GDT 7-25-15 Hamels goes! (NO-NO EVERYBODY CARES)

by **Squire** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 23:00:12

I find myself very moved by this performance. Found myself glad that Howard and Chooch were the ones closest to him when it ended and that Utley was there too. For one day, it was like they were all back. Seriously, what a day.

by **Eem** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 23:02:11

Thing about Hamels is he consistently gets better late in the season. Guy is a machine

by **LongDrive** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 23:09:29

Great day; great game. Thanks Cole!

by **Grotewold** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 23:18:19

Squire wrote:I find myself very moved by this performance. Found myself glad that Howard and Chooch were the ones closest to him when it ended and that Utley was there too. For one day, it was like they were all back. Seriously, what a day.

by **CalvinBall** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 23:35:30

Squire wrote:I find myself very moved by this performance. Found myself glad that Howard and Chooch were the ones closest to him when it ended and that Utley was there too. For one day, it was like they were all back. Seriously, what a day.

I was stuck at the gold cup game. Just watched the last few innings on replay and this exactly. Dang. Those years were the best sports wise. Hamels, Howard, chooch, utley with Rollins and the rest. Man love those guys no matter how far some of them have fallen. Cole deserved this. Go Phillies.

by **drsmooth** » Sun Jul 26, 2015 00:01:52

Ace Rothstein wrote:
1 wrote:Milt Pappas was next to us at the VIP window this afternoon picking up his tickets. The guy at the window asked for ID, and Milt said "I'm Milt Pappas,I played here!" in quite an irritated fashion. They still asked him for ID.

The last no-hitter at Wrigley was thrown by Milt Pappas.

Bad week for him, lost this streak and the streak on being the last AL pitcher to homer in a 1-0 win. He must love the Phillies

TIL: Milt Pappas is still alive

by **karn** » Sun Jul 26, 2015 00:24:10

Yes as a pack of diehards its emotional to see him turn in such an epic performance with the thought of it being perhaps the last. a lot of us guys and gals go way back to live tracking his Lakewood games hell Cole Hamels Facts was a thing a lot of yall did. Truly an all time Philly legend

by **jerseyhoya** » Sun Jul 26, 2015 01:16:31

One down in the 9th in the replay on tcn. I was rocking like Leo Mazzone the first go around. This is more civil.

by **jerseyhoya** » Sun Jul 26, 2015 01:20:12

Tmac announcing the time of day before the first two strike pitch to Bryant. What a buffoon.

by **jerseyhoya** » Sun Jul 26, 2015 01:20:55

I didn't cry this time. Still incredibly cool.

Love you Cole.

by **jerseyhoya** » Sun Jul 26, 2015 02:35:02

It was a bit dusty at the last out live.

Same here with the Stark article - Amazing No Hit Script - though perhaps this dustiness is performance enhanced (hat tip Dogfish 60 Minute).

by **Doll Is Mine** » Sun Jul 26, 2015 02:53:54

jerseyhoya wrote:It was a bit dusty at the last out live.

Same here with the Stark article - Amazing No Hit Script - though perhaps this dustiness is performance enhanced (hat tip Dogfish 60 Minute).

This part made me lose it. I'm teary-eyed. Ugh.

This was the 207th time that Hamels started a regular-season game with Carlos Ruiz as his starting catcher. The 207th.

So what were the odds that, on what was probably the final game they’d ever work together, that the man on the mound would pitch a no-hitter -- and the man behind the plate would catch his fourth no-hitter, and join Jason Varitek as the only catchers in history ever to do that?

Carlos Ruiz is just a backup catcher now. Cole Hamels is on his way out the door. But on a breathtaking day at Wrigley Field, the planets would align to let them have one final day of glory together. Really.

by **Phan In Phlorida** » Sun Jul 26, 2015 04:25:03

Doll Is Mine wrote:
BigEd76 wrote:ol friend Brett Myers:

BackWoodRebel39
Congratulations to one of my good friends...Cole Hamels on throwing his first no-hitter! He looked like the stud he is! Incredible composer!

Composer?

Myers is a country singer now.

by **phorever** » Sun Jul 26, 2015 07:37:15

late to the party. saw the headline and boxscore on my regular first web page view of the day... then computer problems forced me to go to my phone to start reading this thread... then church and lunch before i could finish it and watch the final out clip.
thanks to you guys for coming through again in making it so easy for me to live the experience vicariously and so long after the fact.
thank you cole for being so special, one more time.

and, yet, i can't help still hoping and praying for the huge set of miracles needed to have cole stay with the phils and pitch another WFC clincher for them in 2017 or 2018... i'm pretty pathetic that way... but maybe now you guys understand why i can't stand the thought of cole leaving and want so badly to see him back in the playoffs in a phils uni. he deserves it. we deserve it...

i guess we all can settle for this... but are y'all willing to join me in hoping that for whomever he pitches the rest of the way, he's so awesome that he jumps to the head of the line for the cy young award that is the one major achievement he's still missing so that he and we can rub it in the faces of everyone telling us this offseason that jon lester was a much better pitcher?

by **SK790** » Sun Jul 26, 2015 09:36:44

Eem wrote:Thing about Hamels is he consistently gets better late in the season. Guy is a machine

Averaged 212.17 IP since 2008. Dude is a work horse.

by **The B1G Piece** » Sun Jul 26, 2015 09:40:41

SK790 wrote:
Eem wrote:Thing about Hamels is he consistently gets better late in the season. Guy is a machine

Averaged 212.17 IP since 2008. Dude is a work horse.

which begs the question, what's wrong with Cole Hamels?

by **WilliamC** » Sun Jul 26, 2015 13:35:56

A lot of Cubs fans were escorting Phillies fans down to their seats in the 8th inning so they'd be closer to it which is pretty freaking cool.

by **BigEd76** » Sun Jul 26, 2015 14:03:46

CSN/Phillies had cameras in the locker room after

-- Bud Light showers
-- "SPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECH", then Cole says "Who goes tomorrow?" and everyone razzes Nola standing there. Thanked "Howie" for the HR and Odubel for the catches

by **Doll Is Mine** » Sun Jul 26, 2015 14:10:43

WilliamC wrote:A lot of Cubs fans were escorting Phillies fans down to their seats in the 8th inning so they'd be closer to it which is pretty freaking cool.

Wow...that's pretty awesome.

by **Bucky** » Sun Jul 26, 2015 14:27:41

yeah, that part's pretty cool. Although I can't respect anyone who cheers for an opposing pitcher to get a no-no. Politely clap when it happens, but cheer for YOUR team until the end.

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