World Series 2008 Games 5.1 & 5.2 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 14:43:43

Well, also that our teams never win.

by **The Red Tornado** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 14:44:59

meatball check your PMs

by **Phan In Phlorida** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 14:54:38

Marion wrote:Intelligent comment from the St Pete Times website:

This game should be used as game 7 .. continue the normal schedual and "if" game 7 is needed then continue this game

While it might alleviate certain perceptions, it would also give Tampa an additional home field advantage (4 of the "official" first 6 in Tampa). Not that I think it would matter, I feel our guys will get it done in the Rays house if it goes back to Tampa.

Speaking of... I love the question posed to Selig about moving the resumption of game 5 to Tampa. May as well just ask, "We're pulling for the cinderella Rays, any way you can give them an advantage?"

by **Bob Loblaw** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 14:57:01

Woody wrote:
iggles blog guy wrote:Here's the central problem with being a Philadelphia fan. It's not that our teams never win. Oh no, it's that because they never win, we can't even enjoy it when they do.

The Phillies are up 3-1. They have four chances to score versus only three for the Rays. Our bullpen has been lights out all series. Even if we don't put this away tomorrow (or Wednesday?) we still have two more chances.

And I feel sick.

Amen

yup yup.

by **Bucky** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 14:57:27

The Red Tornado wrote:meatball check your PMs

DID YOU PUT ME DOWN AS THE ALTERNATE TO THE ALTERNATE'S ALTERNATE

by **The Red Tornado** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 14:58:30

Bucky wrote:
The Red Tornado wrote:meatball check your PMs

DID YOU PUT ME DOWN AS THE ALTERNATE TO THE ALTERNATE'S ALTERNATE

yes, check your pm- if meat cant go youre in

by **Bob Loblaw** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 14:58:38

CalvinBall wrote:Shane's dad on WIP. 30 of the Victorino's came, in that 30 is Shane's significant other who is from Alaska and some of her (maybe his?) family.

Victorino's gay?

by **Barry Jive** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 15:32:49

MattS wrote:it's not the end of the world to use pat burrell in the field for the last three innings. they really ought to use bruntlett. or even just leave in stairs vs price. and i don't think jenkins against balfour is a valid bluff, cus they'll just have balfour strike him out.

since we always expect the worst, i expect him to use Taguchi. but it would also make sense if he PH'd Brunt and left him in the game if the Phils score. personally, i'd probably do that with the faith Brunt, J-Roll and Werth would be able to get on base and let Utley and Howard score them. You've got to have faith that they'd be able to put up one run on a middle reliever there.

by **VFB** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 15:35:42

by **JFLNYC** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 15:39:50

MattS wrote:so with charlie having two full days to mull it over, what do you think the odds are that we still end up with taguchi vs. price to lead off the bottom of the 6th, and durbin pitching the 7th? this really better not be the case.

it's not the end of the world to use pat burrell in the field for the last three innings. they really ought to use bruntlett. or even just leave in stairs vs price. and i don't think jenkins against balfour is a valid bluff, cus they'll just have balfour strike him out.

with the 1-2 hitters of the rays both being lefty, i think it really would be smartest to let madson pitch to the 6-7-8 hitters and bring in romero whenever the 1-2 hitters come up.

My plan exactly. That's why you have to send up either Stairs or Dobbs to hit for Hamels. If you send up Jenks, Maddon doesn't make the move. I want Price to come in for two reasons: (1) He'll probably leave him in for Werth, with Utley and Howard right behind him; and (2) Price is due up 4th in the top of the 7th, so will probably only be good for 1 inning. Plus, if Maddon decides to go with Howell (instead of Price) in the bottom of the 6th, I like having Howell in the game, rather than Balfour, who is then burned.

Website · by **Wolfgang622** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 15:44:07

Astoundingly, if they end up retaining the off day after all, this worked out pretty well for the Phillies. If they can score more runs than the Rays in four opportunities against three, they win the Series. If not, they have two more opportunities, in the last of which they will have Cole Hamels on full rest.

I can dig it.

by **VFB** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 15:50:48

Website · by **Wolfgang622** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 15:53:44

That's a good shot for demonstrating how weird the Trop really is.

by **Mountainphan** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 16:10:03

VFB wrote:

This looks like some place you'd see in Soviet-era Russia.

by **Marion** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 16:20:37

Philadelphia Phillies PRESALE Authentic 2008 World Series Champions Cap

by **jerseyhoya** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 16:21:56

Not in the game thread.

by **Marion** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 16:22:47

jerseyhoya wrote:Not in the game thread.

Trying to get the game thread up to 300 pages in a matter of 15 mintues :wink:

by **Bakestar** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 16:24:53

by **Polar Bear Phan** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 16:37:54

VFB wrote:

I love how no one is sitting in the upper deck.

by **CFP** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 16:47:21

Just to make today worse, I have been watching Jim Rome interview Scott Boras for the last 10 minutes.

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