I.S.T. - Cards & Phils -- NLDS 2011

[Frayed Knot]

I'm so glad that NYC never picked up on the towel-waving idiocy.

[metirish]

What a play and turn from Furcal...

[Gwreck]

Frayed Knot wrote: I'm so glad that NYC never picked up on the towel-waving idiocy.

In fairness, the Mets handed them out at Game 7 of the NLCS in 2006.

[metirish]

Carpenter is going to come out for the 9th right?

[Frayed Knot]

Gwreck wrote: I'm so glad that NYC never picked up on the towel-waving idiocy. In fairness, the Mets handed them out at Game 7 of the NLCS in 2006.

Which shows two things:
a) that the ownership was typically imitative and clueless
and
that even given the invitation, the fans never adopted such a small townish ploy

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Nobody say a word.

[metirish]

Brilliant

[Guest themetfairy]

Yea!

All local news stations are once again watchable!

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

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[Gwreck]

Cardinals Win
Howard dies on way to first base

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Is that the Ryan Howard whose $125M contract extension begins next year-- the one whose deal will last longer than Chase Utley is playing professional baseball?

[Frayed Knot]

On the one hand MLB along with TBS/FOX can't be happy that NYC and Philly are out of the mix.
On the other they got three five-game series in the first round and all three ended in one-run games.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Shocking.

Nice to see someone else fall to an inferior StL team.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Loved seeing Carpenter get to finish the game.

[stevejrogers]

Frayed Knot wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: I'm so glad that NYC never picked up on the towel-waving idiocy. In fairness, the Mets handed them out at Game 7 of the NLCS in 2006. Which shows two things: a) that the ownership was typically imitative and clueless and that even given the invitation, the fans never adopted such a small townish ploy

FK, I'll raise that one better. After the rise of the Homer Hanky with the 1987 Twins, the 1988 response was the K Hanky, featuring Bill Gallo illustrations of Doc, Cone, Sid and Darling, handed out during the NLCS.

[stevejrogers]

[Frayed Knot]

And, once again, the indifference of NY fans turned that contrived promo into a one-shot deal rather than an annoying and ongoing "tradition".

[Guest Edgy DC]

And a hanky ain't a towel.

[Fman99]

I hate those fucking towels. At least Philly fans had something to cry in and/or wrap Ryan Howard's pulpy Achilles up with.

[bmfc1]

Howard out for the entire first half of '12 and maybe the whole season, according to Rotoworld. Damn shame.

[Gwreck]

ESPN had it at 6-9 months which could be anything from April to June for a return.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I had my achilles broken and surgically repaired and missed 11 months of hard physical activity.

Also sorta messed me up permanently, my action off that foot was never the same.

[Benjamin Grimm]

And just when Howard is about to start his five-year, $125 million contact extension.

That's right, Ryan Howard is going to be making $25 million per year through 2016. He'll turn 37 a month after that contract ends.

[Frayed Knot]

And that kind of injury can't be good on such a large body.

[Frayed Knot]

MLB.com -- Ryan Howard had surgery Wednesday morning in Baltimore to repair a completely torn Achilles tendon in his left leg. Foot and ankle specialist Mark Myerson performed the surgery and also administered a PRP injection. The Phillies said the surgery was successful, and general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. said in a statement, "It's going to be five to six months from the surgery until he can play at his accustomed level."

[MFS62]

Frayed Knot wrote: And that kind of injury can't be good on such a large body.

But at least he won't lose much speed.

Later

[TransMonk]

Five to six months is March or April, no?

[Ceetar]

TransMonk wrote: Five to six months is March or April, no?

yeah. that's better than the 6-9 months they were originally projecting. if it's 6 months to 100%, he could actually miss no time..

[Benjamin Grimm]

That's assuming no "setbacks". Remember, we were originally supposed to see Johan Santana by around July 1.

[Ceetar]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: That's assuming no "setbacks". Remember, we were originally supposed to see Johan Santana by around July 1.

That was always extremely tentative though.

Setbacks are always a possibility, but he's not a pitcher or a basestealer/premium defender.

Of course, a little nerve tweak kept Ike out all year, so..