2011 Philadelphia Phillies Season Thread (choking awful pos team, DIAF)

[MDS]

brian wilson and his 0 postseason saves before 2010 say hi

so does the 2007 version of jonathon papelboner. and franklin morales in 2007. and adam wainwright in 2006. and bobby jenks in 2005. and mariano rivera in 1997.

who gives a shtein how many previous postseason saves someone has. theres no guarantee its even going to be madson. right now its just talk when manuel blabs on about how amazing he is. if madson doesnt perform hell be out of there and contreras or lidge will take his place.

you are seriously to phillies fans what glenn beck is the republicans. just saying dumbass shtein to get people riled up. overreacting to nonsense and making it seem like the end of the world. thing is at least they are good at it.

[charlie]

hamels wasn't good enough in 2008 and cliff lee had no postseason wins before 2009, and halladay had no post season wins before 2010 and threw a no hitter...

it's a rolodex

[ice grillin you]

excluding brad lidge and i dont think anyone expects anything out of him this year there is not a single postseason save on this roster

who farging cares if Halladay, Lee and Hamels are pitching complete games

halladay lee and hamels are 1-4 in their last five post season games

i'd rather listen to 15 year old girls from haddonfield talk about baseball at McFaddens

those are pretty much the only kind of phillie fans left

[rjs246]

You're an indie rock nerd who's crying about their favorite band selling out and playing The Garden. Get over it.

[Don Ho]

this thread is awesome.  it's rare to find a single collection of baseball retardety but we've manage to do it here.

questioning why madson was in?  check

Only questioned the move as it wasn't a save situation and I thought he might leave basticho' in as he pitched an almost effortless 8th.  Yes, a lot of managers bring in their closer in this situation.  Plus with Mayberry and most likely one of the weaker bats of fthe bench (Martinez) leading off the bottom of the ninth it reeked of extra innings.

Now looking back on it, Charlie was right.  Masdson hadn't pitched since Saturday and was fresh. 

[ice grillin you]

You're an indie rock nerd who's crying about their favorite band selling out and playing The Garden. Get over it.

a little but its much worse

im a phillies fan who has watched the teams fanbase somehow have the douchy homerism of red sox fans and the cockyness of yankee fans

either one on its own would be annoying but to become total idiots while at the same time acting like you are the best team in the history of baseball is too much for me to handle

[MDS]

your personality is too much for me to handle

do me a favor and stay in savannah and become a braves fan like you know you want to

[PhillyPhreak54]

Shiiiiiiit - he's got a HOF Hanson jersey ready to wear already.

Speaking of douchiness of fans - whats up with the LA Dodger fan thing of arriving late now? Even a couple of the beat writers mentioned that the stands dont seem to get packed until the 3rd now

[PhillyGirl]

Shiiiiiiit - he's got a HOF Hanson jersey ready to wear already.

Speaking of douchiness of fans - whats up with the LA Dodger fan thing of arriving late now? Even a couple of the beat writers mentioned that the stands dont seem to get packed until the 3rd now

Um, LA fans have always done that. I mean, forever. Always blaming it on traffic. But it is definitely nothing new.

[SunMo]

no, he's asking why the phillies fans are doing the LA Dodger fan thing

[PhillyGirl]

ohhh lol. Wow haha

No idea? zesty fans because Phillies are the "in" thing?

[PhillyPhreak54]

Yeah - I heard Murphy and Gelb mention it the other night and since then I have taken notice of it...

[charlie]

Shiiiiiiit - he's got a HOF Hanson jersey ready to wear already.

Speaking of douchiness of fans - whats up with the LA Dodger fan thing of arriving late now? Even a couple of the beat writers mentioned that the stands dont seem to get packed until the 3rd now

probably because of the single worst feature of the stadium. the fact that if you want a beer that is not miller lite, fries, and a hot dog before you get into your seats... you need to get into three separate lines, with decrepitly slow geriatrics working the registers.

I admittedly normally miss the top of the 1st or so, if i wait to leave my house until 6:20ish the schukyll clears out and i fly to the stadium, as opposed to leaving at 5:00 to get there by 6:45.

[MDS]

its a combo of that (people going to ashburn ally, getting food and beer) and the "in" thing of people going to games to be seen and not really caring if they get there on time.

this is what happens when you win a lot. its the price you pay i guess.

tonight: jimmy-francisco-polanco-howard-ibanez-ruiz-mayberry-valdez-doc

[Rome]

The stadium was designed for 35-40K showing up every night even though capacity is higher.  I doubt anyone ever expected 45K a night.  I hated it the last time I was there because it was packed to the seams.