At least we aren't tied for last place.....good luck to you too.

Have Fun Bigs!! Let me know if you need a date! LOL

mushophobia

Please tell me you had to look this up? 68 and remembering that is aging yourself, like more then GPK style

That was the year after the riots I believe. I also knew the answers being a Cardinals Fan
:D

That is becuase you are OLD, like you could be GPK's off the boat grandpa

The rays bullpen is probably better in every position but the big one, closer. They really dont have any one guy who can shut the other team down (they actually do and they finally used him) but the situational guys that have are better than Phillys. Price may be a big factor in the later innings facing Utley and Howard as Tampa's top lefty power pitcher in the pen. The bottom of the Phils lineup can be really dreadful with Feliz,Ruiz and whoever mans rightfield. The Phils bench is not a strength and Blanton is really the weak link of the starters. Moyer was horrible against LA but he was terrible against them all year. I expect the Rays to tee off of fat joe. There is really no reason not to use Hamels in games 1 and 4 especially with and all the rest and off days. As a matter of fact if they dont i cant see them winning the series and if they lose tonight it will be a big hole to climb out of with Myers, Moyer and Blanton up the next three.

Ouch
:wf
Don't give Kev any more ammo please
:D

Don't fucl< with the dumb as.s......just step on him.

Consider him stepped on

^^^mighty response from self proclaimed predator

^^^^ Carl type response...go fetch Skids and his Mother for help.

Good.

I agree with the Hamels assessment and would really like to see Chuckle's wheel him back to the hill on Sunday, esp with the day off on friday. You are right, if they were to lose tonight, an uneasy feeling would surely ensue because of the 2nd-4th pitchers...Not sure of what Blanton's record against this year's Rays is, imnot even sure if he has faced them.

I disagree about the bullpen. You would be hard-pressed to find a pitcher throwing better at the moment than Ryan Madson. He has really stepped it up as of late and his pitches are clicking on all cylinders.. We also have a wildcard in J A Happ, who people dont know much about. He has a strong arm adn will eventually move up into the rotation next year. JC Romero has been suspect down teh stretch and will need to step his $hit up so that he can face the lefty's of TB (Im thinking he's capable of it)...I just pray to the Man Above that Chuckles doesnt run Durbin out to the mound. Everytime that guy pitches I have heart palpitations...Im too young to die of a heart attack, and in this situation(WS) he might just bring me to the brink. (Kevin Finnerty style, Soprano's reference)..Chuckles has to think long and hard before making these decisions and hopefully Dicky Doobee can calm the starters down with a trip to the mound if necessary. All of this, of course, is on the grand stage, and every move will be criticized (right or wrong) under the large microscope.

Will be an interesting series to say the least. The time is finally upon us, and it is now time to crack open my first Straub Light of the night...

You are a fine teacher Sir :D :D

There is a rumor that Manny and the Phils may be getting together. Would replace Burrell

'If this were true', I'd go ape$hit...The thought of Manny playing half of his games in that ballpark is a scary, scary one. As much as I support Burrell, that would be a welcomed upgrade for sure. Burrell catches some flak around here for being tortoise slow, but once he gets to that ball, he's as good as it gets. He should make fans for another team happy next year.

Uh, did you even watch the ALCS?

Upton, Longoria and Pena are just as dangerous as Rollins, Howard and Utley IMO, if not more. Burrell's OK, but so are Floyd and Aybar and when Maddon actually plays Baldelli, the lineup doesn't really have any holes.

For those of you not plugged in ,as I am --very much so, Charlie and Manny are big buddies.


Father/Son thing.


Manny being Fillie.

:tro:

O.K., well, as I wrote last week (by posting that song "7 Days" by the now fat Craig David) I think the layoff for Philly could be an issue. Overall, The Rays have the better starting pitching. In the 3 games Cole Hamels didn't pitch in, the Dodgers scored what? 5-7 runs, and probably should have scored more. The Rays got 2 great starts from Garza, 1 great start from both Kazmir n' Sonanstine(?whatever.) In 2 of the wins against the Dodgers, Billingsley had the white flag up early. Sometimes he does that, and the pressure turned "sometimes" into "twice" in one series. I don't think the Rays starters are gunna lay down like Billingsley. I know the Dodgers weaknesses well, and the only one the Rays have in common is the lack of lights out dominant bullpen. If Price has that live arm working, then they will have none of the weaknesses the Dodgers had. The Dodgers hit the ball to the exact wrong part of Bank One. Tampa shows good power to left field down the line. So, that should take away some of the advantage the Phils have had in their park. Victorino was red hot in the Dodger Series. He may or may not stay that hot. 7 days is a lot. I think the Rays will win it, but I sure don't like the price -175 or whatever it is. They are both capabale of winning it. I just like the Rays a lil more(not -175 more.) If I was gunna bet, I'd probably bet what I said to do last year( series ends in 4 games ....Doesn't matter who ...6/1.) That's what happened last year, and in '2004. Did the Tigers get 1 game in World Series 2 years ago? Anyways, the series is swept more often than it should be.

Yup...that layover really hurt the Red Sox last year.

Take your f'n Schitzo pills.

Unlearn yourself.


Try being an alien rock.

Don't blame me for your idiot stick posts.

Damn, I had the under for the national anthem. They have to be kidding me!

Wow great throw by Upton! Great job getting out of that without giving up any runs.

:mad: :mad:

He is the exact reason why I am rooting for the Phillies.

This belongs in the Padlock thread titles thread.

Wouldn't surprise me either Morty. CM and Manny were very tight in Cleveland.

Aw fer the love a mike!!

FTFY

;)

I dont think thats going to happen. The phillies have a bunch of guys eligible for arbitration and they have to sign ryan howard. They arent gonna have manny money.

Is it possible to mush a possible signing??;)

Ryan Howard strikes out A LOT.

Since we're stating the obvious, that BJ Upton sure was sloooooooww tonight. Alot slower than a guy that had 44 sb's during the regular season should look like.

And good thing you rescinded that TERRIBLE assessment of Lidge.;)

All in all, tonights game was exactly how I had it played out in my mind, a low scoring affair.

The Phils could have gotten Hamels a bit more rest had they capitalized on all of those stranded runners early on in the game. Things like that could be the difference, no matter how small they appear to be. Good job by Kazmir getting out of those early jams.

My family went to a game. I had to stay home with Grandma.

Didn't have to look it up. It is the stuff of legends in Michigan. They don't talk about '84, they talk about '68.

One of the bolder moves ever by Mayo Smith was moving Mickey Stanley to shortstop for the series. Pretty sure he never played SS until the WS. Nobody would have the balls to do that today.

Phils in 4.