Division Opponents in 2015: Philadelphia Phillies

[Benjamin Grimm]

Anything can happen, and that's what makes this scary. But pennant races are supposed to be scary, but the fact that it's August 24 and our guts are churning is what makes all this fun. It's much better than the apathy that has settled in by this point over the last six years.

[Lefty Specialist]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I know. I think the odds are in the Mets favor, but a bad week can change that dramatically. Tonight's game isn't technically a "must win" but it feels like one, and that definitely counts for something.

Well, looks like they nailed it, despite an abysmal deGrom. It was a nice, demoralizing shot across the bow. Let's hope they (the Phillies, that is) lay down a bit now.

[MFS62]

The city (the fans, actually) that boo-ed Santa Claus loved Chase Utley:
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/philadelphia-newspaper-calls-chase-utley--most-beloved-phillie-in-history--145248505.html;_ylt=A0LEVx0AY9xVf58AaRBXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTByOHZyb21tBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzcg--

Of course they would.

Later

[Frayed Knot]

Lefty Specialist wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: I know. I think the odds are in the Mets favor, but a bad week can change that dramatically. Tonight's game isn't technically a "must win" but it feels like one, and that definitely counts for something. Well, looks like they nailed it, despite an abysmal deGrom. It was a nice, demoralizing shot across the bow. Let's hope they (the Phillies, that is) lay down a bit now.

You know who this has to be demoralizing for? -- Nats fans.
You can imagine a guy checking out the scores, seeing the early 7-2 score with deGrom unable to last the 3rd inning and figuring that his boys grabbed a half-game while kicking back on an off day.
Then you can imagine the same guy checking in on things a bit later .... "Oh Shit!"


Fortunately for my Nats-rooting cousins, I'm too nice a guy to taunt them right now.
Plus there's that karma shit which may decide to come back and bite me if I did.

[Edgy MD]

It's just such a great thing for a guy like deGrom who has picked the team up time after time to get a pick-up of his own. Totally takes the monkey off his back going down the stretch.

[Ceetar]

elimination number now at 20.

[Lefty Specialist]

Frayed Knot wrote: I know. I think the odds are in the Mets favor, but a bad week can change that dramatically. Tonight's game isn't technically a "must win" but it feels like one, and that definitely counts for something. Well, looks like they nailed it, despite an abysmal deGrom. It was a nice, demoralizing shot across the bow. Let's hope they (the Phillies, that is) lay down a bit now. You know who this has to be demoralizing for? -- Nats fans. You can imagine a guy checking out the scores, seeing the early 7-2 score with deGrom unable to last the 3rd inning and figuring that his boys grabbed a half-game while kicking back on an off day. Then you can imagine the same guy checking in on things a bit later .... "Oh Shit!" Fortunately for my Nats-rooting cousins, I'm too nice a guy to taunt them right now. Plus there's that karma shit which may decide to come back and bite me if I did.

Come. Smell the schadenfreude as the 'Haha, Mets are melting down!' comments turn into 'holy shit!' comments.

http://www.wnff.net/index.php?topic=32537.1275

[Benjamin Grimm]

How about that one idiot who hoped that all of the violent Mets fans would riot and kill each other?

I noticed one poster in that thread who was a voice of reason, but everyone else was either too cocky or too maudlin.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Lefty Specialist wrote: Come. Smell the schadenfreude as the 'Haha, Mets are melting down!' comments turn into 'holy shit!' comments. http://www.wnff.net/index.php?topic=32537.1275

Aw, that's good reading. I love to see fans of other teams feel the same helplessness, frustration and shame we've ben through.

[Edgy MD]

Jeff Francoeur was claimed off waivers and pulled back by the Phillies.

Allow me to repeat that: Jeff Francoeur was claimed off waivers and pulled back by the Phillies.

[Fman99]

Lefty Specialist wrote: Come. Smell the schadenfreude as the 'Haha, Mets are melting down!' comments turn into 'holy shit!' comments. http://www.wnff.net/index.php?topic=32537.1275

I enjoyed this entire thread WAY more than I care to admit.

[Guest Mets Willets Point]

Oh man, the emoticons and the pro wrestling GIFs are bringing back memories.

[Edgy MD]

I'm just jealous that there are still b�isbol fora out there with 56-page threads. Get us some users, people.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

The city (the fans, actually) that boo-ed Santa Claus loved Chase Utley: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/philadelphia-newspaper-calls-chase-utley--most-beloved-phillie-in-history--145248505.html;_ylt=A0LEVx0AY9xVf58AaRBXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTByOHZyb21tBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzcg-- Of course they would. Later

I told you guys about how my wife had to deal with the Phils during the '09 season/Series, hospitality-wise, right? Can't find it in the Archives, but, yeah, you can tell a lot about a person by how they treat those who serve them.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Edgy MD wrote: I'm just jealous that there are still b�isbol fora out there with 56-page threads. Get us some users, people.

That thread does also demonstrate the difference between quality and quantity.

[Edgy MD]

Get some quality users, people!

[Guest d'Kong76]

I can't find the thread that I posted in that I had some PhillyPhear. Pay
no attention to the man behind the curtain if anyone reads it.

(still can't believe we marched out of there with four under our belts)

[Edgy MD]

In the great tradition (magnae traditionis) of Billy Wagner, Jonathan Papelbon leaves Philadelphia and ambiguously talks crap about the guys he left behind.

[G-Fafif]

Pete Mackanin: no longer interim. Signed through next year.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

G-Fafif wrote: Pete Mackanin: no longer interim. Signed through next year.

I've given this some thought and concluded hiring Interim managers before you give yourself a chance to choose from a wider field is often a mistake.

cough/ Jerry!/cough

[Fman99]

Edgy MD wrote: In the great tradition (magnae traditionis) of Billy Wagner, Jonathan Papelbon leaves Philadelphia and ambiguously talks crap about the guys he left behind.

This is supposed to give Mets fans an erection, right? It's not just me? If it's just me, I can live with that.

I say this same thing to myself every time I watch old episodes of "The Golden Girls."

[Edgy MD]

Phillies skip the offseason search and appoint Pete Makanin the manager for 2016.

WFAN is also making him substitute host and body-double stand-in for Mike Francesa.

[fimg=380:3uf1okz6]http://media.philly.com/images/PHLN06S4.JPG[/fimg:3uf1okz6] [fimg=380:3uf1okz6]https://cbsnewyork.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/mike-francesa.jpg[/fimg:3uf1okz6]

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Pete Mackanin: no longer interim. Signed through next year. I've given this some thought and concluded hiring Interim managers before you give yourself a chance to choose from a wider field is often a mistake. cough/ Jerry!/cough

[Edgy MD]

I agree about not re-upping a guy before the offseason, and I agree about not re-upping Francesa before checking out the field as well.

Why I got the news late, I dunno.

[Edgy MD]

Recently added to the roster: Travis' older brother Chase d'Arnaud.

The Phillies were clearly concerned their Chase factor was getting low.

[Guest themetfairy]

Even the Pope can't stand Philadelphia!*



*According to The Onion