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Johnny Abruzzo

Wobbie said:

The Juggler said:

F Me In The Brain said:

On a lark I joined the queue for tickets this morning and got seats for the family to Saturday.   Looks like a good time and my kid is gonna be stoked.
OF, but will still be fun.  (He sat a few rows off dugout last time..big difference!)

What time did you try? Only singles available when I checked a little while ago

F’me used his personal shopper thru the black AMEX card portal.

Ha - he was whining about outfield seats - "not behind the dugout". We're poor slobs sitting in 421 on Sunday *if necessary.

The Juggler

Jearlpam0925 said:

Was thinking this is what they should do.

https://twitter.com/MattGelb/status/1582778903294140420?t=szyU0d3PtyGfKmNoBPdh2A&s=19

I'm not sitting in this office beyond 3 damnit.

Afternoon games for championship series' should not be allowed. 

Topper has been dead on with just about everything thus far. He's got my faith. 

Batting practice jersey game-- I like it!

eeriepadave

Off to a fantastic start!
Small ball, go Phills!

F Me In The Brain

Johnny Abruzzo said:

Wobbie said:

The Juggler said:

F Me In The Brain said:

On a lark I joined the queue for tickets this morning and got seats for the family to Saturday.   Looks like a good time and my kid is gonna be stoked.
OF, but will still be fun.  (He sat a few rows off dugout last time..big difference!)

What time did you try? Only singles available when I checked a little while ago

F’me used his personal shopper thru the black AMEX card portal.

Ha - he was whining about outfield seats - "not behind the dugout". We're poor slobs sitting in 421 on Sunday *if necessary.

   I'm happy to be there and to have little FMe sit amongst his people.   

Jearlpam0925

This is the 2011 Cliff Lee Game. 

pjhawks

Thomson blows.  Our second best pitcher strikes out their best hitter and we take him out for fucking Brad Hand. Awful decision 

eeriepadave

Wobbie

pjhawks said:

Thomson blows.  Our second best pitcher strikes out their best hitter and we take him out for fucking Brad Hand. Awful decision 

I actually thought Nola should have come out sooner…..but not for Mr. Hand. wasn’t he good, like five years ago?

Ledbetterman10

Well nobody said it’d be easy. That’s a real tough loss though. Hard to even do the “Well we stole one on the road” rationalizing because of what could’ve been. Can’t wait for Friday’s game. 

Jearlpam0925

Yeah Nola just didn't look to have it - curve was either off or a beach ball over the plate, FB was sitting ~94 when he's usually been up around 96, not consistently throwing strikes, barely threw his cutter. He was trying too much to get guys off balance for outs instead of overpowering anybody. 

Need to hope they can start hitting in bunches again. Not enough people in the lineup showed up today, basically was a hole from 5 through 9.

Harper is a goddamn beast. 

Whatever voice I have left will certainly be gone by the end of Friday night.

Jearlpam0925

Something to keep our minds off this shit for now:

https://youtu.be/PqDJuqDhrFo

The Juggler

Jearlpam0925 said:

Yeah Nola just didn't look to have it - curve was either off or a beach ball over the plate, FB was sitting ~94 when he's usually been up around 96, not consistently throwing strikes, barely threw his cutter. He was trying too much to get guys off balance for outs instead of overpowering anybody. 

Need to hope they can start hitting in bunches again. Not enough people in the lineup showed up today, basically was a hole from 5 through 9.

Harper is a goddamn beast. 

Whatever voice I have left will certainly be gone by the end of Friday night.

Yeah I didn't feel good about Nola from the first inning on last night. Even that 4 run lead did not feel safe to me. 

Johnny Abruzzo

Nola will be back in form next time after we take 2 out of 3 at home. 

Johnny Abruzzo

Well this really pissed me off. And I don't buy any of their excuses. This guy was out on bail after being convicted. WTF

https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/roxborough-shooting-yaaseen-bivens-bail-philadelphia-district-attorney-larry-krasner-20221019.html

Jearlpam0925

Johnny Abruzzo said:

Well this really pissed me off. And I don't buy any of their excuses. This guy was out on bail after being convicted. WTF

https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/roxborough-shooting-yaaseen-bivens-bail-philadelphia-district-attorney-larry-krasner-20221019.html

I think more importantly "His felony conviction made that illegal, but Pennsylvania does not require a person to undergo a background check".

Johnny Abruzzo

Jearlpam0925 said:

Johnny Abruzzo said:

Well this really pissed me off. And I don't buy any of their excuses. This guy was out on bail after being convicted. WTF

https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/roxborough-shooting-yaaseen-bivens-bail-philadelphia-district-attorney-larry-krasner-20221019.html

I think more importantly "His felony conviction made that illegal, but Pennsylvania does not require a person to undergo a background check".

Look, I've been more than open-minded about Krasner, but you have a direct link from his office's actions to a bright young man being murdered. And honestly they didn't even apologize about it. I'm off the Krasner wagon. It's just not working.

Of course that he was legally able to purchase ammo is a disgrace, but for the time being we have to deal with the hand we're dealt.

Jearlpam0925

No offense but you don't live in Philadelphia, so whether you're on or off the wagon is of little value. Nor is my mood to get into some bullshit because you wanted to drop some gasoline into the thread. From what I understand he was out on bail and awaiting pretrial detention. But if only we just stick with mass incarceration. I agree that Krasner shouldn't be the DA because I think his policies will never work in that position because that position is inherently there for the police and the police only.

If this kid lived in North Philly instead of Havertown this shit wouldn't get even a crumb of the amount of attention or sympathy that it has, and Steve Keely would've moved onto the next issue of murder porn to invoke fear for the soccer moms in the burbs.

I look forward to impeachment processes for a guy who fairly won a duly elected position. People here hate him so much they voted for him......twice.

Johnny Abruzzo

I am opposed to the state impeaching him but I can't believe they didn't even apologize. And yeah, it does feel personal, especially as Nicolas was a young activist for gun safety and voting rights.

Anyway, let's go Phillies. If we win the pennant hopefully everybody is able to stay safe.

Cliffy6745

This city is in the absolute crapper right now...fun story how about public servants/1st responders treat their citizens.

2 weeks ago to the day my wife and I were out to dinner when we got a call from a family friend that my mother in law was found unresponsive her in car, double parked outside said friends house, and that the friend had just called 911 but it didn't look good.  Frantic half hour, but long story short, she passed away in her car (likely from a heart attack. She had health issues so the fact she is gone wasn't completely unexpected but she was on the mend and doing well, so also unexpected at the same time).

My wife gets there before I do, as I get child care for our daughter, but by the time either of us gets there fire/ambulance is there and they have a sheet over her while still in her drivers seat.  Still double parked. No police. This all went down at like 7:15, I was there by 7:45'ish, and no cops. She's gone so not an emergency so while annoying, understandable. The only understandable part.

1 cop gets there around 8. Without even taking a look at the body, asks us what drug problems the person has?  Um, none, it's a 67 year old woman on oxygen.  My sister in law starts asking questions that he clearly can't answer (she was a bit frantic as expected and wanted very detailed answers that no one had) but instead of saying anything mildly helpful said "I see a lot of stuff, you probably wouldn't like anything I have to say"

Fast forward maaaaybe 30 minutes, so 8:30'ish.  The cop determines it's natural causes and "turns her over to us"...double parked, on a street in Port Richmond.  Ambulance, Police and Fire all bounce and leave us with a car with a dead body in it illegally parked at 8:30 PM with literally no direction on what to do.  Cars driving by a car double parked with a body with a sheet over it. Gawking.  We block the window so people don't stare and call the funeral home that the family unfortunately has a solid relationship with.  Funeral home needs to get in touch with the Medical Examiner before they can come and touch the body.  90 minutes later (and a few calls between us and the funeral home) we get  call that they are on our way.  They get there around 10 or so, get her out of the car and take her...

90 minutes we had to stand in the street blocking people from staring at someone we love.  If the police/fire came across a dead dog in the street that was blocking traffic, they would have done more to move it out of the street.  Fire house was 150 yards away. Asked them to put her in an ambulance multiple times to no success.

So fuck this city, can't wait to not pay them taxes. Good riddance. 

Johnny Abruzzo

Sorry for your loss Cliffy