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is there any doubt that this team is just as good, if not better then last year? one of the most amazing wins ive ever seen. 1 more game to go w/ cole on the mound. wish i was back in PA to atleast tailgate. Im not the biggest J-Roll fan but i gotta give it to him. in the big time spots jimmy is the man. great win tonight!!!!

That game was ridiculous. Love it.

That was so awesome, that was the best Phillies walk-off win I’ve ever seen!!!!

Stairs’ HR last year was so big that it contributed to two giant Game 4 wins over the Dodgers.
That Rollins 2B (3B?) was the greatest thing I’ve seen since Howard’s in the NLDS.

I am still tingly all over.
On teh down side I dont think I can ver say anything negative about Jimmy again.
If the phils win another game and goto the series not 1 person in the world will pick us. Especially vs the yankees. I like that.
MLB.com was already congradulating the dodgers on tieing the series even.

See… there was a reason why the Beard made the roster…. No way Torre was going to let Broxton pitch to Stairs in the 9th… just as I had predicted….

Cole may just be out to prove something also. He didnt like how visibly shaken he was and giving up the homer in game 1. He might be out to prove he can beat these guys in Philly. Lets hope!

You guys see they tried to hurt our secret weapon? Shame on them for beaning Chooch

I agree with you, Andrew. The home plate ump, Ted Barrett, was as inconsistent as they come. Called two straight similar pitches differently which were thrown both in the same spot. Blew numerous low strike calls for both sides.

“No offense to you guys/gals, but I you you get to feel the way this Dodger fan feels right now on Friday night.” Uh, would you mean the way we felt in the WORLD SERIES IN 1993? BlooBlood, we know EXACTLY how it feels, and have felt that FAR MORE TIMES than we care to talk about.

The guys trying to be nice. we are all celebrating and the dodgers have little to no real fans so he comes to us.
Be nice.

some are real enough fans to come on here and post after the loss. Good on them for actually showing their faces (in a matter of speaking). This organizations needs this after so many bad years, and blown opportunities, and well just feeling like how the Dodgers felt tonight honestly. Lets put all that behind us and get this one!

WOW!!! The single best game I have ever been too. Already being called one of the greatest moments in Philly sports history. I was hoping tonights game would be the one to send us to the series again, but I was by no means disappointed with what happened in south philly tonight. This really is the greatest game!

great game, I was at both now it is a drive back to Vermont tomorrow, I do not care how much shit i get for driving down here for the Phillies, This team is awesome, and to top it all off I got to hug and kiss my wife as Chooch slide across the plate. This makes it so much easier for her to love this team and become a real baseball fan. I have been to 9 games plus three playoff games with my wife and they have won all but one, and that was because we got stuck on the subway and did not see the first inning of the Baltimore game. Jroll is great and I was so glad that he got the game winner so all those on here that bad mouth him all year will now shut up. I love this team one more win and we go back to where we belong the WFS

outstanding game. i only worry about hamels for game 5, who has been like a sieve in allowing runs (game 1 proof). Hillbilly has to pull him after allowing no more than two run in the early innings. You can’t afford to leave him in for 5 or 6 innings and allow 5 or 6 runs to score.
Remember you have Happ who is fresh and not really used.
Hamels just doesn’t have it this year, sorry, but his stuff is off and he can’t adjust to fix it.
If it were me, I would pitch Happ or split the two to pitch the first 6 i or 7 innings

Finally home after the game, a cheesesteak at Pat’s, and a two hour ride up the turnpike! WHAT A GAME!!!! Still cannot believe it! It has me thinking about another jaunt to Philly on Wednesday night. I don’t think I can wait until WS Game 5 to see those Phillies play again!
And congrats to Brian on the new one!

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What a game. WHAT A GAME!

Rollins hit that game winning triple about 5am GMT. Damn near woke up the neighbour hood when he did!

In my mind, Jimmy was on the hook for the loss had he not come through with the knock. He clearly had a play on that looping fly ball that fell between he, Shane and Raul, and he backed off because he heard footsteps. If he lays out — or even leans forward — he makes that catch and the Dodgers don’t score their fourth run.

It seemed to me he was thinking about redemption, too. He scorched groundballs in his next two ABs, then the knock.

What a great moment.

SDO, I was thinking about your spot-on “Broxton walks Stairs, Bruntlett pinch runs” prediction even before it played out. Good stuff.

Charlie upset me in the fifth when he sent Blanton out there to hit with two outs, a man on and trailing by a run. Seemed like a waste of an inning to me, and in spot where we really needed a run. And of course, Blanton gave up a run in the next half (though two of the hits he gave up — including the one J-Roll short-armed — were fisted).

But none of that matters now. And that’s probably a good thing to keep in mind when Charlie makes his moves … so often things work out in the end.

Hard to believe, Harry.

After a seriously depressing day yesterday, it’s hard to find words to describe how much the Phils mean to me right now. What a finish, what a team.

One more, guys.

My God, I’ve seen Eskin less nasty than that, Matt M. What unprofessionalism for a journalist, and insulting the Phanatic! I used to intern for a local suburban newspaper, and I learned that even opinion-based columns have their limits. I’m sorry, but when I was writing I could never have published that sort of thing in print, and people who do are ultimately classless. The dude isn’t even a good writer, either. What a ramble of a column. Someone should show our boys this for Game 5 and really light a fire under them.

Its amazing how all the broadcasters on TBS rave about is how good the dodgers are at coming back from behind. Little did we know that they were 4th in the Majors behind us. So hopefully being up 3-1 will get rid of the bias of the TBS announcers but thats wishful thinking but oh well.

GO PHILLIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I AM ECSTATIC, but still fear losing Game 5. We cannot hit Padilla, and Cole is all over the place these days. Of course, I think we will still win the series, but I want to clinch at home. Plus, I will be traveling this weekend and won’t be able to see the games Friday and Saturday–at least not all the way through.

It was strange last night to keep believing even with two outs in the bottom of the ninth. Even last year, I would have told myself that it was hopeless.

In fairness to Lou Gehrig needing two years for his RBI streak, there were no division or league championship series back in his day.

@Matt M…wow, that article was almost crude. Its a shame he didnt put up a blog for responses…the phils winning out and going to the WS is all the response he needs I guess….what a tool.