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!
Posts: 0 VA Steve
Actually, I would start with Manual first. We need a big time shake up, send him packing. Besides, you could tell Lidge didn’t have it tonight, was no where near the plate. Never should have been pitching to Mccann. Big Mistake Charlie, now go find a job. Start there, trade some pieces, find some people who WANT TO WIN.
Posted: 09:46 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
hes lost them. they will finish 3rd or 4th if they dont ship some of these assholes out of here
Posted: 09:46 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
tonight is the low point of the season. theyre losing 8-0 to a braves team that is going to sell at the deadline. maybe we should sell too. noone has any fire out there.
Posted: 09:47 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Jamie
if condrey has any hair on his nuts, he puts one right in mccann’s ear his next time up.
Posted: 09:47 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Greg V.
Yeah I say the Steve Jeltz goes to the Philadelphia Phillies.
Posted: 09:47 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Call up Happ
VA Steve has a point. The last time Manuel wasn’t managing, Jimy Williams was guiding the Phils to a 6-run 9th inning come from behind win over the Mets. The Mets made a similar move removing Randolph for Jerry Manuel, and they turned it around with the same personel, but a different attitude. The Phillies don’t need new players – they’ve proven they can win with the players they’ve got. What they need is an attitude adjustment.
Posted: 09:49 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
agreed. the jeltz goes to the entire organization
Posted: 09:49 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 dope
Jamie – your answer for sucking is hitting the opposition in the head?
Posted: 09:50 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 danny
I think I truly hate this team.
Posted: 09:50 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
i really like charlie, but hes gotta go. hes lost this team. when a manager loses the team he has to go. it sucks because hes a great charachter, all time classic personality. but he lost the team. sorry
Posted: 09:50 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Jamie
maybe we need to start the “Steve Jeltz of the Month” award and give it to the whole team. Rollins has been playing like shit, Vic mediocre, Utley shit, Howard mediocre, Burrell mediocre, and the rest of the offense shit. Pitchers are hit or miss except Cole and Moyer. And they don’t seem to care. I used to be a big J-Roll fan, but i must say that the shit he has been pulling and his shitty “I don’t care attitude” needs to go.
Posted: 09:51 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 PhilliesSuck
Phillies are really heating up now!
Posted: 09:51 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Jamie
Well, no, but it would just make me feel good right now. People say violence doesn’t solve anything, but I disagree…it solves EVERYTHING.
Posted: 09:52 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 PhilliesSuck
They look like they will finish 4th in the NL east if the Nationals don’t catch them.
Posted: 09:52 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 dope
so, Jamie, do you also support the Taliban?
Posted: 09:55 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 VA Steve
Don’t waste any time, shut Charlies door in about 10 minutes, shake his hand, wish him luck, go out into clubhouse and light a fire under the players asses. Its now or never, and let Jimy Williams take a turn.
Posted: 09:55 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Jamie
well well well, Ryan…we could have used that earlier. it doesn’t mean shit now.
Posted: 09:57 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Greg B
I wish they would have got shut-out
Posted: 09:57 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Chase Mutley
Thanks Nolan Ryan Howard. Too little, too late.
Posted: 09:57 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 PhilliesSuck
Mets WIN! PUT IT IN THE BOOKS!!
Posted: 09:59 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Jamie
no, dope, I don’t. Do you?
Posted: 09:59 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 PhilliesSuck
Wow, Phillies 2 games back and counting!
Posted: 10:00 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Fran
im almost embarassed to be a phils fan right now
Posted: 10:00 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Greg V.
Good job Howard! That was a rally I’ll never forget!
Posted: 10:00 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Greg V.
I’m starting a petition to get the A’s back in Philly and sending the Phils to Oklahoma or something.
Posted: 10:01 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Fran
i dont see why everyone is getting on ryan howard. Would you rather him strike out there???????? at least he didnt give up
Posted: 10:02 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Chase Mutley
C’mon fellas, we’re starting to sound like Muts fans. The team stinks right now but all the ridiculous “trade Jimmy” / “fire Charlie” stuff is kinda wack. This team is playing like garbage now but you know they have the talent. Jimmy is capable unlike say, Adam Eaton, who there is no saving grace. We need to add, not subtract. We’ve got half of the puzzle, we need the rest.
Posted: 10:02 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Phils
this team is done and this season is history
Posted: 10:02 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Greg V.
Nah, I think I’d have been happier if he struck out! That dinger was just rubbing it in!
Posted: 10:03 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 VA Steve
You know, I’m not embarassed, been down this road TO many times. I really don’t know where my loyalty comes from ……. sorta warming up to the Rays. FIRE CHARLIE!
Posted: 10:03 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 dope
no, Jamie, and I know you don’t either, but I wish people would think for a second before the post something as idiotic as what you did
Posted: 10:03 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Phillies Suck
Whose got a straw? It’s 1986 and there’s blow all over my lap. We just won the World Series!
Posted: 10:04 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Fran
Chase is right, Yeah its bad now but this team is not done. This is a legit team that we have to stick behind
Posted: 10:04 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Phils
i want the uncle charlie gone cause this team is to damn comfy and relax its time to get a ass whooping manager i dont care who but they need it but stupid wont go he has a 3 year extention.
Posted: 10:04 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Fran
Its not charlie, its the players. If you cant get yourself fired up for a playoff run then its your own fault
Posted: 10:05 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Phils
this team cant get up cause utley is not a leader, howards def not and stray roll isnt anymore and this team is to quiet. Rowand was that but they let him walk. The mets will run away with that unless the phillies figure it out soon. Charlie has to do something and the players arent really up tempo people outside victorino.
Posted: 10:08 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Fran
JC romero has to use all that fire he has a start talking
Posted: 10:09 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Phils
if this season falls apart like its going to it seems i think they should blow it up.
Posted: 10:10 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 mg52
Call Up Happ, not only is your identity a command to which the Phils should listen, but your reasoning is cogent. The Mets’ Manuel is getting it done; the Phils’, no. Jimy Williams has managed before with more than middling success for the most part and probably is a wiser baseball man. Charlie is a hitting coach by profession – and a good one at that. But manager? Gimme a break. Hasn’t he realized that this club is not the 1995 Cleveland Indians? He claims to have discussed situational hitting with the guys, but it is not enough. And this is where Geoff’s excellent comment comes into play: a MAJOR shakeup needs to be considered. Some players previously believed keepers might have to be traded. See The Man’s posts on other boards for more information. He and I have identified the Angels as a match for a blockbuster deal to go down.
Yeah, alright, okay: Lidge was no good tonight. He’s human; we can forgive him for this. But he should be coming into games in which his teammates have spotted him a lead or at least a tie. When an offense is this scant, someone like him feels that he must be perfect. The other pitchers tonight were lucky not to have cracked under such pressure. It is not just a transient slump in which this offense is mired, but a sustained malaise. The Mets cleaned house and we have witnessed the result. The Phils must return the favor before they pull the Nationals out of the cellar.
Posted: 10:13 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 J-Man
FIRE CHARLIE MANUEL,FIRE CHARLIE MANUEL,FIRE CHARLIE MANUEL.
Posted: 10:15 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Chase Utley
Seriously, I love Aaron Rowand. I went out of my way to get tickets for his return as a Giant this year and I stood and cheered his first at bat but seriously, THERE WAS ONE TEAM, THAT WON’T CONTEND THE ENTIRE TIME HE IS ON THE TEAM, THAT WAS DUMB ENOUGH TO GIVE HIM THAT CONTRACT.
Until you pussies start supporting this team, hell or high water like Red Sox, Yanks, Cubs and fuck it, Mets, fans do they won’t justify the cash to sign ridiculous contracts like Rowand’s. The support of Philly baseball has been a joke. ECW had more interest in Hostile City.
Enough about “leadership”, none of you have ever played pro sports, this team just sucks for no other reason than that they suck. They’re all capable, they just stink. Look at the Mets, there has been no lineup change from April until now and they went from worst to first because they just started playing better.
If you faggots stopped becoming Eagles fans in August, there would be cash to sign gay contracts like Rowand’s. Support your team or live with the mediocre crud that we get.
Posted: 10:18 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 J-Man
It’s sad how lost this team is now and i don’t think he can get this team back…If the Phils can’t win these next 2 games and take at least 2 games against the Nationals,they better send him packing.
Posted: 10:19 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Phils
i hate the eagles so i wont be doing that so thats not a issue to me but fire charlie please put jimy or anyone who is better and then get rid of some players in the off season.
Posted: 10:20 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 J-Man
Not an Eagles fan either.
Posted: 10:22 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 The Man
“Gameday: Phillies (54-47) At Mets (54-47)â€
This is where my trade posts are. If you are a supporter of the phillies trading their stars then see my entry
Posted: 10:27 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Greg B
Here is a request to change the Steve Jeltz award from Brad Lidge to “Everyone but Kyle Kendrick and Chad Durbin”
Posted: 10:28 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Tyler
This is sounding like the Mets blog website in early June.
Mets got that 2 game lead, baby!
Posted: 10:32 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 PhilliesSuck
What’s up with J-Blows?
Posted: 10:34 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Dave
Jimy Williams was the manager in 2005 of the astros and then got fired, then went on a tear to lose in the w.s.
Also the mets remind me of the 03 marlins for some crazy reason and i hate to admit that…..
Posted: 10:36 PM on July 25, 2008
Posts: 0 Chase Mutley
In addition to agreeing with Geoff, you know it’s a bad day when you want to respond to PhilliesSuck with “I don’t know, what the fuck IS wrong with J-Blows?”
Posted: 10:37 PM on July 25, 2008