***The Official Philadelphia Phillies 2012 Thread***

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  • The FixerThe Fixer Posts: 12,837
    all the phils needed was me at a game. I hadn't been to a game in about a month. if I would have known this I would have went a while ago. yes, I'll be there tomorrow...

    saturday 4:00 games are the best. tailgating, done early so you can go out after, and best of all you don't have to hear the fox announcers.
  • Cliffy6745Cliffy6745 Posts: 33,712
    The Fixer wrote:
    all the phils needed was me at a game. I hadn't been to a game in about a month. if I would have known this I would have went a while ago. yes, I'll be there tomorrow...

    saturday 4:00 games are the best. tailgating, done early so you can go out after, and best of all you don't have to hear the fox announcers.

    I prefer 1 games when I had a package. We would break out margaritas at about 10 or 11on my buddys terrace, get to the stadiun, drink way too much, but then have plenty of time to bbq after. 4 pm games went too late for use to have a legit bbq after on his terrace.
  • Jearlpam0925Jearlpam0925 Posts: 16,955
    The Fixer wrote:
    all the phils needed was me at a game. I hadn't been to a game in about a month. if I would have known this I would have went a while ago. yes, I'll be there tomorrow...

    saturday 4:00 games are the best. tailgating, done early so you can go out after, and best of all you don't have to hear the fox announcers.

    4 oclock games tailgating in FDR are the best.

    I really think it was me blasting "Badlands" that has gotten them out of this slump(knock on wood).
  • The FixerThe Fixer Posts: 12,837
    The Fixer wrote:
    all the phils needed was me at a game. I hadn't been to a game in about a month. if I would have known this I would have went a while ago. yes, I'll be there tomorrow...

    saturday 4:00 games are the best. tailgating, done early so you can go out after, and best of all you don't have to hear the fox announcers.

    4 oclock games tailgating in FDR are the best.

    I really think it was me blasting "Badlands" that has gotten them out of this slump(knock on wood).

    I'm too lazy to walk from FDR...we are usually in the Linc lot across from mcfaddens (we call it baghdad). be there at noon tomorrow, should be a shit show (wife away for weekend = trouble)

    Love springsteen. PJ is 1, Springsteen is 1A in my book
  • Jearlpam0925Jearlpam0925 Posts: 16,955
    The Fixer wrote:
    The Fixer wrote:
    all the phils needed was me at a game. I hadn't been to a game in about a month. if I would have known this I would have went a while ago. yes, I'll be there tomorrow...

    saturday 4:00 games are the best. tailgating, done early so you can go out after, and best of all you don't have to hear the fox announcers.

    4 oclock games tailgating in FDR are the best.

    I really think it was me blasting "Badlands" that has gotten them out of this slump(knock on wood).

    I'm too lazy to walk from FDR...we are usually in the Linc lot across from mcfaddens (we call it baghdad). be there at noon tomorrow, should be a shit show (wife away for weekend = trouble)

    Love springsteen. PJ is 1, Springsteen is 1A in my book

    Yeah, the lots are where it's at for the tail alone. Usually I have something in FDR and my boy has something in the Linc lot too right across from McFadd's. FDR's great when you have a shit load of people with you.
  • The JugglerThe Juggler Posts: 48,511
    apparently it's hitt'n season gentlemen....

    david murphy had this stat today: phils are 8-2 when utley homers and 11-1 when howard homers.impressive. :thumbup:

    let's keep it up. i'm thinking sweep...
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  • Jearlpam0925Jearlpam0925 Posts: 16,955
    Chooch has been getting his ass beat this season.
  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 41,777
    luckily was away this weekend and missed the last two games. Especially the one on Saturday :roll:
    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
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  • pjhawkspjhawks Posts: 12,423
    apparently it's hitt'n season gentlemen....

    david murphy had this stat today: phils are 8-2 when utley homers and 11-1 when howard homers.impressive. :thumbup:

    let's keep it up. i'm thinking sweep...

    aren't singles and walks more important though? it's all about on-base percentage i thought.
  • Cliffy6745Cliffy6745 Posts: 33,712
    The dude biting it behind home plate is one of the best things I have seen in a long time. Thank you interwebs.
  • The FixerThe Fixer Posts: 12,837
    just another reason to hate the howard contract. when I see that howard is gonna be around until 2017 I want to break down and cry

    http://www.philly.com/dailynews/sports/ ... z0rVAMHhSA

    phils have some really good prospects in A ball...cosart, colvin, singleton, santana, gose
  • The JugglerThe Juggler Posts: 48,511
    The Fixer wrote:
    just another reason to hate the howard contract. when I see that howard is gonna be around until 2017 I want to break down and cry

    http://www.philly.com/dailynews/sports/ ... z0rVAMHhSA

    phils have some really good prospects in A ball...cosart, colvin, singleton, santana, gose


    dude. you're seriously sweating 2017 and some first baseman for lakewood today? seriously?

    .290, 14 hrs, 51 rbi....this team has way more pressing issues than this right now.
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  • The FixerThe Fixer Posts: 12,837
    The Fixer wrote:
    just another reason to hate the howard contract. when I see that howard is gonna be around until 2017 I want to break down and cry

    http://www.philly.com/dailynews/sports/ ... z0rVAMHhSA

    phils have some really good prospects in A ball...cosart, colvin, singleton, santana, gose


    dude. you're seriously sweating 2017 and some first baseman for lakewood today? seriously?

    .290, 14 hrs, 51 rbi....this team has way more pressing issues than this right now.

    just saying that the contract is ridiulously bad

    howard had a clutch AB on saturday too...not to mention his throws this weekend.
  • Cliffy6745Cliffy6745 Posts: 33,712
    http://deadspin.com/5568751/last-nights ... the-stairs

    The blog deadspin links to has a betteer video as well. Pure awesomeness. I have probably watched it 30 times today.
  • The FixerThe Fixer Posts: 12,837
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    http://deadspin.com/5568751/last-nights-winner-the-phillies-fan-who-fell-down-the-stairs

    The blog deadspin links to has a betteer video as well. Pure awesomeness. I have probably watched it 30 times today.

    ha, awesome
  • neilybabes86neilybabes86 Posts: 16,057
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    http://deadspin.com/5568751/last-nights-winner-the-phillies-fan-who-fell-down-the-stairs

    The blog deadspin links to has a betteer video as well. Pure awesomeness. I have probably watched it 30 times today.


    thats awesome :lol:
    i post on the board of a band that doesn't exsist anymore .......i need my head examined.......
  • The JugglerThe Juggler Posts: 48,511
    The Fixer wrote:
    The Fixer wrote:
    just another reason to hate the howard contract. when I see that howard is gonna be around until 2017 I want to break down and cry

    http://www.philly.com/dailynews/sports/ ... z0rVAMHhSA

    phils have some really good prospects in A ball...cosart, colvin, singleton, santana, gose


    dude. you're seriously sweating 2017 and some first baseman for lakewood today? seriously?

    .290, 14 hrs, 51 rbi....this team has way more pressing issues than this right now.

    just saying that the contract is ridiulously bad

    howard had a clutch AB on saturday too...not to mention his throws this weekend.

    oh really? you don't like the contract? :lol:
    4hr's in the last 5 games or so. much bigger issues to worry about right now than the R6
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  • The FixerThe Fixer Posts: 12,837

    oh really? you don't like the contract? :lol:
    4hr's in the last 5 games or so. much bigger issues to worry about right now than the R6

    he was terrible on saturday
  • Jearlpam0925Jearlpam0925 Posts: 16,955
    Well, that makes two Sundays at the park where I continuously yawned for three hours.
  • jamminpearlsjamminpearls Posts: 7,078
    What do u want Howard to do be perfect? The dudes hitting the shit out the ball and yet you come on here and bitch about him again. I bet he could have 20hrs 70rbis and you'd still bitch that his on base perc isn't high enough for your liking. Is he the greatest fielding 1st baseman not by a long shot but he does a decent job. And his hitting more then makes up for his fielding in my eyes.
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  • pjhawkspjhawks Posts: 12,423
    What do u want Howard to do be perfect? The dudes hitting the shit out the ball and yet you come on here and bitch about him again. I bet he could have 20hrs 70rbis and you'd still bitch that his on base perc isn't high enough for your liking. Is he the greatest fielding 1st baseman not by a long shot but he does a decent job. And his hitting more then makes up for his fielding in my eyes.

    agree and notice how the Howard bashers and obp lovers conveniently ignored The Jaegler's post about the phis winning percentage when Howard hits a homer.
  • Cliffy6745Cliffy6745 Posts: 33,712
    pjhawks wrote:
    What do u want Howard to do be perfect? The dudes hitting the shit out the ball and yet you come on here and bitch about him again. I bet he could have 20hrs 70rbis and you'd still bitch that his on base perc isn't high enough for your liking. Is he the greatest fielding 1st baseman not by a long shot but he does a decent job. And his hitting more then makes up for his fielding in my eyes.

    agree and notice how the Howard bashers and obp lovers conveniently ignored The Jaegler's post about the phis winning percentage when Howard hits a homer.

    I am not getting back involved with this conversation but 10 games is an incredibly small sample size.
  • The JugglerThe Juggler Posts: 48,511
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    pjhawks wrote:
    What do u want Howard to do be perfect? The dudes hitting the shit out the ball and yet you come on here and bitch about him again. I bet he could have 20hrs 70rbis and you'd still bitch that his on base perc isn't high enough for your liking. Is he the greatest fielding 1st baseman not by a long shot but he does a decent job. And his hitting more then makes up for his fielding in my eyes.

    agree and notice how the Howard bashers and obp lovers conveniently ignored The Jaegler's post about the phis winning percentage when Howard hits a homer.

    I am not getting back involved with this conversation but 10 games is an incredibly small sample size.

    agreed. that wasn't my point in posting it. just thought it was an interesting stat....then they go and bash 5 homers and the bullpen blows it. go figure. :lol:
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  • Solat13Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    pjhawks wrote:
    What do u want Howard to do be perfect? The dudes hitting the shit out the ball and yet you come on here and bitch about him again. I bet he could have 20hrs 70rbis and you'd still bitch that his on base perc isn't high enough for your liking. Is he the greatest fielding 1st baseman not by a long shot but he does a decent job. And his hitting more then makes up for his fielding in my eyes.

    agree and notice how the Howard bashers and obp lovers conveniently ignored The Jaegler's post about the phis winning percentage when Howard hits a homer.

    Was bored tonight so I did a little research with the top sluggers of the 4 best teams arguably since 2004 - Red Sox, Yankees, Phils and Cardinals. Between them they've won 5 of the last 6 World Series and went through game logs to see winning percentage in games in which their big slugger (Ortiz, A Rod, Howard and Pujols hit homers since 04 - for Howard 05) Not trying to prove anything - was just curious as to what were winning percentages when top sluggers homered for their teams.

    Boston - Ortiz:

    2004 41 homers 27-11
    2005 47 homers 24-13
    2006 54 homers 33-15
    2007 35 homers 23-8
    2008 23 homers 15-5
    2009 28 homers 23-4
    2010 15 homers 11-2

    Overall record 156-58 .729 winning percentage

    Yankees - A Rod:

    2004 36 homers 25-8
    2005 48 homers 31-12
    2006 35 homers 20-11
    2007 54 homers 35-11
    2008 35 homers 23-12
    2009 30 homers 20-7
    2010 8 homers 6-2

    Overall record 160-63 .717 winning percentage

    Phillies - Howard

    2005 22 homers - 16-6
    2006 58 homers - 32-18
    2007 47 homers - 27-15
    2008 48 homers - 26-17
    2009 45 homers - 26-13
    2010 14 homers - 11-2

    Overall record 138-71 .660 winning prcentage

    Cardinals - Pujols

    2004 46 homers - 32-9
    2005 41 homers - 29-10
    2006 49 homers - 32-12
    2007 32 homers - 16-12
    2008 37 homers - 25-9
    2009 47 homers - 30-6
    2010 15 homers - 8-3

    Overall record 172-61 .738 winning percentage
    - Busted down the pretext
    - 8/28/98
    - 9/2/00
    - 4/28/03, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03
    - 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
    - 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
    - 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/23/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06, 12/2/06, 12/9/06
    - 8/2/07, 8/5/07
    - 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 7/1/08
    - 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 9/21/09, 9/22/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09
    - 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/23/10, 10/24/10
    - 9/11/11, 9/12/11
    - 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
  • The JugglerThe Juggler Posts: 48,511
    Solat13 wrote:
    pjhawks wrote:
    What do u want Howard to do be perfect? The dudes hitting the shit out the ball and yet you come on here and bitch about him again. I bet he could have 20hrs 70rbis and you'd still bitch that his on base perc isn't high enough for your liking. Is he the greatest fielding 1st baseman not by a long shot but he does a decent job. And his hitting more then makes up for his fielding in my eyes.

    agree and notice how the Howard bashers and obp lovers conveniently ignored The Jaegler's post about the phis winning percentage when Howard hits a homer.

    Was bored tonight so I did a little research with the top sluggers of the 4 best teams arguably since 2004 - Red Sox, Yankees, Phils and Cardinals. Between them they've won 5 of the last 6 World Series and went through game logs to see winning percentage in games in which their big slugger (Ortiz, A Rod, Howard and Pujols hit homers since 04 - for Howard 05) Not trying to prove anything - was just curious as to what were winning percentages when top sluggers homered for their teams.

    Boston - Ortiz:

    2004 41 homers 27-11
    2005 47 homers 24-13
    2006 54 homers 33-15
    2007 35 homers 23-8
    2008 23 homers 15-5
    2009 28 homers 23-4
    2010 15 homers 11-2

    Overall record 156-58 .729 winning percentage

    Yankees - A Rod:

    2004 36 homers 25-8
    2005 48 homers 31-12
    2006 35 homers 20-11
    2007 54 homers 35-11
    2008 35 homers 23-12
    2009 30 homers 20-7
    2010 8 homers 6-2

    Overall record 160-63 .717 winning percentage

    Phillies - Howard

    2005 22 homers - 16-6
    2006 58 homers - 32-18
    2007 47 homers - 27-15
    2008 48 homers - 26-17
    2009 45 homers - 26-13
    2010 14 homers - 11-2

    Overall record 138-71 .660 winning prcentage

    Cardinals - Pujols

    2004 46 homers - 32-9
    2005 41 homers - 29-10
    2006 49 homers - 32-12
    2007 32 homers - 16-12
    2008 37 homers - 25-9
    2009 47 homers - 30-6
    2010 15 homers - 8-3

    Overall record 172-61 .738 winning percentage

    you got too much time on your hands dude :lol:
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  • Cliffy6745Cliffy6745 Posts: 33,712
    Solat13 wrote:
    pjhawks wrote:
    What do u want Howard to do be perfect? The dudes hitting the shit out the ball and yet you come on here and bitch about him again. I bet he could have 20hrs 70rbis and you'd still bitch that his on base perc isn't high enough for your liking. Is he the greatest fielding 1st baseman not by a long shot but he does a decent job. And his hitting more then makes up for his fielding in my eyes.

    agree and notice how the Howard bashers and obp lovers conveniently ignored The Jaegler's post about the phis winning percentage when Howard hits a homer.

    Was bored tonight so I did a little research with the top sluggers of the 4 best teams arguably since 2004 - Red Sox, Yankees, Phils and Cardinals. Between them they've won 5 of the last 6 World Series and went through game logs to see winning percentage in games in which their big slugger (Ortiz, A Rod, Howard and Pujols hit homers since 04 - for Howard 05) Not trying to prove anything - was just curious as to what were winning percentages when top sluggers homered for their teams.

    Boston - Ortiz:

    2004 41 homers 27-11
    2005 47 homers 24-13
    2006 54 homers 33-15
    2007 35 homers 23-8
    2008 23 homers 15-5
    2009 28 homers 23-4
    2010 15 homers 11-2

    Overall record 156-58 .729 winning percentage

    Yankees - A Rod:

    2004 36 homers 25-8
    2005 48 homers 31-12
    2006 35 homers 20-11
    2007 54 homers 35-11
    2008 35 homers 23-12
    2009 30 homers 20-7
    2010 8 homers 6-2

    Overall record 160-63 .717 winning percentage

    Phillies - Howard

    2005 22 homers - 16-6
    2006 58 homers - 32-18
    2007 47 homers - 27-15
    2008 48 homers - 26-17
    2009 45 homers - 26-13
    2010 14 homers - 11-2

    Overall record 138-71 .660 winning prcentage

    Cardinals - Pujols

    2004 46 homers - 32-9
    2005 41 homers - 29-10
    2006 49 homers - 32-12
    2007 32 homers - 16-12
    2008 37 homers - 25-9
    2009 47 homers - 30-6
    2010 15 homers - 8-3

    Overall record 172-61 .738 winning percentage

    Good stuff, man. Baseball-Reference whiz you are.
  • The FixerThe Fixer Posts: 12,837
    pjhawks wrote:
    What do u want Howard to do be perfect? The dudes hitting the shit out the ball and yet you come on here and bitch about him again. I bet he could have 20hrs 70rbis and you'd still bitch that his on base perc isn't high enough for your liking. Is he the greatest fielding 1st baseman not by a long shot but he does a decent job. And his hitting more then makes up for his fielding in my eyes.

    agree and notice how the Howard bashers and obp lovers conveniently ignored The Jaegler's post about the phis winning percentage when Howard hits a homer.

    there is more to baseball than hitting home runs. My point is that the guy is getting paid 25 mill a year. he better be damn near close to perfect to earn that contract. and he's not. actually he's far from it.

    biggest AB of the game on saturday and he K's on 3 pitches. he's just not that good
  • The FixerThe Fixer Posts: 12,837
    Solat13 wrote:
    pjhawks wrote:
    What do u want Howard to do be perfect? The dudes hitting the shit out the ball and yet you come on here and bitch about him again. I bet he could have 20hrs 70rbis and you'd still bitch that his on base perc isn't high enough for your liking. Is he the greatest fielding 1st baseman not by a long shot but he does a decent job. And his hitting more then makes up for his fielding in my eyes.

    agree and notice how the Howard bashers and obp lovers conveniently ignored The Jaegler's post about the phis winning percentage when Howard hits a homer.

    Was bored tonight so I did a little research with the top sluggers of the 4 best teams arguably since 2004 - Red Sox, Yankees, Phils and Cardinals. Between them they've won 5 of the last 6 World Series and went through game logs to see winning percentage in games in which their big slugger (Ortiz, A Rod, Howard and Pujols hit homers since 04 - for Howard 05) Not trying to prove anything - was just curious as to what were winning percentages when top sluggers homered for their teams.

    Boston - Ortiz:

    2004 41 homers 27-11
    2005 47 homers 24-13
    2006 54 homers 33-15
    2007 35 homers 23-8
    2008 23 homers 15-5
    2009 28 homers 23-4
    2010 15 homers 11-2

    Overall record 156-58 .729 winning percentage

    Yankees - A Rod:

    2004 36 homers 25-8
    2005 48 homers 31-12
    2006 35 homers 20-11
    2007 54 homers 35-11
    2008 35 homers 23-12
    2009 30 homers 20-7
    2010 8 homers 6-2

    Overall record 160-63 .717 winning percentage

    Phillies - Howard

    2005 22 homers - 16-6
    2006 58 homers - 32-18
    2007 47 homers - 27-15
    2008 48 homers - 26-17
    2009 45 homers - 26-13
    2010 14 homers - 11-2

    Overall record 138-71 .660 winning prcentage

    Cardinals - Pujols

    2004 46 homers - 32-9
    2005 41 homers - 29-10
    2006 49 homers - 32-12
    2007 32 homers - 16-12
    2008 37 homers - 25-9
    2009 47 homers - 30-6
    2010 15 homers - 8-3

    Overall record 172-61 .738 winning percentage

    I don't think there is a direct correlation here. Hitting a home run is one of numerous variables that goes in to winning a baseball game.

    For example, we could look at adam dunn's record every time he hits a home run. His teams' record would still suck in those games.

    One player hitting a home run and his team winning are virtually independent when discussing why teams win games
  • pjhawkspjhawks Posts: 12,423
    The Fixer wrote:
    pjhawks wrote:
    What do u want Howard to do be perfect? The dudes hitting the shit out the ball and yet you come on here and bitch about him again. I bet he could have 20hrs 70rbis and you'd still bitch that his on base perc isn't high enough for your liking. Is he the greatest fielding 1st baseman not by a long shot but he does a decent job. And his hitting more then makes up for his fielding in my eyes.

    agree and notice how the Howard bashers and obp lovers conveniently ignored The Jaegler's post about the phis winning percentage when Howard hits a homer.

    there is more to baseball than hitting home runs. My point is that the guy is getting paid 25 mill a year. he better be damn near close to perfect to earn that contract. and he's not. actually he's far from it.

    biggest AB of the game on saturday and he K's on 3 pitches. he's just not that good

    so ignore his pure dominance of the game friday night and focus on one at bat on saturday. typical of a certain philly type fan who just constantly harps on our star players never EVER pointing out their good qualities.
  • The FixerThe Fixer Posts: 12,837
    pjhawks wrote:
    The Fixer wrote:
    pjhawks wrote:

    agree and notice how the Howard bashers and obp lovers conveniently ignored The Jaegler's post about the phis winning percentage when Howard hits a homer.

    there is more to baseball than hitting home runs. My point is that the guy is getting paid 25 mill a year. he better be damn near close to perfect to earn that contract. and he's not. actually he's far from it.

    biggest AB of the game on saturday and he K's on 3 pitches. he's just not that good

    so ignore his pure dominance of the game friday night and focus on one at bat on saturday.

    sorry, 1-6 with 3 K's on saturday. the one AB just sticks out in my mind. ya know, since it was the biggest of the game.

    but he hit a HR saturday!! YAY
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