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  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,362
    Bryce will be whispering in everyone's ear freaking out the Astros pitchers all night. He's actually saying total nonsense.

    mfc2006 said:
    Johnny Abruzzo said:
    Dusty Baker is doing an absolutely horrible job of managing this series. Whatever the problem was with McCullens he clearly needed to get him out of the game. After the 4th inning I told my son we were gonna score multiple runs (I said 2 I think) in the 5th and get the pitcher out of the game. When Schwarber fouled off the 1-2 I said "watch this pitch!".

    Some dude whining in The Athletic comments that the Phillies are doing something bad in home games - the responses are priceless. Honestly they are hitting everywhere, just getting better pitching at home. Castellanos basically said their analytics dept figured out he was tipping his pitches. He also had a funny answer to his bad defense in the regular season - essentially "baseball is boring and I can't focus all the time but playoffs are different".
    I agree 100% - Lance should have been pulled after 4 innings. He was clearly not pitching well and the Phillies definitely did their homework on him. He had quick 3rd & 4th innings and I thought for sure Hunter Brown would be in for the 5th. Whelp, that didn't happen. And the Phillies nailed him again. Well played by the Phillies from top to bottom. If someone is tipping their pitches, you absolutely should jump all over them. That's part of the game. The Astros should have realized that he may have been tipping...by the time they did, it was too late. 

    I hope all of you that went had a blast. I can tell you that I definitely did not enjoy that game. Ha! 

    Houston's bats need to wake up tonight & Javier needs to be lights-out. 
    Maybe he wasn't tipping - he was just throwing the same slop over and over.
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  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,530
    Really gotta be a responsible upstanding adult here and do the job that provides most things in my life....buuuuut, here I am just scouring my Twitter feed for this good shit, big lollllzzzz here:


  • Croos1226
    Croos1226 philly burbs Posts: 346
    Johnny Abruzzo said:
    Bryce will be whispering in everyone's ear freaking out the Astros pitchers all night. He's actually saying total nonsense.

    mfc2006 said:
    Johnny Abruzzo said:
    Dusty Baker is doing an absolutely horrible job of managing this series. Whatever the problem was with McCullens he clearly needed to get him out of the game. After the 4th inning I told my son we were gonna score multiple runs (I said 2 I think) in the 5th and get the pitcher out of the game. When Schwarber fouled off the 1-2 I said "watch this pitch!".

    Some dude whining in The Athletic comments that the Phillies are doing something bad in home games - the responses are priceless. Honestly they are hitting everywhere, just getting better pitching at home. Castellanos basically said their analytics dept figured out he was tipping his pitches. He also had a funny answer to his bad defense in the regular season - essentially "baseball is boring and I can't focus all the time but playoffs are different".
    I agree 100% - Lance should have been pulled after 4 innings. He was clearly not pitching well and the Phillies definitely did their homework on him. He had quick 3rd & 4th innings and I thought for sure Hunter Brown would be in for the 5th. Whelp, that didn't happen. And the Phillies nailed him again. Well played by the Phillies from top to bottom. If someone is tipping their pitches, you absolutely should jump all over them. That's part of the game. The Astros should have realized that he may have been tipping...by the time they did, it was too late. 

    I hope all of you that went had a blast. I can tell you that I definitely did not enjoy that game. Ha! 

    Houston's bats need to wake up tonight & Javier needs to be lights-out. 
    Maybe he wasn't tipping - he was just throwing the same slop over and over.
    "Look for low and away...but watch out for in your ear!
  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    McCullers owned it in the postgame that they crushed him. 100% of the credit definitely goes to the Phillies hitters. They were ready.
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  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,530
    Welp, Johnny - this is for you buddy:


  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,530
    Agree:


  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,994
    No video cameras, wires, or garbage cans needed....


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  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,362
    Jearlpam0925 said:
    Welp, Johnny - this is for you buddy:


    Okay. I'm over it. The Astros really should wear their throwbacks.
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  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,530
    So Jimmy and Chase tonight. Lidge and Chooch tomorrow? Gotta be.
  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    Johnny Abruzzo said:
    Jearlpam0925 said:
    Welp, Johnny - this is for you buddy:


    Okay. I'm over it. The Astros really should wear their throwbacks.
    Would be so fucking great if they did!
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  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,362
    Somebody on here said something about cheesesteaks being overrated. (or maybe I saw that somewhere else - IDK)

    Anyway people come here and I always tell them to get roast pork with sharp & rabe instead, and no one ever listens to me.
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  • rustneversleeps
    rustneversleeps The Motel of Lost Companions Posts: 2,209
    edited November 2022
    The Juggler said:
    Also...Cole Hamels should've thrown the first pitch by himself, not being one of four guys to catch a ball. He's a god damned WS MVP! We only have two of them in our entire existence. lol

    Tonight's gotta be Chase. Right?
    why does hamels get a pass for blowing '09 game 3 at home with a 3 run lead?  and going 1-2 in 09 postseason.  if he does his job in 09 game 3, we may be talking back to back.  I appreciate hamels, but i remember game 3 09 as much or more than i remember 08.  just one lifetime philly fans view.  hamels is a cupcake.  
  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,362
    Ridiculous. Hamels is one of the franchise's greats and even left on top with a Wrigley Field no hitter (plus another 2/3 of a no no). His workload was massively increased in 2008 and he had an expected regression in 2009. His playoff performances in 2010 & 2011 were great.
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  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,994
    Everyone sucked in the '09 World Series except for Lee, Utley, and Werth. 
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  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,362
    Ledbetterman10 said:
    Everyone sucked in the '09 World Series except for Lee, Utley, and Werth. 
    Totally. They forgot how to field, how to run the bases, how to cover 3rd base, how to manage. It was a team failure.
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  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,530
    edited November 2022
    I mean once Hamels basically said (paraphrasing), "I can't wait till this (season/world series) is over" during the '09 WS was pretty dumb. But I mean the same could be said of Cliff Lee in 2011 based on performance, but it's not the only thing we hold him to. 

    As time goes on I think it's better to look at the overall resume of what Hamels did here, and if it wasn't for him in '08 we don't win the first championship I got to experience in my life.

    Hamels sucks because he's a MAGA douchebag but that's fine. He has a place in this city regardless.
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,594
    edited November 2022
    rustneversleeps said:
    The Juggler said:
    Also...Cole Hamels should've thrown the first pitch by himself, not being one of four guys to catch a ball. He's a god damned WS MVP! We only have two of them in our entire existence. lol

    Tonight's gotta be Chase. Right?
    why does hamels get a pass for blowing '09 game 3 at home with a 3 run lead?  and going 1-2 in 09 postseason.  if he does his job in 09 game 3, we may be talking back to back.  I appreciate hamels, but i remember game 3 09 as much or more than i remember 08.  just one lifetime philly fans view.  hamels is a cupcake.  
    Mike Schmidt was 1 for 20 vs Baltimore in 1983. What a cupcake Mike Schmidt is! 

    See how ridiculous that sounds? 


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  • cutz
    cutz Posts: 12,235
    Jearlpam0925 said:
    cutz said:
    So, If ther's any chance Wheeler can pitch game 5, if the Phillies are down 3-1, does he pitch? 
    I think so. That's the only scenario he pitches game 5 I think.
    I did too, but the Phillies don't have to worry about it now
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,026
    Awfully big game tonight 
  • rustneversleeps
    rustneversleeps The Motel of Lost Companions Posts: 2,209
    The Juggler said:
    rustneversleeps said:
    The Juggler said:
    Also...Cole Hamels should've thrown the first pitch by himself, not being one of four guys to catch a ball. He's a god damned WS MVP! We only have two of them in our entire existence. lol

    Tonight's gotta be Chase. Right?
    why does hamels get a pass for blowing '09 game 3 at home with a 3 run lead?  and going 1-2 in 09 postseason.  if he does his job in 09 game 3, we may be talking back to back.  I appreciate hamels, but i remember game 3 09 as much or more than i remember 08.  just one lifetime philly fans view.  hamels is a cupcake.  
    Mike Schmidt was 1 for 20 vs Baltimore in 1983. What a cupcake Mike Schmidt is! 

    See how ridiculous that sounds? 


    Hes a cupcake because he just is. Hes not a cupcake because he pissed away a 3 run lead in 09. So im missing your point.

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