Gamenight: Phillies (42-35) At Athletics (41-34)
Posted by Tim Malcolm, Tue, June 24, 2008 09:27 PM | Comments: 93
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After the most disappointing stretch of Phillies baseball in a few years, the first-place (hangin’ by a thread) good guys will open a three-game set at McAfee Colesium, a cavern of basebally weirdness home to the Oakland Athletics. The A’s were the other Philadelphia team for a long, long time, so consider this a meaningful rivalry, or something.
Jimmy Rollins returns home to Oakland, where he has a homer and two ribbies (three games). Phils starter Jamie Moyer has an approachable 4.19 ERA in his 25 starts at the Mac. Or the Fee. Whatever. We’ll just call it the Internet Virus Protection Colesium, or the IVPC. Against Oakland, Moyer has a 4.46 ERA, but it’s not like he’s faced these same guys. Most of the A’s are guys in their mid-to-late 20s, and are guys you haven’t much seen: Kurt Suzuki, Mark Ellis, Bobby Crosby, Jack Hannahan, Daric Barton, Ryan Sweeney, Travis Buck. Billyball: Feel the experience!
The Phils face Joe Blanton, who has struggled so far this year. He’s one of the players rumored as a future Phillie. Two things: The A’s won’t be giving up anything if they remain this good; a guy with a 4.81 ERA is actually an improvement over most of the rotation.
Geoff Jenkins is your designated hitter; Jayson Werth gets the start in right field. This should be par for the course over these next six. By the way, it’s the first late game of the year. I love late games! I also love drinking Starbucks Iced Doubleshots at 8:10 a.m.!
Phillies: Jamie Moyer (7-4) 4.09 ERA
Athletics: Joe Blanton (3-10) 4.81 ERA
Gametime: 10:05 p.m. EST
Weather: 65, sunny
Lineup: Rollins, Victorino, Utley, Howard, Burrell, Werth, Jenkins, Feliz, Ruiz
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Your gamenight beer: Ladies and gentleman: The ultimate girl beer. Stella Artois — I’ve had it once. Okay, my ex-girlfriend ordered it and I took a hearty sip. It was okay. Pretty average, actually. (Like her. Zing!) But it’s usually on tap at most bars, kind of a cousin to Heineken, which markets itself to men. So tonight that’s the beer — average, just like the Phils have been lately. Okay, below average. Have some sushi with Stella tonight — chicken is more appropriate, but I had sushi tonight, so you will too.
Go Phillies!
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Personal/related note: I’m now doing weekly beer/food pairings in my newspaper’s weekly food/drink lifestyle page (of which I am editor). So listen to me, bitches.
Posted: 09:33 PM on June 24, 2008
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Note 2: I don’t know if you guys saw the post I made a few days back, but I wanted to thank everyone for the amazing Chase Utley retro jersey. You guys are great readers.
Posted: 09:34 PM on June 24, 2008
Posts: 0 Howard
Stella Artois? There’s better beer out there than this stuff for a game.
Posted: 09:48 PM on June 24, 2008
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Oh sure, I know that, but there are 162 games and sometimes you have to go with mainstream picks. It’s about variety.
Posted: 10:02 PM on June 24, 2008
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Updates: Mets got killed by Seattle, 11-0. Braves lost. Marlins losing in ninth to Rays. Big game here.
Posted: 10:04 PM on June 24, 2008
Posts: 0 Clare
I haven’t been here in ages because I don’t read things after we lose; however, I feel a win coming on!
Posted: 10:04 PM on June 24, 2008
Posts: 0 chris m
anybody still want arroyo???
Posted: 10:05 PM on June 24, 2008
Posts: 0 chris m
phil says our big game pitcher is moyer so here it is
Posted: 10:08 PM on June 24, 2008
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Never did, don’t want him now. Horrible outing tonight.
Posted: 10:08 PM on June 24, 2008
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Victorino and Kurt Suzuki are from the same town, oddly enough.
Posted: 10:12 PM on June 24, 2008
Posts: 0 chris m
howard cant poke it through that left side? hed rather just try to pull it? dont understand
Posted: 10:19 PM on June 24, 2008
Posts: 0 chris m
we need to have better approach at the plate bc our AB’s make me wanna cry
Posted: 10:35 PM on June 24, 2008
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They should be hitting Blanton around.
Posted: 10:48 PM on June 24, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
PAT THE BAT!!!
Posted: 10:59 PM on June 24, 2008
Posts: 0 Jason
Go Burrell!
Posted: 10:59 PM on June 24, 2008
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Yeah Chris M, he’s doing awesome isn’t he?
Posted: 10:59 PM on June 24, 2008
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Fine. All. E.
Posted: 11:00 PM on June 24, 2008
Posts: 0 Julie
Stella is a girl beer? Really? I think of it more as the Miller Lite of Belgians, but maybe this is because I am a girl.
Just got to my computer and it looks like this game has been boring as hell…
Posted: 11:04 PM on June 24, 2008
Posts: 0 chris m
phil… i didnt forget. im giving you your cred…..good AB’s by jenkins. he mite have a better chance to hit the ball if its not in the dirt
Posted: 11:06 PM on June 24, 2008
Posts: 0 Jason
Gotta love Moyer. Throws 81 mph and saws the guy off.
Posted: 11:07 PM on June 24, 2008
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Oh, I thought you meant it like, let’s see if Phil is right?
Posted: 11:09 PM on June 24, 2008
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Maybe it’s me, but every girl I know likes Stella, and will order it when ordering beer. Either that or Mich Ultra or Miller Lite.
Offense needs to get going one of these decades.
Posted: 11:21 PM on June 24, 2008
Posts: 0 chris m
nah it was more like phil needs his credit if he has a good game here bc i dont give it too you that much in thwe past lol
Posted: 11:22 PM on June 24, 2008
Posts: 0 danny
Moyer is out of his mind!
Posted: 11:23 PM on June 24, 2008
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Over in England, Stella (along with Fosters and Carlsberg) is the cheap beer. I used to buy 6 16oz cans (they sell most beers in pounders, since it’s about a pint) for 5 pounds or about $10. It was a good deal.
Jamie is dealing tonight. How soon before the wheels fall off…?
Posted: 11:24 PM on June 24, 2008
Posts: 0 danny
Every Indie girl likes Stella, that’s for sure.
Posted: 11:24 PM on June 24, 2008
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4 BB’s and 29 strikeouts this month for Howard. That’s UNREAL!
Posted: 11:28 PM on June 24, 2008
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Wow. That was a ball beyond belief.
We need another few runs. And I need a drink.
Oh a double play because Howard pulled a grounder. What else is new?
Posted: 11:29 PM on June 24, 2008
Posts: 0 danny
ANOTHER K! Have I been shrooming all night? Is this really happening?
Posted: 11:33 PM on June 24, 2008
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9 Ks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: 11:34 PM on June 24, 2008
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Moyer is the man!
Posted: 11:34 PM on June 24, 2008
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I don’t even think Moyer believes this…
Posted: 11:35 PM on June 24, 2008
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Thanks for giving me credit Chris M. You all know you wouldn’t mind seeing Moyer take game 1 of the WS…come on now? Who else is with me?
Posted: 11:36 PM on June 24, 2008
Posts: 0 danny
course, Jenkins can’t get the runners over…
Posted: 11:42 PM on June 24, 2008
Posts: 0 Greg
Jenkins, you POS
Posted: 11:43 PM on June 24, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
Change the Jeltz award to the Ruiz award please.
Posted: 11:45 PM on June 24, 2008
Posts: 0 danny
HAHAHAH
Posted: 11:45 PM on June 24, 2008
Posts: 0 Greg
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Posted: 11:45 PM on June 24, 2008
Posts: 0 PhillyFriar
Haven’t been here for the game chat, but a brief anecdote: before Ruiz came to the plate, I said to myself, “I’ll bet my life savings (admittedly not much) that Ruiz grounds into a double play here.”
Posted: 11:45 PM on June 24, 2008
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Boy, Ruiz is horrendous.
Posted: 11:46 PM on June 24, 2008
Posts: 0 Jason
We all saw that coming from Ruiz.
Posted: 11:46 PM on June 24, 2008
Posts: 0 danny
Seriously, there is no one I want up less in that situation than Ruiz, right?
Posted: 11:46 PM on June 24, 2008
Posts: 0 danny
Now I understand why Charlie gives Pedro the light 3-0.. He’s got Fat Retard Ruiz following him.
Posted: 11:47 PM on June 24, 2008
Posts: 0 danny
Really Jason? I expected a grand slam to the upper deck.
Posted: 11:48 PM on June 24, 2008
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It seems as though we are facing a line up as equally inept as ours! This is nice.
Posted: 11:49 PM on June 24, 2008
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Manuel is a retard…shoulda put Durbin in.
Posted: 11:52 PM on June 24, 2008
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One bad pitch at the wrong time. He had the A’s shut down.
Posted: 11:53 PM on June 24, 2008
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Great, the makings of yet another bad, bad loss.
Posted: 11:54 PM on June 24, 2008
Posts: 0 danny
I’m excited for 6 losses in a row.
Posted: 11:55 PM on June 24, 2008
Posts: 0 Chris L
Moyer’s pitching a shutout you keep him in — Manuel’s problem, as its been all year is not being willing to sit people when they don’t deliver — Ruiz is the prime example. Is there a chance he can be shipped off with a prospect or two to get us a pitcher?
Posted: 11:56 PM on June 24, 2008