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Nice job by Happ, Moyer, and Mad Dog. I like the fact that Happ doesn’t get fazed when he gets into jams – he just cooly pitches his way out of them. Anyone hear any more about Moyer’s groin injury? Romero’s arm was said to be “tender” after pitching yesterday. What does all this mean for Happ’s chances of being the 4th starter?

With this win and the Braves loss, Phils have clinched a tie for the NL East. Time to start resting the pitching staff for the postseason that is now all but guaranteed!!!

You mean rely? Genius?

Where are the doomsayers now?

Hey George, it’s interesting to note that Ray Culp finished 3rd for the Rookie of The Year in 1963. Guess who won that award. ;-)

interesting note. i know we have been playing poorly of late (3 wins out of our last 8 games, 5-5 in our last 10), but none of the other division leaders are playing on fire right now. the dodgers and cards are both 5-5 in their last 10 and lost their last 2.

the wild card team is always going to be marginally hot b/c thats a closer race. the braves are playing well and the rockies are playing OK.

the phils really need to take this week and focus their energy on the playoffs. they will get one more win (or a braves loss), but they need to get healthy and peak at the right time. lets hope they can.

one more note. mitch williams said on the radio the other day that if lidge didn’t blow all those saves the phils would have clinched by now and they would be sitting ducks come play off time. this team needs stuff to play for, and when they don’t have it they get complacent. interesting idea, at least a positive idea on a bad situation.

Plus you are differentiating between two names (Jim Owens and Ray Culp) and two years (1959 and 1963) in determining the accuracy of Amanda’s statement.

to bruce: if george can correct amanda without being an ignorant jerk, that’s fine.

Good win Tuesday night, but I remain concerned about JA Happ. He is throwing too many pitches in not enough innings. It makes it more apparent that he will be sent to the bullpen for the post season.

Joe Blanton is also getting into the same problem with pitch counts and innings for my taste.

This has been a crazy September. So different than last year and the year before when the Phils were chasing, not the chased.

At long last the magic number is down to 1! (not to mention we finally beat those stinking Astros).

Clinch tonight anyone? Woooooooooo!

This is not 1964, I wasn’t close to born and I am sick and bleeping tired of hearing about it.

IF THIS TEAM CAN NOT WIN 1 GAME IN THEIR FINAL 6 THEY SHOULDN’T BE ALLOWED INTO THE PLAYOFFS!!

They will because this team gets it done when it counts, despite some of the doomsday profits on here.

Again be grateful, this is going to be only the 2nd Phillies team in our history to make the postseason 3 straight times. Think about that and let it soak. Enjoy a 3rd straight NL East title and celebrate it.

I hope Moyer will be ok. He has been pretty good out of the pen and as an emergency starter.

First, I am glad that my rants from them looking HORRIBLE the last week or so has now made me look like an idiot. I love to be proven wrong, however and this goes with my second point, I obviously dont have the most idiotic comments on here. The Phillies win (braves lose) magic #1, and george55 STILL finds a negative. Are you freaking kidding me? dude, really? 3rd, can we go through a week without an injury? This is getting really bad, now Jamie Moyer. Well, the Bullpen came through, and so did “Werthless”. Speaking of “doomsayers” where are all the Werth haters calling him “Werthless”? how many is it now, 96 RBI’s and 35 homers. I think we need to get rid of him, because he sucks. I mean are you kidding me, he only has 35 homers (#2 on the team/7 in the NL), 96 RBI’s (#2 on the team/top 15 in the NL) and 89 walks (#1 on the team/10 in the NL). How dare he not get 45 homers by now. (That is a joke). So he is streaky, but still he puts up some pretty damn competitive #’s. I am glad to have Werth on the team. The team when hitting can kill any team, but as seen the game before, when they are not thinking straight can get killed by many teams. Still, this is a BAD@$$ team overall. On a side note, many people, myself included, had wondered if Manuel would finally say something, and flip out. He did have a 3.5 hour closed door meeting with the team after the first game of the Astros series. Regardless, The fish are playing spoilers again for post season hopes as they are helping knock the braves out of the wild card race, and the Phillies had a good day of hitting. They needed it. If they continued to play the way they had the last week or so, they probably wouldnt have won last night either. But they won, and we need 1 more game. True we can do it with a Braves loss, but screw that, I want to win the Division on a win, not because of a loss. But winning the division is winning the division regardless of how they do it. However, we are currently 1.5 games back for the best record in the NL. Seeing how the #1 in both leagues have done in recent years, Im not certain I would want the #1 seed going in.

i still have my 2000 and 2001 rally towels

Bring it on!

They were soooo effective back then.

I love the rally towels. I have about 20 of them, I used them for cleaning all of the time.

Whew, this was huge. This was the single most important game of the season to this point. They had to win tonight or else the panic button wouldve been hit. Ryan Madson is the closer right now as it seems they have basically annointed him that honor for the remainder of the season. Brad Lidge is gone, and I will 100% guarantee he will not be a Phillie next season. My best guess is – after seeing how they are pushing Madson – is taht they will not trade for a lcoked in closer. Instead, they will sign TWO guys who are borderline setup men/closers. I guarantee they will sign Rafael Soriano. The other might be Fernando Rodney. Guys that wont cost Brad Lidge money but who can still compete for the spot and push Madson to be better than he ever has been.

Regardless, they will let the three of them, plus other internal options, compete for the job and see who wins it, with BJ Rosenberg perhaps being a late season call-up if his success continues as it did this year with a sub 1.00 era.

As for this season. After last night, they are in position to conclude regular season business and give the main arms in the pen and a few position players some well-needed rest. Last night was THE key win of the entire season, and I suspect they will build on that and get on a roll.

For some crowds it might affect how loud the fans are, but I dont think it affects (real) Phillies Phans that much. We are very passionate, and LOUD Phans by nature. I can tell you that the rally towels didnt effect the phans at the bank last year when the Phillies wrapped up the division. It was LOUD AS HELL, and it was a beautiful site being that loud, and looking like a white out with the towels waiving!

Phan in TN, I didnt know any of them said “Bring it On”, but I know there are dozens of different variations. The few that I have (from last season) are Modells, and that “Fightin’ Phils” I know I am wierd, but I would have rather it said “Phightin Phils” I always like seeing the PH in place of the F.

You guys all know Im hard on Moyer, but he is actually more useful than Brad Lidge right now, so if it came down to it it take Lidge off the playoff roster and keep Moyer on because Moyer can chew up a few innings.

I am ever so sorry for correcting someone’s mistake, then correcting my own typo. One should never correct an error, no matter who makes one. We should just give him the Brad Lidge treatment, and hang him.

Enough sarcasm.

By the way, I wasn’t trying to be nasty to Amanda, because she had limited time to post her story. She also corrects her own posts most times, which is far more professional than the MLB writers who leave blatant factual errors up for days. Note that I said it was the MLB writer who was lazy. I note, too, he hasn’t changed anything yet. If Amanda takes my wording the wrong way, for that I am sorry. I wouldn’t have thought saying “please” constituted being an “ignorant jerk,” but maybe the way I worded other things was misinterpreted.

As far as being criticized for my own typing mistake, I can only suggest that “Harry Kalas” reread his own posts.

There is no way Moyer would fake an injury. He deserves to be on the post season roster more than Lidge does.

Personally, Lidge does not deserve to be on this team. I will forever be thankful for what he did for us last year but the truth is, this year, he just doesn’t have it. Doesn’t make him a bad guy, just an ineffective baseball player. For this year. If he is on the team next year I hope he comes back and gives us a solid season. Doesn’t have to be perfect, but he can’t be close to what he was this year. If he is traded to another team then I hop he succeeds there. I really do hope he finds himself and his stuff again. Would be a shame to waste talent like his. When he is on, he is nasty.

I hope the Phillies sign Soriano, I love the guy. As for Rodney, not a huge fan but I would give him a shot. He has 9 blown saves combined the last 3 years…only 1 this year. I still really love Madson as the set up guy, I wish he could find the mental toughness to be the closer as his stuff is pretty nasty but so far I have not seen it. I was however impressed as I am sure everyone was with last nights effort by him.

As for rally towels, I will take those over those awful thunder sticks any day of the week. Those were by far the worst thing ever.

Quit bashing the rally towels folks. Advertising? Really? Have you seen all of the W.B. Mason crap strewn across the stadium? How about Hatfield? Or, I don’t know, the fact that our ballpark is named “CITIZENS BANK park”? I love the towels…it almost creates a flaring “white-out” effect that can be somewhat intimidating. Plus, they’re great for wiping off peanut shells from your lap.

Gotta love Feliz… I’m banking on us giving the other Pedro a ton of run support tonight. I’ve been saying that they would clinch tonight for a while… I’ll be in attendance which means it’s destiny. I feel strange talking about it but I feel like I’m kind of a good luck charm when it comes to the Phils… I was there in each of the past two seasons for the division clinching wins… bought tickets at the onset last year (for the clincher) and had tickets given to me the prior year… won the WS tickets via lottery and sat in the last row at the far end of the stadium (felt like I might have been the last lottery winner). I’ll be bringing my 6 year old son to the game… and my video camera.

I love the rally towels… not sure why anyone would dislike them. It helps you feel the energy… I love when it gets really crazy because the towels will shed a light dust over the field and it makes it hazy.

The Original Chuck P what section were you in last year for the clinching? Was that not a mad house. I can only imagine how insane it was when they won the WS. You are lucky. My cousins and I were thinking when they clinched last season, how many people NEVER experience clinching a division at home and being there, and we were there for it, and you have been to 2, hopefully 3 in a row, hopefully they keep it going tonight. I can say that when they clinched last year, it gave a new meaning to “City of Brotherly Love”. I dont think I have ever seen (or experienced for that matter) so many complete strangers hugging, shaking hands and givin high 5′s as I saw that night. Wow, I will never forget that. And I almost had tickets to WS game 5 too. :(