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

From the Philly Inquirer:

Werth said he kept the look mainly because it was comfortable. ("Shaving. I don't like to shave. Never have.")

But there was that other reason.

"After we got beat in the World Series, having won the year before and being that close, you could almost taste it," Werth said. "We got beat by the Yankees. My stepdad (Dennis Werth) played for the Yankees. I grew up with pinstripes in the house. But I was never really a Yankee fan. The Yankees have that clean-shaven rule."

Werth grew the beard to spite the Yankees?

"I don't want to say that's the main reason why," he said. "I usually grow a beard in the offseason. But there was a side of all that, on some level, it had something to do with it."

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neilybabes86 wrote:

Phantom Pain wrote:

From the Philly Inquirer:

Werth said he kept the look mainly because it was comfortable. ("Shaving. I don't like to shave. Never have.")

But there was that other reason.

"After we got beat in the World Series, having won the year before and being that close, you could almost taste it," Werth said. "We got beat by the Yankees. My stepdad (Dennis Werth) played for the Yankees. I grew up with pinstripes in the house. But I was never really a Yankee fan. The Yankees have that clean-shaven rule."

Werth grew the beard to spite the Yankees?

"I don't want to say that's the main reason why," he said. "I usually grow a beard in the offseason. But there was a side of all that, on some level, it had something to do with it."

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:roll: douche

Only a douche if he goes back on his word and joins said douches in 2011.

Jearlpam0925 wrote:

And of course Chooch gets dinged in the elbow, ala Polanco, by Hudson. Hopefully his stellar year isn't all of a sudden fudged because of this crap.

I don't know why chooch was still in at the end of saturday's game. this manager does some really dumb stuff

Jearlpam0925 wrote:

pjhawks wrote:

got to admit I'm a bit nervous about the Reds. They scare me because they can hit and hit the long ball. 3-run homers could be devastating in the playoffs. Lidge against this lineup scares me especially in the hitters parks. Crowd needs to get loud and intimidating in the 1st 2 games - show the Reds who the Champs are and that they are out of their league. If we lose one of the 1st 2 home games going to be sweating when we get to Cincinnati. Could just be natural nervousness heading into the playoffs though. Can't wait though, totally pumped for playoff games again. my liver will suffer though. Come on boys bring it home again. 11 wins to go.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW8Qeto9 ... re=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW8Qeto9 ... re=related

still brings chills - lets do it again boys.

I gotta find my video on Picasa that I recorded during the last out of game 5 in '08. I give myself chills every time.

I remember last year during game 1 of LDS that the urgency wasn't there before first pitch. It steam rolled its way, but it should be there during the National Anthem. Hopefully losing in the WS last year brings that frothing at the mouth back that was there in '08 - every game that year was like an insane asylum. Loved it.

nothing will top the crowds back in 08. I will never attend a better sporting event than game 5 from that year.

Cliffy6745 wrote:

Jearlpam0925 wrote:

Only a douche if he goes back on his word and joins said douches in 2011.

Yanks outfield is set for next year. Probably not the best idea to say you want facial hair out of spite for the Yankees when they set the market and you are becoming a free agent . He most definitely did not run that one by his new agent. If the Yankees wanted him, they would sign him regardless, just kind of funny. Not going to happen though.

that's a really good point. after watching werth play every day for the last few years it's a pretty safe assumption to say he's not the sharpest knife in the drawer.

neilybabes86, it's fine that you want to troll around this Phillies thread but even you have to admit that the Phils look better than the Yanks right now as we head into the postseason.

Jearlpam0925 wrote:

The Fixer wrote:

phils are -270 to win their series. that is ridiculously high for a playoff series

Yeah, and it's pissing me off. I don't like being this favored. Bad karma.

I'm with you. The phils look great, but that all goes out the window come wednesday. I just can't get too overconfident about philly teams.

crazypjfan wrote:

Don't know if this was mentioned or even if it is correct. Someone told me that the Phils can use Halladay, Oswalt and Hamels for 17 of the 19 games this postseason! That seems like a damn good setup for them this year.

yep, it is correct. I believe it's game 4 of each the NLCS and the Ws

The Fixer wrote:

Jearlpam0925 wrote:

The Fixer wrote:

phils are -270 to win their series. that is ridiculously high for a playoff series

Yeah, and it's pissing me off. I don't like being this favored. Bad karma.

I'm with you. The phils look great, but that all goes out the window come wednesday. I just can't get too overconfident about philly teams.

It's in our blood.

I've got so much shit to do between now and 5:07 that I feel like just saying fuck it. All I know is that first Miller Lite around 2:45 is going to be delicious. Time for my liver to go into overdrive like the past two postseasons - nonstop.

The Jeagler wrote:

game 2 is offically a party as your jeagler has just secured tickets.

Nice work. just curious, where did you get them?

I'm waiting to hear back about potential SRO tix in the HOF section for wednesday. If that doesn't work I will be hitting stubhub on wendesday morning. My bookie is nice to offer to pay for my tix.