[quote]Doug Adams wrote:
LankyMofo wrote:
Damn, no love for the world champs in this thread.
I’m with ya Lanky. I was happy the Phils won last year since the city didn’t win anything for a long while. Now since I can’t stand the rest of the teams I’m rooting for the repeat. [/quote]
Well my team is waaaay out of it, so I am kind of following it along. Right now, I am not concerned with who does it, I just want somebody to beat the shit out of the Yankees. The NL, I was hoping for the Rockies to pull a miracle. I like the underdog, but there is not underdog in the NL fight. I got no issues with the Dodgers or Phils except when the Braves play them, then there the enemy. I am not sure who I want to win except the team with the best chance to beat the Yankees. Their next title needs to be prevented at all costs, a hundred year drought would be nice.
At least we don’t have to put up with another Yankees-Red Sox series…They’ve been fun but I am a bit over their rivalry.
Right now I think the Angels have it, but you never know. Like the ad says “You can’t script October”
[quote]Doug Adams wrote:
LankyMofo wrote:
Damn, no love for the world champs in this thread.
I’m with ya Lanky. I was happy the Phils won last year since the city didn’t win anything for a long while. Now since I can’t stand the rest of the teams I’m rooting for the repeat. [/quote]
I’m not watching the Dodger Phillies game but I’m listening on the radio. They just said that Pedro was getting some hand shakes when he just came in from an inning, I think the 7th. You never ever take a pitcher out when they are rolling and it’s just a one run game. I’m calling it here. Dodgers will rally and win the game.
I’m not watching the Dodger Phillies game but I’m listening on the radio. They just said that Pedro was getting some hand shakes when he just came in from an inning, I think the 7th. You never ever take a pitcher out when they are rolling and it’s just a one run game. I’m calling it here. Dodgers will rally and win the game.[/quote]
Geez, I’m not really happy about calling that right. It really sucks for the players to lose because of their dumb fuck manager. Pedro must be furious.
[quote]on edge wrote:
Geez, I’m not really happy about calling that right. It really sucks for the players to lose because of their dumb fuck manager. Pedro must be furious.[/quote]
The manager didn’t throw away a perfectly good double play ball, for the second day in a row no less. Manuel has the toughest job in the league with that bullpen. Theyre simply terrible at their job, as a whole.
It’s tough since Pedro didn’t have that many pitches, but he hadn’t pitched in awhile. The Phillies are going to have to score more runs to make up for their inept bullpen.
Taking Pedro out was a huge mistake, I knew it from the moment he started shaking hands…because of the bullpen. I agree, Manuel has a tough job trying to manage a bullpen that has absolutely NO confidence in their stuff…that’s their problem.
Everyone in that bullpen has the quality stuff to get each job done, but they are scared. For instance, JA Happ is pitching like a fucking high school pitcher right now. Dude has SICK stuff and he’s afraid to attack the strike zone.
I still see my boys beating LA for this series…I just have a hard time seeing anyone beat the Yankees, unfortunately. All I care is that I’m going to game 4 on Monday night! Hall of Fame club, bitches!
[quote]SteelyD wrote:
LankyMofo wrote:
Phils layeth the smack down on on the Dodgers last night.
Cliff Lee was money very well spent.
If they keep up the great offense and keep the bullpen from imploding, the Phils are looking at a chance for a repeat.
Phils/Yanks. That will be a tough one for Philly.[/quote]
I’m hoping last night’s loss for the Dodgers will be so demoralizing they come out the next couple games with no pep in their step. Something tells me they’re a little more resilient than that, though.
I thought the Yankees record during the regular season was a little inflated because they beat up on tons of bad pitching (4 and 5 starters) but now that I’ve seen them play a little more, their lineup is just as deep as the Phils and their bullpen is much better. I’d still give the Phils the edge in starting pitching.
It will definitely be an interesting series.
Agreed. I’m really starting to question whether or not they’re a competitive football team. All of their wins have come against horrible teams and they lost to the Raiders. Next week they’ll really show their true colors when they face the Giants, who are coming off their first loss and probably aren’t too happy about it.
The Angels are playing like bums, so I think my Yankees will take the series.
I use to play baseball, but I never liked watching it. The only way I can watch it is if the Yankees are playing; otherwise, I don’t give a shit.
All sports are boring to watch in my opinion.
Yanks over Phils in 7. Its going to be magical.
[quote]bluefingas wrote:
The Angels are playing like bums, so I think my Yankees will take the series.
I use to play baseball, but I never liked watching it. The only way I can watch it is if the Yankees are playing; otherwise, I don’t give a shit.
All sports are boring to watch in my opinion.
Yanks over Phils in 7. Its going to be magical.[/quote]
I think if the angels win this afternoon, The momentum is back no their side. Then if they can somehow beat c.c sabathia tomorrow, They are gonna win the series. The phills are gonna win again today… Damn!
I was wondering about the lack of play-off chatter…
I got trashed at the bar Thursday night watching the game. It was awesome. We started as a group of about 5 watching the game but as the night went on we got bigger and louder. I missed out on a chance to purchase tickets this year and there is no way I can afford to get them off stub-hub so this is the closest I get to the action.
It cracks me up that Lidge is one of the only closers not to blow a save this post season. What was Fuentes thinking throwing that 0-2 pitch right down the middle to A-Rod? I think Scioscia out managed Gerardi game 2 but his players couldn’t get it done. What is going on with Vlad?
I’m hoping for a Phils/Yanks WS. They’ve proven they can get to Sabathia and I could see them totally fucking up Burnett. Phils should have swept that series back in May if Lidge had held it together.
If Lidge can continue to hold down the ninth it puts everyone else back in their right spot. Friday was just an abomination; any other day Park gets out of that inning unscathed. Little worried about Joe tonight since he hasn’t pitched much lately, but he was great last year.
I want to say Phils in 5, but am thinking 6 (mostly to mentally prepare myself in case they implode again). Hopefully the Angels can come back and make a series out of it, but I think it will be the Yanks in 6.
[quote]SmilingPolitely wrote:
I was wondering about the lack of play-off chatter…
I got trashed at the bar Thursday night watching the game. It was awesome. We started as a group of about 5 watching the game but as the night went on we got bigger and louder. I missed out on a chance to purchase tickets this year and there is no way I can afford to get them off stub-hub so this is the closest I get to the action.
It cracks me up that Lidge is one of the only closers not to blow a save this post season. What was Fuentes thinking throwing that 0-2 pitch right down the middle to A-Rod? I think Scioscia out managed Gerardi game 2 but his players couldn’t get it done. What is going on with Vlad?
I’m hoping for a Phils/Yanks WS. They’ve proven they can get to Sabathia and I could see them totally fucking up Burnett. Phils should have swept that series back in May if Lidge had held it together.
If Lidge can continue to hold down the ninth it puts everyone else back in their right spot. Friday was just an abomination; any other day Park gets out of that inning unscathed. Little worried about Joe tonight since he hasn’t pitched much lately, but he was great last year.
I want to say Phils in 5, but am thinking 6 (mostly to mentally prepare myself in case they implode again). Hopefully the Angels can come back and make a series out of it, but I think it will be the Yanks in 6.
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I’m not worried about Blanton, I think we can expect 6-7 innings worth of work giving up 2-3 runs. Classic Joe Blanton type stuff. The only way I can see him getting rocked is if the Dodgers are just real pissed off about last night and go on a tear. I think Blanton will have the stuff he always has, it’s all about whether the Dodgers step up their hitting or not.
I’d like to see the Phils sweep at home, rest up a little so Cliff Lee can start game 1 of the series.