World Series 2008 Game 1 Thread

by **mcare89** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 01:07:12

jerseyhoya wrote:Kruk saying Dobbs or Stairs should have pinch hit.

He's right.

Phillips says that hitters should sit slider on Lidge, and Kruk and Young (the two guys who have actually played the game) politely tell him that you can't do that.

by **Ace Rothstein** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 01:07:48

jerseyhoya wrote:Kruk saying Dobbs or Stairs should have pinch hit.

i wanted dobbs there , but i understand charlie having brunt in LF most the year late , im not sure you wanna fuck with whats working

by **mcare89** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 01:08:10

mozartpc27 wrote:
Bill McNeal wrote:Talking about the other teams bitching about the layoffs.

Does anyone think the difference was the Rockies were a hot team mediocre team on one of the hottest streaks in the history of baseball? and the phillies are a really good team that's just playing good ball the last 2 months?

I definitely think the off time helped the Phillies, rather than hurt them. Chase has been banged up, but he obviously looked better tongiht. Why? Off time. Howard was hardly swinging the bat so well that an off period was going to cool him off; granted, he looked more lost than ever tonight, but I don't really think that's attributable to the off time. Hamels loves off time.

I just don't see how it was that much of a negative for the Phillies.

Does Hamels really love off time? I've always though that he loved routine, regular rest.

by **Ace Rothstein** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 01:08:14

mcare89 wrote:
jerseyhoya wrote:Kruk saying Dobbs or Stairs should have pinch hit.

He's right.

Phillips says that hitters should sit slider on Lidge, and Kruk and Young (the two guys who have actually played the game) politely tell him that you can't do that.

that was funny

by **jerseyhoya** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 01:08:44

Ace Rothstein wrote:
mcare89 wrote:
jerseyhoya wrote:Kruk saying Dobbs or Stairs should have pinch hit.

He's right.

Phillips says that hitters should sit slider on Lidge, and Kruk and Young (the two guys who have actually played the game) politely tell him that you can't do that.

that was funny

by **CalvinBall** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 01:08:58

mcare89 wrote:
jerseyhoya wrote:Kruk saying Dobbs or Stairs should have pinch hit.

He's right.

Phillips says that hitters should sit slider on Lidge, and Kruk and Young (the two guys who have actually played the game) politely tell him that you can't do that.

Yea, I mean the guys is right. All the sliders he throws are in the dirt. Secondly it is so easy to tell that it is a breaking pitch.

by **td11** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 01:12:25

mozartpc27 wrote:
Ace Rothstein wrote:gammons kinda saying madson juiced up

And what percentage of the 2004 Red Sox do we suppose were on steroids?

Also: the radio guys noted the difference between FOX's radar, which had Madson at 95/96, and the stadium's radar, which had him at 91/92. My guess is it's FOX inflating the numbers to make it look better and more exciting.

Anyway, it's hard to believe the Phillies won that game. They tried so very hard not to do so.

I'm certainly glad they failed!

nah, i think the stadium gun might've been slow. i say this because a) grant balfour, who has consistently been in the mid-90s all season, was 94-96 and b) madson has been 94-97 in just about every game he's been in for the past 2 months. I really don't think the Fox gun was lying.

by **CrashburnAlley** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 01:13:30

Pitch F/X had Madson and Balfour throwing about the same. A graph I made:

by **Bill McNeal** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 01:13:57

What was the interference play they were talking about on bbtn. I missed the beginning of that.

by **lethal** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 01:14:50

Bill McNeal wrote:What was the interference play they were talking about on bbtn. I missed the beginning of that.

Burrell running inside the baseline on the error.

by **Ace Rothstein** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 01:15:24

Bill McNeal wrote:What was the interference play they were talking about on bbtn. I missed the beginning of that.

werth's double ??? looked like it was out of play anyway , or howard's catch in the crowd where he punked some fans ?

by **Bill McNeal** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 01:17:03

lethal wrote:
Bill McNeal wrote:What was the interference play they were talking about on bbtn. I missed the beginning of that.

Burrell running inside the baseline on the error.

Really? That's pretty weak IMO, I don't recall him being that far off the path.

by **FTN** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 01:20:30

Phillips dropping "productive outs" bombs on ESPN

by **Ace Rothstein** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 01:21:22

Bill McNeal wrote:
lethal wrote:
Bill McNeal wrote:What was the interference play they were talking about on bbtn. I missed the beginning of that.

Burrell running inside the baseline on the error.

Really? That's pretty weak IMO, I don't recall him being that far off the path.

if thats what they are talkling about , victorino made a 1 pitch out , so it wasnt that bad

by **CalvinBall** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 01:25:23

Pat should have probably tip toed down the line to make sure there was no confusion.

by **CalvinBall** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 01:25:59

Any way to get Jim Jackson's radio re-cap of the game? The thing where they play all the audio highlights?

by **BigEd76** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 01:32:08

Some ESPN trivia:

-- Utley is the first player with a last name beginning with "U" to hit a HR in the World Series.
-- Hamels is the 3rd youngest lefty to win game 1 of the World Series. The youngest was Babe Ruth.

by **z ipper** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 01:34:30

the colossus of clout?

by **Rococo4** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 01:41:02

ReadingPhilly wrote:
JFLNYC wrote:
Ace Rothstein wrote:mitch says stairs should DH over dobbs tomorrow

But he's assuming Dobbs plays 3B.

i was 100% behind that scenario before the night started, but feliz got some hits and saved cole with his defense, i think i'd go with him tomorrow again

same.

it sucks myers wont bat tomorrow

by **Jim Beam** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 01:56:58

Rococo4 wrote:
ReadingPhilly wrote:
JFLNYC wrote:
Ace Rothstein wrote:mitch says stairs should DH over dobbs tomorrow

But he's assuming Dobbs plays 3B.

i was 100% behind that scenario before the night started, but feliz got some hits and saved cole with his defense, i think i'd go with him tomorrow again

same.

it sucks myers wont bat tomorrow

Question... could he bat? As a pitcher, are you allowed to be the DH too, or by rule do you need a seperate player?

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