Gamenight: Phillies (37-26) At Braves (32-30)
Posted by Tim Malcolm, Sat, June 07, 2008 05:27 PM | Comments: 80
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Last night turned out to be a classic, playoff-style battle between two ultra-competitive teams. And our good guys won, 4-3, in the most miraculous of ways. They are now 3.5 up on the rest of the NL East and are 11 games over .500.
Tonight Kyle Kendrick will try and rebound from an OK start. Against the Braves he is 3-3 with a 4.24 ERA. Meanwhile the offense gets a crack at Jo-Jo Reyes, who gave up five runs in 6.2 innings against the Phils May 13. A lefty, Jo-Jo will get the righty lineup, including newly activated Jayson Werth, who comes back from a 15-day DL stint. He’ll start in right field.
Phillies: Kyle Kendrick (5-2) 5.00 ERA
Braves: Jo-Jo Reyes (2-3) 4.78 ERA
Gametime: 7 p.m. EST
Weather: 91 degrees, sunny
Lineup: Rollins, Victorino, Utley, Howard, Burrell, Werth, Feliz, Ruiz, Kendrick
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Your gameday beer: It’s like, really, really hot outside. Here in Connecticut it’s 90 degrees. In Philly it’s a toasty 95+. Atlanta is hot, as well. For that, break out the great Summer favorite, Sam Adams Summer Ale. Light and refreshing, it’s a smooth lemony beer that lets you ease back and enjoy the slowness of summer anytime. You can eat a lot with it, but I’ll go with the American hot dog, a perfect summer combination.
Go Phillies!
Posts: 0 erik
first base umpire’s bad call on howard just cost us a run on pats double
Posted: 07:32 PM on June 7, 2008
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Beauty-ful play by Rollins to close out the second.
Kendrick’s walks might come back to hurt him. And he’s thrown a boat of pitches already. Don’t want to use too much bullpen tonight.
Posted: 07:49 PM on June 7, 2008
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erik: Dunno about that. Franceour has a laser in right — would’ve been a tough score. Then again, would’ve been no out and two on if they don’t send him.
Posted: 07:50 PM on June 7, 2008
Posts: 0 NateB
Rollins looks hot in the field, but why isn’t he working the counts this year? When he’s hot at the plate he works the counts.
Posted: 07:57 PM on June 7, 2008
Posts: 0 chris m
howard fucking blows.period end of story. nobody try to defend this idiot bc hes hurting our team hitting and defensively…plus thats a phatom interferance call that just cost us a run
Posted: 08:14 PM on June 7, 2008
Posts: 0 NateB
I really think Howard has been introduced to new ways of thinking at the plate by the hitting coaches/teammates. Working the counts, avoiding the strikeout, etc. Whatever was his approach at the plate in 2006 should definitely come back… even if it was brainless hitting!!! Well, .313 with 58 homers this year??? Just crush the ball like you used to please.
Posted: 08:22 PM on June 7, 2008
Posts: 0 NateB
If it weren’t for the bad calls Ruiz’s homer would have made it 3-0 right now.
Posted: 08:27 PM on June 7, 2008
Posts: 0 chris m
anybody that defend this idiot id a bigger idiot bc howard sucks ass
Posted: 08:35 PM on June 7, 2008
Posts: 0 chris m
howard cost us atleast another 1
Posted: 08:36 PM on June 7, 2008
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Howard’s DP ball made a three-run lead a two-run lead. Good shot by Burrell. Seems to be heating up again.
Posted: 08:37 PM on June 7, 2008
Posts: 0 chris m
howard doesnt even deserve to be on th AA squad bc he would make them look bad…if manuel actually used his head and had pat in the 4 hole we would have had that run
Posted: 08:41 PM on June 7, 2008
Posts: 0 danny
LOL. a two run homer to chipper. who didn’t see that coming?
TIM PLEASE WRITE RYAN ANOTHER OPEN LETTER.
Please……
Posted: 08:50 PM on June 7, 2008
Posts: 0 chris m
dont bother he shit…ill trade him for 11 bats at this piont
Posted: 08:52 PM on June 7, 2008
Posts: 0 danny
Hey everyone, what time is it?
Posted: 08:52 PM on June 7, 2008
Posts: 0 danny
[everyone] KENDRICK TIME!!!
Posted: 08:53 PM on June 7, 2008
Posts: 0 chris m
madson effective?!? never thouught id say that in a big situation
Posted: 08:57 PM on June 7, 2008
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Tough catch-22 there with Madson hitting. I can see why — he has a low pitch count and you don’t want to tax the rest of the bullpen again — but it’s tough not to use the bench. Still, against Reyes, you don’t have great options (Coste maybe, and Bruntlett).
Posted: 09:06 PM on June 7, 2008
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Even when hot girls are doing it, I hate the chop.
Posted: 09:06 PM on June 7, 2008
Posts: 0 chris m
the chop isnt even their original thing…it originated at florida state
Posted: 09:08 PM on June 7, 2008
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Don’t know if I’d classify Eaton as a “journeyman” starter. Journeymen don’t make $8M per.
And NOW Madson hitting doesn’t make sense if they’re pulling him with one out.
Posted: 09:09 PM on June 7, 2008
Posts: 0 chris m
i thought the same thing after listening to these homer annoucers
Posted: 09:10 PM on June 7, 2008
Posts: 0 chris m
charlie is a terrible in game manager
Posted: 09:10 PM on June 7, 2008
Posts: 0 chris m
another reason he MVP
Posted: 09:13 PM on June 7, 2008
Posts: 0 chris m
howard had no chance at that ..why did he continue running over there like he did and almost got kkilled
Posted: 09:14 PM on June 7, 2008
Posts: 0 erik
chris, we are in a good game with a good team who plays their best ball at home, and we a decent lead in the division and are playing the best baseball we have played all year long 10 wins out of our last 12 games, stop fucking complaining
Posted: 09:19 PM on June 7, 2008
Posts: 0 chris m
shut the fuck up. u must be fat like howard and thats why ur defending him. y woulld u defend som1 thats been our worst player all year u moron
Posted: 09:23 PM on June 7, 2008
Posts: 0 chris m
complacentcy or however u spell it…thats erics problem
Posted: 09:24 PM on June 7, 2008
Posts: 0 erik
chase is the man
Posted: 09:25 PM on June 7, 2008
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MVP, baby. And he gets to third. Unreal.
Also, Vic working the walk. He’s been on fire.
Posted: 09:27 PM on June 7, 2008
Posts: 0 danny
CHASE I WANT TO HAVE YOUR BABY- PLEASE MAKE A MAN OUT OF ME.
what a huge hit.
Posted: 09:27 PM on June 7, 2008
Posts: 0 Brian G.
If Ryan can’t get this run in — I have officially given up on him.
Posted: 09:27 PM on June 7, 2008
Posts: 0 erik
allright dickhead, since you have the audacity to be calling people morons and idiots, maybe you should be checking out your grammar and spelling, because it is pathetic. by the way i am 6’0 and weight 185 and I am a network administrator. so that should answer your comments about me being fat and a moron. but by all means, continue your 3rd grade level typing if you must
Posted: 09:28 PM on June 7, 2008
Posts: 0 chris m
dont say that eric will be mad if anybody complains
Posted: 09:29 PM on June 7, 2008
Posts: 1650 Tim Malcolm
Nice job, Ryan. And guys, calm down a bit. Let’s be civil. This is a baseball game.
Posted: 09:31 PM on June 7, 2008
Posts: 0 erik
good job howard, great clutch hit
Posted: 09:31 PM on June 7, 2008
Posts: 0 danny
Yeah Ryan! I still hate you, but yeah baby!
Posted: 09:32 PM on June 7, 2008
Posts: 0 NateB
thanks chris for calling me an idiot for defending howard… even tho i was critiquing him. ha ha intelligent. i think someone is drinking too much to understand intelligent baseball. we are winning this game. utley hits another RBI to show chipper who the real MVP is.
Posted: 09:32 PM on June 7, 2008
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I swear to God if I hear “Hi, dis is Victor Martinez” one more time …
Posted: 09:33 PM on June 7, 2008
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Also, Skip Caray just said “let a runner steal a base unmolested.”
Posted: 09:33 PM on June 7, 2008
Posts: 0 chris m
so im not gonna start this kind of crap in front of everyone…sorry i dont capitolize everything and spell check everything…didnt know i had to but its funny when u criticize my grammer in ur statment when ur gammer isnt good either. only two network administrators i have met is one becuase he didnt wanna put the extra effort into any other better degree and the other didnt need a degree
Posted: 09:34 PM on June 7, 2008
Posts: 0 chris m
nate you misread my comment… i wasnt adressing anything at you
Posted: 09:36 PM on June 7, 2008
Posts: 0 NateB
ok no worries. Let’s go Phils!
Posted: 09:39 PM on June 7, 2008
Posts: 0 chris m
its straight i was just venting on howard but found out it wasnt allowed
Posted: 09:40 PM on June 7, 2008
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Hey, vent all you want — I just don’t want personal attacks or anything. Let’s keep it on the team.
Posted: 09:41 PM on June 7, 2008
Posts: 0 Julie
Tim, I was thinking the same thing about Victor Martinez…hilarious. I think mlb.com only has 1-2 commercials max.
Clutch hit by Howard, and it’s good to see Werth back in action. Come on, Flash!
Posted: 09:44 PM on June 7, 2008
Posts: 0 chris m
i understand tim i was personally attacking howard( which i hope is fine) then some1 peronally attacked me so thats the only reason i fired back
Posted: 09:46 PM on June 7, 2008
Posts: 0 NateB
Tim what’s this about writing another letter to Howard? You have his email address or something?
Posted: 09:46 PM on June 7, 2008
Posts: 0 erik
chris, i dont understand all of the negativity when we are playing the best we played all year long. you have your right to say what you want and you are entitled to your opinion, however so am i. i was just trying to counter your point. be easy on calling me fat and a moron and there would be no problems. that kind of stuff pisses people off.
Posted: 09:48 PM on June 7, 2008
Posts: 0 NateB
Gordon- 3 strike outs! What a bullpen!
Posted: 09:52 PM on June 7, 2008
Posts: 0 chris m
when you tell people ” to stop fucking complaining” that pisses people off as well. i just dont think we are playing our the best that were capable of playing. we won by a dropped fly ball last nite… howard hasnt been doing anything… offense hasnt really done much lately. its fine to criticize howard bc he hasnt done anything. no need to get your panties in a knot. its a blog this is where were supposed to vioce our frustation. and thats all i did until u attacked me
Posted: 09:55 PM on June 7, 2008