Woody wrote:

CrashburnAlley wrote:I am having a hard time blaming this entirely on Moyer. Honestly, it was a bit of bad luck and an otherwise good approach by the Dodgers. They have a .625 BABIP for the game, and only two of the six hits were hard-hit -- Manny's single and the Furcal home run. Other than that, they were grounders that found a hole, a good piece of hitting on the part of Casey Blake, and a DeWitt bloop double that stayed just inside fair territory.

He didn't even pitch that poorly against the Brewers. Two first-inning walks were what did him in; other than that, he shut them down.

I'd give him another start because, frankly, what are your other options? Hamels isn't going to pitch on short rest. Myers is arguably just as lucky as Moyer is unlucky. And I'm not keen on Blanton, though if Moyer is going to be skipped, he may as well be the guy.

WHY ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE GAME DIDN'T YOU SEE THERE WAS ALMOST A FIGHT

VoxOrion wrote:How many corpses are collecting around CartersDad right now?

CrashburnAlley wrote:I am having a hard time blaming this entirely on Moyer. Honestly, it was a bit of bad luck and an otherwise good approach by the Dodgers. They have a .625 BABIP for the game, and only two of the six hits were hard-hit -- Manny's single and the Furcal home run. Other than that, they were grounders that found a hole, a good piece of hitting on the part of Casey Blake, and a DeWitt bloop double that stayed just inside fair territory.

He didn't even pitch that poorly against the Brewers. Two first-inning walks were what did him in; other than that, he shut them down.

I'd give him another start because, frankly, what are your other options? Hamels isn't going to pitch on short rest. Myers is arguably just as lucky as Moyer is unlucky. And I'm not keen on Blanton, though if Moyer is going to be skipped, he may as well be the guy.

Game 4 of the 1980 World Series against Kansas City. The Phillies are leading two games to one in their first trip to the Fall Classic in 30 years.

But the American League champion Royals were coming on strongly, winning the third game and threatening to turn the whole series around.

The Royals had scored four times in the first inning off Larry Christenson, who’d managed to retire just one batter. One of the runs had come on a triple by Brett, victimized earlier in the Series and forced to the bench with an embarrassing attack of hemorrhoids.

In came Noles to relieve the battered Christenson. The hard-throwing right-hander surrendered a second-inning home run to Willie Aikens- his fourth homer of the Series and second of the game- but otherwise withstood the hard-charging Royals.

Now it was the fourth inning. The Royals had a 5-1 lead and the Phillies were going to sleep. Brett stood confidently at the plate. Noles got ahead in the count, 0-2, then fired a blazing fastball straight at Brett’s head.

As the ball buzzed perilously close to his noggin, the Kansas City third baseman spun around and hit the dirt like he’d been shot. Before Brett could even pick himself up, Royals’ manager Jim Frey was streaking out of the dugout, screaming at Noles, the umpires and anybody else within earshot. Within seconds, he was engaged in a nose-to-nose argument with Phillies first baseman Pete Rose.

After order was restored and both teams were warned about throwing knockdown pitches, Noles went on to strike out Brett and Aikens in the inning before completing four and two-thirds innings of standout relief.

The Royals got no more runs during the game. And although they eventually won it, 5-3, they were finished. Brett would get only three singles and Aikens one single the rest of the Series. And the Royals would drop meekly into oblivion as the Phillies roared back to win the next two games and capture the only World Series title in team history.

The world champion Phillies had many heroes. But to most observers, the turning point of the Series came when Noles floored Brett with a high, inside fastball.

CalvinBall wrote:We are going to give up 24 runs this game.

Arcticmonkey wrote:It was the perfect place to throw at, high and over the head. The midget Victorino aint that high to even sniff that pitch, so I dont know why he's worry about hitting him in the head.

VoxOrion wrote:STOP FELLATING THE DODGERS THIS IS DISGUSTING

Woody wrote:All this is happening, and my wife is still knitting. True story.