Boo hoo, try playing virtually the entire season with quarter of your original lineup ..
what does it matter - your lineup and your team sucks and are choking dogs. Get Reyes back and let him choke again.
Thanks for reminding me buddy..no need to jump down my throat as I was just saying how difficult we have it compared to one bat of yours going down, and yet we are still somehow hanging in there..
'I want to hurry home to you
put on a slow, dumb show for you
and crack you up
so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
god I'm very, very frightening
and I'll overdo it'
Toronto isn't that bad. Put them in the NL and they're a contender for a playoff spot. The O's on the otherhand are pretty bad. It was their first sweep on the road in over two years.
This is what is most disturbing to me right now. If you take out the Nationals, the Phils are 26-29 against the rest of baseball. That's just not going to cut it.
Well, congrats guys on another NL East title as we just found out that Beltran is going down too..
'I want to hurry home to you
put on a slow, dumb show for you
and crack you up
so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
god I'm very, very frightening
and I'll overdo it'
Well, congrats guys on another NL East title as we just found out that Beltran is going down too..
What's the extent of the injury ??
it's only June...plus the way this team is playing everyone is still alive
Does it really matter at this point? 2 of 5 starters out, Delgado and Reyes lost for virtually the entire season, 8th inning man down, and now Beltran..imagine your every day lineup without Utley, Howard, and Rollins..I'm beyond fucking disappointed..what a mess..you guys will be okay in the long run..and even if not, you've experienced a winning season, something I have never fucking done between the Mets and Jets..
Edit: Beltran will be out at least till after the All-Star break..lol..this is comical..apparently he's been playing hurt for a while..
'I want to hurry home to you
put on a slow, dumb show for you
and crack you up
so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
god I'm very, very frightening
and I'll overdo it'
Well, congrats guys on another NL East title as we just found out that Beltran is going down too..
What's the extent of the injury ??
it's only June...plus the way this team is playing everyone is still alive
Does it really matter at this point? 2 of 5 starters out, Delgado and Reyes lost for virtually the entire season, 8th inning man down, and now Beltran..imagine your every day lineup without Utley, Howard, and Rollins..I'm beyond fucking disappointed..what a mess..you guys will be okay in the long run..and even if not, you've experienced a winning season, something I have never fucking done between the Mets and Jets..
Edit: Beltran will be out at least till after the All-Star break..lol..this is comical..apparently he's been playing hurt for a while..
you weren't around during the glory days of the bobby valentine era? or the scum bunch 1980s with Davey Johnson?
Reading 2004
Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
Chicago 2007
Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016 Fenway 2, 2018 MSG 2022 St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
"I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
Things happen in the game. Nothing you
can do. I don't go and say,
"I'm gonna beat this guy up."
you weren't around during the glory days of the bobby valentine era? or the scum bunch 1980s with Davey Johnson?
Became a fan in 88..I miss the Valentine days!! Though there is not much he could do with the club at this point with Tatis hitting cleanup..this is like a sick joke..
'I want to hurry home to you
put on a slow, dumb show for you
and crack you up
so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
god I'm very, very frightening
and I'll overdo it'
it's only June...plus the way this team is playing everyone is still alive
Does it really matter at this point? 2 of 5 starters out, Delgado and Reyes lost for virtually the entire season, 8th inning man down, and now Beltran..imagine your every day lineup without Utley, Howard, and Rollins..I'm beyond fucking disappointed..what a mess..you guys will be okay in the long run..and even if not, you've experienced a winning season, something I have never fucking done between the Mets and Jets..
Edit: Beltran will be out at least till after the All-Star break..lol..this is comical..apparently he's been playing hurt for a while..
Well, Toronto is still survivng even though their entire 5 man rotation is all on the DL and their closer is too.
Not that I want to Mets to do well, but it's way too early to throw the towel in. Baseball is a funny game and good teams get through adversity.
I'm confused.....is this the PHILLIES thread or the METS thread? :? :? :?
from Jayson Stark:
Three Strikes: Philled up with a lot of losses
Monday, June 22, 2009
Strike One -- Phillie Phloppage Dept.
In response to the gazillions of Philadelphia e-mailers looking for an explanation of the Phillies' recent cliff dive, I'll have more to say about that in Rumblings later this week. But in the meantime, I submit the following random Phillie facts:
• Here's how hard it is to lose 22 home games by Father's Day: There have been six teams in the expansion era that didn't lose 22 home games all season (not counting strike seasons): the '61 Yankees (16), '75 Reds (17), '98 Yankees (19), '62 Giants (21), '69 Orioles (21) and (whaddayaknow) the '77 Phillies (21).
• To repeat a note from Friday's blog, no team in history has had a season in which it had a losing record at home but won 70 percent of its road games. But the Phillies are working on it. They're 13-22 at home but 23-9, .719, on the road.
• No offense should be asked to come from behind as often as the Phillies' lineup has been forced to do that this year. This team has trailed at some point in 52 of its 67 games this season. That means, even though the Phillies are in first place, they've trailed in more games this season than the Pirates or Royals (51 apiece). And even the Nationals, who are already 27 games under .500, have only trailed in 58 games.
• If it weren't for the Phillies' closer issues, they might be leading the NL East by eight games. In their last 27 games, their closer (Brad Lidge or Ryan Madson) has either contributed a blown save, a loss or both in seven of them. Of their 11 losses in June, seven have been hung on the bullpen. And our friends at Inside Edge report that Madson hasn't gotten a single swing-and-miss on his fastball since Lidge was placed on the disabled list.
• Oh, and one more thing. To repeat a recent Elias Says note, the Phillies have lost more games this year that they led in the ninth inning or later (six) than any team in baseball. Last year, of course, they lost the fewest games like that of any team in baseball (zero).
• Finally, the Phillies just got swept at home in back-to-back series by the Blue Jays and Orioles. Here's why that shouldn't happen to a team with win-the-World-Series aspirations: The Orioles hadn't swept a road series of three games or more since May 30, 2007 (at Kansas City), which was 53 road series ago. And the Blue Jays hadn't swept a road series of three games or more since May 15, 2008, which was 29 road series ago.
If I had known then what I know now...
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
You're all being very Un-Dude-like. Nothing is fucked here. Just gotta get through most of July scratching and clawing. This race will go to September. It just sucks because I was hoping for a different year where we just run away with it and win 95+ games. Guess not now - now we gotta put up with more heart palpitations through the end of the season.
So I'm hearing there's rumors of a Drabek, Taylor, and Happ deal for Halladay. I'm doing that in a heartbeat.
Make the trade in a heartbeat if Toronto will accept.
Ask Red Sox fans, would they rather still have Hanley Ramirez playing SS the next decade or the 2007 World Series title that Beckett with some help from Lowell brought them.
So I'm hearing there's rumors of a Drabek, Taylor, and Happ deal for Halladay. I'm doing that in a heartbeat.
Make the trade in a heartbeat if Toronto will accept.
Ask Red Sox fans, would they rather still have Hanley Ramirez playing SS the next decade or the 2007 World Series title that Beckett with some help from Lowell brought them.
Give them more then. All I know is in my head this trade has already happened.
Please put us Met fans out of our misery already..
'I want to hurry home to you
put on a slow, dumb show for you
and crack you up
so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
god I'm very, very frightening
and I'll overdo it'
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Anyone else feel that the reason they're going after Pedro is because they're going to have to include Happ in a trade?
I think the reason is the Phils need arms bigtime, and there happens to be a 3 time Cy Young winner without a baseball club. But you may be right, rumor is that the Jays want Happ in that trade.
Anyone else feel that the reason they're going after Pedro is because they're going to have to include Happ in a trade?
I heard that this morning on the radio
Interesting slant on it
One can only hope !!
Ha. That's funny - I honestly didn't hear anything about that. It makes the most sense really. Because it doesn't solve the #2 problem(haha, that's funny), so I cannot see them being done.
I love Halladay coming here,but i don't think we should get rid of Drabek. I know he has never done anything yet but I really believe he is gonna be a monster. And i know u will say that Halladay already is and he's a sure thing which i agree with,but i still wouldn't part with him. And if thats a deal breaker then so be it. Potential with this organzation we all know to well with Floyd,Carrasco,Tyler Green didn't pan out here. But Drabek WILL be a ACE for years to come so please don't trade him.
I love Halladay coming here,but i don't think we should get rid of Drabek. I know he has never done anything yet but I really believe he is gonna be a monster. And i know u will say that Halladay already is and he's a sure thing which i agree with,but i still wouldn't part with him. And if thats a deal breaker then so be it. Potential with this organzation we all know to well with Floyd,Carrasco,Tyler Green didn't pan out here. But Drabek WILL be a ACE for years to come so please don't trade him.
Yeah, but for when? When Howard leaves for free agency, Rollins is let go, Victorino gets too expensive, and Hamels nears the end of his deal? You become the odds-on favorite in the NL with that rotation immediately.
Well, step 1 towards getting Halladay is complete...
And, hope to see you all at game 3 of the World Series...booooooo to the NL. Ry could've been a hero last night - I really thought he was going to tee off on Nathan once he caught up to his fastball. Same thing with Werth against Papelbon.
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Thanks for reminding me buddy..no need to jump down my throat as I was just saying how difficult we have it compared to one bat of yours going down, and yet we are still somehow hanging in there..
put on a slow, dumb show for you
and crack you up
so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
god I'm very, very frightening
and I'll overdo it'
Took my Dad to the game for Father's Day..everything turned around with Howard's bomb !
Then the 9th started :(
The ONLY thing better than a glass of beer is tea with Miss McGill
A protuberance of flesh above the waistband of a tight pair of trousers
It's pathetic how I'm starting to get use to it.
Let's go Phightins!... shake this shit off
Tells where this team is right now
Over the weekend Philly lost another great sportscaster
RIP ~ Gary Papa
So sad, only 54 years old
The ONLY thing better than a glass of beer is tea with Miss McGill
A protuberance of flesh above the waistband of a tight pair of trousers
Toronto isn't that bad. Put them in the NL and they're a contender for a playoff spot. The O's on the otherhand are pretty bad. It was their first sweep on the road in over two years.
This is what is most disturbing to me right now. If you take out the Nationals, the Phils are 26-29 against the rest of baseball. That's just not going to cut it.
- 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
put on a slow, dumb show for you
and crack you up
so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
god I'm very, very frightening
and I'll overdo it'
What's the extent of the injury ??
it's only June...plus the way this team is playing everyone is still alive
The ONLY thing better than a glass of beer is tea with Miss McGill
A protuberance of flesh above the waistband of a tight pair of trousers
Does it really matter at this point? 2 of 5 starters out, Delgado and Reyes lost for virtually the entire season, 8th inning man down, and now Beltran..imagine your every day lineup without Utley, Howard, and Rollins..I'm beyond fucking disappointed..what a mess..you guys will be okay in the long run..and even if not, you've experienced a winning season, something I have never fucking done between the Mets and Jets..
Edit: Beltran will be out at least till after the All-Star break..lol..this is comical..apparently he's been playing hurt for a while..
put on a slow, dumb show for you
and crack you up
so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
god I'm very, very frightening
and I'll overdo it'
you weren't around during the glory days of the bobby valentine era? or the scum bunch 1980s with Davey Johnson?
Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
Chicago 2007
Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
Fenway 2, 2018
MSG 2022
St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
"I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
Things happen in the game. Nothing you
can do. I don't go and say,
"I'm gonna beat this guy up."
Became a fan in 88..I miss the Valentine days!! Though there is not much he could do with the club at this point with Tatis hitting cleanup..this is like a sick joke..
put on a slow, dumb show for you
and crack you up
so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
god I'm very, very frightening
and I'll overdo it'
Well, Toronto is still survivng even though their entire 5 man rotation is all on the DL and their closer is too.
Not that I want to Mets to do well, but it's way too early to throw the towel in. Baseball is a funny game and good teams get through adversity.
- 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
from Jayson Stark:
Three Strikes: Philled up with a lot of losses
Monday, June 22, 2009
Strike One -- Phillie Phloppage Dept.
In response to the gazillions of Philadelphia e-mailers looking for an explanation of the Phillies' recent cliff dive, I'll have more to say about that in Rumblings later this week. But in the meantime, I submit the following random Phillie facts:
• Here's how hard it is to lose 22 home games by Father's Day: There have been six teams in the expansion era that didn't lose 22 home games all season (not counting strike seasons): the '61 Yankees (16), '75 Reds (17), '98 Yankees (19), '62 Giants (21), '69 Orioles (21) and (whaddayaknow) the '77 Phillies (21).
• To repeat a note from Friday's blog, no team in history has had a season in which it had a losing record at home but won 70 percent of its road games. But the Phillies are working on it. They're 13-22 at home but 23-9, .719, on the road.
• No offense should be asked to come from behind as often as the Phillies' lineup has been forced to do that this year. This team has trailed at some point in 52 of its 67 games this season. That means, even though the Phillies are in first place, they've trailed in more games this season than the Pirates or Royals (51 apiece). And even the Nationals, who are already 27 games under .500, have only trailed in 58 games.
• If it weren't for the Phillies' closer issues, they might be leading the NL East by eight games. In their last 27 games, their closer (Brad Lidge or Ryan Madson) has either contributed a blown save, a loss or both in seven of them. Of their 11 losses in June, seven have been hung on the bullpen. And our friends at Inside Edge report that Madson hasn't gotten a single swing-and-miss on his fastball since Lidge was placed on the disabled list.
• Oh, and one more thing. To repeat a recent Elias Says note, the Phillies have lost more games this year that they led in the ninth inning or later (six) than any team in baseball. Last year, of course, they lost the fewest games like that of any team in baseball (zero).
• Finally, the Phillies just got swept at home in back-to-back series by the Blue Jays and Orioles. Here's why that shouldn't happen to a team with win-the-World-Series aspirations: The Orioles hadn't swept a road series of three games or more since May 30, 2007 (at Kansas City), which was 53 road series ago. And the Blue Jays hadn't swept a road series of three games or more since May 15, 2008, which was 29 road series ago.
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
So I'm hearing there's rumors of a Drabek, Taylor, and Happ deal for Halladay. I'm doing that in a heartbeat.
as would this guy....only it would PAIN me to give up drabek.....
Make the trade in a heartbeat if Toronto will accept.
Ask Red Sox fans, would they rather still have Hanley Ramirez playing SS the next decade or the 2007 World Series title that Beckett with some help from Lowell brought them.
- 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
Give them more then. All I know is in my head this trade has already happened.
put on a slow, dumb show for you
and crack you up
so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
god I'm very, very frightening
and I'll overdo it'
working on it...
I think the reason is the Phils need arms bigtime, and there happens to be a 3 time Cy Young winner without a baseball club. But you may be right, rumor is that the Jays want Happ in that trade.
I heard that this morning on the radio
Interesting slant on it
One can only hope !!
The ONLY thing better than a glass of beer is tea with Miss McGill
A protuberance of flesh above the waistband of a tight pair of trousers
Ha. That's funny - I honestly didn't hear anything about that. It makes the most sense really. Because it doesn't solve the #2 problem(haha, that's funny), so I cannot see them being done.
Yeah, but for when? When Howard leaves for free agency, Rollins is let go, Victorino gets too expensive, and Hamels nears the end of his deal? You become the odds-on favorite in the NL with that rotation immediately.
how bout some home field advantage this october? make it happen world champs!
And, hope to see you all at game 3 of the World Series...booooooo to the NL. Ry could've been a hero last night - I really thought he was going to tee off on Nathan once he caught up to his fastball. Same thing with Werth against Papelbon.