PHILLY (Loosely Related to The Philadelphia Phillies)

pjhawks

Cliffy6745 said:

http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/sports/PBJ-Phillies-Fans-Bandwagon-263017211.html

You know I couldn't resist

not totally surprising seeing as how Citizens Bank Park became the hip place to be after 2008. now that the team stinks the hipness has worn off. every time i see someone with one of those stick-on logo's on their cars these days i feel like asking them when they got it. i bet 99% of them put those on after 2008. of course i'm sure those people consider themselves fans because they have a logo on their car.

i've always said it's easy to be a fan when your team is winning. real fans don't "quit' or "be done" with their teams.

Cliffy6745

pjhawks said:

Cliffy6745 said:

http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/sports/PBJ-Phillies-Fans-Bandwagon-263017211.html

You know I couldn't resist

not totally surprising seeing as how Citizens Bank Park became the hip place to be after 2008. now that the team stinks the hipness has worn off. every time i see someone with one of those stick-on logo's on their cars these days i feel like asking them when they got it. i bet 99% of them put those on after 2008. of course i'm sure those people consider themselves fans because they have a logo on their car.

i've always said it's easy to be a fan when your team is winning. real fans don't "quit' or "be done" with their teams.

I always talked about how easy it was to get tickets when I moved here in 2006, went to all three Yankees games that year with tickets right behind the dugout. Then in 2008-09, everyone in Philly was the biggest fan ever.

I'm done. But had to post it.

Wobbie

Cliffy6745 said:

http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/sports/PBJ-Phillies-Fans-Bandwagon-263017211.html

You know I couldn't resist

that poll is ridiculous....the Giants have (technically) sold out every game since moving into their new park in 2000. they've had good teams and shit teams in that time frame. in 1998 and 1999 they had decent attendance at candlestick (1998 they went down to the wire before losing a one game playoff and 1999 was the whole tell it goodbye nostalgia).

and the d**gers? chavez latrine gets emptier and emptier every year the team under performs.

eeriepadave

Congrats to J-Roll on passing Schmidt for the all time career leader in hits in Phillies history. Almost didn't recognize Schmidt without his mustache though, )

jamminpearls

Congrats to Rollins. Sadly he's annoyed me for years. But you have to appreciate what he's done for this organization.

Ledbetterman10

I was at the game today. Really cool moment.

pjhawks

Congratulations Jimmy! 14+ years how the years have flown by. I'm 95% sure I won't see anyone break his team hits record in my lifetime. selfishly I hope they never trade him and chase. hate to see those two in another uniform.

The Juggler

I was there too. It was awesome.

And I actually enjoy there being less people at games. Makes it much easier to grab good seats day of. Got HOF Club right behind plate for less than face value. Good times.

Ledbetterman10

http://m.mlb.com/phi/video/topic/8877464/v33725453/chcphi-phillies-postgame-toast-to-jimmy-rollins/?c_id=phi

The Juggler

the cole train has been in such a zone lately....

eeriepadave

How the hell do you walk a relief pitcher? )

JK_Livin

Paps actually pitched very well last night. He was ahead of almost every hitter and all 3 hits were bleeders.

pjhawks

eeriepadave said:

How the hell do you walk a relief pitcher? )

yea that was great. bastardo was pretty much as far back as possible in the batters box and looked scared to death.

Cole was great last night. actually thought they should have batted him in the 8th and just let him bunt the guy over.

how bad has this division been that this team is only 5 1/2 back?

JK_Livin

The Mets and Phillies are licking their chops. )

How bad is Dom Brown? Why are you using your off hand to help catch a ball in that situation? Feel for the wall dope. On the bright side of that, DeFratus showed some balls that inning.

The Juggler

JK_Livin said:

The Mets and Phillies are licking their chops. )

How bad is Dom Brown? Why are you using your off hand to help catch a ball in that situation? Feel for the wall dope. On the bright side of that, DeFratus showed some balls that inning.

he's doing his best pat burrell, circa 2003, impression.

The Juggler

no shot he hangs around long enough to catch lefty....but if he gets to 2nd place in under a decade (might get there by end of next year)--that's pretty fucking impressive.

http://the700level.com/baseball-phillies/does-cole-hamels-have-any-kind-of-chance-at-the-phils-all-time-strikeout-record/

Does Cole Hamels have any kind of chance at the Phils’ all-time strikeout record?

After missing the season’s first three-plus weeks and struggling a mite in his first couple starts, Cole Hamels has unmistakably rounded into Cole Hamels form again.

You wouldn’t know it from his record, as usual, and the Phillies gave him no help on that front last night as his seven scoreless were wasted by a one-run offensive effort that failed to hold when Jonathan Papelbon let in the tying run on a bloop single in the ninth. But after eight straight seven-plus-inning outings–all but one of which featured Cole giving up three runs or fewer–his ERA is down under three, his WHIP is back to a reasonable 1.20, and his 76 strikeouts lead the whole team.

source:

The K’s were of particular relevance last night, as Hamels’ six (in seven innings of work) tied him with Chris Short for third on the Phils’ all-time punchout list with 1585. Short, a two-time All-Star and Phillies Wall-of-Famer, racked up his tally over 14 seasons in 2253 innings pitched. Hamels took just nine years (counting this one) and 1671 IP. Cole should own third on his own within a couple innings of his next start, and failing injury or trade, will probably climb his way to second place (Hall-of-Famer Robin Roberts, with 1871) by either the end of next season or early into 2016.

It should probably be noted that Short and Roberts both pitched in an era that suppressed strikeout numbers far more than modern day. Roberts once led the NL with 185 Ks, a number Cole has passed five times while only finishing in the league’s top five once. Still, it is mighty impressive of our ace to reach that kind of historical mark in less than a decade’s time, and it shows how consistently dominant he’s been on the hill for the Phillies since coming into the league in 2006.

And it also gets you wondering–could he maybe make a claim for #1 someday? Getting to #3 (and presumably #2 before long) so relatively early in his career would make you think he’s got a real shot, but the gap between #2 and #1 is much, much bigger than the one between #2 and #3. That’s because #1 is the legendary Steve Carlton, one-time holder of the MLB all-time strikeout total, who racked up a stunning 3031 strikeouts in just under a decade and a half of duty for the Fightins. (Carlton also picked up 1105 additional K’s in stops with five other teams at the beginning and end of his career.)

To reach Lefty’s all-time total, Cole would certainly have his work cut out for him. He’s a little over halfway there, but he’s already turned 30. Generously assuming he pitches for the Phils until he turned 40, and assuming he racks up about another 120 punchouts over the course of this season, he’d have to average about 140 strikeouts a year over the next ten seasons to pass the first-ballot Hall-of-Famer.

Cliffy6745

This Spruce Street Harbor Park that is opening next week on the Delaware looks fucking sweet. I may spend a whole lot of time there this summer.

Cliffy6745

http://www.delawareriverwaterfront.com/planning/news/coming-soon-spruce-street-harbor-park

pjhawks

The Juggler said:

no shot he hangs around long enough to catch lefty....but if he gets to 2nd place in under a decade (might get there by end of next year)--that's pretty fucking impressive.

http://the700level.com/baseball-phillies/does-cole-hamels-have-any-kind-of-chance-at-the-phils-all-time-strikeout-record/

Does Cole Hamels have any kind of chance at the Phils’ all-time strikeout record?

After missing the season’s first three-plus weeks and struggling a mite in his first couple starts, Cole Hamels has unmistakably rounded into Cole Hamels form again.

You wouldn’t know it from his record, as usual, and the Phillies gave him no help on that front last night as his seven scoreless were wasted by a one-run offensive effort that failed to hold when Jonathan Papelbon let in the tying run on a bloop single in the ninth. But after eight straight seven-plus-inning outings–all but one of which featured Cole giving up three runs or fewer–his ERA is down under three, his WHIP is back to a reasonable 1.20, and his 76 strikeouts lead the whole team.

source:

The K’s were of particular relevance last night, as Hamels’ six (in seven innings of work) tied him with Chris Short for third on the Phils’ all-time punchout list with 1585. Short, a two-time All-Star and Phillies Wall-of-Famer, racked up his tally over 14 seasons in 2253 innings pitched. Hamels took just nine years (counting this one) and 1671 IP. Cole should own third on his own within a couple innings of his next start, and failing injury or trade, will probably climb his way to second place (Hall-of-Famer Robin Roberts, with 1871) by either the end of next season or early into 2016.

It should probably be noted that Short and Roberts both pitched in an era that suppressed strikeout numbers far more than modern day. Roberts once led the NL with 185 Ks, a number Cole has passed five times while only finishing in the league’s top five once. Still, it is mighty impressive of our ace to reach that kind of historical mark in less than a decade’s time, and it shows how consistently dominant he’s been on the hill for the Phillies since coming into the league in 2006.

And it also gets you wondering–could he maybe make a claim for #1 someday? Getting to #3 (and presumably #2 before long) so relatively early in his career would make you think he’s got a real shot, but the gap between #2 and #1 is much, much bigger than the one between #2 and #3. That’s because #1 is the legendary Steve Carlton, one-time holder of the MLB all-time strikeout total, who racked up a stunning 3031 strikeouts in just under a decade and a half of duty for the Fightins. (Carlton also picked up 1105 additional K’s in stops with five other teams at the beginning and end of his career.)

To reach Lefty’s all-time total, Cole would certainly have his work cut out for him. He’s a little over halfway there, but he’s already turned 30. Generously assuming he pitches for the Phils until he turned 40, and assuming he racks up about another 120 punchouts over the course of this season, he’d have to average about 140 strikeouts a year over the next ten seasons to pass the first-ballot Hall-of-Famer.

very little chance he catches Carlton. Cole has already had multiple minor arm/shoulder injuries and with 5 years of playoffs and high level games Cole will most likely end up like Halladay and turn old almost overnight around his mid-30s. can't see him lasting until 40

pjhawks

Cliffy6745 said:

http://www.delawareriverwaterfront.com/planning/news/coming-soon-spruce-street-harbor-park

does look cool but drinking on a barge in the river...umm not sure about that one.