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

Johnny Abruzzo

Doc is just a machine. Thanks to the Mets infielders for making tonight much easier!

I guess according to the replay, Paul Bunyan's Friday night almost HR was actually not going to clear the orange line. They said the Mets broadcast never showed a good angle, and they gave him 3rd base because he was already past 2nd when it hit the fence or fan or whatever.

Rangers/Red Sox on MLB network - NESN broadcast. Sean McDonough is cool, but the analyst guy is awful with that stupid Boston accent. I hope Texas comes back to win.

Kuo closes it out in ATL. 2 games out.

The Fixer

Doc is ridiculous. Hopefully Kendrick can help them take the series tomorrow

Utley went 1-3 with a triple at clearwater tonight. Utley and howard could be back as early as Tuesday night. Utley is an absolute animal

The Fixer

I got royally screwed with playoff games in one of my packages.

NLDS home game 3
NLCS home game 3
WS home game 1

what bullshit

Cliffy6745

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

Rangers/Red Sox on MLB network - NESN broadcast. Sean McDonough is cool, but the analyst guy is awful with that stupid Boston accent. I hope Texas comes back to win.

Jerry Remy. I am not a big fan but I am glad he is back and healthy. Huge homer, but whatever. Boston broadcasts would not be the same without him. Have had to put up with him a bunch the last few years having Extra Innings.

Cliffy6745

Oh and about the RBI discussion. Arod is having by far the worst season of his career, no questions about it. Worst numbers of his career across the board but is leading MLB in RBI's.

The Fixer

Cliffy6745 wrote:

Oh and about the RBI discussion. Arod is having by far the worst season of his career, no questions about it. Worst numbers of his career across the board but is leading MLB in RBI's.

I also read that as of 8/1, ryan howard had the most ABs with runners on base in the NL.

RBI are an awful gauge of personal performance

Cliffy6745

The Fixer wrote:

Cliffy6745 wrote:

Oh and about the RBI discussion. Arod is having by far the worst season of his career, no questions about it. Worst numbers of his career across the board but is leading MLB in RBI's.

I also read that as of 8/1, ryan howard had the most ABs with runners on base in the NL.

RBI are an awful gauge of personal performance

That is pretty crazy, especially with all the Phillies injuries.

The Juggler

so that's now 17 of 22...

gotta take the series tonight.

please skip joe blanton this week.

the r6 and utley due back soon.....let's have at it gentlemen....


GO PHILS.

Johnny Abruzzo

The Fixer wrote:

Cliffy6745 wrote:

Oh and about the RBI discussion. Arod is having by far the worst season of his career, no questions about it. Worst numbers of his career across the board but is leading MLB in RBI's.

I also read that as of 8/1, ryan howard had the most ABs with runners on base in the NL.

RBI are an awful gauge of personal performance

Howard is, I think, 5th in the NL at RBI conversion percentage. I haven't followed ARod that closely, but Howard is clearly having a great season.

Sounds like Chase is coming back Tuesday - can't wait!

Gary Carter

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

Doc is just a machine. Thanks to the Mets infielders for making tonight much easier!

I guess according to the replay, Paul Bunyan's Friday night almost HR was actually not going to clear the orange line. They said the Mets broadcast never showed a good angle, and they gave him 3rd base because he was already past 2nd when it hit the fence or fan or whatever.

Rangers/Red Sox on MLB network - NESN broadcast. Sean McDonough is cool, but the analyst guy is awful with that stupid Boston accent. I hope Texas comes back to win.

Kuo closes it out in ATL. 2 games out.

The mets broadcast showed at great view of the home run. Don't know how much more of a great angle you can get when the ball was hit to square in the middle of left field. The ball never ever touched the fan and hit the railing near the fans knee which is above orange home run line. Keith hernadez even did a spot shadow of where the ball hit the and you can clearly see it hitting the railing right near the fans knee.


BTW-Go watch a YES broadcast if you want awful

Johnny Abruzzo

metsfan wrote:

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

Doc is just a machine. Thanks to the Mets infielders for making tonight much easier!

I guess according to the replay, Paul Bunyan's Friday night almost HR was actually not going to clear the orange line. They said the Mets broadcast never showed a good angle, and they gave him 3rd base because he was already past 2nd when it hit the fence or fan or whatever.

Rangers/Red Sox on MLB network - NESN broadcast. Sean McDonough is cool, but the analyst guy is awful with that stupid Boston accent. I hope Texas comes back to win.

Kuo closes it out in ATL. 2 games out.

The mets broadcast showed at great view of the home run. Don't know how much more of a great angle you can get when the ball was hit to square in the middle of left field. The ball never ever touched the fan and hit the railing near the fans knee which is above orange home run line. Keith hernadez even did a spot shadow of where the ball hit the and you can clearly see it hitting the railing right near the fans knee.


BTW-Go watch a YES broadcast if you want awful

You're right about YES - talk about homers. They're showing a replay of a Cleveland outfielder making a catch, they're saying - look he trapped it - terrible call. I watched, and the guy clearly caught the ball. They're just making up bad calls.

I thought Sean McDonough did a great job in the 1993 playoffs. I'd rather hear him than Joe Buck.

Um, yeah, the ball definitely was touched by the guy. Whatever, you guys still won the game.

Come on Kyle Kendrick - show up tonight!

Cliffy6745

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

metsfan wrote:

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

Doc is just a machine. Thanks to the Mets infielders for making tonight much easier!

I guess according to the replay, Paul Bunyan's Friday night almost HR was actually not going to clear the orange line. They said the Mets broadcast never showed a good angle, and they gave him 3rd base because he was already past 2nd when it hit the fence or fan or whatever.

Rangers/Red Sox on MLB network - NESN broadcast. Sean McDonough is cool, but the analyst guy is awful with that stupid Boston accent. I hope Texas comes back to win.

Kuo closes it out in ATL. 2 games out.

The mets broadcast showed at great view of the home run. Don't know how much more of a great angle you can get when the ball was hit to square in the middle of left field. The ball never ever touched the fan and hit the railing near the fans knee which is above orange home run line. Keith hernadez even did a spot shadow of where the ball hit the and you can clearly see it hitting the railing right near the fans knee.


BTW-Go watch a YES broadcast if you want awful

You're right about YES - talk about homers. They're showing a replay of a Cleveland outfielder making a catch, they're saying - look he trapped it - terrible call. I watched, and the guy clearly caught the ball. They're just making up bad calls.

I thought Sean McDonough did a great job in the 1993 playoffs. I'd rather hear him than Joe Buck.

Um, yeah, the ball definitely was touched by the guy. Whatever, you guys still won the game.

Come on Kyle Kendrick - show up tonight!

I like Michael Kay more than most Yankees fans but YES overall has a strong team when compared to the rest of the league. Ken Singleton is simply outstanding, Jon Flaherty and Leiter are both strong and it is great to have Paulie in the booth from time to time. Tino Martinez stinks. I also strongly disagree that they are homers, I think Kay can be way to critical of certain Yankees players from time to time. You will never ever hear a Yankees broadcaster refer to the team as we and they can be very hard on the team.

John Sterling on the other hand is the absolute worst.

Johnny Abruzzo

Cliffy6745 wrote:

I like Michael Kay more than most Yankees fans but YES overall has a strong team when compared to the rest of the league. Ken Singleton is simply outstanding, Jon Flaherty and Leiter are both strong and it is great to have Paulie in the booth from time to time. Tino Martinez stinks. I also strongly disagree that they are homers, I think Kay can be way to critical of certain Yankees players from time to time. You will never ever hear a Yankees broadcaster refer to the team as we and they can be very hard on the team.

John Sterling on the other hand is the absolute worst.

All I know is I got sick of those guys real quick when we were forcefed with all the Alex Rodriguez crap.

Not saying the Phillies announcers are anything special, by the way. We're a long way from the days of Harry & Whitey. :( (both of those guys, btw, with definitive Midwestern accents)

Jearlpam0925

Michael Kay is decent. I like him, but Sterling is absolutely atrocious. Can't stand that guy.

And not to harp on this non-homer anymore, but how can anyone say the dude didn't touch the ball???? Every replay I saw showed that.

Cliffy6745

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

Cliffy6745 wrote:

I like Michael Kay more than most Yankees fans but YES overall has a strong team when compared to the rest of the league. Ken Singleton is simply outstanding, Jon Flaherty and Leiter are both strong and it is great to have Paulie in the booth from time to time. Tino Martinez stinks. I also strongly disagree that they are homers, I think Kay can be way to critical of certain Yankees players from time to time. You will never ever hear a Yankees broadcaster refer to the team as we and they can be very hard on the team.

John Sterling on the other hand is the absolute worst.

All I know is I got sick of those guys real quick when we were forcefed with all the Alex Rodriguez crap.

Not saying the Phillies announcers are anything special, by the way. We're a long way from the days of Harry & Whitey. :( (both of those guys, btw, with definitive Midwestern accents)

That's fine, it lasted way too long but I don't know what you would expect. It's not like they can skip an AB without bringing it up, it's their job to talk about what's going on. I would be more annoyed with MLB and ESPN for switching over for every AB than the YES crew talking about it. I do miss the days of Bobby Murcer and Jim Kaat.

I think the Yanks broadcast is 100x better than the Phillies. Tom McCarthy is fucking horrible.

Johnny Abruzzo

Fucken Padilla. Braves are up 8-0.

Cliffy6745

Jearlpam0925 wrote:

Michael Kay is decent. I like him, but Sterling is absolutely atrocious. Can't stand that guy.

And not to harp on this non-homer anymore, but how can anyone say the dude didn't touch the ball???? Every replay I saw showed that.

Sterling is fucking horrible. It is embarrassing that the Yankees have such a god awful radio guy. I read he is a gigantic prick in a number of places as well and that he thinks he some how has something to do with the Yankees success. Give up the fucking catch phrases and call the fucking game.

Cliffy6745

I am also not saying Kay is perfect either, I just think he is a whole lot better than he gets credit for.

Jearlpam0925

Cliffy6745 wrote:

Jearlpam0925 wrote:

Michael Kay is decent. I like him, but Sterling is absolutely atrocious. Can't stand that guy.

And not to harp on this non-homer anymore, but how can anyone say the dude didn't touch the ball???? Every replay I saw showed that.

Sterling is fucking horrible. It is embarrassing that the Yankees have such a god awful radio guy. I read he is a gigantic prick in a number of places as well and that he thinks he some how has something to do with the Yankees success. Give up the fucking catch phrases and call the fucking game.

Michael Kay is real good I think. He seems pretty down the middle in the calling of his games. I just wanna punch Sterling in the kidneys with that A-bomb for A-Rod nonsense. I could see maybe saying that(not really) if it's a moon shot, but an example of it being overplayed was when A-Rod hit that cheapy homer in the World Series that clunked off the camera at The Bank in right field. Dude made it sound like it went 500 feet.

Cliffy6745

Jearlpam0925 wrote:

Cliffy6745 wrote:

Jearlpam0925 wrote:

Michael Kay is decent. I like him, but Sterling is absolutely atrocious. Can't stand that guy.

And not to harp on this non-homer anymore, but how can anyone say the dude didn't touch the ball???? Every replay I saw showed that.

Sterling is fucking horrible. It is embarrassing that the Yankees have such a god awful radio guy. I read he is a gigantic prick in a number of places as well and that he thinks he some how has something to do with the Yankees success. Give up the fucking catch phrases and call the fucking game.

Michael Kay is real good I think. He seems pretty down the middle in the calling of his games. I just wanna punch Sterling in the kidneys with that A-bomb for A-Rod nonsense. I could see maybe saying that(not really) if it's a moon shot, but an example of it being overplayed was when A-Rod hit that cheapy homer in the World Series that clunked off the camera at The Bank in right field. Dude made it sound like it went 500 feet.

Um, he has a different catch phrase for every player. "Thats a TEX message", "Robby cano, dont you know", "Swishalicous", etc. The other day when Thames hit a go ahead SINGLE, he fucking said "Let the good thames roll" A FUCKING SINGLE!