Gamenight: Braves (48-53) At Phillies (54-48)
Posted by Tim Malcolm, Fri, July 25, 2008 05:14 PM | Comments: 186
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The Phillies return home to tangle with the Braves after a diastrous final two games in Shea Stadium.
Re-charge: It’ll be essential for the Phils offense to come out of the gates. After looking bad against Oliver Perez and the Mets yesterday, they’ll have to face young stud Jair Jurrjens.
Burying the Braves: The Phillies are 8-1 against their rivals from down south. They’ve swept them twice at Turner Field.
Chip Off Tonight’s Block: Chipper Jones has a strained left hamstring and will sit out tonight’s game. He sat out the last game one between these two teams, but came back to play the final games of the series. A report said he wasn’t optimistic about his return just yet.
Knock ‘Em Out: Last season the Phillies kicked the Braves out of the playoff race with a late-season series win. It’s possible the Phils could do the same this season with a sweep right here.
Phillies: Kyle Kendrick (8-4) 4.87 ERA
Braves: Jair Jurrjens (9-5) 3.22 ERA
Gametime: 7:05 p.m. EST
Weather: 85, partly cloudy
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Your gameday beer: The picturesque Shoal’s Pale Ale from Smuttynose is today’s pick. Brewed in New Hampshire, it’s a very pastoral kind of beer. Very easy to sip in the summer sun. For a pale ale that’s not always the case. But you’ll want to get your hands on this one.
Go Phillies!
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It’s funny how Oliver Perez is “bad,” but Jurrjens is a “young stud.”
Phillies kick the crap out of the Braves, and I’m sure the Mets will come off their emotional high against the Cardinals. Phils will be back in first place on Monday.
Posted: 05:25 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 RiVLez
Actually if you read it again it says: The Phillies looked bad against Perez. I hope the Phillies can sweep the Braves just so we can say they are done and out of it and let them start the selling process.
Posted: 05:45 PM on July 25, 2008
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I was referring to a different post, Rivlez.
Posted: 05:50 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Joshua
call up happ:
what makes you think the phillies will be in first on monday? i do not think so.
check this:
since june 13, the phillies are 14 – 20, batting .220 as a team and avg less then 4 runs per game…that doesnt sound like a first place team to me.
Posted: 05:53 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Bill
I hope you are right about the Cards beating the Mets. We just need to take care of our own business.
http://myteamrivals.typepad.com/phightin_phils_phorum/
Posted: 05:55 PM on July 25, 2008
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Josh: I only say that based on how the Phils have dominated the Braves this year. Take 2 of 3, Mets lose 2 of 3, and Phils are in first again.
Posted: 05:56 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Joshua
true, the phillies are 8-1 against the braves, plus chippers not playing…the braves will be out of contention in about 2-3 weeks.
Posted: 06:00 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Greg
How about this? For the next two series against Braves and Nats: We win 5, that puts our record for July at 15-10, and is our best month yet. We win 4, 14-11 isn’t too shabby either.
F the Mets series, let’s get this train back on track.
Posted: 06:18 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 J. Thomas
There are 60 games left. If the Phils win at their to-date pace they will end up with 86 wins. That might be just enough to win the Division. This is a team that can’t hit good left hand pitching; doesn’t believe in ‘situation batting’; and is average to good in all other phases of the game. There isn’t likely to be any significant roster changes. Slumps and moods will come and go.
It seems to me the best thing for us fans to do is to sit back and enjoy and leave the tactics, strategy , psychology, etc. to Charley M and the players.
Posted: 06:21 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Joshua
86 wins?? that might not be enough.
Posted: 06:22 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 that guy
Can anyone tell me why Rivlez is still here? Shouldn’t he be on cardinalsnation.com this weekend. Me thinks he is a closet fightins fan!
Posted: 06:25 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 TJ
I respect that RiVlez is still here because he knows we actually talk baseball instead of our new “Famous” shirts and “how we cant wear our new fitted Mets caps because my hair will get messed up” like the Mets fans over at their sites. Not like Ive ever been to one but I can imagine. RiVlez is OK by my standard, and OK is pretty damn good for a Mets fan.
Posted: 06:46 PM on July 25, 2008
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TJ: How about his alter ego Joshua? Is he okay too? You guys seem to be missing the point of this rivalry. I highly doubt red cox and crankees fans would be having this love fest. Stop defending the NAMBLA members before I get Danny on your ass.
Posted: 06:54 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Chase Mutley
Giving respect where it’s due, not my site but, I welcome ANY teams fans here so long as they’re as knowledgable and reasonable as RiVlez.
Do you people get out at all? I work with Mets, Yankees and Red Sox fans and we talk baseball all the time without acting like faggots like 99% of the Muts fans on the internet.
Posted: 06:56 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 metsfan
What is this about Met fans? I am a Met fan and do not act like that. Its all n good fun. My girlfriend is a Phillies fan and we have a good time with it. Not all Met fans are a**holes.
Posted: 07:02 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 TJ
that guy: Danny is a little bitch first of all. I’ve never seen someone be so offended on a blog before. And why wouldn’t you welcome other teams fans in here? As long as their reasonable then I don’t mind them. Of course there are the dickhole Mets fans that can’t spell David Wright correctly and rant about how new york is the best city in the world when they live in New Brunswick.
Posted: 07:13 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 TJ
What else is new? Man left in scoring position with 1 out.
Posted: 07:20 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
Wow, same old shit already. I guess I’ll hit the reset button a second time.
Posted: 07:21 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 TJ
I like that Victorino stole but Utley down on strike, suprise, and J-Roll pops out to begin the game. All I have to say is why? Just why?
Posted: 07:23 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 AGH
“MVP? F_ck you!” Chase needs to be dropped to the 7 spot in the order until he finds his stroke. MVPs dont have multiple stretches where they don’t get a hit for a week.
Posted: 07:27 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
Nady and Marte were both pulled frmo the pirates game and they have BOTH been traded. no word yet to who or for what.
thats from mlbtr
Posted: 07:52 PM on July 25, 2008
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Geoff: going to tampa
rotoworld.com
Posted: 07:54 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
damn it.
Posted: 07:55 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
you can compare us ot the rays in many ways, but the rays saw their weaknesses AND WENT OUT AND GOT IT DONE if it is indeed them. we got blanton, ok, fine, but we sitll need ANOTHER starter and ANOTHER reliever and ANOTHER outfielder. where are they at??
Posted: 07:56 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
now one of the easier guys to get could be something elsewhere.
Posted: 07:57 PM on July 25, 2008
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Starter = Happ (hence the screen name)
Reliever = plenty available for cheap
OF = Jason Bay, if Pittsburgh is still selling?
Posted: 07:58 PM on July 25, 2008
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stand corrected: The Yankees have reportedly acquired both Xavier Nady and Damaso Marte from the Pirates.
No word yet on the return, but Melky Cabrera is still in the game for the Bombers. The team’s top prospect, Austin Jackson, might be involved for that kind of return. The Yankees figure to have Nady rotate between the outfield and DH, but he’ll be an everyday player. Marte will help set up for Mariano Rivera. The Pirates could make John Grabow their new closer and Steve Pearce their right fielder.
Posted: 08:00 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
yeah they are selling i think. word is maybe the yankees are getting one of them. i was just in pgh for a wedding over the weekend, and they said bay REALLY wants to stay. but i knew nady and marte would move because they said they were going to be gone in a week. jackwilson is going to get traded. maybe they will move bay. snell will stay, and the pirates need pitching. theyre about ready to call one of us up and put us in the rotation because they cant find poeple who can start.
Posted: 08:01 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
damn, the yankees got both of them. ian kennedy is probably going as one of the prospects.
Posted: 08:02 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
ian kennedy and austin jackson and another prospect or two is a good haul for the pirates
Posted: 08:03 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
thats such a typical yankees move. good move, but the yankees should be sellers but theyre the yankees. the yankees arent ever sellers.
Posted: 08:04 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Craig
Is that the same Ian Kennedy that Cashman refused to give up for Santana?
Posted: 08:05 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
i dont know who they got back, just guessing
Posted: 08:05 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 smithy
Yankees haven’t lost a game since the all-star break and are just 3 games back of a playoff spot. With Matsui out for the year this was a very smart move. Allows Damon to DH and gives them a big bat with Posada on the DL for who knows how long. Abreu is a free agent and Nady will slide over the RF for 2009. Ian Kennedy is a big chip to give up, but he meant nothing to the Yankees as far as making the playoffs in 2008 is concerned, and we all know how they live in the now. Unless they also make a move, it’s hard to see the Rays sneaking into the playoffs now. too bad…
Posted: 08:08 PM on July 25, 2008
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Rotoworld: The Pirates will get Jose Tabata, Ross Ohlendorf and two other prospects from the Yankees for Xavier Nady and Damaso Marte, SI.com’s Jon Heyman reports.
Posted: 08:10 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Adam_Stein
THAT’S A BUNCH OF CRAP!!! THEY WANTED CARRASCO, OUR #1 PITCHING PROSPECT, AND THEY GET 2 SHIT BUMS FROM THE SKANKS. BULLSHIT!!!!!!!!!
Posted: 08:13 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Grrrumpy Miner
Ian Kennedy? I guess now the Phillies are the Pride Of Pennsylvania now.Buckos are just a mere shell of what that once proud franchise was. Now who do the Phillies covet?
Posted: 08:13 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
that cant be right. who are the other two?
Posted: 08:13 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Jason
What a steal for the yanks.
Posted: 08:16 PM on July 25, 2008
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also involved, LHP Phil Coke. I need some coke to deal with this lopsided trade!
Posted: 08:19 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Jason
Tabata is the only “name” in this deal.
Posted: 08:24 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 YankeesFan
Face it you do not have the young talent the yankees have. Besides, they want to deal with a class A organization.
Posted: 08:27 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
the yankees didnt give up shit. they gave up one guy. ross ohlendorff? ahahahahahah
Posted: 08:29 PM on July 25, 2008
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By the way, our offense isn’t doing anything tonight, and the Mets are again up big on the Cardinals. Will the suffering ever end?
Posted: 08:37 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
dude, that tells you a lot about our prospects. tabata? ok has some potential. ross ohlendorf? garbage. kontos, coke? ok. maybe 2 B’s and 2 C’s? maybe tabata is an A. i dunno enough about them. but if a prospect is awesome ill hear about how theyre cant miss.
i wonder what gillick offered?
Posted: 08:40 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
yeah the offense is shit. they need a stuf outfielder to force shane and werth into a platooon. ive said this before and im sick of sayiing it. i dont care what it costs, just go get the best outfielder you can.
kendrick is pitching pretty well tonight. nice running catch by burrell there. ANOTHER taguchi for burrell switch. damn it
Posted: 08:42 PM on July 25, 2008
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The Yankees have acquired Xavier Nady and Damaso Marte from the Pirates for Jose Tabata, Ross Ohlendorf, George Kontos and Phil Coke, the New York Post reports.
i.e. the Yankees gave up nothing for a .320 hitter and a decent set-up man. why do teams always line up to get raped by them?
Posted: 08:43 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
im tired of saying the same shit. they need a huge shock move. bigtime outfielder. bigtime pitchers. i said theyd need two more starters. i said theyd need an everyday outfielder. i said theyd need a setup man. what do they need? just that. other have said that too, dont get me wrong, but i always get attacked for saying that shit.
Posted: 08:44 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 that guy
How do you aquire a solid bat and a solid arm for Paul Orndorf? Why did we give up two strong prospects for a meatball pitcher? Wtf are these guys doing? Our management team is truly wretched. Btw, I referred to Joeseph Blanton as a meatball pitcher because he throws meatballs and he looks like a guy who ate 62 meatballs before the game. By saying that he ate that many meatballs I am saying that he has a weight problem. By saying that he has a weight problem, what I’m trying to say is that he is a fat pig. In addition, jimmy rollins=willie mays hayes, and chase utley=bump bailey
Posted: 08:47 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
dude, the pirates owners DONT WANT TO WIN. THEY WANT TO TAKE YOUR MONEY. i lived there for 6 years and watched them get a new stadium and spend even less money the next year.
Posted: 08:49 PM on July 25, 2008