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Brooks….c’mon buddy. twentysome games left to go. Chin up. Think division.

The Dipsy

There is no way that we are going to catch the Braves. We both play the same schedule for the rest of the season, basically, and we always have more trouble with the Mets, Marlins AND Nationals than we should. By the time we get to playing the Braves late in the month, things may be out of reach. Personally, I think I’d LIKE to win the wild card instead of the division so we can play the Padres in the first round. The Reds scare me right now.

Im in agreement with Brooks we have a tought time winning against the Mets. Say what you say they still have Johan. The Nats plays as well to the remainder of the schedule scares me.

We do have a tough September in front of us.

I’m sounding like a broken record, but it’s nice to be on top of the WC hunt right now. I’m still looking at mowing down the Squaws, the Muts, the Fish, and the Nats (or at least taking all of those SERIES), but it’s nice to have a little insurance policy in Charlie’s back pocket, whether he’s thinking about it or not.

and girls.

@biz–Sorry, my mistake. But I still don’t think the Padres are going to keep playing this badly after being so good all season. They very well may end up with a better record than the Reds when all is said and done.

7′o’clock game-wooooooohooooo!!!!!!

While I’m very optimistic about our chances, what scares me is that we have several upcoming series with the mutts, nats, and the fishies. All 3 teams step it up like it’s the world series when playing us and we hand them wins on a gold platter.

Go figure, we sweep the padres but can’t manage to beat some of the worst teams in the league.

NO ONE WANTS TO FACE THIS TEAM IN THE POSTSEASON!!!!!!!!!

Utley had three doubles in a game for the first time in his career which totally surprised me. He picked a great time to do that on Sept 1 as if to make soem kind of statement for the upcoming month.

The Phillies just need to keep applying pressure. Be patient at the plate, look for good pitches to hit. Stay loose in the dugout (that was great to see yesterday during the game, the biys actually having fun.)

I’m feeling a good month coming on. This division is still ours.

Why would you choose phillies.com (OF ALL WEBSITES IN THE WORLD) as YOUR website, when you’re a Braves fan?

Okay. I’m just, well, going to ignore all of this nonsense about attaching to websites. I don’t know why anyone would do that.

I’ve been hoping for the best all the way through this season. I’ve never given up and at the risk of looking pretty stupid, I’ve said so. But if we go by recent Phillies history then the team still has work to do b/c we have had a tough time w/i the division. We’ve also had more injuries than other teams this season.

I haven’t thought this until now but unfortunately I think in order to soundly beat the Braves they’ll have to be in top form. I don’t think the Braves are that good of a team technically. I think they’re just plain hungry. I hate that word. I think it’s overused for some reason especially in baseball. But I think it applies to the Braves. I’d hoped the Braves would be doing a little more poorly by now & they aren’t.

I don’t know if I believe the Phils will suddenly be able to put everything together at the same time, even though they have in the past. They’re scrappy, resourceful, intense, seasoned, and they don’t seem to fluster easily. But now I don’t know if I buy that they’re as upset about losing the ’09 WS as they said they were. I also don’t think they’re hungry for making it to the WS.

Maybe Halladay and Sweeney will do some good b/c they probably want it more than anybody.

Manny…

AWESOME!!! LOVE IT!!!

People are very much over estimating the Braves.
Yup they are having a lot of comebacks and taking care of business.
The Mets are just done. I dont expect them to put up the fight we are used to anymore. Will be interesting to see if they try tongiht with Santana on the mound( I doubt it). Believe it or not when the great Beltran came back they were ahead of the Phillies. Their competeiveness (as I stated then) ended when Jerry prounced him back and hitting 4th everyday.
Having charachter and clubhouse guys does matter. As much or more than talent in some cases. Mets may have all the talent in the world but with that mix they arent a factor.
I am of the opinion that the Phils will win the division rather easily. 3 or more games. And if the Braves didnt even make the playoffs. Id not be suprised. I suspect them to struggle. Marlins would have taken 2 of 3 in ATL if leo nunez was even a AA pitcher.

We shall see and no way I want Wagner over Lidge.
Even if the old man is trying to throw Lidges arm out.

I also upped a bet when the phils were 9 games behind the mets.

I didnt say they wouldnt make it they are probably 70% to make playoffs. I am saying if that 30% came in. I am not suprised.

Lets examine the Braves a little.
Thier first SP isnt as good as the Phillies first SP. Their 2nd SP isnt as good as the Phillies second SP. Their 3rd SP isnt as good as the phillies third SP.
what positions on the field are they better?
Most will think Mccann. But to me a catcher is 100% defenseive positon. But ill give you mccann.
Bullpen. You can debate that. I would much rather have lidge than billy the goat. I also am happy now with Romero and Madson now.
Yes the Braves big big advantage over the phillies is in middle relief. Which in the playoffs means about nothing.
Sorry I dont buy the braves koolaid. You play to win the game and they have more wins now. So they have been better so far.
Maybe I will wait all season for them to falter and they never will?
But I guarentee you this. They will not even make let alone win the World series. If they win a single playoff series I will fall over in shock. As for the Phillies anything less than a world series win is a disappointing year.

Here you go Manny.
Talk about over rated. you have 8 hall of famers win the division 19 straight years and win 1 world series. Managing since the 1970s he has 1 and the old man has 1 in 4 years in philly.

http://dscriber.com/juke/1677-unfortunate-misspellings-bobby-cox.html

Andrew…click on my name. We found the same thing. Funny stuff.

chuck I posted the link for everyone to see :) I got it from you.

Bacardi I really thoguht they would win it in 08 and I feel even stronger about it in 2010.

I am pissed that the old man used Romero and Madson and Lidge the last 2 nights in 4 run games. It worries me about tonight.

Giving a catcher a day off is a good idea. It is still the middle of 24 games in 23 days. 3 cities in 3 days right now. Monday is a double header even.
Add to that the fact the phils will play probably at least 15 playoff games.

Jay how do you get the line ups so early? Its not on yahoo or MLB?

Nice Man to Man comparison Andrew – I agree.
There is one thing though, the Braves are running through the Muts like a hot knife through butter. Where the Phils have struggled with mediocre teams all season long. With 6 games vs each team (7 vs the Fish), how many do we have to win? It would mean winning every series 2-1 (give the extra Fish game away, we never take a double header) so that would mean a 16-9 record to finish the season. 4 games more, 3 vs the Brewers – if we win that we are at 18-10 that leaves tonight – with a win we then look at 19-10 with a final 94-68 record.

The Braves would need to finish 16-13 in the final 29 in order to have the Phils tie. Like I said earlier, that would mean more of a collapse by the Braves and they just aren’t showing any belly to this point.

Can we toughen up vs the Nats, Fish and idiot Muts? Will the Braves find a way to slow down (hope for the Cards to show some life in that 4 game series they play the Braves, Cards are on the ropes now – probably eliminated by early next week)? Who, aside from the Phils can slow them down?

The Nats are fighters literaly.
Just a hunch I have Brooks luckily we play the games and will get to see what happens. The Braves have 4 with the cardinals and 6 with us. thats 10 games there.
OK Jay that wont help me in fantasy.