Phillies Nation

Real nasty weather today in DC.
Hope Wheelers hair is coping.

FOXSPORTS HAS THIS AS YOUR NUMBER 1 WORLD SERIES MATCHUP-1. Phillies-Yankees

The hook: Goliath vs. Goliath

Lots of spicy notes to this one … A rematch of last year’s World Series, East-Coast intensity/obnoxiousness, top payroll against fourth-highest payroll, and the two teams generally regarded as the best in their leagues. If you believe the World Series should truly be a clash of titans, then this should be your preferred match-up. And how does a possible Halladay-Sabathia faceoff in Game 7 sound?

I just dont think the Spankees make it.
That the braveless are gonna back in means we draw the Reds in series one? rather them then facing lincecum 2 times in a 5 game series.

I feel very sad for Bravoman — a lonely voice rooting for a solid team in a big city that simply does not care one iota about its team. Sad.

I AGREE ANDREW…..

Polanco got a cortisone injection into his left elbow. Could play as early as Friday.

Andrew, go ahead and admit your projection about the Braves missing the playoffs were wrong, or at least they look to be. You probably won’t, but you should since you went on and on about how we were/are a joke and all.

The Braves are coming. They might not go far in the playoffs this time, but they’re coming full force starting next year. Everything looks good except the offense, but that can be fixed with a signing/trade for a OF or two. The all around pitching is solid for a long while.

Sad that there are more phillies fans at Nationals games than Braves fans attending home games.

Oswalt or hamels its kinda moot. Unless one is clearly beter at home or on road etc etc.

Does anyone know if the brvesless make it who wed play Sf or Cinn?

Braves making it isnt good for us. They will get swept out and the tea we face in the NLCS will be all rested up.
And I dont wanna play timmy and pat in round 1. round 1 should be 7 games.

Good Afternoon Denizens, Looks like everyone is worried about Braves attendance here., BTW tickets are still available for the Phillies series.

Any team that won divisions 3 times before this year will obviously sellout night after night.., thats no wonder.

Here are some facts about your own PHILLIES ATTENDANCE

Year Attendance Rank
2001 22,846 24th
2002 20,482 24th
2003 28,973 15th
2005 33,316 13th
2006 34,200 11th
2010 40K 2nd

What you learn from this is Crowds come in to watch when you keep winning. Braves didn’t make playoffs 2006-2009 and this year it is stilll hanging by thread..

Wait for a few years for Oswalt, Halladay, Howard to leave when they get old (they are already past their peaks) and you will see the CBP empty again…

The Phillies are the Yankees of the national league.
They reload with Cliff Lee, Oswalt and Halladay not laughers like Derek Lee.

There will not be a down time. Sure wont make it to the series every year but they wont be second tier ever again. they got the finances (thanks to the attendence) not have to.

Braves lost Martin Prado for rest of the season, thats a major blow, at this point even if they make it to postseason huffing and puffing, they will have real tough time in playoffs, Even the bullpen is shaky lately, Saito and O’Flarety are no where close to return, Venters who is another rookie of the year candidate is struggling lately, bobby used him for 82games already.. its a shame.

Heard , charlie is not going to let Oswalt and Halladay pitch in the braves series, and that Hamels will go for 2 or 3 innings at the max.. that will be a biiiiiiig relief for the braves,

YEA DESIBRAVE,THE PHILLIES ARE HELPING YOU GUYS OUT ALOT BY SENDING THE C-TEAM OUT THERE THIS WEEKEND…….

DESIBRAVE-LET ME GET THIS STR8,YOUR BENCH IS THE REASON YOU GUYS ARE SOOOO GOOD????

SWEENEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

I KEEP SAYING,BEN COULD BE A STARTER IN A LOT OF PLACES……

Talk about benches we just hit back to back hr’s. As far as predicting CBP to drop in attendence , it will never happen. Andrew already mentioned the Phillies will continue to reload even after the current group is gone. Phillies A ball teams are the best in baseball winning back to back titles the last two years , those guys will be here in 3 or 4 years , perfect timing. The attendence desibrave listed still shows 30 to 35 k a game even at veterans stadium. The flyers have sold out for 30 years same with eagles , sixers do go up and down depending on how the team is doing. Of all the cities with the 4 major sports Atlanta by FFAARRRRRR is the worst as far as fan support goes look it up stats dont lie. To try and compare Atlanta’s passion for theyre sports teams to Phila’s passion is an excersise in futility.

Now Mayberry goes yard 3 run homer , this is great for the team, everyone involved keeps all the guys pumped and involved.

A game in which Mike Sweeney, Ben Francisco and John Mayberry homer. Yep, you all saw that coming. LOL!

Francisco’s making a pretty good case for himself for the postseason roster.

I still want to see Sweeney in the postseason, though.

Is there ANYONE aside from Valdez and Dobbs who can cover second, shortstop, and third? Because Francisco and Sweeney both deserve the postseason more than Dobbs does this year.

HA no food just the golden nectar we call beer.
It was great had great seats ant in same ones both nights even though had nose bleed the first night. We saved the stubs from the first night.

The vet sucked it hurt attendence.

Im thinking J roll shuldnt bake the post season roster! just saying

and the braves turds have slowed this site down.

Wish i could have met Wheeler!
i liek him now. hes a terrible broadcaster but he makes me laugh

1 HIT THRU 5 FOR JOE-NOT BAD!!

GET THEM ANYWAY YOU CAN DOBBS…LOL

andrew — jimmy not on the roster ? thats a little extreme are you drunk?

Struck em out. Is this Joe’s last start? I don’t even mind taking him into the playoffs. I can’t wait.