Gamenight: Marlins (59-53) At Phillies (61-50)
Posted by Tim Malcolm, Tue, August 05, 2008 05:57 PM | Comments: 200
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After a 5-1 road trip and a day off, the Phillies get back to business, and a big way: The second-place Marlins come in for a battle at the top.
Moyer The Magnificent: Jamie Moyer is 10-0 against the Marlins, in 10 starts. This season he’s beaten them three times.
Just Joshing: The Phils, however, face Josh Johnson, who took the Phils to the cleaners last time he faced them. He gave up just two runs in 6.2 innings, a win for the Fish. The Marlins are 4-0 in Johnson’s starts.
The Jake: If one Marlins hitter can beat Moyer, it’s Mike Jacobs. The left-handed hitter is .391 with five homers and 10 RBI against Moyer for his career, including two homers this year.
Phillies: Jamie Moyer (10-6) 3.79 ERA
Marlins: Josh Johnson (1-0) 4.18 ERA
Gametime: 7:05 p.m. EST
Weather: 83, cloudy
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Your gamenight beer: The Phils are back home, and I’m going home too — for the beer selection, that is. Here is Rowhouse Red from the Philadelphia Brewing Co, This farmhouse ale has a familiar and easy taste. Which makes sense. A rowhome is familiar, it’s cozy, it’s home. Those of us who grew up in a rowhome (Port Richmond, represent!) would understand.
Go Phillies!
Posts: 0 R.Mac
wow no comments 5 innings in? im gonna guess there are server issues
Posted: 08:51 PM on August 5, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
Yea, I haven’t been able to get on all night. However, not too much to say other than our terrible offense showed up tonight and Moyer didn’t. Oh, and that catch by Jenkins was ridiculous.
Posted: 08:53 PM on August 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Mike W.
hey moyer did what great pitchers do when they are having an off night, and the ump is killing them. he did a fine job. the phils can’t hit marlins pitching unfortunately.
Posted: 08:54 PM on August 5, 2008
Posts: 0 R.Mac
he’s gotta earn that 5.5 mil somewhere because he definitely isnt at the plate
Posted: 08:55 PM on August 5, 2008
Posts: 0 mg52
No, it is the Phils’ offense, not the Internet’s server, that is malfunctioning today. The amount of fastballs they have taken is shocking. I have thrown a plush football at the television after every missed opportunity. We see that many opposing pitchers, like tonight’s guy, just deal to Phils’ hitters. The truth is, the Phils let them deal. They need to use level swings early in the count. Taking pitches does not actually work the count; by putting a scare into the pitchers with frequent swings, the hitters will make the pitchers nibble. But playing the same stodgy baseball against a team that contradicts that adjective just will not suffice.
Posted: 08:55 PM on August 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
Yeah, server issues. Oh man, man what a catch by Jenkins and what a throw by Ruiz.
Posted: 08:55 PM on August 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Don M
“Jenkins and Ruiz are the worst players in history!” said All of PhilliesNation over the past 6 months.
Posted: 08:57 PM on August 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
Don M…I always stick up for Ruiz. I’m not going to stick up for Jenkins though. He’s a well above average defensive player, but he has been total shit at the plate aside from a few clutch home runs here and there. CHASE UTLEY YOU ARE THE MAN! Oh, and wtf is up with Tatis? When will he stop thinking he is Babe Ruth?
Posted: 08:58 PM on August 5, 2008
Posts: 0 the truth hurts
excuse me, gentlemen, but I was under the impression that metsblog.com was the website that sucked. why is it, then, that philliesnation.com has server issues 12 TIMES EVERY DAY!?!?
Posted: 08:59 PM on August 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Matt
Eaton got lit up at AA tonight – 3 1/3 IP, 7 runs, 6 earned.
Posted: 09:00 PM on August 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
The Mets are winning and the Phillies are losing so the Muts trolls start coming out of the wood work. I haven’t seem them here in almost a week, but here they come.
Posted: 09:00 PM on August 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
Eaton fucking sucks.
Posted: 09:00 PM on August 5, 2008
Posts: 0 R.Mac
how has 2008 Fernando Tatis reverted to 1999 Fernando Tatis….check his vitamin water…..and check the mets parking garage for the delorean
Posted: 09:00 PM on August 5, 2008
Posts: 0 the truth hurts
Phil, I am no Mets fan, I am just an astute and impartial observer
Posted: 09:02 PM on August 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
haha good one R.Mac. I just loled.
Posted: 09:02 PM on August 5, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.
Posted: 09:02 PM on August 5, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
Jesus, this is a tough game to watch.
Posted: 09:02 PM on August 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
Then why are you even here?
Posted: 09:02 PM on August 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
PAT THE BAT!!! I wish Howard didn’t GIDP. This is why I like when he strikes out sometimes.
Posted: 09:03 PM on August 5, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
You have to be kidding me with that. “One more biscuit for breakfast and that would have been gone.” I’m sure somewhere Sarge is saying that.
Posted: 09:04 PM on August 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Greg V.
Even if the Phils come back and win this, I’m giving the Steve Jeltz to Ryan Howard! Disgraceful in both offense and defense tonight!
Posted: 09:04 PM on August 5, 2008
Posts: 0 the truth hurts
Because I am a Phillies fan. Is there a “Must be a drinker of Kool Aid” terms and conditions notice I failed to read or something?
Posted: 09:04 PM on August 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Don M
metsblog never has serve issues because nobody ever visits that site..
Phil, I know.. im just busting balls… when all these guys knock players for F-ing up, they should give them props for playing well too.. which both of those guys are since the All-Star break.
holla
alright, im out for now.. gotta go paint the LR. .peace ya’ll go Fightin’s.. Condrey -n- Dobbs in ’08
Posted: 09:04 PM on August 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
Um…Howard has a single and has walked. Bad offensive night? Okay…
Posted: 09:06 PM on August 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Greg V.
Not for nothing, this is the most frustrating fucking game! I find myself going back and forth between this and Poison Ivy 2! Unfortunately I seem to be missing all the good parts!
Posted: 09:07 PM on August 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
Everytime a Phillies hitter swings at the 1st pitch they should be get fined or some other kind of consequence.
Posted: 09:07 PM on August 5, 2008
Posts: 0 mg52
The demotion of Eaton should have been done long ago. He is just not a fundamental pitcher. But, as R. Mac said, if he were to sip whatever Tatis did, he would become sensational.
Posted: 09:07 PM on August 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
Someone, PLEASE drive pat home for an RBI.
josh johnson is HUMILIATING this team and hes coming off of tj surgery. again, they cant get to even a decent starter. johnsons better than decent, but still. this is why they needed a big outfielder to come here in a trade. but its too late now, and we have to hope for some waiver-trash.
AHAHAHAHA, fuck you dobbs. they left the starter in and out elite pinch hitter swung at the first pitch AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
btw..tatis is juicing again, thats how hes productive again.
Posted: 09:07 PM on August 5, 2008
Posts: 0 mg52
The demotion of Eaton should have been done long ago. He is just not a fundamental pitcher. But, as R. Mac implied, if he were to sip whatever Tatis did, he would become sensational.
Posted: 09:07 PM on August 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
This offense makes me sick. Most underachieving and overrated offense in baseball.
Posted: 09:09 PM on August 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
its amazing, this team is just flummoxed by decent or better starting pitching.
im not even going to start talking about jimmy rollins. theyre all sucking tonight. jamie moyer pitched well and they give him no help again.
you CANT lose this game. the only chance they have is to hope the marlins turn to their pen and soon.
Posted: 09:09 PM on August 5, 2008
Posts: 0 the truth hurts
If Tatis is juicing, then is it possible J-Roll was juicing last year? 30 home runs in 2007, only 8 in 2008. What’s up with that?
Posted: 09:10 PM on August 5, 2008
Posts: 0 mg52
I see what you are saying, Phil, but they do not swing at enough first pitches, I think. First strikes, I should say. When they do, it is the uppercut swings, not the fact that they have swung at the first pitch, that get them out. I am talking about those fastballs down the middle that should be driven. Why take those? They need to go out and get runs, not wait for them.
Posted: 09:11 PM on August 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
absolutely overrated phil. they look hot to trot against garbage pitching but against even decent pitching they look lost.
Posted: 09:11 PM on August 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
It sucks too Geoff. We have to lead off the inning with Ruiz, and then probably So Taguchi or some shit. Then you got Rollins. That’s probably an automatic 3 outs.
Posted: 09:11 PM on August 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
aww man, theyre breaking out LES WALROND!!!!
Posted: 09:11 PM on August 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
the truth hurts…do yourself a favor and look at how many home runs Rollins hits every year. He’s actually not hitting many at all this year. Also, someone that is 5’8″ 150 lbs definitely isn’t juicing.
Posted: 09:12 PM on August 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
Yeah, Geoff…they are because Romero is our set up man. hahahahaha Charlie Manuel is such a dumb ass.
Posted: 09:13 PM on August 5, 2008
Posts: 0 mg52
But, Phil, I am with you: this offense is so overrated. And erratic. Doesn’t it make you wonder if they have any game plan at all?
Posted: 09:13 PM on August 5, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
Here comes the Walrus.
Posted: 09:13 PM on August 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Joe
@Truth – Not to be pedantic, but it was FLAVOR-AID that got served at Jonestown. Kool-Aid is more famous, but never actually involved in any famous cult rituals.
Posted: 09:13 PM on August 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Fran
does anyone know the song that is played before phillies gmaes when they are doing the lineup??
Posted: 09:14 PM on August 5, 2008
Posts: 0 the truth hurts
that didn’t stop FP Santangelo, Phil. and why should i look up how many home runs Rollins hits every year? he was always in the teens until ’06, when he hit 25, then 30 last year. do you really not see the possibly of juicing?
Posted: 09:14 PM on August 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
What’s up with Happ? I feel bad for the guy.
Posted: 09:14 PM on August 5, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
Good call Joe, it was indeed Grape Flavor-Aid.
Posted: 09:14 PM on August 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
he makes a good point, phil. if they toss a grooved first pitch strike RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE, the phillies lineup will almost all stare at it and wait for garbage to swing at.
Posted: 09:14 PM on August 5, 2008
Posts: 0 the truth hurts
but you understood the reference, correct Joe? My apologies for not being completely up to speed on proper cult procedures.
Posted: 09:15 PM on August 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
Yeah, someone as small as Rollins is definitely on roids…Warlond actually looks good.
Posted: 09:15 PM on August 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
holy shit, walrond struck out a major league hitter!
Posted: 09:16 PM on August 5, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
Nice, his stuff looks pretty nasty for Lefties to deal with.
Posted: 09:16 PM on August 5, 2008