The Crimson Cyclone wrote:

stevemc wrote:Speaking of Mike Schmidt, anyone hear John Boruk last night on Comcast Sportsnite? In reporting that Shane passed Michael Jack on the all-time Phillies post-season hit list, John left the "M" out of the pronunciation of "Schmidt". It . . . . . . .was. . . . . . . . . AWESOME!

Lots of players on this team will pass Schmidt for post-season records, simply because when you get to the playoffs 4 years in a row (and likely more), it's bound to happen.

Trent Steele wrote:

The Crimson Cyclone wrote:

stevemc wrote:Speaking of Mike Schmidt, anyone hear John Boruk last night on Comcast Sportsnite? In reporting that Shane passed Michael Jack on the all-time Phillies post-season hit list, John left the "M" out of the pronunciation of "Schmidt". It . . . . . . .was. . . . . . . . . AWESOME!

Lots of players on this team will pass Schmidt for post-season records, simply because when you get to the playoffs 4 years in a row (and likely more), it's bound to happen.

FWIW, Shane passed him while playing in fewer playoff games

kopphanatic wrote:One of the all time great moments.

But, Game 5 of the 80 NLCS, Game 6 of 80 WS and Game 5 of 08 WS are all more important in Phillies history.

It seems like this one is more important to baseball history in general than Phillies history specifically.

RichmondPhilsFan wrote:
The 2001 me would punch the 2010 me in the face for even suggesting that such a thing would ever happen.

kruker wrote:5 Things

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If you watched the post-game last night, you saw what I used to see. He was still deep in his Cyborg-Halladay mode as he did interviews. The guy’s scary focused.

How scary? Let me tell you a little story.

The Jays were in Boston one pointless weekend a couple of years ago. The visitor’s clubhouse at Fenway is as big as your garage. Doesn’t matter how small your garage is. The players have to walk outside into the causeway to put on their pants.

Before each start, Halladay spends an inordinate amount of time pacing around to nowhere. So here he was, stepping over guys sprawled in front of lockers or crashed out on the cheap leather couch watching Talladega Nights. Again.

Halladay’s sort of hot-footing it around the place, staring off into space, his mouth open. Over in one corner, Vernon Wells is talking about his golf game. He’s showing someone the problem with his swing. His got his hands clasped in front of him, and he’s wiggling his butt like Donald Duck.

As Robot Halladay approaches, Wells suddenly jerks his clasped hands backward, preparing to fake swing. He smashes the passing Halladay right in the face. Like, square in the jaw. You or I would’ve been knocked out. Halladay – who is an enormous man – was rocked. He reeled, his knees wobbled, but he just managed to keep his balance. And then, without saying anything or acknowledging what had just happened, he moved on. Wells had his hand in front of his mouth doing the old “Oh Lord No!” motion, but Halladay was already gone. He took precisely two steps and moved from one side of the room to the other, and slipped through the door that led to the trainer’s closet.

At first, Wells kind of laughed. Looked at his buddies for support. Then you could see him getting worried. He stood there for a few seconds, unsure of what to do. Should he follow him? Is he hurt? Is that why he went into the trainer’s room?

Halladay then pops back out of the training room – I guess he was just looking for somewhere new to pace. Wells has to physically stop him from just blasting past. Halladay seems to see him for the very first time.

“Are you okay?” Wells whispers, with genuine concern.

Halladay just stares. And stares. And stares. Zombie Halladay! Finally he says, “Sure.”

And then keeps walking.

He won that night.

Phan In Phlorida wrote:What would be better? A 27 pitch perfecto or an 81 pitch 27 K perfecto?

CFP wrote:That entire PC was unbelievable. I can't believe he started with "congratulations to us." Unreal smug there.

cshort wrote:

CalvinBall wrote:I missed all this and just read through the thread. This is amazing. These quotes are unreal. The best pitcher in baseball is saying these things about our team.

I love Cliff Lee. I do feel bad for him because I think he really loved being here too. I hope he truly does great out there and enjoys himself. Those fans (does Seattle have fans?) better cheer for him half as hard as we did.

Interesting quote from Amaro on Eskin tonight. He said he spoke to Lee, and Lee wasn't happy. Amaro also dropped in a "who knows, maybe our paths will cross again" comment when talking about Lee.

Grotewold wrote:Six years ago I went to opening day and saw Joe Roa.

VoxOrion wrote:I keep thinking this thread is called RIP Roy Halladay

The Phillies have batted around the idea of an extension for baseball's most prominent former Blue Jay, Roy Halladay, but are proceeding slowly -- for now.

"I guess it's still possible," said Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. "But a lot has to do with how he feels and how he performs. So that's a decision and a conversation that would probably have to go into the spring, and maybe into the season."

Before Halladay's shoulder started acting up in midseason, the Phillies had actually had some preliminary talks with his agent, Greg Landry, about an extension that would keep Halladay in Philadelphia beyond next year -- and bring his salary more in line with the $24 million average annual value of Cliff Lee's deal. But Halladay's shoulder -- and the Phillies -- put an end to those talks.

"We kicked it around, but we tabled it," Amaro said. "It just wasn't the right time to focus on that."

Now, unless that extension talk resurfaces, Halladay will almost certainly become a free agent next winter. He'd need to bounce back from shoulder surgery and grind through 258 2/3 innings next year to vest his $20 million option for 2014. And only once in his 15 big league seasons has he worked that many innings: In 2003. At age 26.