NLCS Game 1 : Dodgers At Phillies
Posted by Tim Malcolm, Thu, October 09, 2008 05:30 PM | Comments: 354
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Game 1 : National League Championship Series
Los Angeles Dodgers at Philadelphia Phillies
Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia
8:22 p.m. / 63, clear
Derek Lowe (14-11, 3.24 ERA) vs. Cole Hamels (14-10, 3.09 ERA)
Cole Hamels suits up and takes the mound in game one of a best-of-seven to determine champion of the National League. He’ll be opposed by 35-year-old right-hander Derek Lowe, who went 3-0 in four starts in the 2004 postseason, and is 6-4 in 19 postseason appearances.
It’s the first NLCS at Citizens Bank Park, the first series of its kind for the Phillies in 15 years, and just the seventh NLCS appearance in franchise history.
News & Notes
Only three Phillies have hit home runs off Lowe: Pedro Feliz, Matt Stairs and Chris Coste. … Matt Kemp and Juan Pierre (.333) are the only Dodgers hitting over .250 against Hamels. … Of the seven NLCS appearances in franchise history, the Phils have met the Dodgers in four of them. … The Dodgers pitching staff gave up just 123 home runs in 2008, tops in baseball. … They also gave up just 259 doubles, also tops in baseball. … Despite the great starting pitching ERA, the Dodgers had 79 quality starts, good for 14th in baseball. The Phillies were fifth (88). … Regular lineup tonight — funny, the Opening Day lineup has come full circle.
The Lineup
Jimmy Rollins / SS
Shane Victorino / CF
Chase Utley / 2B
Ryan Howard / 1B
Pat Burrell / LF
Jayson Werth / RF
Pedro Feliz / 3B
Carlos Ruiz / C
Cole Hamels / P
Your Gamenight Beer
It’s October. Time for Harpoon Octoberfest. A refreshing blend of caramel and hops, its — I sound like a commercial. Listen, it’s a good beer. Drink up, Phillies fans. It’s the NLCS. It’s here. Let’s watch intently and be the best fans we can be. Enjoy in the company of many, and eat party food: wings, chips, etc. Or, if you’re at the park (why are you reading this?), eat a Dodger fan. That’ll show ‘em.
Go Phillies!
Posts: 0 Phil
You posted this blog prematurely. Game time isn’t for 2 and a 1/2 hours. I can’t f*cking wait. I got a 6 pack of “blackbeary” beer and a growler of Dock Street “Docktoberfest” ready to go. GO PHILS!
Posted: 05:42 PM on October 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Craig
I like that lineup.
Vic batting second with the Werth-A-Nator batting 6th.
The game is starting a little late for me but i’ll try get the first inning in.
Posted: 05:43 PM on October 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Paul
Game on! Go Phils!
I’ve got some Sierra Nevada Anniversary, and my Dodger friend coming over to watch the game with me. I hope in a few hours I’ll be the one crowing!
Posted: 05:48 PM on October 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Jm
just took a muscle relaxer just to kill some time before cole tosses the first pitch, cant wait
Posted: 05:51 PM on October 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Anth
I’m at work right now, I get off at 7 and the anticipation is killlllllling me! They say March Madness is the #1 sports event for lost work production: F That, the Phils in the playoffs is number 1…haha! Go Phils!
Posted: 05:56 PM on October 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
F*ck NCAA basketball. October baseball is the most exciting thing in sports every year. More exciting than the super bowl, march madness, and the NBA finals. Post season hockey is a close 2nd, but I’d still take October baseball over anything.
Posted: 05:58 PM on October 9, 2008
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
I can tell already that these 8:22 starts are going to be torture with waiting.
Posted: 06:03 PM on October 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Go Blue!
LA swept the Cubs, including two at Wrigley Field. Sweet.
Philadelphia spent all year playing BEHIND the Mets, and was often close with Florida, the lowest-paid team in the league.
They couldn’t even sweep the hapless Brewers in the NLDS. That’s just sad.
Just like fans of the woeful Cubbies, I suspect the “front runners” at whatever Philly’s new ballpark is called will be crying in their Coors tonight, and for the next three games as well.
LA in four!
Posted: 06:12 PM on October 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
Go Blue…you are so dumb you don’t even know how to type the acronym NLCS properly. The Cubs are post season choke artists. If you watched baseball at all you’d know the team with the best record in baseball history didn’t win the WS. You can’t judge anything on how good a team is. Secondly, we never chased Florida. Only the 1st month. You spent most of the year chasing the D-Backs who were horrible. It took you 2 big trades to catch them, one of those trades being for the best hitter of our time. Don’t come to a Phillies board and talk sh*t you moron.
I posted that in another thread. I’d like to add that we beat CC Sabathia who is better than any pitcher the Dodgers have, we don’t drink Coors because that’s a white trash Republican beer(read the beers we post for gameday on this site to get an idea), and the Rays are the 2nd lowest paid team in baseball, so you should really think about things before you say them. The Dodgers spent the season playing the worst trash in the NL all year to barely have a .500 record. Stop saying the dumbest things possible on here. Go troll somewhere else.
Posted: 06:17 PM on October 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Jm
not to mention that the mets florida and brewers all had better records than the dodgers stupid
Posted: 06:19 PM on October 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
haha true JM. If the Marlins were playing in the NL West they would have had a record of 100-62.
Posted: 06:21 PM on October 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
Mine as well break this down for his futile little mind too.
RuizLoney
Utley>DeWitt
Rollins=Furcal
FelizLowe
Myers=Billingsley
Moyer=Kuroda
Blanton=Kershaw
Phils pen=Dodgers pen
Lidge>Broxton
I’d say it’s kind of a wash, but he can keep trying to say the Phillies suck if he’d like.
Posted: 06:26 PM on October 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Go Blue!
“…I’d like to add that we beat CC Sabathia who is better than any pitcher the Dodgers have…”
Better than Derek Lowe (15-11, 2004 WS ring-wearer)?
2008 NLDS Game one winner?
Soon-to-be NLCS game One winner?
Posted: 06:27 PM on October 9, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
We also didn’t spend most of the year chasing the Mets – we spent the most days in first place.
Posted: 06:28 PM on October 9, 2008
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
Go Blue, you obviously haven’t paid attention all year. The Phillies were in first place for 70+ games this season in a division with 2 other difficult teams in the Mets and Marlins.
Past wins don’t make any impact on what happened this season.
Then again, most opposing trolls who talk smack here really don’t pay attention to begin with.
Posted: 06:32 PM on October 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
Yes, Go Blue. CC Sabathia is WAY better than Derek Lowe.
Posted: 06:37 PM on October 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Don M
Go Fightin’s !!! Let’s be patient, get some guys on base, and wait for that sinker to stay belt-high… gotta make it count with small-ball and runners in scoring position!!
Posted: 06:38 PM on October 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
I hope that Milt taught these guys how to bunt and move runners over. I am so sick of this disgraceful lack of small ball.
Posted: 06:39 PM on October 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Chase Mutley
It’s funny how the past few years, since the Phillies have become competitive, I’ve learned to hate the fans of almost every other team out there. I’ve always had nice things to say about Dodgers fans, Red Sox fans — long standing fan bases with tradition and a true appreciation for the game. Now that the Phillies actually win games all of the front running internet homos come out of the woodwork to talk goofy shit on messageboards.
Where are all the Rays fans in this joint? Is the trolling only limited to teams that have New Era’s in 12 different colorways and you see in hip-hop videos?
Posted: 07:06 PM on October 9, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
And so begins the longest hour of my life…
Posted: 07:17 PM on October 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Paul
The first beer has been cracked open… I am watching the clock tick… tick… tick…
Posted: 07:23 PM on October 9, 2008
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
Man, it is torture waiting….
Posted: 07:27 PM on October 9, 2008
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
Apparently there are still available tickets for the NLCS at Dodgers Stadium. Can you believe that?
Posted: 07:43 PM on October 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Mike W.
LETS GO! Lets do this.
Posted: 07:49 PM on October 9, 2008
Posts: 0 redsoxfan
You rock blue.
Posted: 07:53 PM on October 9, 2008
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
Wow, how cool is it that they had Harry do the Fox opener?
Posted: 07:53 PM on October 9, 2008
Posts: 0 NJ
Was that a Dodger troll or Manny Ramirez?
Posted: 07:56 PM on October 9, 2008
Posts: 0 RiVLez
Hey for you all you guys out there, LETS GO PHILLIES. How can you hate me? Told you I wouldn’t be gone after the Mets were out!
Posted: 07:57 PM on October 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Brian
Mark Grace can go to hell. Let’s get this started already.
Posted: 08:02 PM on October 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Jp
We threw stuff at Mark Grace? He must have talked to JD Drew about those D cell Batteries
Posted: 08:05 PM on October 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
Wow, can’t believe someone is picking the Phillies to win it.
Posted: 08:05 PM on October 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Grrrumpy Miner
All I can say to you Phillies phans….good luck with the Dodgers.Also,I can’t believe Dodgers and Red Sox fans are talking smack.Blue,just remember…….the NL East with the Amazins and Anchovies made it a tough division to win,and the NL West was a virtual joke,everyone knows that. All 3 teams in the NL East didn’t trade for an impact player like CC and Manny Baseball.If Both Dodgers and Brewers didn’t get CC or Manny,Dodgers and Brewers fans would be sitting home with nothing to say. Red Sox fans,worry about the Rays b4 killing the Phils.
Posted: 08:06 PM on October 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Phils in 6
Lets get this game started!!!!
Posted: 08:06 PM on October 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Phils in 6
Grrumpy is right so go f yourself dodger fans
Posted: 08:07 PM on October 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
This will be the longest 7 minutes of my life.
Posted: 08:07 PM on October 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Phils in 6
I HATE Tim Mccarver
Posted: 08:08 PM on October 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Wilson
Me too Phils in 6…me too
Posted: 08:10 PM on October 9, 2008
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
Love Citizens Bank Park on a beautiful night. Looks so great. Wish I was there.
Posted: 08:10 PM on October 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Brian
I wish the radio was synced up but with the hd feed it’s absolutely horrible. Tim McCarver is a douche and so is Joe Buck
Posted: 08:10 PM on October 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
Agreed Brian. I’d love to listen to Kalas, LA, and SF call the game.
Posted: 08:11 PM on October 9, 2008
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
Whoah, check this out
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/8658944/FOX-FEEDS
Posted: 08:14 PM on October 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
GAME TIME BABY!
Posted: 08:14 PM on October 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Evan
ugh
Posted: 08:19 PM on October 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
F*CK MANNY RAMIREZ!!! Why didn’t Charlie walk him?
Posted: 08:19 PM on October 9, 2008
Posts: 0 RiVLez
Manny is just cash.
Posted: 08:19 PM on October 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
I need to crack open a beer. This is stressful.
Posted: 08:20 PM on October 9, 2008
Posts: 0 RiVLez
It’s ridiculous that in just a matter of minutes Manny has been an impact.
Posted: 08:20 PM on October 9, 2008
Posts: 0 GoDodgers
Go MANNY!!!!!
Posted: 08:20 PM on October 9, 2008
Posts: 0 RiVLez
Hahaha how funny is that the Dodgers had the 15th best record in baseball.
Posted: 08:21 PM on October 9, 2008
Posts: 0 GoDodgers
Yes, and they are going to the World Series!!
Posted: 08:22 PM on October 9, 2008