuck?
October 26th, 2009 at 7:43 am
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October 26th, 2009 at 8:13 am
The last two posts make me sad. I love coming to this blog to get pumped up for the games and share the excitement for this great group of guys. Now it has been inhabited by immature Yankee morons. Not fans, morons. I know plenty of yankee fans and they are passionate and knowledgeable about their team and the sport. These neanderthals are no different than the idiots who burn down their city when their team wins, who pelt outfielders with beer, or who interfere with play.
October 26th, 2009 at 8:16 am
yanks in 5.. Book it you loser class less phils fans
October 26th, 2009 at 8:19 am
yanks in 6
October 26th, 2009 at 8:46 am
Two words: Whitey’s revenge!
We made the Mets our bitches….we’ll do the same to that other NY scrub team!
October 26th, 2009 at 8:52 am
I just don’t get what possesses fans of teams from other cities to google “Phillies blog” after they win the ALCS so they can go out and talk smack. I did check out the Pens Blog in 2007 because I saw comments on the700level that suggested it was hilarious/infuriating, but I never had the urge to post dumbass comments on it. What drives people to do this? I think the Phils will win in 5 or 6, but I don’t have any impulse that says, “GO TALK TRASH ON THE INTERNET!” Is this because I have a life? Other things to do? Or because I just don’t give a damn what New Yorkers think (at least the ones who aren’t my friends or relatives)? Plus, what the hell do they get out of repeatedly suggesting that the Phils suck? Totally confounds me.
If the Phils win game 1, they’ll win in 5. If not, it will be a 6 or 7 game series, and I still think the Phils win. If you go position by position, the only Yankees better than the Phils are A-Rod, Jeter (and that one is very, very close), and MAYBE Posada (Chooch has been incredible in the postseason). Tex is better than Howard with the glove, but the Big Man is the best postseason position player at the plate this year. I like all of our starter matchups (whoever says that Lee was “average” in the AL forgets that he won the freaking AL Cy Young last year!), and the only bullpen piece the Yanks have that strikes me as better than the Phils is Rivera. I’m not sure where the Yankees fans get off claiming they’ll win this series outright. I think the Phils win, but it’s going to be a classic.
October 26th, 2009 at 8:55 am
any1 know any yankee blogs?????
October 26th, 2009 at 8:56 am
The thing I love about Yankees fans…
Half of them flip flop between the Mets and Yankees whether they like to admit it or not… so I’m sure 2000 was a miniature brain aneurysm.
They love to talk about all their World Series titles… the ones they weren’t alive for, and the ones that happened before they even followed baseball.
They’ll bring up other sports when things aren’t quite going there way… and then make it feel more like baseball by also flip flopping between the Jets and Giants whether they like to admit it or not…
After this Series is over… maybe Yankee fans will see what it’s all about to have a TEAM. Not a bunch of high paid soon-to-be-has-beens who with the exception of the “Core 4″ have not and will not play together long enough to become one.
I’m sure by the end of the series (Game 2 could be their last opportunity however), the fans of NY will once again be booing A-Roid
October 26th, 2009 at 8:59 am
yankees fans are the biggest, fattest, piece of shit greaseball fuckheads in the entire world. if the yankees win a game in this series they’ll be everywhere talking shit but when the phillies win you won’t be able to find any of these fuckin losers anywhere. tell andy pettitte to get his fuckin chin fixed
October 26th, 2009 at 9:12 am
This is just awful.
To all the fans, relax, rivalry is all good. To all the morons, (probably the same idiots who smash in windows, flip cars, rip street lights down, etc.) go to some more games, learn the game, understand what its about. Don’t just come on here and start talkign trash for no fucking reason other than trying to get people all bitter, your life must be pretty shallow and lame for you to be spending your time cyber-arguing, go find some real people and have a argument/conversation about your teams. But seriously, I mean what is the point of arguing with the 12 year olds from nyawk, who barely remember the last time the Yankees won a championship.
The reality is that this is going to be a great match-up for both teams and should prove to be a very exciting series. Let’s hold off all this pissing contest until after the series. true fans of the game of baseball will appreciate what is going on here, and REALLY appreciate what the Phillies have going on, this is unique for this club and this city as its not that often you can put a core group of players together like the Phillies have. Unless, you have and endless supply of lettuce. At the heart of all of this, my team has already won, I was there last year and I’ll be there this year, I enjoy every Phillies game I’m at from the rain-out’s in April down by 3 in the 9th, hoping they’ll pull it through, to the slug fest when they throw a 10 spot up in the first inning and round it out to a 22 run game. The Phillies are baseball at its finest, a great club, with players who care and didn’t just take the $$ and run.
And fuck the media, who cares really, honestly, I never gave a shit about the T.J Simmers, Joe Bucks, the national media dispshits, they’re going to say what they want to say, it doesn’t matter. They don’t matter.
Charlie, Utley, Ruiz, Feliz, Ibanez, Howard, Madson, Chan Ho, Rollins, Lopes, Werth, That wacky Canadian with the telephone pole he swings, Victorino, Francisco, Cole, Cliff, Fat Joe, Dobbs, Milt, Soul-glo, J.A, Davey Lopes, Dubee. Mackanin, Perlozzo, Durbin, Cairo, Eyre, Billmeyer, Condrey, Lidge, Bako, and yes (even as it aches me to right it) E.B. matters, this team is special. They’ve got this.
Go Phils!
October 26th, 2009 at 9:22 am
All name-calling aside, this will be one of the best World Series in recent history. The best team from each league (each with a long baseball history) competing for the championship. None of this “wild card” shit. Two teams, evenly matched, will make for some great, edge-of-your-seat baseball.
oh, by the way, GO PHILS!
October 26th, 2009 at 9:29 am
I really miss Moyer in this post-season.
October 26th, 2009 at 9:39 am
@b-burg – You are the man!
To all fans, if you’re not genuinely excited about this series and the level of competition involved then you are not a real fan, just another lowlife bandwagoner who wants to be fashionable. If you’re a Yanks fan who actually belives your “team” will steamroll the Phils, open your eyes because this is going to be a battle. Step back, relax, and enjoy what post season baseball is all about.
Then you can start freaking out when we take CC out in the fifth, after some longballs in your new bandbox. How’s it going to feel when you and your 800 titles are beaten by the lowly Philthy’s?
October 26th, 2009 at 9:49 am
So the Yankee fans finally show up…with how confident they were I would have expected these messages long before this.
October 26th, 2009 at 10:06 am
Not really fearing the Yankee lineup after last night. The Angels gave them more runs than they earned. We can walk A-Rod if need be, but walk Howard, and well, we all saw what happened…
October 26th, 2009 at 11:10 am
Go Phillies! And btw — why does Yanks in 6 use so many exclamation points in his silly posts? He sounds like a 15-year-old girl…..
October 26th, 2009 at 11:34 am
YOU GUYZ ARE JUST JEALOUS OF OUR HISTORY!!!!!!!
MANTLE, DIMAGGIO, THE BABE
WHO DO YOU GUYZ HAVE, RICO BROGNA?!?!?!?!??!?!
AS I SAID, WE DONT NEED 4 GAMES TO BEAT YOU LOOOOOSERS HAHAA WE R SO GOOD OH MY GOD IT MAKES ME SICK.
PHILLIES ARE SOOOOOO BAD!!! WHAT IS A PHILLY ANYWAY!?!?!?!? LOLOL!!!!!
I HATE MY LIFE
October 26th, 2009 at 11:37 am
@jessem…I don’t think there is any doubt that our lineup is more potent than the Yanks right now. They have the edge at the top, the 3 hole, and wherever Cano bats (7?). But that is with a DH thrown in there at the 5 spot or wherever Matsui is batting, so its hard to compare. Don’t get me wrong, they are going to be putting runs on the board (probably via the long ball) but we can definitely keep up.
October 26th, 2009 at 11:39 am
Rico Brogna. What a classic. That brings back great memories of being at the park with my dad. RIIICOOOOOO BROGG-Naaaa
October 26th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
Yankees- “we have to try to get 4 more wins”
Phils- “we’re gonna win 4 more games”
therein lies the difference my friends.
and the yanks fan(s) are now airing their frustrations because all the pressure if on the yankees because if they don’t produce they’re in trouble. we as phils fans can just sit back and enjoy this one.
October 26th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
@ Saint. Amen! Yanks fans hang their hats on titles that not only they didn’t see, but I’m also willing to bet pre-date their parents too. Makes me sick. I think these were the same fans in the beginning of the season calling for Girardi’s head after they dropped their first 8 to the Red Sox.
I think any knowledgable fan realizes that this series has the potential to be one of the all time greats. I don’t expect a sweep either way (sorry Yanks fans, no repeat of 1950….not that you knew you swept the Phils in 4 that year) and I think it’s safe to say this series will go no less than 6. A few of my friends from college are Yankees fans, but they at least recognize a good team when they see one. They are not overly excited for the team they root for to go up against the Phillies. Conversely, this is not going to be an easy series for the Phils. The Yanks are a very good team. If you think otherwise, then you haven’t been paying much attention to the season. If the Phillies continue to jump out to early leads and their pitching staff can limit free passes, they will put themselves in a great position to win these games. The Phillies are built like an AL team, they have the leaders and experience, they certainly have the desire, and we all know they have the heart to win. Phils in 7. Cole Hamels returns to Hollywood status in the bright lights of the Big Apple. Taking 2 of 3 (should’ve been 3) during the regular season in Yankee Stadium can do nothing but help.
October 26th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
Man this is gonna be good.
October 26th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
@yankees:
This isn’t some instant message program, this is a blog. In 6th grade talking shit via the internet may have been cool but this isn’t middle school anymore. Grow up, learn how to type without using LOL and Z. You are an embarrassment to Yankees fans and to your self.
To The Fightins:
I just wanted to say thanks for all the entertaining posts and hard work you put into this blog. I’m a huge Phillies fan and look forward to checking your posts everyday. Keep up the great work, you are greatly appreciated by all Phillies fans!
GO PHILLIES! WFC BACK TO BACK!
October 26th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
“I don’t want to sound corny, but for me, it’s about my dad,” Hal Steinbrenner said. “That’s the way it is, I think, if you ask any of these players. We want to win the whole thing and we’re one step away. We want to do it for my dad and we all feel the same.”
I want to puke. My ass that A-Rod, Sabathia, Burnett, Texiera, Damon, etc. want to win anything for George Steinbrenner. I guess when you lie this much you start to believe yourself…..
October 26th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
I’m a little concerned that people don’t understand I’m mocking the real Yankees fan.
October 26th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
Ah, well disregard that then. I’ll dedicate it to the other Yankees fans. My apologies!
October 26th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
yankees in 3, a better impersonation: move to north jersey, marry a girl thats not so bright, hide her makeup so she cant go out in public, buy a house and tell all your friends how much you paid for it.
then, go to the jersey shore and ruin another part of america
October 26th, 2009 at 1:12 pm
Eric Bruntlett for World Series MVP!!!!
October 26th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
will.H, that was beautiful.
October 26th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
Black
October 26th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
taco
October 26th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
for
October 26th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
[LOLPWNT]
October 26th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
Cheater
October 26th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
The fact that the guy lives in Detroit AND has a job is very impressive.
October 26th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
lunch
October 26th, 2009 at 1:28 pm
When I originally refreshed, I was number 100.
I really wanted to go to lunch and I was sick of waitin’ for all you pokies to post something
P.S. – Lynnie – when it comes to the black taco, cheating is not in the vocabulary.
October 26th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
A Philly is a fucking female horse for god’s sake. What the fuck kind of fumes was the guy who came up with that inhaling?
October 26th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
Yankees in 4 yeahhhh!!!!
October 26th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
Remember this guy?
October 26th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
Heyyyy that’s me!!! I couldn’t remember my name. I knew it was something with YankeesRule. I guess because they do.
October 26th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
Can you post some of my older stuff? I was on a role earlier that day.
October 26th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
I wish I played for the Yankees. I would be more respected as a great QB. Even Eli got 120 million and he can’t throw a spiral in anything over 2 mph winds.
October 26th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
I meant the Giants. I am a little confused today with all this baseball talk and shit.
October 26th, 2009 at 4:22 pm
@Heathcliff: when I posted my cheater comment, it was (playfully) directed at you. It works better the way it is, now.
October 26th, 2009 at 5:11 pm
Wait – did Tug knock me out?
If you did, Tug, you are a Yankee fan at heart. That’s just the way it is.
October 26th, 2009 at 6:11 pm
Hahaha, I was wondering when you would catch on.
October 27th, 2009 at 9:58 am
One of those rare moments where the “Slo” part of Slocumb comes into play…
I shake my fist angrily at you, Mr. Haines