Zvon

Im gonna stop callin him old man river. Senior Franco with a ground rule double plates Matsui.

And we knock Galvin from the mound. Him and that curve ball a his can go take a shower. WOW! Fasano makes a pretty awsum diving catch. Rarely see a catcher make a play like that.

YES! Floyd and Matsui with back to back Phils outfield aided doubles!

UGH..... Galvin has a nasty curve ball workin for him tonight.

Bases loaded-2 out for Mr Wright.

thatll do. Howards error allows for a Met run.

time to be clutch beltran!

="KC"]I blame Zvon for fucking with bang pow - everyone's mileage will differ, of course. Ive been waiting to use that Floyd graphic for a loooooooong time. I thought they both looked good together. Ka Boom Bang Pow! lil rally here would be nice.

Not one of Trachsels' better outtings.

UGH. David Bell with a 3 run ding dong.

AWWWWWWWWWW! We had Burrell at the plate. Damn.

Wow- Phils load the bases with no out and Trax gets out of it. Wow.

Im surprized how empty Shea looks.

Great AB by LoDuca. Draws a walk after making Floyd throw many pitches

whew- i thought Howard got a hold a that one. Deep fly goes for a sac as Abreu scores easy. Ok Trax--settle down and get out of this now....please. Victorino singles. Okay, now Trax.

UGH- Utley doubles- Abreu draws the walk- wild pitch moves em up- And that damn Burrell drives in one with a single.

Great KTE soupcan. Ill add: Keep Chase Utley from doing his sparky spark the Phils thing. Keep Howard from goin yard (thats kinda goes without saying :\ ) This guy that has been playing for the injured Rowand (CF-we all know "the catch"), Shane Victorino, has really done a great job at the plate filling in at centerfield. His bat needs to be cooled off.

The Big O wrote: ="SteveJRogers"]Man, and that includes the infamous 1987 filled with injuries, drug rehabilitation and starters just going in and out like crazy I'd have to double check, but I'm sure the 12 in 87 is either the most (if not probably the early 60's), or very darn close to: Darling 32, Gooden 25, Fernandez 27, Leach 12, Aguilera 17, Mitchell 19, Cone 13, Ojeda 7, Innis 1, Schulze 4, Candeleria 3, Edens 2 Compare that with a year later and what might still be the least amount of Metly starting hurlers Gooden 34, Darling 34, Cone 28, Ojeda 29, Fernandez 31, Aguilera 3, West 1 (Blast from the past with David West, the GenK, and Kazmir of his day, funny how throw in Aguilera became THE guy we traded for Frank Viola) Funny, I researched this yesterday after being inspired by someone's post that listed our theoretical 13-deep starting staff. 12 in '87 is a high number (though we did also use 12 in '04 -- Dan Wheeler, James Baldwin, Scott Erickson, Tyler Yates and Matt Ginter as well as the usual suspects); other 12s are 1992 and 1974. Bigger totals are 14 in 1982 and '62, 15 in 1979 and 16 apiece from 1964-1966. The most starters ever is 20 (!) in 1967: 1 -- Bill Connors, Billy Wynne, Nick Willhite, Jack Hamilton 2 -- Jack Lamabe, Chuck Estrada 3 -- Bill Graham, Kooz, Rohr 4 -- Tug, Dick Selma 6 -- Cal, Dennis Bennett 8 -- Bill Denehy 11 -- Frisella 13 -- Shaw, Hendley 16 -- Cardwell 30 -- Fisher 34 -- Seaver 7 is the fewest ever -- 1988 (Ron, Doc, Sid, Bobby, David + Rick and David West), 1990 (Viola, Doc, David, Sid, Ron, Bobby + Julio Valera) and 1996 (Harnisch, Mark Clark, Bobby Jones (I), Izzy, Wilson + Person, Mlicki). great stuff. Should be a thread in itself.

This is a great new feature. Youve already picked up one new reader Steve . * Z clicks link and bookmarks

LoDuca: .4 Beltran: .2 Delgado: 2 Wright: 2 Glavine: 3 Heilman: 1 Sanchez:.4 Wagner: 1

Willets Point wrote: Do we really need to ruin this victory celebration with Meatloaf's mug? you are correct sir and i apoligize!

Willets Point wrote: ="Rotblatt"] The bitter taste from last night is still in my mouth, though. Not sure what it will take to get that out of there, but tonight wasn't enough. How 'bout a sweep of the Phillies? YES!