2008 WORLD SERIES discussion- WE'RE IN! WE'RE IN!

by **Phan In Phlorida** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 17:40:01

When Garza, Moyer were born...

The price of a gallon of gasoline:
1962 (when Moyer was born): 31 cents
1983 (when Garza was born): $1.30

The Academy Award winner for best picture:
1962: "Lawrence of Arabia"
1983: "Terms of Endearment"

The top song on the Billboard Hot 100:
1962: Mr. Acker Bilk's "Stranger on the Shore"
1983: The Police's "Every Breath You Take"

President of the United States:
1962: John F. Kennedy
1983: Ronald Reagan

Pop-culture events:
1962: "The Tonight Show" starring Johnny Carson debuts on NBC
1983: Michael Jackson's music video "Thriller" is broadcast for the first time

by **Fusilli Jerry** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 17:56:09

NYT says it's delayed.

by **Barry Jive** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 18:03:54

It says the first pitch will not be at 8 p.m., which we knew when MLB set the schedule for the series.

edit: not fair, he updated the entry. now it says Maddon's expecting a 9:30 window.

by **Wizlah** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 18:11:50

Just spoke to my 80-something year old great aunt. She's psyched, and nervous. Even though she woulda seen the phils in 80, I figure the team owes her another world series.

by **JFLNYC** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 18:15:48

Wizlah wrote:Just spoke to my 80-something year old great aunt. She's psyched, and nervous. Even though she woulda seen the phils in 80, I figure the team owes her another world series.

Wiz, You can get a good night's sleep, get up in the AM and still catch the first pitch.

by **Wizlah** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 18:25:06

JFLNYC wrote:
Wizlah wrote:Just spoke to my 80-something year old great aunt. She's psyched, and nervous. Even though she woulda seen the phils in 80, I figure the team owes her another world series.

Wiz, You can get a good night's sleep, get up in the AM and still catch the first pitch.

It's hard. I'm too excited! I'm going to check in on the weather situation again, maybe grab 2 hours kip.

by **ReadingPhilly** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 19:35:32

ek wrote:Mr. Garza

I'll tell you what, facing the Phillies lineup, compared to facing the Red Sox lineup, the Tigers lineup, or the Yankees lineup, you get a bit of a break with the Phillies lineup.

The Phillies are aware of Matt Garza's comments that it will be easier to face their lineup than the Yankees' or the Red Sox's. But Ryan Howard wasn't about to engage Garza in a war of words. He'd prefer to let his bat do the talking.

by **LongDrive** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 07:53:39

Go Joe Blanton, Go!

Let's get this victory tonight!!!!!!!!!

by **phorever** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 08:18:28

LongDrive wrote:Go Joe Blanton, Go!

Let's get this victory tonight!!!!!!!!!

hate to say it, but gotta say it (again): i like blanton going forward, but his chances of success today are slim and none, and slim has a bus ticket out of town. he is going to be flame-thrower-in-a-grain-silo torched. the rays absolutely love hitting this guy.

our only hope is happ coming in soon enough, but soon enough is probably the first rays batter. at least moyer did his job so that happ is at least available today, and a win today is a lot less crucial than it would have been otherwise.

thank you jamie moyer. you are a philly hero for the ages.

by **LongDrive** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 08:47:07

phorever wrote:
LongDrive wrote:Go Joe Blanton, Go!

Let's get this victory tonight!!!!!!!!!

hate to say it, but gotta say it (again): i like blanton going forward, but his chances of success today are slim and none, and slim has a bus ticket out of town. he is going to be flame-thrower-in-a-grain-silo torched. the rays absolutely love hitting this guy.

our only hope is happ coming in soon enough, but soon enough is probably the first rays batter. at least moyer did his job so that happ is at least available today, and a win today is a lot less crucial than it would have been otherwise.

thank you jamie moyer. you are a philly hero for the ages.

so we, as Phillies fans, should not watch tonight?

by **z ipper** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 09:04:31

but the phillies may figuratively and literally crucify sonnanstine tonight so it'll be alright.

by **JFLNYC** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 10:01:08

Fear not. Chooch is on our side.

by **VoxOrion** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 10:04:47

It really is amazing that Chooch is the WS stud.

by **TenuredVulture** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 10:25:48

I'm getting pissed off about how the Phils have gotten lucky this series.

by **Shore** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 10:45:55

Blanton's not getting hit any harder than Sonnanstine. That's the key.

If Blanton goes 5, giving up 4-5 runs, and we're up 7-5... I can live with that.

by **Drugs Delaney** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 10:57:59

Shore wrote:Blanton's not getting hit any harder than Sonnanstine. That's the key.

If Blanton goes 5, giving up 4-5 runs, and we're up 7-5... I can live with that.

Agreed. I can live with just about any situation which puts Blanton's first Phillies loss in 2009.

by **phorever** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 11:04:24

Shore wrote:Blanton's not getting hit any harder than Sonnanstine. That's the key.

If Blanton goes 5, giving up 4-5 runs, and we're up 7-5... I can live with that.

well, yeah... but there is an uncomfortably large chance of him giving up 8 runs in two innings if he doesn't look bad enough soon enough to put happ in before irreparable damage is done. plus i'm not so sure the two offenses are on an equal footing for this game. the rays have seen a lot more of blanton than the phillies have of sonnanstine. and the phils seem to have big problems getting good scouting reports on the al teams.

of course we should still watch and hope... this is baseball. but i really think that today, rather than game 2 or 3, is where we are at the biggest disadvantage. against an nl team that wouldn't be the case. but against an al team that hits blanton well? ugh.

happ would definitely be a better option this time. too bad that there is no chance of him getting the start.

by **JFLNYC** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 11:34:17

The Rays are .200/.255/.267 (.522 OPS) against Phils pitching in this series. In 3 games they have a total of 4 XBH and 7 BB. Current Rays hitters are .233/.271/.344 (.615) against Blanton lifetime. Does that mean Blanton won't struggle? Of course not. But the Phils seem to have done a great job both scouting and executing against the Rays and there's nothing in Blanton's history against these Rays hitters to suggest he'll struggle.

by **FTN** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 11:35:49

I actually feel confident about Blanton tonight.

If he can locate well, he'll give us a quality start.

by **phorever** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 12:30:27

JFLNYC wrote:But the Phils seem to have done a great job both scouting and executing against the Rays and there's nothing in Blanton's history against these Rays hitters to suggest he'll struggle.

have you looked at their career ops versus blanton? i'm seeing four regulars hitting over 930.

i'm not sure hamels, myers, or moyer needed scouting. hamels and myers are just good, and i suspect that moyer does his own homework.

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