Gamenight: Nationals (44-81) At Phillies (66-58)
Posted by Tim Malcolm, Tue, August 19, 2008 06:05 PM | Comments: 192
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Back home, and they need these bad. The Phillies open a three-game set against the Nationals. The Phils bring Joe Blanton to the mound, while the Nats bring the great Jason Bergmann out to play. A sweep is practically necessary and the only thing accepted.
Tale Of Two Bergs: Bergmann allowed five runs in 5.1 innings in his first start against the Phillies, then allowed no runs in 7 innings in his second start. He’s been much better in the second half of the season, but got lit up (6 ER, 3 IP) against the Mets Wednesday.
Jeer?: Tonight is Jimmy Rollins’ return home since saying we fans hate them when they lose. Will the fans harass?
Cheer?: But tonight is “Campaign Cheer” night. We Should Be GM’s want everyone to cheer everything, no matter what. Will the fans abide?
Phillies: Joe Blanton (6-12) 4.79 ERA
Nationals: Jason Bergmann (2-9) 4.51 ERA
Gametime: 7:05 p.m. EST
Weather: 82, cloudy
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Your gamenight beer: Tonight we go Irish, and we go with Beamish Irish Stout, an excellent stout with little alcohol content but a bit of a chocolate taste. It’s good with anything spicy or rich, so have some Spanish rice and chicken, then wash it down with some chocolate mousse.
Go Phillies!
Posts: 0 NEPA
I don’t see us getting a sweep. We’ll take 2 out of 3 is my guess, anything less than that and you might as well shut the season down.
Posted: 06:22 PM on August 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Chris C.
Between living in NYC and working long hours, I rarely get to see games live or on TV, but listening over internet radio and reading blogs like this give a very good idea of how this team looks. Over the past week, between the west coast swing and other factors getting in the way, I have just been looking at box scores and you can see just in the numbers that this team needs a monster kick in the ass or a fire lit under them. Something, or anything, needs to happen. A sweep combined with the Met’s blowing at least two of three to the Braves (Wagner done indefinatly) may be the thing. Either that or the good guys lose two of three and they limp to the finish line.
Posted: 06:45 PM on August 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Mike T.
csn totally fucked that one up.
Posted: 07:11 PM on August 19, 2008
Posts: 0 NJ
Does Jimmy automatically swing 1-1? In that count he’s like a slugger 3-0…
Posted: 07:13 PM on August 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Georgie
They did that on purpose so we couldn’t hear the boos.
Posted: 07:14 PM on August 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Chris C.
I missed the first inning, what happened with the cheers/boos?
Posted: 07:16 PM on August 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Mike T.
not sure chris, comcast totally showed an example of how they run our lives by playing some meaningless follow up interview of jimmy rollins in order to block out the boos.
Posted: 07:17 PM on August 19, 2008
Posts: 0 jeff
people talk about how china is too fucked up to have olympics. the phillies and comcast censor jimmy getting booed?
Posted: 07:18 PM on August 19, 2008
Posts: 0 NJ
In fairness Jimmy should get booed at the moment, you start disrespecting the game and you have to earn the respect of the fans back.
Posted: 07:21 PM on August 19, 2008
Posts: 0 MIKE FLO
wait jeff are you really comparing the issues in china to the phillies broadcast? wow intelligence
Posted: 07:21 PM on August 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
dude, america has been doing shit like that for 100 years. william randolp hearst invented that type of state/centrally-censored media pradigm.
im not suprised AT ALL that comcast did that. they at least admitted that he got booed really bad. the phillies are also PIPING in fake cheers because jimmys boos got silenced fast.
Posted: 07:22 PM on August 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
blanton better tighten up here. hed better cruise the rest of the way. you cant keep gravitating back to average. his era was at 4 even until, boom, gotta get that back up there…
Posted: 07:23 PM on August 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Rob Cowie
WCW did the fake cheers during the 1990s on their wrestling broadcasts.
Yeah, I’m a dork like that to know such things.
Posted: 07:24 PM on August 19, 2008
Posts: 0 NJ
The Phils do too much to apease Rollins and not enough shut and play ball.
Posted: 07:25 PM on August 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
i remember that actually. it was when they were losing hte monday night wars at the end. in the beginning, they actually had better programming from about 1995-1997
Posted: 07:25 PM on August 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
nice job shane. very nice hit.
Posted: 07:27 PM on August 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
dobbs: make fucking contact and the game is tied. idiot.
Posted: 07:28 PM on August 19, 2008
Posts: 0 jeff
tom mccarthy keep it down while vic gets a hit
Posted: 07:28 PM on August 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
allright, good. gob job. thats what a professional baseball player should do. work the count, make contact and get the run in, regardless of how its done.
Posted: 07:31 PM on August 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
good job*
Posted: 07:31 PM on August 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Mickey D
We better not become the Nats slumpbuster!
Posted: 07:33 PM on August 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Mickey D
If I land in Philly at 5:30, you guys think I can make it to a 7PM game? I know I’m cuttin it close, but…
Posted: 07:35 PM on August 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Jamie
you prob could. the airport is pretty close to the stadium
Posted: 07:47 PM on August 19, 2008
Posts: 0 CT
so i take it campaign cheer has been a bust so far?
Posted: 07:51 PM on August 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Mickey D
Thanks Jamie.
Posted: 07:54 PM on August 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
come on joe. this is the nationals.
Posted: 07:56 PM on August 19, 2008
Posts: 0 CT
i’m this close to turning off the game
Posted: 07:57 PM on August 19, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
Jesus christ. This team is fuckin done.
Posted: 08:12 PM on August 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
have they become unwatchably bad? theyre awfully close to doing that. very close.
Posted: 08:14 PM on August 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
if they were farther back theyd alreayd be unwatchable.
Posted: 08:15 PM on August 19, 2008
Posts: 0 That Guy
Blanton looks really sharp tonight
Posted: 08:16 PM on August 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
up, get him out of here. this fucking guy. why do you have to be SO average. after 2 good starts, NO MATTER WHAT, he HAS to have 2 bad starts. it dosnt matter who its against either way, he HAS to balance it out. unbelievable. stop throwing shit over the heart of the plate!
Posted: 08:16 PM on August 19, 2008
Posts: 0 NJ
the offense looks sharp…
Posted: 08:17 PM on August 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
also, if kendrick has one more bad start hes down in AAA too. im sick of it. were trying to win games here. the clock is running….
Posted: 08:17 PM on August 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Jamie
the nats offense looks better than ours. at least they put people on and get them in
Posted: 08:18 PM on August 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
This team is bad. I’m not even going to read anyone else’s comments because it’s not worth it.
Posted: 08:20 PM on August 19, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
There we go Vic.
Posted: 08:20 PM on August 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
if they canot get him in here. im turning this team off for a week.
Posted: 08:20 PM on August 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
Oh yeah, I forgot…we have one good player. Shane Victorino.
Posted: 08:21 PM on August 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
thank you. its about fucking time. it took an ERROR to get him in.
Posted: 08:21 PM on August 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
YAY! They made something happen. Even if he woulda caught it I think Shane woulda scored. He’s so fast and he plows over catchers.
Posted: 08:22 PM on August 19, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
I guess even we can score when the other team is hand delivering you runs.
Posted: 08:22 PM on August 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Stan
Wow he is fast!!! My boy is a mets fan and I am really starting to hate even watching this. The nats can not even catch a pop up and we are going to lose to them.
Posted: 08:23 PM on August 19, 2008
Posts: 0 NC Jason
Phil – lets throw Burrell and Lidge in that mix .. but other then that they are all shit
Posted: 08:23 PM on August 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Stan
Get him out of the on deck box
Posted: 08:24 PM on August 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Stan
Told you
Posted: 08:25 PM on August 19, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
If Taguchi gets a hit here I’ll shit my pants.
Posted: 08:25 PM on August 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Jamie
hey look everyone – they are looking like a real professional baseball team – almost
Posted: 08:25 PM on August 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
I’m not considering Lidge…he’s not a position player. Burrell has been slumping hard too other than this weekend. If you include Werth we have a consistent outfield. On paper we have the best infield in the NL, but it’s not going well this year. Well, the past 2 months.
Posted: 08:25 PM on August 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Stan
I don’t know which bum is worse?
Posted: 08:26 PM on August 19, 2008