Comments on: Almost Blue: Phillies Embarrassing In 7-1 Loss

By: Bruce

Bruce — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:09:17 +0000

beta sigma shag says~ “..some of the post on the gamenight thread made me think I mistakingly went to a mets sight, with how bad this team is.”

I had figured out a long time ago that “gamenight” threads are for those who need to release their frustrations/anger with rants that defy logic and rationale. Therefore, I rarely get involve in that kind of thread.

By: JeffS

JeffS — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:23:37 +0000

4daysrest – your entry on that disaster made me want to slit my wrists. Tell us how you really feel! ;)

By: j reed

j reed — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:00:33 +0000

keng: you said
“go all the way thru with moyer given his age and velocity at this point…” Moyer’s velocity hasn’t real changed that much in what 20+ seasons….that’s why he’s been able to last this long much like knuckleballer Tim Wakefield who could have lasted as long as has throwing everyday…Last night if radar clocked Moyer @ lower than his typical range of 80-82 mph then this decrease could be attributable to the colder weather. colder air is denser which can put more drag on the ball, and this mean less velocity.

By: Chuck P

Chuck P — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:46:10 +0000

Ibanez on 15 day DL with groin strain…

By: Brooks

Brooks — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:52:29 +0000

Travis I live about 20 minutes from CBP – its rough out there with absolutely no signs of letting up..

Time to regroup and make some decisions Chahlie..
beta – this has been a recurring theme with the Phils for the past couple of seasons – in 06, the Phils wasted a classic performance by our big man who had his best day as a Phil with 7 rbi – and the game ended with Ryan at bat, 2 out and maybe the bases loaded! They lost 7-9 if I could..
They need to kick the shit out of this team today or, in Toronto next week as a makeup game.. (hoping)

More Birds coming in… it looks like Markaikis might be starting to catch fire again – when he is hot the O’s are very competitive.

By: j reed

j reed — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:40:30 +0000

Travis: I’m not sure about south philly but futher north in Dolyestown it be raining steadily since six AM….Weren’t you the one who posted those stats? I wasn’t sure, if it was you, then good job.

By: beta sigma shag

beta sigma shag — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:36:52 +0000

It is very refreshing to see calmer heads prevail in here today, some of the post on the gamenight thread made me think I mistakingly went to a mets sight, with how bad this team is. A slump is a slump, Yes the Phillies should have scored more than one run, and not strike out 11 times against Richmond, But Toronto is not a bad team, and had a few good games, So you get one tonight if you play and move on

By: j reed

j reed — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:32:58 +0000

what i don’t understand is this: earlier in the season, moyer’s spot in the rotation was skipped so that he could pitch against the Marlins who he owns…so why can’t the opposite be done, that is if there is a team that he matches-up poorly with, just skip his spot. Such is the case with the blue jays….in last night game thread, someone cited Blue Jay players lifetime stats against Moyer….No suprise this happened. I think the O’s younger team might have been a better match-up for the same reasons that the Marlins are

By: A.J.

A.J. — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:20:16 +0000

Best thing for the Phightins if the game is postponed. We can win in Toronto when we make it up, just not at home LOL.

By: A.J.

A.J. — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:19:11 +0000

I am not worrie right now, lots of baseball to come. I also agree, Jimmy has to bat 2nd or 6th. I kind of like him second only because it puts speed at the top of the lineup in a 1-2 punch (IF he gets on). Kind of like Pierre and Furcal on the Dodgers (IF Furcal can get on).

By: Travis

Travis — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:14:37 +0000

Victorino should be the Phillies leadoff guy. Werth should be second, Utley third, Howard fourth, Ibanez fifth, Rollins sixth, Feliz seventh and Ruiz eighth.

I think Phillies get some offense going against Brad Mills who is a lefty and was 1-8 with a 4.48era at Triple A. Hopefully Big Joe Blanton can get his 5th win of the year. It’s funny how the Phillies have 36 wins but yet none of their starters has 5 or more wins. Even the nationals have a 5 game winner (Shairon Martis). Great article on the Phillies home woes by Danny Knobler at cbs sports website. I think bats will be ready to welcome the new pitcher into the bigs. The phillies always do well against young pitchers making their debuts at CBP. Well atleast most of the time. Phillies have been outscored 15-4 in first two games. The bats should be out. Prediction: Phillies break out of slump and take the game 10-4 or 10-2.

However, this game might be cancelled due to rain. I’m not in Philly, so anyone know if its raining and if the game is gonna be postponed?

According to Weather.com, there is 100% of POP today and you don’t see that often. Can anyone in Philly, tell me how the weather is there right now. Just looked at hour by hour, 20% of POP at 1pm, 2pm and after that 60%. Hopefully this game gets through and Phillies win. BIG

By: Brooks

Brooks — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:03:03 +0000

I whine from a personal perspective as well. Heading into today’s game, the last 4 I have been to have been losses. I believe 4-8 is my record while my friend is 2-6. Fortunate, most of the losses we have seen have not been as bad as last nights.

How is it that Jimmy leads off game after hitless game?
When can we throw the bench out and get a new one? Only 1 player has shown a sign of a pulse from the bench and that is Stairs. The Bastardo, Bruntlett, Taschner projects are coming to a close – time to make some moves Chahlie.

Does anyone know about today’s soaker? We play the blue birdies next week in Toronto – would the league push a make up date in the other city rather than try to squeeze this one in?

By: J-Mills

J-Mills — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:58:26 +0000

Jamie Moyer does not deserve the Jelt award peroid. Our left handed hitters were nothing short of pathetic! Can Chase hit a curve ball? Left handers hit over .400 against this guy last year and this year are hitting just under .300. Pathetic and frustrating game to watch.

By: bull

bull — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:53:45 +0000

They looked clueless last year in interleague play and it turned out fine. Rollins should not be batting lead off for this team, he is killing us in that spot. He is much more productive in the 6th spot, or maybe you bat him 5th behind howard in front of ibanez break up the lefties

By: Brooks

Brooks — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:52:01 +0000

Ryan Howard did not make an error last night did he?
His ball handling mentality slipped to 08; the Phils are getting spanked by AL teams again, like they did in 08 and 07 – and these are not real good teams in the AL –
The scenario is seems to be playing along the same lines – playing worse at home than on the road early.
If this holds true, look for more of a meltdown prior to the AS break – perhaps a 2 game lead heading into the break. The home series will even out, the road W-L percentage will dim to decent –
– I’m just sayin’

By: Steve-o

Steve-o — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:30:03 +0000

So sad to say I went to this game. The crowd NEVER got into the game. It seemed to generally be over as soon as Toronto scored 2 batters in. Moyer really had a rough 2 innings there, and once the rain came, the fans left. I’m with Amanda, I was stunned when the 42,091 came up on the scoreboard. The place had a noise level of about 7,000.
I’m torn on how to react to this team right now. It’s easy, and factual, to say that this team never plays well in interleague. It’s also easy to say that they are worn out from a nasty stretch of Yanks, Dodgers, Sox, and 2 tough extra inning games against the Mets. It’s also easy to say this team just sucks at home.

I just hate making excuses for this team. At some point those reasons won’t be good enough. They need to figure out how to win at home….or convince major league baseball they should be allowed to play the rest of their games on the road.

By: mick

mick — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:11:51 +0000

It is a long season and everybody needs to chill—However, so far the Phillie starting pitching has been flat out awful-it is a tribute to the offense, defense and bullpen that they are where they are in what appears to me to be a weak division.The front office I am sure is working the phones hard–they have a little more than a month–if they fail and the starters fail to pick it up this club will burn out its bullpen and contend for nothing in October—they need to package a bunch of top prospects for a horse now–believe it or not this core is going to get old fast so the moment is NOW

By: keng

keng — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:22:42 +0000

1. baseballs a marathon so chill out a little!
2. its true jimmy is obviously killing us right now – but its a very tough call whether to stick by him or not – i like him at 6 – and would have left him there last time around – but who leads off? – v? – r? – and then who’s ur 2 hitter? – if its going right jr should lead off – shame we let those two speedsters go!
3. ibanez’s slump, howard versus lefties, werth’s look last night are all reasons to be worried right now but not upset – by the by without ibanez super human output in the first quarter we’d be in 3rd or 4th place right now – but who really could have ever expected him to continue that especially at his age?!
4. biggest concern long term is pitching – i dont think we can go all the way thru with moyer given his age and velocity at this point – not having meyers obviously makes us very fragile – and we need lidge back strong

By: Sam D

Sam D — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:41:06 +0000

I can’t wait to say raulllllllll again but i might be waiting for a little while til he snaps out of his strikeout funkl

By: Sam D

Sam D — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:39:18 +0000

we need a change, we need to dump our bench for the exception of stairs, and we need some more pitching and another bat perhaps like a backup ss with some pop