Dodgers @ Phillies NLCS Game 2 Threat

by **ucancallmedavis** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 22:51:07

1 wrote:dodgerblues.com-

Was actually looking at that exact fan forum last night, and was very unimpressed with their fans baseball knowledge, but even more so, their vocabulary. F this, F that, almost every other word. As well as derrogotory bigotries all over the place. Its like the LA WIP for fan forums.

by **LongDrive** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 22:51:10

The Red Tornado wrote:
LongDrive wrote:was it me, or did the girl who sang God Bless America at today's game suck or what?

I thought she was much better than yesterday's singer

actually, they both sucked

by **ucancallmedavis** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 22:54:27

The Red Tornado wrote:
ucancallmedavis wrote:Geez. That is awful. Im trying to picture where this was at however. The only place I can think that you can fall from 400 level seats to the concorse below is in Right field between the outfield sections and the sections in foul territory. Is this where it occurred? Not that it matters, but out of morbid curiousity.

sect 419 behind home

he fell just over the railing where the edge of 419 over hung the steps to the concourse, and it's literally a 3 feet gap at most and a freak accident to say the least

Thanks for the info, I think I can picture it now, such a morbid interest, but I couldnt picture it mentally. Thanks.

by **BigEd76** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 22:55:18

LA probably gets American Idol castoffs and we get people from Willow Grove that think they can sing

by 1 » Fri Oct 10, 2008 22:56:20

not sure if it made it on to the broadcast, but someone had a pretty cool sign at the park tonight. it looked basically like this:

champs
08
sdɯɐɥɔ

and the guy had it spinning around. i never thought of it that way until i saw that sign...

by **Monkeyboy** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 23:00:08

LongDrive wrote:
The Red Tornado wrote:
LongDrive wrote:was it me, or did the girl who sang God Bless America at today's game suck or what?

I thought she was much better than yesterday's singer

actually, they both sucked

The woman singing yesterday was flat most of the song. I almost stuck a pair of chopsticks in my ears. I have no idea what the second woman was doing today.... she didn't seem to know how she wanted to sing it, so she just switched back and forth between styles.

All the stars are in LA, so maybe they'll get Jack Nicholson or something.

by **Bakestar** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 23:08:05

cartersDad26 wrote:
philliesphhan wrote:what the? Shane's grandma passed away

I might go to hell for even thinking this - but is it too much to ask for Adam Eaton to die next? Bad things happen in threes they say, right? With a hypothetically dead Eaton - do we owe him the $8 million? Could make that push for CC.
I know too much to wish for. I'll settle for dead Eaton.

by **philliesphhan** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 23:17:35

Speaking of LA, I got to hear some radio highlights while grabbing dinner after the game. Larry Andersen might be my favorite homer of all time. Most of the highlights, he would either just be saying "YES" or laughing.

Speaking of which, is there anywhere online where I could get the radio feed of the game or at least the highlights?

by **lethal** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 00:19:32

I had to work late, so I intentionally avoided all mention of the game before getting home to watch on the DVR. Even though I recorded half an hour extra, the recording ended shortly after Victorino's catch. Man, that was a slow game in stark contrast to game 1. GREAT WIN THOUGH!!!

by **philliesphhan** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 01:19:32

So, if I saw the stat right on ESPN, Brett Myers is the first pitcher to have 3 hits and 3 RBI in a postseason game since 1919. In fact, one of only three and the one from 1919 wasn't even legit as it was one of the games the White Sox fixed. So, Dutch Ruether of the 1919 Reds and Jack Coombs of the 1910 Philadelphia A's.

by **Marion** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 08:53:43

MattS wrote:they were bringing out a stretcher and they started clearing everybody out, so i didn't see much more than that, but they were checking him out a lot and i don't think they'd be giving him an IV if he were dead and i'm pretty sure i saw his fingers moving intentionally like if someone were telling him "see if you can move your fingers", not just twitching or something.

Saw the guy on the stretcher with a neck brace as it sped out of the park to a waiting ambulance. First we saw the cart zip up the ramps and then back down only minutes later. It seemed like they responded pretty quickly.

by **bleh** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 09:00:44

I liked this snippet about Myers from a CNN article.

"Believe it or not, Myers, who once went 2-for-63 in a season, was not only the winning pitcher but also the best hitter. Understandably though, he looked somewhat unfamiliar on the basepaths, at one point going from first to third by taking second base at a 90-dgree angle, like a player in a video game."

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/w ... ml?cnn=yes

by 1 » Sat Oct 11, 2008 10:23:22

by **Shore** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 11:10:03

That was a cool game to attend. I can't believe how loud it was, and it was twice as loud for the last strike to No-Mah.

by **LongDrive** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 11:37:12

that at bat by Nomar had to be the worst i've ever seen

by **FTN** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 11:56:14

Yet when asked whether he could explain his recent struggles here, Billingsley mumbled an answer about a quality start, then seemed to reference his outing in Chicago before saying, "Never mind."

best.answer.ever.

by **FTN** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 12:07:01

correction

"No, I was just screaming 'agh, rah, agh, rah.' I was just so happy I hit it," Ramirez said.

by **21McBride** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 12:18:15

Heyman

The Phillies used two arguably cheap dingers to win the opener of the NLCS, which is one of their very favorite formulas at Citizens Bank Park.

TJ Simers' latest piece garbage

There is one section of the wall here designed to kill off the Dodgers' chances for success, and both Blake and Ramirez hit it. It goes deeper than the rest of the park, Ramirez hitting it in Game 1 and getting only a double. Blake's shot didn't go as far as Ramirez's poke, but a leaping Shane Victorino kept Blake from at least a double.

"I'm tired of hearing this stadium is a bandbox," Blake said.

great quote by Blake

then this, from the print version of The Sporting News (which seems bent on copying ESPN the mag); some dope named Ryan Fagan

Make a decision about free agent Pat Burrell. He has power but has hit higher than .260 and driven in more than 100 runs just twice in his nine-year career. Jayson Werth can do that at a fraction of the cost.

then who plays left?

by **meatball** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 12:23:51

LongDrive wrote:that at bat by Nomar had to be the worst i've ever seen

Similar to the Rowand at-bat last year in Colorado

by **Bakestar** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 12:26:59

meatball wrote:
LongDrive wrote:that at bat by Nomar had to be the worst i've ever seen

Similar to the Rowand at-bat last year in Colorado

Darrin Erstad's strikeout to end Zambrano's no-hitter takes the cake for me.

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