Phillies season 9

[BigEd76]

Houston will go 3-6 the rest of the season... 

[Mad-Lad]

GO "Cinci-met-ionals"!

[ice grillin you]

ill go with that...wouldnt even surprise me...as i said hell of lot more chance of the astros imploding than the phils sweeping someone

[bobbyinlondon]

if the astros go 5-4 the rest of the way
the phillies need 7-2  to get the WC

in other words seasons over....no chance phillies go 7-2...their pitching isnt good enough to sweep anyone

i suppose the astros could go 4-5 and the phils 6-3...but theres no way the phils can win 7


Lieber's really poured it on in September

kind of weird in that leiber did the exact same thing last sept...its what got him the huge free agent deal he did...in fact his whole season this year has gone exactly as last years for him

They have 3 against the woeful Reds, 3 against the equally woeful Mets at home and 3 agains the slumping Nats. Who says they can't win 7?

[Rome]

Ya gotta believe.

[Geowhizzer]

Ya gotta believe.

[ice grillin you]

They have 3 against the woeful Reds, 3 against the equally woeful Mets at home and 3 agains the slumping Nats. Who says they can't win 7?

lemme repeat myself...

the phillies do not have the pitching to sweep ANYONE...and they dont have the clutch hitting to do it in the pressure situations they will face the rest of the way...im not saying they are going to crash and burn...im not even saying they wont win the wild card...but they will not win seven games

in fact i would all but guarantee they lose tomorrow in cincy...they have a knack for coming off a big series like atlanta with expectations that they will sweep the pathetic reds only to rip your heart out by losing the opener

[BigEd76]

they dont have the clutch hitting to do it in the pressure situations they will face the rest of the way...

Did you watch the last 2 games?  Just wondering....

[ice grillin you]

have you watched the last three years...either way it doesnt matter....the pitching isnt good enough to win 7

two words: eude brito

[BigEd76]

Brito is starting one game the rest of the year (Saturday).  And yes, they've choked the last 4 years.....all under Bowa....

[SunMo]

Brito is starting one game the rest of the year (Saturday).  And yes, they've choked the last 4 years.....all under Bowa....

yeah, it's been Bowa's fault 

it's not that they just aren't good enough, it's always someone else's fault

[Rome]

They didn't have Urbina, Utley, Howard, or Leiber the past 4 years.  At least they didn't have them starting or playing the lion's share of the games.

This team might be different.  Then again, it might not be.

The point is, it's September 22nd and the Phillies are still in the thick of the playoff chase.  Instead of pissing and moaning about it, we should be cheering our guts out for them right now.   Of course, we're Philadelphians so that's clearly not going to happen.

[BigEd76]

Next year's tentative schedule has the Phillies opening at home vs the Cardinals and Dodgers...

[PhillyPhreak54]

Great win today. I saw none of it, but was pleasantly surprised to see Lieber shutout the Braves and Victorino hit a bomb off of Hudson.

Mo,

I was against Bowa being fired (I liked him) and thought the players were whiney pusses for getting mad at him for his antics.

However, they're all saying it is better under Charlie and it looks to be that way. So to us it might not have been Bowa's fault, but to the players it was.

I don't care either way now - I want a playoff berth.

[MURP]

Phillies would be 162-0 with Jim Leyland.  wow.  sucks we missed that record.  Ed Wade is rainbow bright.