Comments on: Oh, Baby! Phillies Stun Mets In 13

By: amanda

amanda — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:27:14 +0000

What a game!!! I was there!!! Great atmosphere, great game! GO PHILS!

By: jay

jay — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:20:21 +0000

the phils wont win today sorry phils fan santana is to dominate against ya…yes i undesrtand ya won last night great win but dont get to confident that ya going to win tonight.

By: El Chupacabra

El Chupacabra — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:17:03 +0000

**Curse of the 7 **

Mets fans take # 7 train to Shea in 07 to watch their team blow a 7 game lead in the division with 17 to play. Media blames Jose Reyes (#7) because of his attitude and numbers in the month of Sept as one of the main reasonsfor collapse.

In the offseason, the Mets give a 7 yr contract to Johan Santana to help their rotation. He gets to wear # 57. On 8/26 game vs Phils.. Mets up 7-0 with 17 outs left and allow Phils to score 7 to tie then in extra innings, Chris Coste (#27) gets game winning hit to beat Mets. Winning pitcher: Rudy Seanez (#57)..

Time of game: 5:17 passed midnight taking them onto 8/27.

Mets look to even up on 8/27 when Santana (12-7) pitches against Kyle Kendrick (11-7).

*** Last day this season Mets face Phils: Sept 7 ***

By: that guy

that guy — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:12:15 +0000

Bring on the 25 million dollar man. I hope someone hits him right in the moneybags with a line drive.

By: Geoff

Geoff — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:59:29 +0000

i think so. he warmed up but didnt throw much. what else can they do? move up hamels? send tracy down and call up happ or carrasco? i dunno

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:57:30 +0000

Is Kendrick definitely pitching tonight?

By: christopher

christopher — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:56:33 +0000

oh and by the way, nice call on the ashburn guys. truly fitting after last night.

By: christopher

christopher — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:53:12 +0000

yeah the cubs series is going to be rough. they are facing top notch pitching and wrigley field will be tough on the phils’ pitchers. winning that series would have me ecstatic, but i’ll be completely happy with a split.

a few more thoughts about last night now that i’ve had the chance to sleep:

how good has scott eyre been so far? this guy looks nasty. he’s probably pitching above his head a bit right now due to the change of scenery, but i wouldn’t be shocked at all if he takes over the set up role by the end of the season. right now doing it be committee is the right move though.

not only is clay condrey having a nice season, but he comes up with one of the biggest hits of the game. i know condrey and seanez are probably the least popular members of our pen but they both are good supporting players, and they both proved it last night.

rough outing for jamie but i have no doubt he’ll bounce back. he’s been terrific this year and sometimes games you just don’t have it. last night was one of those games. he’ll be able to put it behind him and continue to give us good starts the rest of the season.

gotta give it up for the crowd. they stayed there in numbers and stayed into it on the big plays throughout the entire game. they were obviously deflated early but as soon as they got ONE run back they were back in it. david wright said it best after the game- no lead is safe in CBP. once the team starts hitting and the fans get behind them, they can and will come back any given night.

unfortunately i’ll miss most of tonight’s game, but here’s hoping kendrick comes out with a strong outing to give the bullpen some relief, and the offense keeps hitting the balls hard. hell let’s see another myers pinch hit!

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:52:12 +0000

Also, if we win tonight it will be 9 out of 10 and a 6 game winning streak going into Chicago. I know this is getting over my head, but how awesome would it be to win the next 5?

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:50:22 +0000

Well, we have Myers going up against Lilly this weekend. I’m excited to see how he does against the best offense in the NL.

By: Geoff

Geoff — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:49:30 +0000

if myers becomes what hes supposed to be theyll be fine rotation-wise. whether he can do that is a question, but when hes like he is now hes really a guy that can dominate.

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:47:40 +0000

I want to remind everyone how awesome our starting rotation has been this month. Here is everyone’s ERA.

Myers: 1.47
Hamels: 2.88
Moyer: 2.19(last nights game hasn’t been added yet)
Kendrick: 6.75(our only bad pitcher this month)
Blanton: 3.00

If we can get pitching like this the rest of the year and our offense can bring their bats then we should have no problem making the post season.

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:41:56 +0000

Yeah, the trolls view the Braves and Yankees as bigger rivals than the Phillies.

By: Geoff

Geoff — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:39:23 +0000

There isnt much to talk about in terms of roster moves. even if they pickup a bench bat thats all there really is except callups. the roster basically is what it is. i hope they win with it and if they dont then ill certaintly have plenty of ideas as to how to improve it in the offseason. i might also share them at random intervals here and there. i wont talk about offseason stuff during the playoffs though if they make it.

im waiting for one of the trolls to say “oh, well youre not our big rivals anyway.” someone will say that if the phllies win tonight. they always do.

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:36:32 +0000

Honestly, in some ways I’m glad we have Hamels in that Cubs series. If he was in this Mets series we’d be in bad shape for that Cubs series.

By: Don M

Don M — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:34:48 +0000

Glad to see that you guys are riding the postive-waves the past few days… Phillies have now won like 9-of-11… so I want to make sure everyone stays with this team even if they hit like a 5-game losing streak at some point… because its baseball and crazy things happen.

But we know the kind of team we have.. and we know that we can beat anyone at any time. This Cubs series will seperate the men from the boys though… a split-or-better in this 4 game series will do wonders for how we see this team. If they go into Chicago and win that series, well then you can print those playoff tickets

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:31:23 +0000

These trolls blow my mind. I don’t understand the rationale for them to come over here and talk shit like they just beat us in the NLCS(eventhough we lost last night.) They truly have no lives.

By: Geoff

Geoff — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:30:58 +0000

im going to try to ignore them during the day here, but im just not going to post when theyre all over the blog during the game. wasting tims server space with useless comments.

By: Geoff

Geoff — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:29:36 +0000

I knew the phillies would come back and win last night as well, i just didnt want to stay on here and argue with the trolls. no lead is safe with that bullpen. aaron heilman actually looked like he pitched well for once and they couldnt turn that into a win.

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:29:36 +0000

Agreed Geoff. They are really fucking annoying.