Gamenight: Braves (1-0) At Phillies (0-1)
Posted by Tim Malcolm, Tue, April 07, 2009 05:30 PM | Comments: 206
Gameday 2009, Posts
Atlanta Braves (1-0) at Philadelphia Phillies (0-1)
Jair Jurrjens vs. Jamie Moyer
Time: 7:05 p.m. at Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia
Weather: Partly cloudy, 45
TV: MyPhl 17
Twitter: Phillies Nation
After Brett Myers got pounded by a couple longballs, Jamie Moyer hopes to silence the Atlanta Braves to bring the Phillies even at 1-1. Moyer is starting his 23rd major league season, and again, he’s the oldest man playing baseball professionally.
The Braves counter with Jair Jurrjens, who has fared well against the Phillies during his short career (1-2, 3.33 ERA). Moyer, meanwhile, carries an ERA over 5.00 against the Braves. Who hits him well? Garrett Anderson is a career .327 hitter (.567 slugging) against Moyer. Chipper Jones hits .467 off Moyer, and in 18 at bats, Brian McCann is a straight .500 hitter. That doesn’t bode well for the slowballer.
Your gamenight beer: We went with the special Red & White because Sunday was a special night. But let’s get back to business: Time to turn to tradition and the beer that steers us correctly in good and bad. Tonight we party with Yuengling, the old favorite. Good with a cheesesteak, maybe a pretzel. Let’s even the score and go onward and upward.
Go Phillies!
Posts: 0 Keith
Go Phillies! Let’s do this.
Posted: 05:32 PM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 1650 Tim Malcolm
Lineup, again:
Rollins/Victorino/Utley/Howard/Werth/Ibanez/Feliz/Ruiz/Moyer
Posted: 05:34 PM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 0 Tyler
i think i would rather see rollins out of the 3 hole as with the classic… i thought he did well there and think it would help us… at least make vic lead-off and maybe put rollins at 2… but i think vic would definitely be the better lead-off
Posted: 05:44 PM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 0 dan
i like rollins leading off this year. hes been taking many more pitches
Posted: 06:01 PM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 0 Georgie
Oh boy, it’s nasty cold outside tonight, we just had a snow squall here in Lancaster, Jamie better wear his longjohns.
Posted: 06:03 PM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 0 Tyler
i do agree with u dan where u say rollins is taking more pitches… but i think victorino would be better because he isnt so much a power hitter as an OBP kinda guy… rollins is who is more likely to hit the double & yes its nice to have a lead-off double but i would rather vic be on base and score because of that double… just a personal opinion that i would like to see tried once this season
Posted: 06:08 PM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 0 NEPA
All this Gamenight post does is remind me they don’t sell Yuengling in CT, its terrible. I have a bad feeling about Moyer tonight and all season, hopefully he continues to do what he does and shuts me up.
Posted: 07:00 PM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 0 Ryan
Keith,
Is there a feed a justin.tv?
Posted: 07:01 PM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 0 tim mccarver sucks
lets go boys go gett em
Posted: 07:03 PM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 0 Grrrumpy Miner
ALREADY?
Posted: 07:09 PM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 0 Justin
way to start the game, first pitch? Really
Posted: 07:11 PM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 0 Johnny Snowden
hey ryan … im listening to the game tonight on mlb radio
Posted: 07:12 PM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 0 Manny
Oh no
Posted: 07:12 PM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 0 Ped
Time to sign Pedro!!
Posted: 07:12 PM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
Seems the Braves are going to be a far more aggressive at the plate this season early in the count.
Posted: 07:13 PM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 0 Manny
Yikes… Utley’s error costs us another run….
Posted: 07:13 PM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 0 Johnny Snowden
another great start guys
Posted: 07:14 PM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
I wish they did the ring ceremony last night honestly, just to get the World Series hoopla out of the way. They just haven’t seemed ready to go just yet.
Posted: 07:15 PM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 1650 Tim Malcolm
So the audio for MLB.tv’s showing is an old Mets-Nationals game. Why?
Posted: 07:16 PM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 0 Grrrumpy Miner
Ped….I remember the Phans thought Pedro Martinez was toxic and no good,and now you are looking to sign him?Jeez have a little faith.
Posted: 07:16 PM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 0 Fuhs
Well, it just wouldn’t be April without a rough start to make coming back look better
Posted: 07:16 PM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 0 Manny
Phew… it could’ve been worse…
Posted: 07:17 PM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 0 PhillyGirlinMichigan
What’s with the audio on mlbtv?? I just turned this on and its a razor commercial…
Posted: 07:17 PM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 0 Johnny Snowden
phew … that could have been a lot worse.
Posted: 07:17 PM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 1650 Tim Malcolm
Yeah I don’t know. It’s an old Mets-Nats game.
Posted: 07:17 PM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 0 Evan
GAH! First a razor commercial, now a Mets game. MLB.tv is killing me.
Posted: 07:19 PM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 0 Manny
I agree SJ Mike… This WS hoopla is getting out of hand. Time to put 2008 behind us… the players want to, but it’s literally impossible with so much WS stuff going on.
Posted: 07:19 PM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 0 Grrrumpy Miner
I get the game no prob from NYC….albiet its on XM 175
Posted: 07:19 PM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
Don’t get me wrong, I love being able to say “World Champs” and the hardware and such is nice, just it’s game time now. All of this junk should have been taken care of Opening Day and leave it at that.
Posted: 07:22 PM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 0 PhillyGirlinMichigan
I switched over to the Braves broadcast. Can someone please let me know when they get the Phil’s audio fixed?
Posted: 07:23 PM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 0 Grrrumpy Miner
They did something similar with the Mets/Cards in 2007 on Sunday opening night.I guess they give the local sports channels the chance to show the pomp and circumstance because ESPN is required to show the game and has no care to show rings and flags,unless its on SportsCenter.
Posted: 07:26 PM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
I think it has more to do with enticing sellouts for the entire opening home series.
Posted: 07:29 PM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 0 Evan
The Phils audio has been good for me for awhile. Thankfully.
Good to see a few hits early. Maybe we won’t have to wait till the 9th to score a run. Would’ve rather had Ibanez up there in the 5th spot ;)
Posted: 07:31 PM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 0 GWFightinsFan
Are the Phils gonna wear that WS Champs patch all season?
Posted: 07:40 PM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 0 Grrrumpy Miner
E 8
Posted: 07:40 PM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
GW, I believe so.
Posted: 07:40 PM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 0 PhillyGirlinMichigan
Finally, got the sound! Nothing like seeing the braves scoring to a annoying razor commercial.
Jurrgens was mentioned today in a Detroit News commentary today which sited all the really bad pitching moves the Tigers mgmt has made since 2007. (Rentaria! ugh!) Non-tendering Durbin was also noted.
Yes…a double for Ibanez
Posted: 07:41 PM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
I actually had that patch put on the sleeve of my jersey. My pinstripe jersey has the Citizens Bank Park inaugural patch on one sleeve, the World Series Champs on the other and my red warmup jersey has the Veterans Stadium final season patch.
Posted: 07:41 PM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 0 Keith
free live feed: http://mlb.mlb.com/media/player/mp_tpl_3_1.jsp?w=reflector%3A40700&vid=7759&pid=gen_video&cid=mlb&v=2
Posted: 07:41 PM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 0 Grrrumpy Miner
Usually,patches are worn all season.They want to show some pride that thet won and some intimidation to the other teams that well,they won.
Posted: 07:42 PM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 0 Keith
has the Phillies announcers too
Posted: 07:43 PM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 0 PhillyGirlinMichigan
I don’t mind the patches..but those uniforms are getting a bit busy..so best they refrain from putting anything more on them.
Posted: 07:44 PM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 0 DaveB
So, where can we watch this piece? the phillies site says phl17, but 17 says family guy.. (wtf.)
the mlb gameday radio is seeming ok on my ipod touch, but seems to be about same quality as AM.
what other options are there? Assuming that since I’m local, the mlb.tv stuff is blacked out i think right?
Posted: 07:44 PM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 0 Griffin
Nice baserunning.
Posted: 07:45 PM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 0 GWFightinsFan
I dunno I think we need to not attract too much attention to ourselves, last season was last season…
Posted: 07:46 PM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 0 Grrrumpy Miner
And whats wrong with Family Guy? lol
Posted: 07:47 PM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 0 Evan
Wow, Moyer walked. Good patience there.
Posted: 07:48 PM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 0 PhillyGirlinMichigan
Darn..
Posted: 07:48 PM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
GW, no matter how we slice it, we’ve got a bulls eye on us. We can try to detract all we want, but unfortunately, now that we’ve become the top team, everybody is going to want to beat us, patch or not. I’m assuming the patches will only be worn for the home games though. I can’t imagine them being thrown onto the away jerseys.
Posted: 07:49 PM on April 7, 2009
Posts: 0 Joel
Am I the only one that seems to think that JRoll wouldnt be a bad option as the #5 hitter???
Posted: 07:50 PM on April 7, 2009