Gamenight: Phillies (64-53) At Dodgers (58-59)
Posted by Tim Malcolm, Mon, August 11, 2008 09:36 PM | Comments: 210
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The Phillies went 3-3 on their homestand, taking a needed two from the Pirates over the weekend. Currently the Marlins are losing to the Cardinals, and the Mets have already lost to the Pirates, as their bullpen blew another game. Now the Phils begin a West Coast swing, starting with a four-game series at Chavez Ravine.
Mr. Pinch: Greg Dobbs has 21 pinch hits this season, which puts him seven behind the all-time record by John VanderWal.
Extra, Extra: The Phils have had an extra-base hit in 43 straight games.
Dominating Derek: Dodgers pitcher Derek Lowe has flat-out ruled the Phils, going 3-1 with a 2.84 ERA for his career.
Manny Being Manny: And just to let you all know, the Phillies are facing Manny Ramirez tonight. … And Casey Blake.
Phillies: Kyle Kendrick (10-5) 3.78 ERA
Dodgers: Derek Lowe (8-10) 4.10 ERA
Gametime: 10:10 p.m. EST
Weather: 78, sunny
Lineup: Rollins/Victorino/Utley/Howard/Werth/Dobbs/Ruiz/Kendrick
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Your gamenight beer: Let’s go Polish tonight. We’re drinking Zywiec Beer. The Zywiec Brewery specializes in pale lagers, which are generally less alcoholic than pale ales. The brewery, founded in 1852, is now property of the Heineken company. To eat, have some kielbasa. Ay!
Go Phillies!
Posts: 0 Geoff
tim: try zoomers orange wheat beer form michagan: QUALITY product
Posted: 09:39 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 Michael
Let’s go Phils…. I am stiking with the tried and true.. Yuengling Lager from America’s oldest brewery!!
Posted: 09:45 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 Jamie
Tonight’s lineup:
Rollins
Victorino
Utley
Howard
Burrell
Werth
Dobbs
Ruiz
Kendrick
Posted: 09:46 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
Marlins lost, great opportunity to start distancing ourselves a little. A.K.A, the Phils will lose because that seems to be the trend this year in these kind of spots.
Posted: 09:50 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 1650 Tim Malcolm
Will do. Lineup is fresh.
Posted: 09:51 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
werd
Posted: 09:53 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 Eli
haha dobbs is starting. whoever was arguing about hima nd bruntlett for like 4 hours yesterday will have more to talk about as the game progesses lol
Posted: 10:05 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 Eli
gotta love how all the teams around us keep getting better AKA Dunn going to arizona
Posted: 10:07 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
Haha I pray that argument doesn’t start up again. But if it does I’ll be favoring the side of Bruntlett as the starter/Dobbs as the pinch hitter.
Posted: 10:07 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 Fred
Why would Dunn be a good pickup for this team? That’s all we need – more strikeouts.
Posted: 10:13 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 That Guy
Let’s trade brett myers to the Muts for Fernando Tatis and his “pharmacist”.
Posted: 10:14 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 That Guy
I like dobbs as the 3B and bruntlett on the hot dog gun
Posted: 10:18 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
Way to waste a double by Utley.
Posted: 10:18 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
Manny sucks.
Posted: 10:22 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
dunn is homerun or strike out. trash. we have too many of those guys already
Posted: 10:26 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
you know its bad when youre WANTING the phillies to get randy winn
Posted: 10:27 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 551 Brian Michael
I like the beer choice, I’ve been to the factory. The Poles know how to make alcohol.
Posted: 10:32 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
What the hell is this balk? I didn’t see anything.
Posted: 10:39 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 Georgie
I swear I’ll never understand the balk rules.
Posted: 10:39 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
Balks are ridiculous.
Posted: 10:40 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 nate
someone explain to me what happened there? he never stopped or anything. why a balk?
Posted: 10:40 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 Bill
What a POS call. Ridiculous!
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Posted: 10:41 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 Matt
Kendrick is getting squeezed. Lowe is getting his magic pitches on the corners called and Kendrick is getting squeezed.
Posted: 10:43 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
Yea, Wheels and Harry had a complete and utter lack of an explanation for that balk call.
Posted: 10:43 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 nate
i bet L.A. (larry, not Los Angeles) hated that call.
Posted: 10:46 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 nate
the espn guys said something about him “not stopping”, but i thought a balk was when you did stop, not didn’t stop.
Posted: 10:47 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 Matt
Lowe’s last called strike was where?
Posted: 10:51 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 Georgie
I think the balk is a dumb rule, especially since I don’t understand it.
Posted: 10:51 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 ma phanatic
there seems to be an inconsistent strike zone tonight so far
Posted: 10:56 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
wuss. make the play rollins.
Posted: 10:56 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 Mike W.
Tough loss for the local little league squad tonight, woulda gone to the LLWS.
Posted: 10:59 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
ma phanatic, thats an understatement. There are 2 completely different strikezones being used tonight. Lowe’s is the size of a midsize SUV.
Posted: 11:01 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
Oh great…bases juiced for Manny.
Posted: 11:01 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
not good. still. ill accept a run allowed if he hits manny in the head.
Posted: 11:02 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
Good one Nepa.
Posted: 11:02 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
when theyre squeezing kendrick hes in deep shit. same with moyer
Posted: 11:02 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
Is anyone else terrified of this situation?
Posted: 11:03 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
Yea, he’s not getting the calls tonight. We’re in trouble.
Posted: 11:04 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
damn. i have to say. this is totally biased umping. he HAS to throw it right in the groove to get a strike call on this guy
Posted: 11:04 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
Yup, I knew that was coming. That’s the game. The Phillies offense can’t score 2 runs. Luckily my gf(a red sox fan she’s from Boston not a dumb bitch who likes the Sox for the sake of liking the Sox) isn’t in the room to have seen that and rub it in my face.
Posted: 11:04 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
now, when you get another out. someone has to get beaned. hard. intentionally, blatantly to send a message to the dodgers and the umpires
Posted: 11:05 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
Geoff, they’ll never throw at someone.
Posted: 11:05 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
The Phillies offense is not scoring 4 runs.
Posted: 11:06 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 Georgie
I wonder if Kendrick was rattled by that stupid balk call?
Posted: 11:06 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
time to get kyle out of there. right now. 4 runs is enough. get him out. kendrick is throwing meatballs in the middle of the plate because thats the only way he can get a called strike and the dodgers know it.
Posted: 11:07 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
Have the Dodgers even scored 4 runs all year?
Posted: 11:07 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 1650 Tim Malcolm
This is pretty much not a good situation for the Phils tonight. What p’s me off most is these fairweather Dodger fans showing up and cheering crazily just cause they got Manny. Oh, NOW you root.
Posted: 11:07 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
they HAVE to. what is the proper response to biased strike zones? if the manager doesnt go and get thrown out then the pitcher has to hurt someone intentionally.
Posted: 11:08 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
Yeah, these umps are horrible. They should all be fired.
Posted: 11:08 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
Last time Werth threw out someone trying to score an extra runs it proved key later in the game.
Posted: 11:09 PM on August 11, 2008