NLDS: Brewers vs. Phillies

[xbrokendownx]

Wed, Oct 1 @Philadelphia 3:00 PM Hamels (14-10) vs. Gallardo (0-0)
Thu, Oct 2 @Philadelphia 6:00 PM Myers (10-13) vs. Sabathia (17-10)
Sat, Oct 4 @ Milwaukee 6:30 PM Moyer (16-7)
Sun, Oct 5* @ Milwaukee TBA
Tue, Oct 7 * @Philadelphia TBA

[Drew Beringer]

Gallardo is pitching game 1

[xbrokendownx]

sweet, edited it. im going brewers in 5 in this one

[rcrook]

Phillies in 4. Over/Under 100 times Drew uses the words Fuck, Hate and Sucks.

[DaveFeelsRight]

Phillies in 4. Over/Under 100 times Drew uses the words Fuck, Hate and Sucks.yep.

[LeftWideOpen]

Phillies in 4. CC runs out of gas and gets hit hard on the road, with the Phillies sweeping at home. Brewers come back and win Game 3, before they run CC out on 2 days rest and he gets shelled again in Game 4.

;-)

[StandMyBrothers]

CC burns out his arm and the Dodgers signed some Damaged Goods.

[xbrokendownx]

see a part of me hopes the brewers get swept and then the yankees sign CC haha but if we dont have a shot of getting him i hope they go all the way

[Drew Beringer]

This will be an interesting series, depends on which Brewers team shows up.

[ForlrnPerplxity]

Phillies in 4

[TakingBackDowd]

Phillies in 4 aswell.

[kshtoinks12]

Phillies in 4, I'll give them Sabathia.

[Dirty Ernie]

Phils in 4, no homer.

[Flags of Dawn]

Brewers in 4.

[TakingBackDowd]

bold.

[Flags of Dawn]

someone has to do it.

[uchiha]

Brewers in 4

Don't forget the Phillies got swept by the Rockies last season when they won the NL East the last day of the season. That may be relevant.. or it may just be rubbish. I hate the Phillies

Go Brew!

[DaveFeelsRight]

Brewers in 4

Don't forget the Phillies got swept by the Rockies last season when they won the NL East the last day of the season. That may be relevant.. or it may just be rubbish. I hate the Phillies

Go Brew!the rockies were really fucking hot at that time

[Drew Beringer]

Every single "expert" on ESPN predicted the Phils in 4.

[DaveFeelsRight]

Every single "expert" on ESPN predicted the Phils in 4.do we count as experts as well? ;-)

[rcrook]

and most people here predicted the Phils in 4...see a trend?

[uchiha]

and most people here predicted the Phils in 4...see a trend?


The "experts" are usually dreadfully wrong... so the Brewers will definitely win this series.

[Killadelphia]

Phillies in 5.

[Dirty Ernie]

Brewers in 4

Don't forget the Phillies got swept by the Rockies last season when they won the NL East the last day of the season. That may be relevant.. or it may just be rubbish. I hate the Phillies

Go Brew!

If anything I've heard people compare this years Brewers to last years Phillies.

[VoiceoffCamera]

Brewers in 5

Seth McClung is going to be the mvp of this series

[imirish06]

Fuck all of you. Every time a Philly team is favored they choke.

Leave us alone.

Tell us we suck.
Say we're going to get swept!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !

[xbrokendownx]

you dont need to be favored to choke. you do it on your own very well

[laxcrs]

phils in 5

[sweetforever]

Phils in 4

[screamoutmyname]

http://www.ccfa.org/chapters/longisland/Mets%20Logo.JPG

[Flags of Dawn]

wrong.

[SLADE775]

I'm betting on the Brewers.

[CubbyNick42]

Phillies in 3.

[robat19]

Fuck all of you. Every time a Philly team is favored they choke.

Leave us alone.

Tell us we suck.
Say we're going to get swept!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !

As long as you say the Pens are garbage... Philly will sweep!

[acfrue]

Phillies in 4. Over/Under 100 times Drew uses the words Fuck, Hate and Sucks.

Over, no doubt

[TheOtherAndrew]

Brewers in 5.

[Smithers]

phils in 5. the brewers win CC's start and steal another game along the way.

[xbrokendownx]

CC is going to start twice in the series, no doubt..he'll even have full rest to start game 5

[acfrue]

i like how the brewers are acknowledging the fact that ben sheets sucks....3:1 odds cc sabathia throws out his back in his first at bat trying to swing for the fences

Brewers in 5

[Chris M.]

Phillies in three

[Scott Weber]

go brewers!

[williek311]

I'm pulling for the Brewers in this one. I hope CC holds up.

[Killadelphia]

Phillies in three

phillies never make anything easy.

[robat19]

Every single "expert" on ESPN predicted the Phils in 4.

Drew, you still have hope, every "expert" on ESPN didn't pick the Red Wings to win the cup either.

[thatsignant]

I'd say game 1 is basically a must win for Philly

[Killadelphia]

A streak has to end. Neither the Phillies nor the Brewers have won a playoff series in a long time. The Phillies are better defensively, better offensively, and they have a better overall pitching staff. The NL East Champions should win. However, the Brewers are a team who's bats can get hot real fast and whenever CC has the opportunity to possibly pitch twice in a short series, it is going to be tough.

A Broad View:

Phillies
In the regular season, the Phillies averaged about 4.9 runs per game and allowed only 4.19. Their +119 run differential was third in the majors only behind Boston and Chicago. Their 799 runs scored was 93 off of last year's pace. Earlier in the year, they were on pace to surpass the 892 runs from last year, but their offered faltered much of the summer, luckily heating up just in time for the September stretch run. Chase Utley, Jimmy Rollins, and Pat Burrell all had struggling streaks when the weather was hot, but at least Utley and Rollins are getting back to normal. The Phillies have two year in and year hot MVP candidates in Utley and Howard. Hopefully, hopefully they tune their game to become October MVPs. No one in baseball is hotter than Ryan Howard is right now.

The pitching has been the best it has ever been in a long time, both in regards to the starters and the bullpen. Pitching was the question earlier in the year, but it truly carried this team through some tough times. The Phillies are going to continue have to rely on good pitching, but also hope that their situational hitting improves. When the weather cools down, home runs are tougher to hit with consistency.

Brewers
The Brewers come into the postseason averaging 4.6 runs per game while allowing 4.25. However, their rotation has taken a hit because Ben Sheets will likely be unavailable for the entire series. Yovani Gallardo is a stud prospect, but he hasn't pitched during most of the year. He injured his knee in May and his only start with the Brewers since was last weekend. C.C. Sabathia will pitch on 3 days rest for the fourth time in four starts in Game 2. While it is likely that he'll continue to be effective, question marks will still arise.

Both the offense and bullpen struggled in September, but finally returned to mid-season form in the final week of the season. The Brewers are another team that relies heavily on the long-ball. Both powerful lineup could put up big numbers, but it is hard to expect any 10-8 slugfests in the cold Philadelphia and Milwaukee weather.


Offense
Batting Average:
Phillies - .255
Brewers - .253

On-Base Percentage:
Phillies - .332
Brewers - .325

Slugging Percentage:
Phillies - .438
Brewers - .431

Home Runs:
Phillies - 214
Brewers - 198

Walks:
Phillies - 586
Brewers - 550

Strikeouts:
Phillies - 1117
Brewers - 1203

As you can tell, the Phillies have the edge in the major categories. Well, how about the "clutch" situations.

With runners in scoring position, the Phillies still seem to have an edge as well.

Batting Average:
Phillies - .263
Brewers - .245

On-base Percentage:
Phillies - .365
Brewers - .337

Slugging Percentage:
Phillies - .443
Brewers - .405

Walks:
Phillies - 219
Brewers - 192

Strike Outs:
Phillies - 299
Brewers - 312

On paper, the Phillies have a better offense. In their most recent 4-game series, the Phillies outscored the Brewers 26-10. The Phillies are a better situational team, but they will have to improve to completely hold off a Brewers lineup that could heat up really quickly.

Phillies Team Leaders:
Avg: Shane Victorino - .293
OBP: Chase Utley - .380
SLG: Ryan Howard - .543
HR: Ryan Howard - 48
RBI: Ryan Howard - 146
R: Chase Utley - 113
SB: Jimmy Rollins - 47

Brewers Team Leaders:
Avg: Ryan Braun - .285
OBP: Prince Fielder - .372
SLG: Ryan Braun - .553
HR: Ryan Braun - 37
RBI: Ryan Braun - 106
R: Ryan Braun - 92
SB: Corey Hart - 23

Pitching:
With the addition of C.C. Sabathia, the Brewers had one of the best 1-2 rotation in baseball with he and Sheets. Well, Sheets is likely not going to pitch. So now, the Brewers new 1-2 punch is Sabathia and Gallardo. Don't slouch on Gallardo. He has question marks, he's young, but he has amazing stuff. The rest of their rotation is a question mark as they're still not sure who will pitch game 3.

The Phillies have one of the better National League aces in Cole Hamels who's recored had a lot to do with the Phillies lineup's inability to score runs for him. Hamels leads the league in innings and may be feeling some fatigue, but he'll have 8 days in between starts. Hopefully he is refreshed. Myers have seemed to have found himself since being sent down, but he has been unable to spot his fastball in his last two starts. A problem he had before he was sent down. Hopefully he gets back to whatever he was doing before those two starts. To pitch game 3, the Phillies well send out 45 year-old vet, Jamie Moyer. Moyer was 16-7 for the Phillies this year with a 3.71 ERA. Unreal.

Well, let's compare them. First the Starter's.

Innings:
Phillies - 966.2
Brewers - 983.1

ERA:
Phillies - 4.23
Brewers - 3.86

W-L:
Phillies - 59-47
Brewers - 59-48

Opponent BA:
Phillies - .264
Brewers - .259

Ks:
Phillies - 670
Brewers - 725

Walks:
Phillies - 322
Brewers - 314

WHIP:
Phillies - 1.36
Brewers - 1.31

HRs Allowed:
Phillies - 123
Brewers - 119

The Brewers have the edge, however these numbers both include Kyle Kendrick, Adam Eaton, and Ben Sheets. Three starters who will not pitch in this series. I remind you though, Gallardo has the type of stuff that shut down the Phillies last year with the kids in Colorado. As you can see, the Brewers rotation was able to go deeper into games.

The bullpens:

Innings:
Phillies - 483
Brewers - 472.1

ERA:
Phillies - 3.19
Brewers - 3.83

W-L:
Phillies - 33-23
Brewers - 31-24

Opponent BA:
Phillies - .251
Brewers - .249

Ks:
Phillies - 411
Brewers - 385

Walks:
Phillies - 211
Brewers - 214

WHIP:
Phillies - 1.38
Brewers - 1.39

Blown Leads:
Phillies - 15
Brewers - 26

The Phillies definitely have the bullpen edge, though they struggled in August and early September. The Brewers bullpen isn't as far off as some may have thought. They still got the job in the grand scheme of things, but those 26 blown leads are not good news for the Brewers fans.

Both of their fielding defense are not great, but they're not terrible. They have a few holes, but rarely do they absolutely kill their respected teams.

Final Analysis:
I don't like making predictions, but I have to, Phillies in 4 or 5. If it gets to 5, the Brewers will likely send out Myers against Sabathia, unless the Phillies plan to use Blanton if there is a game 4, pending on what the series is at. I think both teams are mirror images of each other, but the Phillies experience last year, as little as it is, should deem a huge factor.

Play ball!

[Killadelphia]

Lauren Hart is singing God Bless America tomorrow during the 7th inning....we're going to win, especially if they involve Kate Smith like the Flyers do.

[GiggsOho]

Lauren Hart is singing God Bless America tomorrow during the 7th inning....we're going to win, especially if they involve Kate Smith like the Flyers do.

You believe in the carry-over? I hate it.

[Killadelphia]

You believe in the carry-over? I hate it.

what?

[GiggsOho]

what?

It's a Flyers thing, not a Phillies thing, I hate when the teams try to do this crossover stuff, it's like this over-anxious need to have all the stars/luck on our side. Everybody just calm down and let the team play ball.

Rip me for nitpicking, I understand. Would like to witness it live, however.

[mattregan]

brewers in 5!!!!!

[bjam12]

Tomorrow is a must win for Philly.

[Drew Beringer]

Tomorrow is a must win for Philly.
That's what I told my dad, I think if the Brewers win tomorrow, they will win the series.

[Flags of Dawn]

That's what I told my dad, I think if the Brewers win tomorrow, they will win the series.
Hopefully in 4 games! haha.

I went up to my boss this afternoon and was like "cough, cough, i think i'm getting sick. I might have to leave early tomorrow." She asked what was tomorrow afternoon, so I was like "Brewers first playoff game in 26 years"...."Oh...*laughs*...sounds good."

I really hope she was serious.

[Killadelphia]

It's a Flyers thing, not a Phillies thing, I hate when the teams try to do this crossover stuff, it's like this over-anxious need to have all the stars/luck on our side. Everybody just calm down and let the team play ball.

Rip me for nitpicking, I understand. Would like to witness it live, however.

I think she's just a really good singer and that is why they're doing it. I doubt they use Kate Smith.

[Killadelphia]

Heading up to the stadium, have a good day guys. It's probably going to rain during the game.

Go Phillies!

[bluecrunchy]

Honestly, I'm just glad the Brewers made the playoffs at all. I'm concerned that Sabathia may have burned himself out during the last few games of the season. Plus, I'm not convinced Gallardo will be back to his old form. But who knows, they might pull it off anyway.

[xbrokendownx]

does mlb.tv work for this? or do you have to buy a special package?

im sure i could find it on one of those streaming sites since its on tbs anyways

[bjam12]

does mlb.tv work for this? or do you have to buy a special package?

im sure i could find it on one of those streaming sites since its on tbs anyways

If you find one let me know.

[xbrokendownx]

http://www.channelsurfing.net/

looks like its gonna be on that site later on. ive used that before, its usually good

[Broken Parachute]

Brewers in 5.

[Drew Beringer]

Very nervous.

[wesgemm08]

Phillies in 3

[Drew Beringer]

Mike Cameron is the worst lead off hitter. And now Bill Hall will strike out too. Great 1-2 punch!

[Scott Weber]

Fucking Mike Cameron you piece of shit. I fucking hate you die.

[Scott Weber]

FUCK Billy Hall he is a worthless bag of rocks. Trade him for a real hitter fuck this.

[Drew Beringer]

Fucking Mike Cameron you piece of shit. I fucking hate you die.
exactly what I said.

[DaveFeelsRight]

hahah oh weebs

[Drew Beringer]

Yikes, Hamels is definitely going to dominate the Brewers today.

[Scott Weber]

Ryan Braun is in such a slump.

[Drew Beringer]

It's gonna be a long day.

[wesgemm08]

3 up, 3 down. 2 K's. Good start

[Scott Weber]

I don't even know why I follow this team. this game is already over. have fun in the NLCS phillies. this piece of shit team FUCK

[DaveFeelsRight]

lolllllllllll

[Drew Beringer]

Nice play Weeks.

[livethesounds]

I don't even know why I follow this team. this game is already over. have fun in the NLCS phillies. this piece of shit team FUCK

haha, what the hell's gotten into you. you're worse than drew now haha

[Drew Beringer]

haha, what the hell's gotten into you. you're worse than drew now haha
He is making fun of me. I'm just ignoring it.

[Drew Beringer]

Good inning for Yovani.

[Scott Weber]

here comes another 1-2-3 inning by this worthless piece of fuck team.

[Scott Weber]

Prince you fat fuck go eat a fucking donut!!!!

[Scott Weber]

this team is a joke.

[Scott Weber]

way to work the count you assholes, god piece of shit fuck

[DaveFeelsRight]

"great players like richie sexson"


LOL

[livethesounds]

"great players like richie sexson"


LOL

haha yea i giggled at that.

[Scott Weber]

sexson was a great player back then unlike this fucking piece of shit team


i may like every album ever written but i fucking hate this team.

[livethesounds]

hahaha

[Scott Weber]

2 walks for gallardo now. way to rush him back from the knee surgery fucking yost brewers FUCK ass shit balls

[DaveFeelsRight]

haha man

[Scott Weber]

great, rickie weeks just strike out now and save us the trouble

[Scott Weber]

annnnnnnnnnnnnd like clockwork. predictable.

[Scott Weber]

man, braun is really struggling. i can't remember the last time he got a hit.

[aloneatlastnj]

hahahahahahahahahahahahaha this is fucking gold.



btw - anyone know where i can stream a radio broadcast of this game? i'm at work and want to listen.

[WakingTheMisery]

This is going oh so well.

[livethesounds]

gallardo with the best contact of the game haha

[Scott Weber]

getting no hit fucking shit it's COLE HAMELS come on you fucks he's not even good

[Scott Weber]

seriously FUCK THIS TEAM they are so shitty I knew they would come out like this. Fucking classic underoath SHIT fuck balls honestly why do I even fucking care about aaron rodgers yost hall suppan sheets FUCK

[IAmNietzche]

getting no hit fucking shit it's COLE HAMELS come on you fucks he's not even good
Incorrect.

[aloneatlastnj]

posts of the year by scott weber.

[aloneatlastnj]

Incorrect.

you obviously don't know what's going on.

[livethesounds]

hahahahahahahahahahahahaha this is fucking gold.



btw - anyone know where i can stream a radio broadcast of this game? i'm at work and want to listen.

if you have a mlb.tv subscription you can steam every game there, otherwise i'm not sure. espn radio's carrying all the playoff games so if you can find that online or on a radio then your'e set.

if not those then channelsurfing.net has streaming games.

[Scott Weber]

GOD FUCK SHIT WEEKS FUCKx

[WakingTheMisery]

LO fucking L

[robat19]

I wonder where Drew is?

[aloneatlastnj]

if you have a mlb.tv subscription you can steam every game there, otherwise i'm not sure. espn radio's carrying all the playoff games so if you can find that online or on a radio then your'e set.

if not those then channelsurfing.net has streaming games.

i tried philly's ESPN radio stream - it's not the game. :-(

[acfrue]

lolz, nice play weeks

[IAmNietzche]

you obviously don't know what's going on.
From what I can gather, some asshole's imitating some idiot.

[livethesounds]

hahhahahahaha

[DaveFeelsRight]

I wonder where Drew is?what do you mean? hes been posting

[DaveFeelsRight]

From what I can gather, some asshole's imitating some idiot.hahaha

[WakingTheMisery]

Jason Werth is fucking ugly.

[livethesounds]

i tried philly's ESPN radio stream - it's not the game. :-(

thats pretty weird, i know i was getting on espn radio in San Antonio. maybe they're just not playing it in philly because it's probably on a local channel.

[IAmNietzche]

Jason Werth is fucking ugly.
He's rich.

[WakingTheMisery]

Its on TBS.

[aloneatlastnj]

Its on TBS.

not by a tv. i'm at work.

[Scott Weber]

i tried philly's ESPN radio stream - it's not the game. :-(
don't even bother it's a shit parade fucking weeks is an ass clown, you'll just get your heart broken like i do every day, fuck my life and fuck this team IT'S JUST THE INTERNET CHILL OUT but seriously fuck this.

[DaveFeelsRight]

uh oh

[aloneatlastnj]

don't even bother it's a shit parade fucking weeks is an ass clown, you'll just get your heart broken like i do every day, fuck my life and fuck this team IT'S JUST THE INTERNET CHILL OUT but seriously fuck this.

lolz

[WakingTheMisery]

Two runs!

[Scott Weber]

series over. later.

[aloneatlastnj]

i guess i can gameday it?

[rcrook]

ooof Mike Cameron

[livethesounds]

hahhaahahaha oh man, cameron fail

[Drew Beringer]

sigh errors

[WakingTheMisery]

series over. later.

I love you.

[Scott Weber]

4 pitch walk, FUCK Gallardo get your control back.

[acfrue]

he shouldve taken a better line at that, but i guess it looked like he couldnt see it for a second

[acfrue]

4 pitch walk, FUCK Gallardo get your control back.

lolz

[aloneatlastnj]

thread of the year.

[livethesounds]

not looking too good early on for the brew crew

[WakingTheMisery]

What is going on here?

[wesgemm08]

Is Daniel Cabrera pitching for the Brewers right now?

[Vanilla Bear]

come on YO!

[DaveFeelsRight]

uh oh x 2

[IAmNietzche]

Never seen this guy pitch before but he seems to have an aversion to throwing strikes.

[livethesounds]

big inning alert.

[WakingTheMisery]

Gallardo looks like he may cry.

[aloneatlastnj]

hahahahaha jesus christ. this is just flat out comical right now.

[WakingTheMisery]

Thought he was going to drop that one too.

[livethesounds]

haha, well with the way they played the final week did anyone expect much more?

[Vanilla Bear]

haha, well with the way they played the final week did anyone expect much more?

so we can expect a walk-off homer? sweet.

[WakingTheMisery]

I didn't realize we were playing a little league team.

[Scott Weber]

i have never seen anybody have a slump as bad as ryan braun has right now.

[WakingTheMisery]

I would love a perfect game tonight.

[aloneatlastnj]

Thought he was going to drop that one too.

how are enjoying willy p, btw?

[Vanilla Bear]

i'm laughing and hating this thread at the same time.

[WakingTheMisery]

how are enjoying willy p, btw?

I'm loving it. Its really great up here. I didn't think I would love it nearly as much as I do. :-) No one here has any sense of music though.

[WakingTheMisery]

I'm supposed to be writing a paper for the class I'm supposed to be at right now but this is just too good.

[aloneatlastnj]

I'm loving it. Its really great up here. I didn't think I would love it nearly as much as I do. :-) No one here has any sense of music though.

nice. good to hear. college is like that though - it took me forever to find people who had any sense of quality music.

[IAmNietzche]

If Hamels throws a perfect game the Brewers should be automatically eliminated?

[WakingTheMisery]

If Hamels throws a perfect game the Brewers should be automatically eliminated?

That is how it should be.

[Vanilla Bear]

it's the 5th inning, shut up

[WakingTheMisery]

Oh well. Close enough.

[IAmNietzche]

Shit! Brewers stay.

[Scott Weber]

If Hamels throws a perfect game the Brewers should be automatically eliminated?
probably worthless fucks

[IAmNietzche]

it's the 5th inning, shut up
You should be thanking us for jinxing him.

[Scott Weber]

it's the 5th inning, shut up
you know this piece of shit team has nothing left. fuck mike cameron worst signing ever, worse than avenged sevenfold (who is pretty good)

[gonz]

you know this piece of shit team has nothing left. fuck mike cameron worst signing ever, worse than avenged sevenfold (who is pretty good)
hahahahaha

[Smithers]

you know this piece of shit team has nothing left. fuck mike cameron worst signing ever, worse than avenged sevenfold (who is pretty good)
waking the fallen FTW.

[WakingTheMisery]

Sounding the Seven Trumpets was the only decent album of theirs.

[IAmNietzche]

Sounding the Seven Trumpets was the only decent album of theirs.
I'm not sure whether you killed the joke or just made it on you.

[WakingTheMisery]

I'm not sure whether you killed the joke or just made it on you.

The joke is on me. I enjoyed that album in 7th grade.

[SilenceBrokenTT]

Hammels just looks like he friggin owns the Brew Crew after that last strike out and walking off the plate... but of course they just get a hit.

[WakingTheMisery]

w00t.

[IAmNietzche]

8Ks through 6 ain't half bad.

[aloneatlastnj]

hamels is fucking DEALING today

[wesgemm08]

90 pitches through 7

[WakingTheMisery]

Looks like Hammels is finishing this one.

[RyanFTW]

Hamels is throwing down, I hope he gets a CG for it.

[64 % chance]

Looks like Hammels is finishing this one.

you're not having a good day. Mistaking Howard for Rollins in the other thread, spelling Hamels with two 'Ms'

in other news, after watching Hamels own the Brewers all i have to say is, "CC Sabathia who?"

[WakingTheMisery]

Who gives a shit how bad my spelling is?

[64 % chance]

Who gives a shit how bad my spelling is?

me

[WakingTheMisery]

:-(

[64 % chance]

:-(

you've let me and the rest of the Phillies fans down. way to go.

[WakingTheMisery]

Can I make it up to you?

[Scott Weber]

oh shit, braun almost hit that one out.

[WakingTheMisery]

Oh wow. Surprised he took off.

[Scott Weber]

this just got interesting.

[thedondeluge]

let's go Fielder!

[acfrue]

here come the brewers

[thedondeluge]

oh, just served it.

[thedondeluge]

Lidge from the past.

[Scott Weber]

haha philly fans - OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH to a pitch 2 feet outside

[WakingTheMisery]

Hahaha I was saying the same. The woman behind the plate had me laughing.

[Scott Weber]

lidge is getting some generous strikes.

[Dr. Acula]

Corey Hart...scarecrow lookin douchebag.

[Scott Weber]

Oh shit! Base hit and it's a tie game!

[Dr. Acula]

way to go hart

[Scott Weber]

boooooooooooo.

[WakingTheMisery]

Bout time.

[RyanFTW]

Shit that was a good game all the way to the end.

Ryan howard is going to be walked 90 times by the end of the playoffs.

[xbrokendownx]

drew might be on suicide watch

[Drew Beringer]

oh well, tough break, if Cameron catches the ball, it's a whole different game. oh well, go get em tomorrow.

[when eye awoke]

Time to lose tomorrow, and then go after Dave Bush in Milwaukee in game 3.

[Drew Beringer]

Annnnd I just got 3 text messages from Cub fans rubbing it in my face haha

[DaveFeelsRight]

first playoff win for philly in forever

[StandMyBrothers]

Annnnd I just got 3 text messages from Cub fans rubbing it in my face haha
hope you hid your white board or whatever it was.

[Drew Beringer]

hope you hid your white board or whatever it was.
haha, that'll only get written on if the Cubs win tonight.

[Flags of Dawn]

philly fans are coming out of the woodwork all of the sudden. not sure why im surprised.

[xbrokendownx]

nothing is better than a cocky phillies fan

[Drew Beringer]

philly fans are coming out of the woodwork all of the sudden. not sure why im surprised.
eh, it's like that for any team that makes the playoffs. We'll see tons of Phillie, Cub, White Sox, Red Sox, etc. fans in the next few days.

[imirish06]

philly fans are coming out of the woodwork all of the sudden. not sure why im surprised.

Tell me about it. I've seen fucks that wear Red Sox hats, Yankees hats, (Detroit when they were hot), and even Ray hats now wearing Phillies hats now.

Cock suckers.

[Flags of Dawn]

eh, it's like that for any team that makes the playoffs. We'll see tons of Phillie, Cub, White Sox, Red Sox, etc. fans in the next few days.
between the sudden shit talking and avatar changes, the playoff thread in general makes me want to puke.

[Flags of Dawn]

Tell me about it. I've seen fucks that wear Red Sox hats, Yankees hats, (Detroit when they were hot), and even Ray hats now wearing Phillies hats now.

Cock suckers.
yeah, one kid in general just changed his avatar and usertitle within the past few hours to Cole Hamels...ugh.

[Drew Beringer]

between the sudden shit talking and avatar changes, the playoff thread in general makes me want to puke.
Personally, Corey Hart, Rickie Weeks, Bill Hall, and Mike Cameron make me want to puke. Hopefully they bounce back tomorrow, although I bet Sveum starts Durham and Counsell over Weeks and Hall.

[Scott Weber]

between the sudden shit talking and avatar changes, the playoff thread in general makes me want to puke.
why are you even in that wasteland?

[Drew Beringer]

I locked that thread and told them to man up and post about sports in the sports forum.

[Flags of Dawn]

Personally, Corey Hart, Rickie Weeks, Bill Hall, and Mike Cameron make me want to puke. Hopefully they bounce back tomorrow, although I bet Sveum starts Durham and Counsell over Weeks and Hall.
haha, fair enough. i guess i get why weeks and hall started, but i dont agree with it. i could only laugh at the play that bill hall made and weeks got the error. pretty much sums up why they shouldn't play everyday/in pressure situations.
why are you even in that wasteland?
Thought there could be hope, was obviously wrong. There's a few regulars I dont mind talking to in there, and they would never come into the sports forum for obvious reasons, so :shrug:

[imirish06]

My facebook is loaded with phillies updates in the status bar. I know it's part of any sport but I reeeeeeallly can't stand front runners. Especially if you're a fan of a team in which you've seen way more bad times than good and then all of a sudden you see all these people talking like they've been with the team all along.

It's a nitpick, and I guess more support for a team the better... but man does it get on my nerves.

[Flags of Dawn]

same here. fortunately brewers are good enough to be there, but not many are on their bandwagon, haha.

[Drew Beringer]

haha, fair enough. i guess i get why weeks and hall started, but i dont agree with it. i could only laugh at the play that bill hall made and weeks got the error. pretty much sums up why they shouldn't play everyday/in pressure situations.

Thought there could be hope, was obviously wrong. There's a few regulars I dont mind talking to in there, and they would never come into the sports forum for obvious reasons, so :shrug:
Yeah, I understand why Hall and Weeks played, because of facing the lefty. But if Durham and Counsell play, that big inning probably doesn't happen. I can give Cameron some slack because it was a tough play, but the ball was in his glove and he took a bad angle. He had a horrid day at the plate and I do not understand still why he leads off, he strikes out too much. Durham should lead off and Cameron should be batting 7th, where he has had the most success this season.

Having CC on the mound gives me hope, win tomorrow and the rest of the series is a crapshoot.

[bjam12]

same here. fortunately brewers are good enough to be there, but not many are on their bandwagon, haha.

Seriously though, it's like that with every team that is successful. This year when I went to the Cubs and Brewers at Wrigley there were tons of Brewers fans. You wouldn't have seen that just two years ago.

[Flags of Dawn]

Yeah, I understand why Hall and Weeks played, because of facing the lefty. But if Durham and Counsell play, that big inning probably doesn't happen. I can give Cameron some slack because it was a tough play, but the ball was in his glove and he took a bad angle. He had a horrid day at the plate and I do not understand still why he leads off, he strikes out too much. Durham should lead off and Cameron should be batting 7th, where he has had the most success this season.

Having CC on the mound gives me hope, win tomorrow and the rest of the series is a crapshoot.
yeah, it sucks to lose today, but i'm still optimistic.
Seriously though, it's like that with every team that is successful. This year when I went to the Cubs and Brewers at Wrigley there were tons of Brewers fans. You wouldn't have seen that just two years ago.
yeah, i know...it's just annoying how people all of the sudden think they know everything about a team when there are people that have been through a hell of a lot more watching them and supporting them even when they were shitting the bed.

[bjam12]

yeah, it sucks to lose today, but i'm still optimistic.

yeah, i know...it's just annoying how people all of the sudden think they know everything about a team when there are people that have been through a hell of a lot more watching them and supporting them even when they were shitting the bed.

Yep, unfortunately it's inevitable.

[Killadelphia]

haha philly fans - OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH to a pitch 2 feet outside

it's hard to see outside and inside from certain areas of all stadiums, that's were a lot of the groans came from. It was also a mix of Lidge missing his pitch and people upset with a call.

[Killadelphia]

Anyway, it was a fun game to be at. The crowd was loud all game. We got a gift in the third and thankfully took advantage of it. Werth and Lidge make me a little nervous right now as they've both been struggling a little since August.

Hope we got out and score early tomorrow. The weather isn't going to be like today. The wind was absolutely ridiculous when those storms blew in.

I be posting some videos up.

[Killadelphia]

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[Killadelphia]

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The final out!

[Killadelphia]

dUF23NObrM8 Utley double

[64 % chance]

yeah, one kid in general just changed his avatar and usertitle within the past few hours to Cole Hamels...ugh.

:wave:

[Flags of Dawn]

:wave:
have fun having everyone hate you here. :thumbup:

[Flags of Dawn]

:wave:

Tell me about it. I've seen fucks that wear Red Sox hats, Yankees hats, (Detroit when they were hot), and even Ray hats now wearing Phillies hats now.

Cock suckers.

.....

[64 % chance]

Can I make it up to you?

punch Manuel in the face for taking Hamels out.

[64 % chance]

have fun having everyone hate you here. :thumbup:

And why's that? Because they're all Brewers fans?

[Flags of Dawn]

read the last few pages.

[64 % chance]

read the last few pages.

oh you mean about the phillies fans coming out of the woodwork? Come on dude, just cause I don't post all year around about the phillies on here doesn't mean I'm, as Jimmy Rollins put it, "a fair weather fan."

[Flags of Dawn]

k.

[Vanilla Bear]

Seriously though, it's like that with every team that is successful. This year when I went to the Cubs and Brewers at Wrigley there were tons of Brewers fans. You wouldn't have seen that just two years ago.

yeah, that's true. throughout the season til now on campus here there's a shitload more of brewer hats/shirts, which is fine and understandable. I just get annoyed when people on facebook make photo albums titled "BREWER GAME!!!", but 95% of it is just them tailgating.

[Vanilla Bear]

still though, the brewers don't get much respect. I went to oktoberfest in appleton this past weekend and a bunch of bars had the brewer game on 1 tv in the corner and the rest on the badger game. and my cousin and i were usually the only ones interested. biggest game at the time for the brewers in 26 years, but not a whole lot of people seemed to care.

[Flags of Dawn]

yeah, that's true. throughout the season til now on campus here there's a shitload more of brewer hats/shirts, which is fine and understandable. I just get annoyed when people on facebook make photo albums titled "BREWER GAME!!!", but 95% of it is just them tailgating.
or when people clearly dont know what they're talking about, but can only justify themselves with "______ is awesome" or "_______ sucks." Or even worse when they complain about "bad pitches" on 0-2 counts. ugh. things like that drive me nuts.

[Drew Beringer]

still though, the brewers don't get much respect. I went to oktoberfest in appleton this past weekend and a bunch of bars had the brewer game on 1 tv in the corner and the rest on the badger game. and my cousin and i were usually the only ones interested. biggest game at the time for the brewers in 26 years, but not a whole lot of people seemed to care.
Football will always rule in Wisconsin. I'm pumped for the Bucks this season. What do you think of them?

[Flags of Dawn]

haha, if i started to follow the NBA, i would just bypass the bucks and pick a non-local team. no thank you.

[Vanilla Bear]

very true, i shouldn't have expected too much.

i'm more excited for the bucks than i have been in awhile. Hammond was a great hire and i've liked most of his moves. i think the key is Bogut becoming the leader though. i know there was a lot of blame on Redd at the end of the year for not stepping up in that area. it'll just take a few years to get the personnel right for Hammond, he can't be happy looking at Mo Williams contract...haha.

[Vanilla Bear]

it still boggles my mind that the bucks were one game away from the finals in my lifetime at one point.

[Drew Beringer]

it still boggles my mind that the bucks were one game away from the finals in my lifetime at one point.
haha I know right? I am pumped to watch RJ this year.

[Vanilla Bear]

i want an RJ jersey in those new red unis...those are sweet.

[Drew Beringer]

i want an RJ jersey in those new red unis...those are sweet.
ditto

[imirish06]

ugh
its 2:34am. I just want game 2 to start already.

[Killadelphia]

punch Manuel in the face for taking Hamels out.

Manuel made the right move. SHUT UP!

[Killadelphia]

haha I know right? I am pumped to watch RJ this year.

how pumped? Giants vs Bengals pumped or Dolphins vs Pats pumped?

[Killadelphia]

it still boggles my mind that the bucks were one game away from the finals in my lifetime at one point.


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[64 % chance]

Manuel made the right move. SHUT UP!

I don't get why you would take someone out who is absolutely owning the other team.

[Broken Parachute]

Tell me about it. I've seen fucks that wear Red Sox hats, Yankees hats, (Detroit when they were hot), and even Ray hats now wearing Phillies hats now.

Cock suckers.That's probably the most annoying thing about sports in general.

[Dirty Ernie]

I don't get why you would take someone out who is absolutely owning the other team.

Lidge gets paid a lot, he was 41-41, the best closer in the NL this year, and obviously it's not a bad idea to start working on his confidence boosting for the playoffs right now.

And Hamels leaves the game on a high after 8 innings. Now his confidence is overwhelming and he'll get a full rest for the next time he pitches.

[64 % chance]

Lidge gets paid a lot, he was 41-41, the best closer in the NL this year, and obviously it's not a bad idea to start working on his confidence boosting for the playoffs right now.

And Hamels leaves the game on a high after 8 innings. Now his confidence is overwhelming and he'll get a full rest for the next time he pitches.

Or Hamels leaves the game annoyed that he wasn't allowed to finish it. I really don't think he needs the rest, he already rested for about 8 days and i'm pretty sure he was still under 100 pitches.

I mean it worked out, but I still don't like the idea of putting in Lidge when could have went for another inning easily.

[Scott Weber]

hamels was at 101 pitches. absolutely no reason to stretch him further if they might need to use him on short rest.

[64 % chance]

hamels was at 101 pitches. absolutely no reason to stretch him further if they might need to use him on short rest.

October 7th would be Game 5, that's almost a weeks rest. There really would be no need to use him before that. If game 4 were to happen they could start Blanton or even Happ. I wouldn't care if Manuel had Lidge warming up and if Hamels let up a hit or two then bring him in, but to not even start him for that inning doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Even the announcers were saying that (not saying thats worth much, but still.)

[Drew Beringer]

how pumped? Giants vs Bengals pumped or Dolphins vs Pats pumped?
hahahahahaaa

[Smithers]

who would have thought Michael Kay would be doing the ESPNRadio broadcast for this game? i laughed out loud when i heard his voice.

[Killadelphia]

I don't get why you would take someone out who is absolutely owning the other team.

hamels was at 101 pitches. absolutely no reason to stretch him further if they might need to use him on short rest.

Bingo, what Scott said. This was all fucking hindsight. The right move with the top of the order coming up was to goto a new pitcher against the righties who throws different stuff. What if Hamels had a 35 pitch 9th? You never know how the 9th would have played out if Hamels pitched, but we know how it did play out with Lidge pitching. He got the save, struck-out the side, we're up 1-0, game 2 tonight.

October 7th would be Game 5, that's almost a weeks rest. There really would be no need to use him before that. If game 4 were to happen they could start Blanton or even Happ. I wouldn't care if Manuel had Lidge warming up and if Hamels let up a hit or two then bring him in, but to not even start him for that inning doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Even the announcers were saying that (not saying thats worth much, but still.)

What if we're down 2-1 and need Hamels to go Sunday on short rest? Statistically, pitchers get worse over 100 pitches. Hamels is a little bit of an anomoly, but he's pitched an awful lot this year, you don't need to stretch him right now. The Brewers patience increased mightily from the first 8 innings to the 9th. They were chasing a lot of Cole's pitches.

And Lidge said he can go today, so it's all for not. Lidge hadn't pitched since Saturday.

who would have thought Michael Kay would be doing the ESPNRadio broadcast for this game? i laughed out loud when i heard his voice.

Oh my, I heard the highlights on ESPN radio driving home from the game. He sounds so pathetic, even moreso than on tv.

hahahahahaaa

well I want an answer damnit!

[Killadelphia]

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