Giants vs. Phillies -- NLCS IST

[Guest Edgy DC]

Chilli Vanilli, it's Roy Oswalt.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Posey is just sick

[Willets Point]

Uribe, you be de man.

[Willets Point]

At least there's one happy result today.

I want the pennant winners decided by Friday.

[Guest Edgy DC]

And that's that.

We're gonna have some West Coast World Series ball.

Hang in there, San Andreas.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Phils fans gotta feel like Met fans a little tonight.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

And that thought nourishes me a little. Is that wrong?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

No, it's good. The 2-out runs surrendered, the baserunning fuckups, the loss on the road in extras, the Cody Ross... It's all gonna help.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Is Manuel going to hear (has he already?) it for going to Oswalt with Lidge still in his pocket?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Of the many things my Phils fan familiars are kvetching about-- both via text and on Facebook-- that ain't one of them.

Plus, it's not like Oswalt is Dessens. You'd generally RATHER have him in there over Lidge.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Yeah, but Davey Johnson certainly heard it for going to Gooden out of the pen in 1988. That "unfamiliar with relieving/out of his element/not on his usual rest" angle.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Yeah, but Oswalt's usual throw day was yesterday, if I'm counting right (started last Sunday, starting again this weekend if necessary).

And also, we were all a little stupider then.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I'm just saying that it seems like one of those perfectly defensible moves that fans nonetheless use convenient logic to rip the manager for when they don't work.

[Frayed Knot]

The only snag in the 'yesterday was Oswalt's throw day' logic is that he had already done his throwing earlier. Usually if you're going to use a pitcher in those circumstances you delay his throwing so as to keep him fresher.

That said, some writers were trying to hang Cholly with the logic that his willingness to use Oswalt clashed with his earlier decision to NOT go with Halladay (and by extension everyone else) on short rest and skip Blanton all together - I guess based on the assumption that if he's going to act desperate he should have done so earlier. I don't buy that.

[MFS62]

It was a logical move to go with Oswalt. If the game stays tied for several innings, you'd like to use a starter there. Then, if you take the lead, you bring in your closer.

Later

[Guest Edgy DC]

I just think he should use his better relievers first, while he still has a few batters to hit for them if their turn comes around. Go for a starter when you're ready to use him for a three-four inning stretch --- either for a third inning bailout or an extra inning war of attrition.

[ashie62]

Ooh, Cablevision, Ashie cannot watch, it's UCLA-Oregon for me.

[Willets Point]

I expect a double no-hitter into the 10th inning.

[Benjamin Grimm]

If I was a Giants fan, I'd be giddy with anticipation.

If I was a Phillies fan, I'd be filled with nervous apprehension. (I'd also be an ill-tempered thug, but that's another story.)

[Guest Kong76]

It just occurs to me that this is the first year in probably four
decades that I haven't seen one pitch of the NCLS live on tv.
A hearty fuck you to the Murdochs and Dolans of this world.

[Willets Point]

Kong: atdhe.net is your friend.

Giants up 1-0 in the first.

[Guest Kong76]

I get the commercial and then get a connection refused error. I
have Cablevision for internet too, maybe it's blocked somehow.

[Guest Kong76]

I clicked on three other things on that site and my firewall software
lit up like an xmas tree ... what did ya send me in to get fried, Willets?

[Frayed Knot]

Pretty sloppy game so far with neither pitcher all that sharp.
3-1 Phils thru 2-1/2

[Fman99]

All-time Met fan fave Cody Ross with a double in the corner, now 3-2 Philthies.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Eat it, baby. I'm pulling for the Philharmonics.

[ashie62]

Kong76 wrote: I get the commercial and then get a connection refused error. I have Cablevision for internet too, maybe it's blocked somehow.

Same here....Oregon 15 UCLA 0

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Edgy DC wrote: Eat it, baby. I'm pulling for the Philharmonics.

Whaaaaaa?

[Guest Edgy DC]

They never puked on my kid.

Pinch-hitting time here?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Lineout DP ends the rally, but takes Halladay out of the game.

Post-season baseball here, baby.