Well, hopefully this thread will get the ****ing bats going a little bit. Chase Utley is 0-23 his lasr 23 at bats with just 2 RBIs. Howard is just being Howard and our pitching can't hold up much longer with Myers, Kendrick, and Eaton. We're going to need to make a trade and pick up a pitcher maybe someone like Greg Maddox or Randy Wolf from the almost dead San Diego Padres.

Still in first place though...LETS GO PHILLIES!

LET'S GO PHILS IMO

but really though, pick up a starter at the deadline and we are set to make our run.

Phils are in. Woot.

GL

Milwaukee is HOT right now, but Philly has home-field so I think/hope this is a good series. I don't mind seeing either of these teams win this series.

where you from in NC?

Starting pitching will be the big thing I guess. We'll have to see how CC handles going on short rest again and then of course the Sheets problem.

I'm kinda curious about what will happen in a potential game 4 for Philly since I don't particularly want to see them send out Blanton, but don't really like the idea of sending out Hamels on three days rest either.

One down. Lidge needs to stop with the gut-wrenching saves. They've become his speciality lately.

Hamels threw a gem today. I wish he stayed in for the ninth, but I guess bringing in Lidge was the best move (as long as it's this year's Lidge and not 2005 playoffs Lidge)

I'm relatively sure they would have left Hamels in if they weren't trying to leave open the possibility of him coming back in game 4 on three days rest.

Woot, NLCS.

Though, the Dodger offense is pretty intimidating. I expect the Phillies to need a greater than average share of breaks to get past them.

This is the worst fan thread of all time, btw.

LOL, agreed. I dislike starting new threads, so when I felt the desire to say something about the Phillies, I just went and found this one. Not too many Phils fans in general though.

Hurray.

Congrats Phillies! If the Rays can close it, I think that will be a sick World Series.

At this rate, you may reach page 2 before the next time the Pirates win 82!

I've been a fan of the Rays since I started following baseball ten years ago for the sole reason that I felt bad for them because they always finished in last place every year. If the Rays make it in, it'll be just a super sexy series for me, with my two favorite teams going at it.

How have I kept missing this thread? I don't come to this forum often enough but I've been a Phillies fan since I was 5 years old when I went to my first baseball game - Opening Day, 1993 (home opener). Since that awesome year, it's been a lot of teases and frustration but we're finally back in the World Series!

Had to win this game to even have a chance in the series and they did it. One down.




Man this thread really is lame.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, Hamels is the man and Lidge hasn't blown up yet.

0 for 11 with runner in scoring position and still win...that was like stealin baby!!!

If Howard and J-Rol start to hit even a little this series will be 5 games.

Lets get number 2 tonight!!

Why are they playing Feliz at 3rd and Dobbs at DH against a right-hander in Shields. Feliz's defense does not come close to making up for the fact that Stairs is a million times better a hitter than Feliz against right handers.

You could probably use the justification that Feliz had a couple hits yesterday and Manuel wanted to keep him in, but I frankly think Manuel would have kept Feliz at third even if he pulled an O-for yesterday cause that's just how Manuel rolls. I don't know enough about Stairs to say anything about him. Is he really that amazing against right-handed pitching?

No Feliz is just that bad. 246/282/422 against hem lifetime compared to 272/364/497 for Stairs. Thats probably optimistic for Stairs but hes still a hell of a lot better than Feliz.

Manuel should probably split up Utley and Howard sometime too, because I dont think after the first 6 innings either of them is gonna see a right handed pitcher. They are just gonna see a heavy dosage of Price and Howell. I think you gotta put Burrell or Werth in between them somehow.

Manuel's tried having Utley 2nd and Werth 3rd at points this year, and that wasn't that bad an arrangement. I agree that it'd be smart to move U and H apart. During the early months of this year I was surprised Manuel didn't move Burrell to cleanup and Howard down to 5th because Pat was on fire and Howard was hitting like a little girl. Currently though, Burrell isn't doing all that well either, so I dunno if moving him up would be the right call. I also think that part of the reason that Manuel isn't too concerned about moving U and H apart is that Utley isn't that significantly a poorer hitter against lefties. I think last year he was even better statistically against them than righties.

In any case, I don't see Manuel making any real change to the lineup. He has this thing about keeping the formula that got us here or something like that. Which would explain why he didn't change the starting rotation around for the WS when he really probably should have.

Moyer needs to send that homeplate ump a big fruit basket. Woot.

Did everyone see that Ruthian shot Joe Blanton hit? This is our year!

One more game with Hamels on the mound. Dooooo it.

Tonight it will be ova!!!! This town is going to assplode!!!!

Sucks that the weather is screwing the potential celebration up. Hamels probably would have gone another inning or two as well were it not for the suspension. Up to the bullpen now.

Weather doesn't look too good for tomorrow either, but might be able to get it in. We'll see.

No game tonight

Yup. Changes everything too, cause Hamels could end up being ready to come back on 3 days rest for Game 7 should it be necessary, or even regular rest if they leave the travel day in.

lol... congrats to the Phillies, but booing the GM's congratulations of the Rays is typical Philadelphia.

Congrats Philly Phans.

What else do you expect from fans who throw things at children?

Congrats to the Phillies team and those (few?) Phillie fans who have some class.

Congrats Phillies !!! WS trophy stays in Pennsylvania next year but in Pittsburgh !!! Wishful thinking...

As a Phillie fan, let me say I find the typical Philly crowd quite classless as well.

In any case, wooooooooot.

Great season for Philly and Tampa both.

You're not from Philly, are you?

Agree somewhat.

WOOT!

My hometown is about a half hour away.

hey let those damn cheer leaders from fox (buck and McCarver) compliment tampa bay. The phillies have jerked us around for 28 years that night was about us damn it!!!

Oh and like the wedding reception classic says...."oh what a night"

By the way, did the boooing for Bud Selig come through loud and proud? That was awesome. They said his name and the crowd just unloaded on him...well deserved mind you.

After that screw up Monday where he gave the Rays a run through his typical poor planning and leadership....it was proud momment.

BTW i saw virtually no behavior problems at the Bank last night. there thousands of people prading up and down broad street...love was in the air. along with BEER!!!!!!

What a great ****IN night!!!!

Only in Philadelphia would they ever feel the need to boo anything on a night they won a championship. Although, since it only happens about every 100 pro-sport seasons for Philly, I guess they gotta get it in when they can.

Bought out Tom Gordon and So Taguchi a couple days ago. Good call on both I think.

I'm curious how much Burrell is gonna cost to bring back, or if we'd prefer to spend the money elsewhere.

You'd think that they would sign some outfielder if not Burrell. Out of the 5 bigger name free agent outfielders, being Abreu, Burrell, Dunn, Ibanez and Ramirez, the two that make the most sense are Burrell or Manny because they are the only 2 that bat right handed. I think it would be pretty important for whoever they sing to be right handed just because with Stairs and Jenkins, 2 lefties, on the bench it creates better situations for giving the regular left fielder time off and for example if the Phillies signed Manny, they could set their lineup in a couple ways, with Victorino, Werth, Utley, Manny, Howard or Victorino, Utley, Manny, Howard, Werth were it would split up Utley and Howard in the lineup so that Howard and Utley would be better protected against left handed relievers and create more balance in the middle of the lineup.

If they fail to sign either Burrell or Manny there are a few decent backup options who I think should be right handed too.

Casey Blake - a pretty good hitter and would add versatility in case Feliz goes to complete shit or if he just got hurt.

Rocco Baldelli - sign him to a incentive based contract. Hes a good hitter who would probably need need time off but it wouldn't be a problem since he would be sat for Stairs against tough righties. Plus Baldelli wouldn't need a defence replacement so there wouldn't be a need for a player like Taguchi on the roster.

Juan Rivera - After a bad season he could be had for cheap. With him I would go with a straight up platoon with Stairs though.

Jason Michaels - Hes done the job in Philly before and would be really cheap. Would be a decent fit as a 5th outfielder for the Phillies if all else fails that could be used as a defensive replacement and play against some left handed pitching.

GG Phillies. I missed the last game... went to my brother Jeffreys house and got drunk.

http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/news/...sp&c_id=phi

Derosa to the Phils in a three-way trade that would send Peavy to the Cubs? I'd take it. This might be the first off-season move that's been proposed involving the Phils that I've liked the sound of.

Raul Ibanez signed for 3 years at 30 million. Ugh, what a weird move for this team to make.