2009 Philadelphia Phillies - Season's Over, Time to Move On

[ice grillin you]

The Phils have stated before that Cole will be their game 1 starter no matter what.

can you link a quote on this...specifically one since the team acquired cliff lee

[Rome]

Hamels wasn't even the opening day starter last year.  Regardless, though, he's pitched like a bitch this year and unless he turns it around there's no chance of another parade.  None.

[ice grillin you]

tim lincecum is dealing with his extra innings fairly well

[BigEd76]

Phreak, don't watch this game.  Don't. 

[PhillyPhreak54]

Too late.

I am listening to it and messing around on my laptop as we drive back to PA from Delaware.

farging shteinbag losers. Way to go into a funk the week I am gonna be there.

iceholes

[BigEd76]

ha

[ice grillin you]

phils are gonna be in a big time race for the division lead by the end of this stretch they are in...starting with that giants series they have 16 consecutive tough ass games 10 of which are on the road

[BigEd76]

the Fish just gave up 6 in the 8th to the Nats and lost, and K-Rod blew another lead.  The division sucks...

[BigEd76]

First question in the postgame, Donnellon asks Charlie why they aren't considering pulling Moyer from the rotation when Pedro returns.  Charlie says "well he got 11 wins....11? (TEN)...10 wins....plus he won 250"....

Ricky Bo agrees and says you can't treat him like a Taschner and sit him for 10 days because he makes too much and he's a starter, plus Happ can be a middle reliever or lefty specialist because he's done it already this year....

[TRUCK RATHMAN]

why are the phillies being such whiney bitches? are they the forty-whiners of baseball?

Phillies Notebook: Phillies not big on Giants' spacious ballpark

SAN FRANCISCO - If the season ended today, and if the Phillies faced the Giants in the first round of the playoffs, the series would begin at Citizens Bank Park. That is a good thing, at least judging by the talk in the Phillies' clubhouse after their 7-2 loss at AT & T Park yesterday.

The Phillies scored just 10 runs in the four-game set, their first series loss since a three-game sweep at the hands of the Braves from June 30 to July 2. They went 2-for-6 with runners in scoring position yesterday, and finished their seven-game West Coast trip 8-for-64 in such situations.

Nevertheless, the prevailing sentiment holds that those numbers would have been much larger had the series taken place at Citizens Bank Park.

"Quite a few balls we hit were homers in Philly,'' said outfielder Jayson Werth, who went 6-for-16 in the series and hit one of the team's three home runs. "This place is big. The ball doesn't carry. Even though the wind blows out, it's kind of strange. They've got a good club, but I don't think we played as good as we can play."[/b]

In the second inning yesterday, Werth made solid contact on a low fastball against lefty Barry Zito. After he watched it die in the deepest part of the park - 421 feet to the alley in rightfield - he removed his batting gloves in disgust. The out was one of several the Phillies knocked to the alley over their four-game stay.

"If we play at our field, I think it will be different," said Cole Hamels, who allowed seven runs in five innings but suffered several bad breaks. "I think just because you see where we hit the ball, those are definitely out of our ballpark. The score could definitely be a little bit different. But then again, they can hit balls just as well as we can . . . They definitely have the type of team that will go to the postseason because they have really strong pitchers. It'll be interesting. It'll be fun. It'll definitely be interesting to watch what goes on."

They will get a chance to put their theory to a test on Sept. 1, when the Giants are in Philadelphia for the start of a three-game series.

see you sept 1st..

[MDS]

shut up cole. you blew a 2 run lead. no the offense. Hoyda.

[Don Ho]

wow, an early xmas gift!  August sighting of Truck Rathman! 

Ya, when the phils win 5 world championships in 12 years we'll start comparing their feat to the niners run. 

[ice grillin you]

if its so hard to score in candlestick II then how did cole give up a million runs there

[Sgt PSN]

if its so hard to score in candlestick II then how did cole give up a million runs there

my thoughts exactly.  does he think that the hr's the giants hit during the series would somehow not leave the yard in philly.  the game i went too, the giants hit several balls that were only a few feet away from being gone but either hit off the wall or made it just short of the wall.  him 'em like that in cbp and you're jogging around the bases every time. 

phils were playing hot, now they've cooled off.  they've been very inconsistant this year in the sense that they're either hot or cold.  they either win 8 out of 10 or lose 8 out of 10.  hasn't been a lot of 6-4 or 7-3 which is all you really need.  they need to find that happy medium and win 55-60% of their games the rest of the season.  hell, they could probably even play .500 ball and not worry about anyone in the division catching up to them. 

[rjs246]

It's because he's from So Cal and has long hair.