One of these things is not like the others
As the Philadelphia Phillies and their notoriously gracious fans prepare to invade New York for what weather permitting (Prismo work your magic!) will be a 3 game division series, here’s a brief look at what some Phillies’ bloggers are saying:
At Phillies Nation (attention Red Sox lawyers) they are worried that this may be a trap series for the Phils, a series in which the Phils must play uncharacteristic “small ball” to succeed. Reading Phillies Nation today reminded me that many reasonable fans of other baseball teams seem to have more respect for the Mets than Mets fans do. Either that or all fans just disrespect their own teams, you decide.
Shane, Jimmy, Jayson, I think these belong to you
At The Good Phight they recap what they consider to be a disappointing series in LA with the Dodgers, and provide a list of Phils related links for your Phils reading pleasure.
I love LA
At Beer Leaguer they have a trove of off day news and notes, my favorite of which is their embarrassment that Jimmy Rollins (.222 BA/ .261 OBP/ .322 SLG) currently leads NL shortstops in All-Star Game voting.
Whoops, I just voted for Jimmy Rollins
63 comments
stickguy
6/9/2009-2:05pm at 2:05 pm (UTC -4)
Hebs, my sympathies for having to browse around on Philly blogs.
Although you are probably right that the hard core fans (the lunatics that frequent places like this!) are probably way more critical and chicken little-ish than more objective observers.
GravediggerHebner
6/9/2009-2:11pm at 2:11 pm (UTC -4)
Your sympathy is appreciated, but it really wasn’t bad. At least not what the bloggers wrote, I didn’t dive into any comment sections. I have always really enjoyed the work of the guy (Jason Weitzel) who writes Beer Leaguer, he strikes me as very even-handed, but I hadn’t looked at any of the other blogs before today. I hope I am also pleasantly surprised when I look into Yankee blogs on Friday.
DNDJohan aka kistics
6/9/2009-2:13pm at 2:13 pm (UTC -4)
I think Grass is always Greener on the other side…..
rustyjr
6/9/2009-2:14pm at 2:14 pm (UTC -4)
Of the septic tank that is philly
DNDJohan aka kistics
6/9/2009-2:17pm at 2:17 pm (UTC -4)
nice…. Septic Cheese Steak…
rustyjr
6/9/2009-2:13pm at 2:13 pm (UTC -4)
Damn who woulda figured beerleager as the voice of reason in the phillies blogosphere
DNDJohan aka kistics
6/9/2009-2:13pm at 2:13 pm (UTC -4)
Did you realize Pat Burrell is still on that poster?
rustyjr
6/9/2009-2:15pm at 2:15 pm (UTC -4)
Isn’t he like a god still in Philly ?
DNDJohan aka kistics
6/9/2009-2:16pm at 2:16 pm (UTC -4)
Raul is now…
CaseStreet
6/9/2009-2:20pm at 2:20 pm (UTC -4)
Raul is as old as Jesus
rustyjr
6/9/2009-2:24pm at 2:24 pm (UTC -4)
And has more power
rustyjr
6/9/2009-2:25pm at 2:25 pm (UTC -4)
Oops thought u meant Ivan DeJesus
GravediggerHebner
6/9/2009-2:25pm at 2:25 pm (UTC -4)
Oh man, I’m staying far away from you today, don’t want to get struck by any stray lightning bolts!
DNDJohan aka kistics
6/9/2009-2:26pm at 2:26 pm (UTC -4)
LOL!!
rustyjr
6/9/2009-2:28pm at 2:28 pm (UTC -4)
LOL it’s good to be a atheist
GravediggerHebner
6/9/2009-2:36pm at 2:36 pm (UTC -4)
Until you die it is.
GravediggerHebner
6/9/2009-2:25pm at 2:25 pm (UTC -4)
Yes, that’s why I put the caption “one of these things is not like the others” because one of those things is not on the team any longer.
CaseStreet
6/9/2009-2:19pm at 2:19 pm (UTC -4)
Prismo, is there a weather update?
I feel like i have to be at every Santana game, cuz I don’t want to miss the first no-no.
DNDJohan aka kistics
6/9/2009-2:20pm at 2:20 pm (UTC -4)
BREAKING NEWS!! METS JUST GOT PUJOLS!!!
that would be nice….
CaseStreet
6/9/2009-2:23pm at 2:23 pm (UTC -4)
bored?
DNDJohan aka kistics
6/9/2009-2:24pm at 2:24 pm (UTC -4)
hopeful….. or delusional..
rustyjr
6/9/2009-2:26pm at 2:26 pm (UTC -4)
1 from column a 1 from column b perhaps
There's Always '09
6/9/2009-2:45pm at 2:45 pm (UTC -4)
Did they kidnap him?
DNDJohan aka kistics
6/9/2009-2:53pm at 2:53 pm (UTC -4)
I only wish…
mrose
6/9/2009-2:24pm at 2:24 pm (UTC -4)
so umm… not sure this is good or bad for the Mets
Lidge goes to the DL – right knee sprain
DNDJohan aka kistics
6/9/2009-2:26pm at 2:26 pm (UTC -4)
really? I assume Madson will close then… not good…
CaseStreet
6/9/2009-2:26pm at 2:26 pm (UTC -4)
got tix for today’s game?
mrose
6/9/2009-2:43pm at 2:43 pm (UTC -4)
case – i do, but they sold…so i’m not goin… u?
CaseStreet
6/9/2009-3:47pm at 3:47 pm (UTC -4)
yup, I’m thinking of going to the box office. Don’t think it’s sold out.
GravediggerHebner
6/9/2009-2:27pm at 2:27 pm (UTC -4)
That’s bad news because Madson has been great and their were some rumblings he might take over the role anyway.
sabermetrician
6/9/2009-2:30pm at 2:30 pm (UTC -4)
That’s horrible news. I wanted to tee off on that fool.
GravediggerHebner
6/9/2009-2:32pm at 2:32 pm (UTC -4)
Agreed, I was actually considering the possibility of some home team home runs.
DNDJohan aka kistics
6/9/2009-2:36pm at 2:36 pm (UTC -4)
But then, their mid-relievers become that much weaker (I believe Mets do well against their middle relievers). So, the game might not even get to Madson but turn it over to FRANKIE!
rustyjr
6/9/2009-2:30pm at 2:30 pm (UTC -4)
Just like Alfred e. Neuman I day ” what – me worried” !!!
sabermetrician
6/9/2009-2:29pm at 2:29 pm (UTC -4)
ESPN’s AccuScore has a 56% chance that the Mets win tonight. Not much to go on, but I’m getting so freaking antsy for this game tonight any good news is welcome news.
smooth
6/9/2009-2:36pm at 2:36 pm (UTC -4)
Breaking News! Phillies place Lidge on DL!
http://twitter.com/NYPost_Mets
QnsNative718
6/9/2009-3:11pm at 3:11 pm (UTC -4)
Which is probably a bad thing for us. Wouldve loved to been the next team to hammer him.
smooth
6/9/2009-2:37pm at 2:37 pm (UTC -4)
Lidge on the DL for phillies, Im sure Omar Minaya feels better about the mets chances now that the phillies will know what its like not to have a closer! Baseball gods are helping us out here guys
GravediggerHebner
6/9/2009-2:41pm at 2:41 pm (UTC -4)
I wish I agreed, but I was looking forward to a thrilling comeback victory against him, he’s been getting knocked around. Now that opportunity is gone, which IMO is too bad because a dramatic come from behind walk off victory versus the Phils could’ve provided some nice juice for this team. Can still happen though.
There's Always '09
6/9/2009-2:43pm at 2:43 pm (UTC -4)
I wonder if he has the same “injury” as Hughes, Wang, or Ollie.
smooth
6/9/2009-2:47pm at 2:47 pm (UTC -4)
sprained right knee is what they said
There's Always '09
6/9/2009-2:49pm at 2:49 pm (UTC -4)
Similar to Ollie’s
Ugh. He should have those series of growths on his face checked out while he’s at the pediatrician’s office too.
DNDJohan aka kistics
6/9/2009-2:46pm at 2:46 pm (UTC -4)
I just looked at Cot’s Baseball contracts and it looks like the Mets are going to Shed off nearly $50 Mil this off season. We may see another big signing. But who?
I don’t like Holliday, but at 3/36 (like many analysts have said), he can be a good signing. But then he’s a Boras client.
Delgado maybe gone, but if he’s willing to sign for $8-10 mil, it might not be bad.
Can Orlando Hudson play 1B?
Ramon Hernandez maybe available and Victor Martinez has a club option.
I don’t know if the Mets can beat out BoSox on Bay, but that would be a good signing.
As for SPs, Lackey, Bedard, Harden, Duchscherer and Marquis are unrestricted FAs…
$50 mil is a lot to spend, but will they spend it all? That’s like 2 Mannys….
sabermetrician
6/9/2009-2:54pm at 2:54 pm (UTC -4)
Man, the SPs are injury guys for the most part. I wouldn’t mind Holliday at 3/$36 and Delgado at 1/$8 could be a great pickup. O-Dog doesn’t make much sense at 1B, let’s quit playing players out of position.
DNDJohan aka kistics
6/9/2009-3:00pm at 3:00 pm (UTC -4)
Yes, Holliday at 3/36 would be great. I would also take Delgado @8. That’s only adding $20 mil for 2010. I would also try incentive contracts for either Lackey or Harden.
DNDJohan aka kistics
6/9/2009-3:04pm at 3:04 pm (UTC -4)
Actually Lackey isn’t that bad at all. He’s going to be 31 this season and has started 32-33 games 5 seasons straight before getting injured last year. But even last year, he started 24 games with 12 wins under 4 ERA.
If Omar can sign Pedro, there’s no reason to miss out on this guy.
There's Always '09
6/9/2009-3:08pm at 3:08 pm (UTC -4)
I’d like to sign Marquis for the back end of the rotation. He has been more than a spare pitcher over the last few years.
I would stay away from someone like Holliday. I really don’t see his numbers translating to Citi Field. Same for Jason Bay. I also think Jason Bay would be stupid to leave Boston. That wall was built for him. He will be a great player for them.
sabermetrician
6/9/2009-2:47pm at 2:47 pm (UTC -4)
If Madson comes out and fails now that he’s closing that would be huge. Mess with this team psychologically.
DNDJohan aka kistics
6/9/2009-2:52pm at 2:52 pm (UTC -4)
we should propose a trade. Putz and Castillo for Utley. OR Putz and Ollie for Hammels.
I would do that…
sabermetrician
6/9/2009-2:52pm at 2:52 pm (UTC -4)
Yeah, I guess you could talk me into it.
DNDJohan aka kistics
6/9/2009-2:54pm at 2:54 pm (UTC -4)
Omar! LET’S GET THIS DEAL DONE!!
There's Always '09
6/9/2009-2:56pm at 2:56 pm (UTC -4)
FMart for the Popcorn Head.
DNDJohan aka kistics
6/9/2009-3:01pm at 3:01 pm (UTC -4)
You would trade FMart of Werthless?
There's Always '09
6/9/2009-3:05pm at 3:05 pm (UTC -4)
No, but while we were talking about bad trades, figured I’d throw that one in there.
fongy2
6/9/2009-3:09pm at 3:09 pm (UTC -4)
Weather update! Thunder,lightning
and raining like crazy about an
hour west of Philly and heading
that way. Supposed to con’t until
about 5pm.
There's Always '09
6/9/2009-3:11pm at 3:11 pm (UTC -4)
that’s awesome!!!
fongy2
6/9/2009-3:12pm at 3:12 pm (UTC -4)
Eee Ghats, Tornado warning for
my County until 4PM and I’m about
two Hours West of illadelphia.
GravediggerHebner
6/9/2009-3:15pm at 3:15 pm (UTC -4)
Fongy take cover we need you in here!
Is that supposed to continue on to NYC where the Phillies and Mets will be?
rustyjr
6/9/2009-2:29pm at 2:29 pm (UTC -4)
Tastes just like chicken philthy phans
rustyjr
6/9/2009-2:31pm at 2:31 pm (UTC -4)
Damn I got moderated – matt r u lurking around ???
GravediggerHebner
6/9/2009-2:36pm at 2:36 pm (UTC -4)
You used 4 letters in a row that this blog automatically blocks. You put a chicken before it and an e after it but it still gets blocked. That and one other 4 letter word that is similar to Marshall Faulk’s last name go straight into moderation.
There's Always '09
6/9/2009-2:44pm at 2:44 pm (UTC -4)
All the while, Hebner Simpson smiles.
rustyjr
6/9/2009-4:06pm at 4:06 pm (UTC -4)
D’oh !!!