Gamenight: Pirates (53-62) At Phillies (62-53)
Posted by Tim Malcolm, Sat, August 09, 2008 06:09 PM | Comments: 117
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After one of the season’s most horrid losses, the Phillies will desperately try and pick it up in game two against the Pirates. Two of baseball’s most curiously bad starters will face off: Brett Myers and Ian Snell. Myers has been effective of late.
Hitless: The Phillies haven’t scored a run since Wednesday. That RBI was from Mike Cervenak, which was his first RBI of his career.
Snell’s Bad: Unlike Paul Maholm, Ian Snell has had some trouble against the Phillies, with a career ERA of 4.50 against the good guys.
Phillies: Brett Myers (4-9) 5.34 ERA
Pirates: Ian Snell (4-8) 6.14 ERA
Gametime: 7:05 p.m. EST
Weather: 76, mostly cloudy
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Your gamenight beer: Tonight we need a Victory. Tonight we need a strong one. Tonight we’re going to the Philly area, to the Victory Brewing Company, with V-Twelve. It’s a potent beer, a Quadrupel, the Belgian style of strong beers. It goes good with anything glazed and flavorful. I say ribs. What it goes best with, however, is offense, which is what we need tonight, and how.
Go Phillies!
Posts: 0 Fred
Hopefully they find their bats tonight.
Posted: 06:45 PM on August 9, 2008
Posts: 0 danny
bad ass ufc card tonight
Posted: 06:58 PM on August 9, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
If we don’t beat Ian Snell tonight I might have to take a break from watching this team for a while.
Posted: 07:02 PM on August 9, 2008
Posts: 0 pissed
nice start for myers
Posted: 07:10 PM on August 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Jamie
wow, i thought j-roll was the only person to swing at the 1st pitch of the game. guess not
Posted: 07:11 PM on August 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Fred
About time Rollins hustles.
Posted: 07:14 PM on August 9, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
Replay shows J-Roll was didn’t really start running full speed until about 3/4 of the way up the first base line. He’s lucky he made it.
Posted: 07:14 PM on August 9, 2008
Posts: 0 NJ
that’s disconcerting, you have to hustle to first no matter what…
Posted: 07:17 PM on August 9, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
Nice Vic, this is exactly what they needed to do. End this horrible streak quickly and now start beating up on this guy.
Posted: 07:17 PM on August 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Jamie
That’s what I’m talkin’ about. We need more than just one, though.
Posted: 07:17 PM on August 9, 2008
Posts: 0 danny
Utlety is a bum!
Posted: 07:19 PM on August 9, 2008
Posts: 0 pissed
utley is playing so bad
Posted: 07:20 PM on August 9, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
Yea, that was probably the worst swing I’ve ever seen from Utley.
Posted: 07:20 PM on August 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Jamie
HOLY SHIT! TWO RUNS IN ONE INNING!
Posted: 07:21 PM on August 9, 2008
Posts: 0 danny
Ryan Howard, not a bum!
Posted: 07:21 PM on August 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Jamie
Poor Joe Blanton is probably on suicide watch in the dugout right now.
Posted: 07:21 PM on August 9, 2008
Posts: 0 pissed
blanton actully has been a good addition
Posted: 07:23 PM on August 9, 2008
Posts: 0 R.Mac
wow burrell seriously didnt know what the count was right there…..at least his heads in the game
Posted: 07:24 PM on August 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Jamie
A 3-run stroke from the “Natural” would be sweet right here…
Posted: 07:25 PM on August 9, 2008
Posts: 0 NJ
Blanton’s a very effective pitcher when used in the right way. He’s no ace but he’s a bull and it takes a real beating to take him out.
Posted: 07:25 PM on August 9, 2008
Posts: 0 pissed
the ump used a regular strike call it confuzed him
Posted: 07:26 PM on August 9, 2008
Posts: 0 tomas perez
grand slam rocky come on man u can do it.
Posted: 07:27 PM on August 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Jamie
Coste needs to lay down a squeeze bunt here. Oh that’s right…he’s a shitty bunter. A bases clearing double will work then.
Posted: 07:29 PM on August 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Jamie
Tomas, how are you doing? Long time no see!
Posted: 07:30 PM on August 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Fred
If they don’t beat this Snell guy.
Posted: 07:30 PM on August 9, 2008
Posts: 0 tomas perez
great all so close
Posted: 07:30 PM on August 9, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
Holy shit. That would’ve been nice.
Posted: 07:31 PM on August 9, 2008
Posts: 0 R.Mac
CHRIS COSTE YOU ARE THE MA……oh…..nevermind
Posted: 07:31 PM on August 9, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
He needed one more biscuit for breakfast.
Posted: 07:32 PM on August 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Jamie
Man, even Myers couldn’t blow a 6-0 spotting I wouldn’t think. Oh well, 2 is a nice start. I think they may have actually found their lumber, but we’re not out of the woods yet. I won’t start kissing anyone’s ass until I see more of it.
Posted: 07:32 PM on August 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Fred
They should have clocked this guy. This is gonna be a long nite.
Posted: 07:32 PM on August 9, 2008
Posts: 0 NJ
You gotta feel for Snell, he was meant to be to the Bucs what Kazmir has been to the Rays… Think we scouted him at one point.
Posted: 07:32 PM on August 9, 2008
Posts: 0 tomas perez
chase utley u were the man now we need a new reprsenitive of the you are the man quote.
Posted: 07:32 PM on August 9, 2008
Posts: 0 NJ
chase is still the man, have some faith
Posted: 07:33 PM on August 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Jamie
Phils win 6-1, Myers goes 7 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 8 K’s.
Posted: 07:34 PM on August 9, 2008
Posts: 0 tomas perez
no faith in chase later then the 7th inning on from innings 1-6 then i have faith in other guys
Posted: 07:34 PM on August 9, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
Myers is really locating that fastball beautifully tonight.
Posted: 07:35 PM on August 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Fred
Would someone please put a sock in Wheeler.
Posted: 07:36 PM on August 9, 2008
Posts: 0 tomas perez
nepa agree
Posted: 07:36 PM on August 9, 2008
Posts: 0 NJ
right now but chase’ll come around, he plays the game right and it’ll pay off.
Posted: 07:36 PM on August 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Greg V.
WOW! When your hitting the v-12, that means something is wrong! I’ve put away enough Yuengling to drown someone already today so I’m staying dry for the game. For now at least.
Posted: 07:45 PM on August 9, 2008
Posts: 0 danny
NJ, he’s a great ball player… but he may have been crushed by the pressure this year.
Posted: 07:54 PM on August 9, 2008
Posts: 0 danny
Pat Burrell how hitting under .270 and everything in the world feels right again.
Posted: 07:56 PM on August 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Jamie
Here we go again…bats quiet.
Posted: 07:57 PM on August 9, 2008
Posts: 0 danny
Chase Utley is a shell of his former self. He hit .330 (!) last year. It’s like he’s traded those sweet doubles for a longer homerun swing.
I never wanted Iverson up in clutch situations, and I sure as well don’t want Chase up in a tight spot.
Posted: 07:58 PM on August 9, 2008
Posts: 0 danny
Brett Myers looks like a straight up BAD ASS tonight… This is awesome!
Posted: 08:01 PM on August 9, 2008
Posts: 0 danny
I wouldn’t put Burrell in left on my slow pitch softball team.
Posted: 08:02 PM on August 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Fred
Here comes head case Myers.
Posted: 08:02 PM on August 9, 2008
Posts: 0 danny
It’s all good Brett… hold it together.
Posted: 08:02 PM on August 9, 2008
Posts: 0 danny
“[J.P.] Ricciardi also had the best line of the day when asked about clutch hitting. He talked about how there are players who don’t panic in certain situations, who can ‘slow the game down.’ He mentioned how David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez were like that and added, ‘I’ve known Manny since he was 15, and I don’t think he knows the game is on the line.’ The Boston crowd loved it.”
Posted: 08:03 PM on August 9, 2008