OOTS September 13, 2006

[MFS62]

The Philly - Atlanta doubleheader starts at 4:00 today.

Scheduled pitchers:
Game 1
R. Wolf (3-0, 4.97) vs K. Davies (2-5, 7.56)

Game 2
J. Lieber (7-9, 4.99) vs T. Hudson (12-10, 4.85)

Later

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

There's a decent chance that the Mets will clinch the division tomorrow when they're idle.

[metirish]

If the Phills sweep today and the Mets win tonight won't they clinch it then?

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

You mean the Phillies need to be swept today and the Mets to win for the Mets to win the division today.

[metirish]

Yes indeed,thanks.

[MFS62]

It'll be a weird feeling rooting for Atlanta.

Later

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

MK would just advise you to root for 27 innings. Let both teams finish the day with bodies on the field.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

="metirish"]If the Phills sweep today and the Mets win tonight won't they clinch it then?

Yes, they can clinch today.

But my point was, if that doesn't happen, it could very well come tomorrow.

[seawolf17]

But I want them to clinch today. I want to come into work in blue and orange with my blinky Mets pin tomorrow. I've waited eighteen years for this.

[Valadius]

Yeah, and I was only one year old the last time this happened. I obviously don't remember it.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

I do too, of course. I'm certainly not rooting for them to clinch on a day off.

I want Atlanta to sweep the Phillies (and I won't feel "odd" at all rooting for the Braves) and I want the Mets win over Florida to end after the conclusion of the doubleheader in Atlanta.

But if they don't clinch tonight, I hope it happens on Friday. And I hope that the Phillies win on Friday, so the clinch can come with the 27th out of a Mets victory.

By the way, I was at the clincher in 1988. It was fun but not as memorable as I thought it would be.

[soupcan]

="seawolf17"]I want to come into work in blue and orange with my blinky Mets pin tomorrow. .

See, now that would be a reason for me to root for Philadelphia...

[Guest Edgy DC]

I've been reading out-of-town scores recently, and how about Frank Freaking "Kiss It Goodbye" Thomas? He's got more homers in September than Ryan Howard and at one point hit one in like six straight games. Who knew there was life in that body?

Besides Billy Beane.

[metsmarathon]

="seawolf17"]But I want them to clinch today. I want to come into work in blue and orange with my blinky Mets pin tomorrow. I've waited eighteen years for this.

come to think of it, i've got something of a blue-and-orange theme going for me today...

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Braves draw first blood. RBI double by Andruw scores Aybar. 1-0 Braves still batting in the first.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

And already two more runs are in, thanks in part to an error by Utley.



So far so good for a Wednesday clincher!

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Davies homers in the bottom of the second.

4-0 Atlanta.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Double by Renteria scores Aybar.

5-0 Atlanta.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

The Phillies are on the board on Ryan Howard's sac fly. However, Misspelled Andrew's well timed leap saved at the minimum an extra base hit, if not a grand slam.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

I go away for a while and when I come back the Phillies have scored three runs.

Braves up 5-3 and batting in the bottom of the third.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Don't go away any more!

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

The Evil Braves still lead the Phuckin Phillies 5-3 in the 7th.

7 outs to go!

[Guest KC]

I'm dying watching the Turner South feed for this game. People mock the
YES/SNY concept but these guys are just plain funny. There's two or three
commercials for the Braves they loop through and now the two announcers
are lamenting how society is wrong for only embracing champions and not
teams that achieve the playoffs year after year after year but come up short.

My South, My Braves ... my yuck

[stevejrogers]

Phillienow up 6-5

Todd Pratt on deck in the Bottom of 8th

[stevejrogers]

And Rick White on the mound for the Phillies

[stevejrogers]

One away and here is Tank

[stevejrogers]

Scratch that, Pena in for Pratt

[Guest KC]

Phargin' Phillies

[stevejrogers]

Top of the Braves order due up

Though a Brave loss does lower the magic number for a Wild Card.

Funny, the Braves are in the position we've been in plenty of times in recent years. Close in the Wild Card race, but too many teams to climb over, specifically in other divisions that are no longer on the schedule

[stevejrogers]

Anyone know why Chipper Jones is not in the first game? Like I said, they do have an outside shot of the Wild Card. I mean we'd be annoyed if Wright was sitting the first game of this kind of Double Header