NLCS Game 4 GDT: HOLY SHIT

by **CalvinBall** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 08:19:43

"That's gonna win the game. That's winning the game. That's winning... Yes it is."

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by **jerseyhoya** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 08:25:42

Dutch is the neighbor who comes to the Super Bowl party even though he doesn't really like football and has no idea how to react when something awesome happens. Probably too busy focusing on his end of world plans.

by **cartersDad26** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 08:38:37

Harpua wrote:
VoxOrion wrote:I like that Stark wants to be this amazing "it's just like you were there" writer, but he misses the mark most of the time. Obviously written in a hurry, I think he manages to pull it off this time (as long as you aren't too cynical while you read it).

Also, who is Bartlett?

Jayson Stark wrote:Bartlett -- whose pinch-running exploits last October led him to score the winning run in two World Series games -- loped home first. "I had the easy job," he said. "Just go out, turn around and don't do anything too stupid."

not a typo either - it says Bartlett again later.

by **lethal** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 08:49:29

Barry Jive wrote:
Harpua wrote:Apologies if this was already posted, but more Bill Lyon. Not about the win, he probably wrote it during the course of the game, but still. I could get used to this.

Thanks. Man, he makes a game that happened tonight sound like it was a classic from 50 years ago. And that was written after the Phils were thwarted in the 8th, before the grand finale.

Didn't Victorino get the triple and score, not Rollins?

by **Wizlah** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 08:54:58

VoxOrion wrote:I love LA's screaming "YEAHHH"

Played it four times to monkeywiz this morning. Bloody brilliant.

by **Squire** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 09:02:49

Not to be even the slightest bit of a buzzkill but with 2 outs - strategically after he hit the ball last night shouldn't Rollins just run to first and camp out there. I guess you could argue he should go to 2nd and stay there in case Ruiz gets held at 3rd to take away a force on the next AB. I don't think there's any argument that he should take 3rd. No big deal though. Just thinking.

SQUIRE

by **jerseyhoya** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 09:06:27

Haha, I was sorta having the same thought. Imagine him getting tagged out between second and third before Ruiz scored? Eh, I guess the ball wasn't all that close to being brought in.

by **philliesr98** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 09:10:44

Still in amazement from last night, read the Jayson Stark article this morning... It made me appreciate even more what happened.

This sums it up well.

It was Jimmy Rollins' heart-thumping two-run double with two outs in the ninth that turned defeat into triumph, turned a 4-3 loss into Phillies 5, Dodgers 4. But now let's do our best to put that game-winning hit into historical perspective.

There have been 1,251 postseason games in baseball history. Only two others -- two -- ever ended this way, with a walk-off extra-base hit by a team that was one out away from losing.

One was The Kirk Gibson Game -- Game 1 of the 1988 World Series, Gibson homering off Dennis Eckersley, Jack Buck warbling: "I don't believe what I just saw."

The other was The Bill Bevens Game -- Game 4 of the 1947 World Series, when Yankees pitcher Bill Bevens got within one out of the first no-hitter in World Series history, and then lost it all. Lost his win. Lost his place in immortality. Lost it on a two-run double by Cookie Lavagetto with two outs in the ninth.

And now here we are, still talking about it today, more than six decades later. Why? Because the October dots connect it with this game. OK, now get the picture? This wasn't just another walk-off win that unfolded in South Philadelphia on Monday. This was history.

by **philliesr98** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 09:20:42

ucancallmedavis wrote:
4. THE funniest post ever was on page 92

by **seke2** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 09:20:47

first off, we are blessed. i have a hard time believing this is really the phillies.

but it is kind of silly to make a big deal of walk-off game winning extra-base hits when a team was 1 out from losing--i'd be curious as to how many times a guy hit a ball that would have normally been a double or triple, but smartly stayed on first while the winning run scored from second (like rollins probably should have done).

by **philliesr98** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 09:22:55

Guys, the ball barely made it to the cutoff guy, come on

by **jerseyhoya** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 09:23:00

For as much as TJ Simers enjoys calling us angry, he's one bitter old man.

by **Woody** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 09:24:56

Ruiz was on his caballo, hombres

by **GrizzledVeteran** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 09:33:48

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 09:46:17

bst gm vr

by **The Savior** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 09:49:19

jerseyhoya wrote:Haha, I was sorta having the same thought. Imagine him getting tagged out between second and third before Ruiz scored? Eh, I guess the ball wasn't all that close to being brought in.

Well, thankfully, the Dodgers don't have Jeter, who has eyes in the back of his head and is the greatest player in the world.

by 1 » Tue Oct 20, 2009 09:51:50

i'm trying to imagine geoff jenkins being involved in last night's celebration

by **Grotewold** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 09:53:36

Whynot wrote:
1 wrote:this one won't last for long before my account gets deactivated:

If that does go, there's always this.
With 3 different takes - TBS, WPHT and LA
http://mlb.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=7076517&topic_id=7223212

Caray > Franzke

by **Werthless** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 09:55:35

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AhGXZhEWfA&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]

by **BigEd76** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 09:59:02

WIP had Vin Scully's call. It was basically this: "...Bruntlett scores to tie it...Ruiz scores to win it...." followed by 30 seconds of silence...

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