Gamenight: Phillies (53-46) At Mets (53-46)
Posted by Tim Malcolm, Tue, July 22, 2008 05:50 PM | Comments: 555
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The Phillies open a huge three-game series in Queens tonight against the Mets.
Blanton Debut: Tonight is the debut of Phillies pitcher Joe Blanton, who went 5-12 for the Athletics this season. He was acquired in a trade for Adrian Cardenas, Josh Outman and Matt Spencer.
Johan: Mets ace Johan Santana makes his third start against the Phils this season. Against them he is 1-0 and has pitched strongly both times. Last time out he was pulled after seven innings, and the Mets promptly lost the game.
O Bother: Sunday the Phillies were shut down by Marlins pitching after the opening innings. They lost 3-2.
First Place: It’s on the line tonight.
Phillies: Joe Blanton (5-12) 4.96 ERA
Mets: Johan Santana (8-7) 3.10 ERA
Gametime: 7:10 p.m. EST
Weather: 82, mostly cloudy
Lineup:
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Your gameday beer: In honor of Blanton’s debut, I’m going with something heavy. A stout. The old traditional Irish dry stout, Guinness. Good with hearty meals such as beef stew, it’s a slow drinker that adds a couple pounds to you when finished. You feel very Blantonesque when you’re done. Go get ‘em, Joe.
Go Phillies!
Posts: 1650 Tim Malcolm
Trade talk:
Ed Wade just acquired his old “ace,” Randy Wolf for a couple minor leaguers. I don’t know why.
Jon Rauch went from Washington to Arizona for Emilio Bonaficio. That’s it? Rauch isn’t bad at all.
Buster Olney reports Phils are looking at Arthur Rhodes. Uhhh that’s not what I had in mind when I said they needed reinforcements.
Posted: 05:58 PM on July 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
Tonight is the 1st game of the season. Go Phils! If they don’t start winning now then it’s over.
Posted: 06:10 PM on July 22, 2008
Posts: 0 TJ
We need two out of three. I can’t wait for this. By the way, the game day beer is very appropriate.
Posted: 06:22 PM on July 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Jason H
Love the blog, but wanted to shed some light on the Guinness myth:
From http://www.briansbelly.com/beerbelly/guinness.shtml
Guinness is often thought of as a high calorie beer but the official word from Guinness is that it is less than 11 calories per ounce. A 12oz serving has 125 calories, 9.8 grams of carbs and it’s alcoholic content is 4.2%. For comparison, 12 ounces of Budweiser is 150 calories and 11 grams carbs, 12 ounces of Heineken is 150 calories and 12.2 grams of carbs, 12 ounces of Corona Extra is 148 calories and 14.1 grams of carbs, and SURPRISE… a Sam Adams Light has 126 calories and 10.9 grams of carbs. Of course, I don’t know anyone who only drinks 12 ounces of Guinness (or any beer for that matter) so your mileage will vary.
Otherwise, keep up the good work!
Posted: 06:22 PM on July 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Gavin
It feels like 500 calories.
Posted: 06:40 PM on July 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Chase Mutley
Alright, Werth! Let’s Go Phillies!!
Posted: 07:17 PM on July 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Grrrumpy Miner
OK people…..3 dogs,one pound and one bone.This is what the NL East has come down to.You have the “Mutts” The “Pheebles” and the “Anchovies” looking for the road to October.May the best dog win in this dogfight.
Posted: 07:18 PM on July 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Mike T.
Anyone hear David Wright’s plate music?
Posted: 07:24 PM on July 22, 2008
Posts: 0 danny
GREAT START!
Posted: 07:28 PM on July 22, 2008
Posts: 0 David
I am so sick of jroll…try to see some pitches, act like you want to be out there, and hustle
Posted: 07:29 PM on July 22, 2008
Posts: 0 danny
Carlos Ruiz, hit machine
Posted: 07:30 PM on July 22, 2008
Posts: 0 danny
J Roll hit time
Posted: 07:31 PM on July 22, 2008
Posts: 0 danny
Nevermind..
Posted: 07:32 PM on July 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Gnomicide
I am pumped to watch this game tonight. Blanton I think will partially solve the break down of the bullpen as he is an innings beast and will put up better numbers than Ace Eaton. I like the fact that the Phillies jumped on Santana early.
BTW, the adjusted line up today looks pretty nice. Burrell batting 3rd and Victorino at the 7th position feels a lot more well rounded to me. So when Vic starts hitting, he’s getting on at the bottom of that line-up, hopefully getting Jimmy more chances to drive some runs in and waking him up from his current funk.
Posted: 07:39 PM on July 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Sammy
Tonight is the night the Mets will soley take over 1st Place!
Posted: 07:41 PM on July 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Gary B
The only reason I hated leaving Philly to move to Charlotte is games like tonight where I could be sluggin some beers watching the game. Instead I have to follow it on shitty gameday…damn.
Posted: 07:46 PM on July 22, 2008
Posts: 0 danny
get mlb.tv… it’s $20 a month
Posted: 07:51 PM on July 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Sammy
Look at it this way at least you get to see a real team like the Mets.
Posted: 07:52 PM on July 22, 2008
Posts: 0 NJ
(With the line-up) I like Charie coming out and saying if you guys aren’t going to make a change up there I will.
Posted: 07:52 PM on July 22, 2008
Posts: 0 NJ
Sammy please explain why your on here cheering on the Mets? Please at least reassure us you have a brain by saying your on a Mets forum as well. Have you actually got anything to contribute here, maybe why you think your Mets are better than the Phils? (If you need that question simplified into the official Mets language I’m sure we can find a translation for you)
Posted: 07:55 PM on July 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Gnomicide
Yikes! Reyes and Endy both on at the same time, no good. Chase Dan Uggla’d that play.
Posted: 07:56 PM on July 22, 2008
Posts: 0 danny
Endy Chavez, man he hits the Phils
Posted: 07:57 PM on July 22, 2008
Posts: 0 danny
haha he Uggla’ed it
Posted: 07:58 PM on July 22, 2008
Posts: 0 NJ
Never understood why we couldn’t get anything out of the kid ourselves.
Posted: 08:00 PM on July 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Gnomicide
Reyes is just a thorn in our side, man.
Posted: 08:01 PM on July 22, 2008
Posts: 0 phil
probably since hes batting 255/300/302 going into tonight
Posted: 08:02 PM on July 22, 2008
Posts: 0 danny
What a play J Roll!
Posted: 08:02 PM on July 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Mike W.
There will be no positive comments about Endy on this board again. If you can’t see that every single one of his hits are infield singles and bloopers you are blind. he is a AA player.
Posted: 08:05 PM on July 22, 2008
Posts: 0 danny
Blind I tell ya, blind!
Posted: 08:07 PM on July 22, 2008
Posts: 0 danny
Blanton got trashed that inning.
Posted: 08:08 PM on July 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Chase Mutley
Joe Blanton, everybody.
Posted: 08:08 PM on July 22, 2008
Posts: 0 phil
Peaking at marlins braves:
Chipper Jones walked.
MarkTeixeira walked
Brian McCann walked
Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Foul, Francoeur struck out swinging
That embarassing for francouer
Posted: 08:10 PM on July 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Grrrumpy Miner
NJ….It is an open domain.Instead of shunning fans of other teams,you should embrace them.Fans of other teams add some spice to any site.I am a Mets fan and hope that the other fans add constructive criticism and are open-minded,instead of being loud mouthed and insensitive on any ones team.
Posted: 08:10 PM on July 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
Fucking umps and Utley ruining this game.
Posted: 08:11 PM on July 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Mike T.
Marty Foster is a fucking bitch.
Posted: 08:11 PM on July 22, 2008
Posts: 0 phil
for someone without a tv feed… why did manuel get ejected?
also the braves just k’ed back to back with the bases loaded. situational hitting is the phrase of the week.
Posted: 08:11 PM on July 22, 2008
Posts: 0 MS
With the phils offense, this game is over. See you tomorrow.
Posted: 08:12 PM on July 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Mike W.
Delgado struck out and the ump ruled he didn’t swing. One of the worst calls on that type of play that ive ever seen. His wrists completely broke.
Posted: 08:13 PM on July 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Grrrumpy Miner
1500 K’s for the Mighty Johan Santana….Congrats
Posted: 08:14 PM on July 22, 2008
Posts: 0 NJ
Grrrumpy Miner I do encourage fans of other teams coming on here if they want to talk baseball, thats great. The unfortunate thing is the majority of Mets fans that come on here just want to make moronic empty statements instead of having a debate.
What the hell happened with Charlie there?
Posted: 08:14 PM on July 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Sammy
Why so upset with the team? Lets get this straight. The Phillies are an above average team but they are not the Mets! The only reason the Phillies made the playoffs last year is because the Mets got cocky because they were the BEST team and they got tired of beating everbody up and took it easy. The Phillies took advantage of that and were able to win the division. That was the only reason why the Phillies won the division. The Mets came in the season with that on their mind and sucked it up the first half while the MARLINS and Phillies were fighting for first. Know since the Mets seem to finally be getting over that they are going to prove why they are the BEST team in the National league!
As for as for the other post saying that the Mets do not have real talent lets get this straight. Reyes, Wright, Beltran, Church & Santana are just as talented then any other players on the Phillies. Were are the Phillies talent? Utley and maybe Hamels are the only real talent your team has. Howard can hit 70 hr’s but SO 200 times. Howard can’t play defense and and is going to hit around .260 which is not a lot of talent.
Burrell who had a great first half is not going to keep that up. You might get a little more from him because he is in his walk year. Victorino is an average offensive player and he is no rowland. And Werth is a platoon player at best and is not a difference maker! And finally, Rollins had his best year last year ever and he will never do that again! The starting pitching besides Hamels is horrific and lets hope that bullpen does not wake up to reality to see who they really are.
So, before you start thinking about the playoffs and post season just remember what team you will be looking up at the rest of the season!
The METS!!!!
Posted: 08:16 PM on July 22, 2008
Posts: 0 JoseJoseJoseJose!
mike w – you are blind. it was a ball all the way, get some glasses
Posted: 08:16 PM on July 22, 2008
Posts: 0 danny
Miner man, read carefully:
Sammy Says:
July 22nd, 2008 at 7:52 pm
Look at it this way at least you get to see a real team like the Mets.
Does that match the description you just wrote up of the way we Phils fans should behave?
Posted: 08:17 PM on July 22, 2008
Posts: 0 phil
do those 2 posts answer your question grumpy miner?
Posted: 08:17 PM on July 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Grrrumpy Miner
One thing about managers named Manuel……both Jerry and Charlie are fiery and animated and fight hard for their teams……however,you piss off the wrong ump and you are as good as gone.
Posted: 08:17 PM on July 22, 2008
Posts: 0 NJ
Sammy you make a couple of good points about the Phils but come down off your pedostal, your Mets are not that good and ‘got tired of beating everyone’ is the kind of statement a moron makes.
Posted: 08:18 PM on July 22, 2008
Posts: 0 phil
please can we all just ignore sammy? a flamer who thrives on stupid snap reactions?
Posted: 08:18 PM on July 22, 2008
Posts: 0 LETSGOMETS!
Honestly “NJ Says”, you should take a look at the immature coments that certain Philly fans are posting on Metsmerizedonline’s blog site. So don’t talk
Posted: 08:18 PM on July 22, 2008
Posts: 0 danny
Yeah, man, can’t wait to read Sammy’s dissertation.
Posted: 08:18 PM on July 22, 2008
Posts: 0 TJ
Sammy, your dumb.
Posted: 08:18 PM on July 22, 2008