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:
MLB TV
MLB Gameday Audio
MLB Gameday
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: 0 ryan
and geno’s is terrible btw. just awful. lowest quality meat and they don’t even chop it at all. i’ve had better cheesesteaks in pittsburgh
Posted: 01:33 PM on July 23, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
agreed ryan. i live in delco and they have some good steaks. occasionally i go to the jims in springfield. and yes, when i lived in pittsburgh for 6 years i had WAY better cheesesteaks than at genos or pats. and they cant even make cheesesteaks well in pittsburgh except for mitchells tavern in north oakland.
Posted: 01:39 PM on July 23, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
unfortunately, the cheesesteak there cost 10.25
Posted: 01:39 PM on July 23, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
and that was 5 years ago
Posted: 01:39 PM on July 23, 2008
Posts: 0 TJ
metsfan – Where’s the best place for pizza in NYC? I was at the Radio City Music Hall in April for the draft and was starving, me and a couple guys got someone to hold our spot in line and went searching for a pizza place, we found nothing really in walking distance, then again it was 4a.m.
Posted: 02:12 PM on July 23, 2008