Phillies Nation

I will be the first to admit that I don’t know anywhere close to what you guys do about players in the minors, or even stats on other teams’ players, etc. What I do know is I love the Phils, remember what 1980 was like, and have been waiting since then for another championship. Let’s get real , the only starter that I felt sure about was Hamels. Myers was in the bullpen last year, Moyer’s almost as old as me, Kendrick wasn’t a sure thing, we left Lohse go, and you say no pitching questions? A top-notch ownership would have foreseen this and made sure they did SOMETHING, have a plan, get a package together, whatever.
Ughhh, the Gov from Alaska is talking about putting the jet on e-bay again, her shrill voice made me lose my train of thought!

The owners thought Myers would be as good as he’s been lately… and they figured their hitters would hit..

If this team was hitting like they are capable of, they would have 85+ wins right now instead of 79.

How many times have great pitching performances been WASTED this year… probably 5 or 6 by Hamels alone… Eaton started the year with multiple Quality Starts that didn’t result in wins… Moyer had a few nice games this year with no run support… this could easily be a 95+ win team, but instead we’ll be hoping they get as close to 90 as they can

that lineup really does need improvement. contact hitting. but they have people that are supposed to be able to do that and they cant. thats really aggravating. whatre you going to do, get rid of chase utley because he isnt hitting .300? obviously not.

I can’t believe that this late in the season, in a division race, we have no one to start the game Thurs. Can Moyer really go on 3 days rest? that seems to be asking alot of him, although I’m sure he’d gladly do it with no complaints.

Sort of off subject, but I saw a quote from Dubee yesterday re Hamels. He basically said there are days when there’s alot of noise, days when you don’t feel your best, but 20 game winners, Cy Young winners, find a way to overcome those things. Was Cole complaining about the noise at Shea or something?

Geoff~ You must have got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. Granted last night’s game was a bad loss and puts the Phils in a very tough situation being three games down in the all important loss column. And now you’re taking your frustration and anger out on this site and even on a hall of famer, Mike Schmidt who had nothing to do with last night’s game. As Don M mentioned, you’re acting like a typical “negadelphia” fan who has never seen Schmidt played ( I have) nor the 1980 World Series. For that reason, I wouldn’t waste time and effort to defend Schmidt to you.

It does appears since Happ was used tonight (3.1 innings allowing 3 runs & 5 hits including TWO HRs), Jamie Moyer likely will start on three days’ rest Thursday night against Milwaukee. Happ was being considered for that start. My question is who starts on Sunday? If Kendrick is indeed relegated to the bullpen, will it be HappLESS or even Eaton? What a problem for poor ole’ Cholly.

Moyer is starting Thursday..

Phillies are our bitches,
He was complaining that they only took 2 of 3 instead of getting the full sweep…in the Mets house… keep talking shit though, your Mets did a great job of burrying us last weekend, fag

“They will lose some,” Charlie Manuel said. He also said he still likes his team’s chances. But there can be no illusions. There will be no gifts this year. If the Phillies are to win the division, they will have to pry it from the Mets’ desperate hands.

OUCH

good call dude.. original too… AND a cool name that you post under. You’re the only Mets fan on here that is dumb enough to still be talking shit even after we just took that series at Shea that could have put us 6 games back if your team showed up to play. ….but ripping on Kyle Kendrick, just like the rest of us, is cool

and using phrases like “lmao” … thats cool too..

With all the “fag” and “homo” labels, I’m hurt that no one’s called me a lesbo yet.

We have to face it the Phillies have to be focused on the Wild Card! The Mets are better then the Phillies but they have to get the wild card to get to the Playoffs!

Yea I apologize for that.. sorry.

Phillies are our bitches,

Jamie Moyer, the guy that owned you the other day, he’s pitching on Thursday..

I personally could care less if we win the division or not, as long as we make the playoffs… The cubs needed a rare bullpen-implosion by the Phillies to beat us in the 1st game out there.. and two terrible calls by umpires in the 2nd game to give them a 3-2 win… and then we beat them in the last two.

So the Cubs really don’t scare me that much.. if anything, the Phillies and Mets should not want to play each other, cause they can both beat any other team in the NL… if the Dodgers bats keep going, watch out for them…

If both teams make the playoffs the division winner gets the RedHot Dodgers, the WildCard would get the struggling Cubbies, whose top 2 pitchers have both been on the shelf recently…

Better chance in winning against Milwaukee Brewers than the Mets? It’s like choosing your poison.

I don’t take any team likely with Sheets and Sabathia and that line-up. True, they’ve been terrible going 2-7 in their last 9, but were just as great going 8-1 in the nine before that. They have a tough schedule ahead with 4 against the Phils and 6 against the Cubs.

But they’ve had the #1 team ERA in the NL since the All-Star break (a full half run better than the Phils, who are the 2nd-best team over that period). I can only hope the Phils’ offense is clicking on all cylinders vs the Brewers. The team, though, better not be looking ahead and focus on today’s game.

curious….what’s Moyer’s stats at CBP?

Its unreal that Dom m can say the shit he saids .Blanton has failed to reach the seventh inning in nine of eleven games you idiot, I believe you are a phillies front office employee. Blanton is terrible he has and will continue to be horrible. IF you would get your head out of you ass you would see it. When you talk about the draft you should know they didn’t sign Joe Nathan 96 draft. Joe saunders J.D Drew, Azick for the dodgers. The number 4 rated pick in 2009 draft gibson.couldn’t develop floyd. Misread lohse. This is the scouting department and g.m’s job. they stink.You can’t compare the marlins they have a 22 million payroll but look at the talent they have traded and the talent they still have.plus they are a expansion team with more titles than us.the reason the brewers gave up laporta for cc is that they want the draft choice s becasue they sign and know how to draft. They are loaded with talent with no budject or market to speak of compared to us. When the marlins won the last pennant they knew they needed a catcher but had no money so they traded for pudge and gave him a one year ten million dollar deal. they spread the ten million over four years so the next year pudge left but was still getting paid by the marlins.but they won our cheap bastard owners wouldn’t do that .They aren’t smart enough.

hes basically right. hes saying the front office is and always has been cheap. draft worse players because you can sign them cheaply in the first round. he also said joe blanton hasnt reached the 7th inning in 9 of his last 11 starts.

But seriously.. out of that, I take it that Joe Blanton isn’t good enough for you as a #4 starter… which is fine, I understand if people want to think that way… but he is what he is.. and again, if you are complaining about the #4 starting pitcher, you must not be too worried about this team overall..

Burrell’s lack of contact… Utley’s lack of power… they same like bigger issues to me, but thats fine.

I was 13 in 1996 so I don’t especially care about what happened to Joe Nathan in that draft… Lidge is maybe the best closer in baseball this year anyway, and they got him for NOTHING from the Astros.

The guys that the Brewers thought would carry them , Rickie Weekes, JJ Hardy and Prince Fielder, haven’t done as much as the Phillies young guys have. I think Braun is awesome, Hart is a hell of a player too… not sure where you are going with that one.

And my point about the Marlins was that we all want to blow their owners, and the A’s GM, but neither one of those teams has a shot to win anything this year… A world series in 2003 is terrific, but not having any chance at all this year must be why they get 600 fans for baseball games

burrell and utley are the biggest issues right now, but just because the pitching hasnt been as bad as we thought doesnt mean its been good.

I would take a world champion and then rebuild. Over not having a shot like we do to win it all.

then why do you watch this team, and post about them everyday if the have no shot?

The Cardinals in 2005 or whatever won 83 games… and then won the world series

dude, because you shouldnt have to “hope that they get on a magical run.” thats bullshit, thats happened only a few times recently. those “magicall run” teams usually lose the world series, actually almost always. the reality is what theyre doing is not good enough. from top to bottom organization-wide. they simply have to do more, have to do better, have to do what it takes.

Dom I Love the phillies . Since I was a kid and would skip school to go see them at connie mack staduim. I saw a lot of the sixty four games when they blew the lead. But when Giles put this group together and I saw how he tried to be G.M. and when that failed he put his man in wade I knew they were in trouble. and it hurts because we don’t deserve this we are too loyalty.To answer your question why do I post when I think they have no shot. Its like being in love with a bad women I still want her but she is bad for me.

Everyone points out that what “they” are doing is not good enough.. and I’m pointing out that if the hitters were doing what they thought we would this year… we’d be well ahead in the NL East, and we’d be talking about the World Series and which team we’ll be playing..

Since this team has the talent to get that far, I’m still expecting them to turn it on at some point here down the stretch…

Last night the bats were there, but couldn’t account for Kendrick’s mess…

Its a good team, that can beat any team in the NL… I don’t think they can hang with the Angels or RedSox in a 7-game series… but I do think they could take care of the WhiteSox, Twins, or Rays..

Don M you need to calm down a little bit. The Phillies are not a World Series team, you need to face reality with that one.

no, we follow them because its philly and theyre our team.