2008 MLB Playoffs thread

[zook]

Winnable game, this one's going to come back and haunt them. Not as bad as Game 4 in '93 obv but they should have had this one. Home plate umpire was terribad. Sigh.

Yah that was a weird.. third strike.. call out..check down at first..walk... play he called

And the ball that clearly hit Rollins in the 9th that would have given them two on with none out. Whatever, they should have been leading at that point anyway.

[zook]

Should have gone down as one of the best defensive plays in World Series history, and by a 45 year-old no less. Instead the ump blows the call and it leads to a run. FUCK.

Moyer pitched so well tonight and I couldn't be happier about it. F the haters.

[zook]

Phillies getting outplayed and outmanaged, don't deserve to win this. FUCK. But they still would be winning if the ump didn't blow that call.

[bigspenda73]

whoops

[flomo]

man on no outs

lets go

[zook]

This team is the opposite of clutch. Don't deserve to win this game.

[zook]

Game should be over. Fucking ump.

[flomo]

man on no outs

lets go

again

[zook]

OMFG! Now who doesn't deserve to win?!?!?!

(Phils can still fuck this up...)

[dthorne04]

what's this i hear about the ump fucking the phils again

also get on aim zook

[flomo]

come on
fly ball for the win

[dthorne04]

omg

[flomo]

bingo bango

[zook]

I have no idea how they won this game.

This is the kind of game that makes you think it might possibly, somehow, in some version of reality... be the Phillies year.

[dthorne04]

I have no idea how they won this game.

This is the kind of game that makes you think it might possibly, somehow, in some version of reality... be the Phillies year.

despite how inept they've been, the rays haven't been amazing, and the phillies are just two wins away from doing what once seemed to be impossible as a philadelphia fan.

[UG]

lol Phillies fans have hope


we all know what's going to happen now, haha

[dthorne04]

lol Phillies fans have hope


we all know what's going to happen now, haha

diagf.

goddamn haters.

[UG]

ha, I'm just hoping for a ridiculously awesome series, one that lasts at least six games. If it can somehow last seven games.....holy shit that would be unreal, to be able to sit and hang on each and every pitch, and I have absolutely nothing vested in either of these teams. I can't imagine what it'd be like if I were actually a huge fan of one of these teams, or if it was the ROYALS...So far it's been pretty damn good, so I'm happy for that.



and btw, you Phillies faithful crack me up. one minute it's "we are awesome," next minute it's doom and gloom, then it's onto "omg we MIGHT have a chance." must be nice to have those types of feelings, I guess. I wouldn't know, I'm a Royals fan...here it's, "well, hopefully we don't lose 100 this year."


good luck Philly faithful but I'm root-root-rooting for the RAYS

[zook]

lol Phillies fans have hope


we all know what's going to happen now, haha

This was my first thought as soon as I typed that. But fuck it, if you can't have hope when your team's up 2-1 in the World Series, what's the point? And when they're at that point despite going 1 for 28 with men in scoring position, making some key errors and the umps blowing 3 calls, it makes you realize that this game is crazy and anything can happen.

Honestly I think the Rays are a slightly better team and are built better for the postseason... they have better starting pitching, better managing, more speed and slightly better defense. The Phillies have an ace and some home run hitters. But the ace is going in Game 5!

I'm sorry for you KC fans UG, but the Rays should give you hope. Small market, small payroll teams can get it done...

[dthorne04]

ONEEEE TIME

p.s. suck it ug.

p.p.s. go chiefs

[zook]

Classic makeup call. The ump was in perfect position and still blew it. Ha.

Phillies may be the least clutch team to ever be up 2-1 in WS.

[griffey24]

Classic makeup call. The ump was in perfect position and still blew it. Ha.

Phillies may be the least clutch team to ever be up 2-1 in WS.

these umps suck!.. you can't do a 'makeup call' the next game haha.. its gotta be the same game.

and yah he was like RIGHT there.. brutal. whatever the pitcher is a tool for going to third anyhow.

[bigspenda73]

wow@blowing that call, unreal

[zook]

wow@blowing that call, unreal

agree. rays still leading 3-1 in blown calls this series tho.

[dthorne04]

howard heating up at the right time imo

[griffey24]

BLANTON heating up at the right time imo

fyp

pitchers shouldn't be hitting hr's in the WS imo!

[flomo]

"that ball is absolutely hammered"

l;ike me

[dthorne04]

the sleeping giant has officially awoken

[dthorne04]

only fitting that cole hamels gets to finish it off.

[zook]

WOOOO-HOOOOO! I've got champagne on ice! Been waiting almost my entire life for this, it's surreal right now.

But they're also setting themselves up for one of the biggest FAILs in baseball history...

[UG]

only fitting that cole hamels gets to finish it off.

yeah, this series should pretty much be over

[DaddyDeez]

rays suck, i wonder if boston woulda been a better series for philly.

[griffey24]

But they're also setting themselves up for one of the biggest FAILs in baseball history...

lol optimism!

goddd rays won't lose... I don't care if hamels is going.. losing in 5 is too weak and they'll push it to six. Though I think phils will win it.. in 6 or 7.. sigh.

gg zook!

[DaddyDeez]

worst umpire ever.

[zook]

SO FUCKING TILTED

I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS FUCKING BULLSHIT. THEY NEVER WOULD HAVE CALLED IT IF THE RAYS HADN'T TIED.

FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK

UNREAL

[zook]

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[UG]

are you kidding me? they should have called it waaaaaay before they did. there's freaking standing water all over the field, puddles everywhere!

surprised they let it go as long as they did. that said, I'm glad Pena got to come up huge. more baseball!



p.s. a real team would want to win a full nine inning game, lawlz

[zook]

are you kidding me? they should have called it waaaaaay before they did. there's freaking standing water all over the field, puddles everywhere!

I agree! It's such bullshit that they wait until the game's fucking tied! Either the field's playable or it's not. The rules for postseason games need to be changed to allow games to be resumed the next day at any point.

[UG]

are you kidding me? they should have called it waaaaaay before they did. there's freaking standing water all over the field, puddles everywhere!

I agree! It's such bullshit that they wait until the game's fucking tied! Either the field's playable or it's not. The rules for postseason games need to be changed to allow games to be resumed the next day at any point.

agreed

[zook]

And obviously it should be a full nine-inning game to decide the fucking World Series. I'm just pissed that would let them play in horrible conditions that no game would ever be played in just because the Phillies had a lead. AND I NEED SOME KIND OF FUCKING CLOSURE TONIGHT.

[flomo]

flomo the foreskin--predicts plhillies lose the WS and then build a dome

aggre with the 9 innings for postseason

and drunk

[flomo]

joking

[zook]

I honestly can't remember the last time I was this tilted. I need a bong hit.

[griffey24]

I honestly can't remember the last time I was this tilted. I need a bong hit.

goddamn game postponed... so messed up in a deciding game geez

[griffey24]

I wonder if they would have let that game end.. after the 5th or whatever.. at 2-1...

that woulda been so brutal

[givememyleg]

i hope philly loses

that's all

[ensign_lee]

Can't really even blame zook for being so damn tilted off of that, wow.

I can't imagine even how he feels. He didn't lose....but he didn't *win* either. 96*&#^*^*(@% ??????

[dthorne04]

sigh

[UG]

ffs, you waited 25 years, what's one more day?

[njpokerhoney]

I honestly can't remember the last time I was this tilted. I need a bong hit.

it didn't help.

it's been raining non-stop since yesterday, and as a life-long Philies fan, this is torture.

[zook]

Selig has no balls. What a fucking moron. He came out after the game and said we wouldn't have let the game end 2-1 so even if the Rays didn't score in the 6th he would have suspended the game and they would have finished today or tomorrow. What fucking joke. If that was the case, why didn't he suspend it when Rollins couldn't catch a routine popup in the infield? Or when standing puddles were forming on the infield? Or when they had to work 15 minutes every half-inning to get the mound ready? Obviously Selig waited until it was tied because he's such a fucking pussy. I wish Manuel hadn't declined to speak to the media, he would have torn him a new one.

[zook]

I honestly can't remember the last time I was this tilted. I need a bong hit.

it didn't help.

Ha. Worked for me. You must not have California weed

it's been raining non-stop since yesterday, and as a life-long Philies fan, this is torture.

Yeah it is. They never should have started the game.

[zook]

ffs, you waited 25 years, what's one more day?

Here's a good article summing up the Philly perspective:

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playof...son&id=3668201

I'm getting worked up again and I've only been awake for half an hour.

[griffey24]

Good article zook!

yah.. this whole rain scene really screws the phil's pretty hard. Not really fair that hamels can't pitch in the clincher properly...

selig is a dumbass. Ever since that allstar game that ended in a tie.. he's been a dumbass

[zook]

No baseball tonight

Only upside is that Hamels will be available on 3 days rest for Game 7 and I think they'll use him b/c he only made 75 pitches last night. And both Moyer and Blanton will be fully rested for long relief if necessary.

[dthorne04]

No baseball tonight

Only upside is that Hamels will be available on 3 days rest for Game 7 and I think they'll use him b/c he only made 75 pitches last night. And both Moyer and Blanton will be fully rested for long relief if necessary.

if game 5 is tomorrow night, wouldn't that make game 7 on saturday, giving cole 4 days rest?

or are they just gonna go straight wednesday through friday?

[zook]

No baseball tonight

Only upside is that Hamels will be available on 3 days rest for Game 7 and I think they'll use him b/c he only made 75 pitches last night. And both Moyer and Blanton will be fully rested for long relief if necessary.

if game 5 is tomorrow night, wouldn't that make game 7 on saturday, giving cole 4 days rest?

or are they just gonna go straight wednesday through friday?

Haven't announced yet for sure, but the plan was to play straight through with Wed/Thurs in Tampa if they could get the game in tonight, so I'd be surprised if they scheduled an off-day if they get it in tomorrow. One of the articles said that Fri/Sat are the worst TV ratings nights, so that makes it even more unlikely.

[bigred]

Rays list of victims:

White Sox
Red Sox
Steve Irwin
Phillies - Soon to be

[dthorne04]

lolol.

there's about a .00000001% chance the rays win this fucking series.

[dthorne04]

also, to ug and anyone else who doesn't understand why zook and myself are freaking out.

have you rooted for a franchise who's lost more games than any other professional sports team in history?

have you had a gm who seemingly is trying to destroy your team (actually, spenda and bob do)

those of us who aren't the fucking retarded yahoos who boo santa claus and pelt j.d. drew with batteries have waited patiently for shit to turn around, and now that it finally is about to, we have to wait. it's fucking torture.

while it looks like it's almost a sure thing that the phillies are finally gonna bring it home...all philly fans have experienced what it's like when we jump the gun and then the team fails miserably. see the '93 phillies or '04 eagles for an example.

i'm just praying that they finish it off tomorrow.

[zook]

this is so fucked up

LET US GOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGO

[bigspenda73]

lolol.

there's about a .00000001% chance the rays win this fucking series.

so I can has $15 to $15,000,000 then?

[zook]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[zook]

Goddamn Manuel is a bad manager. Why start with Madson if you're not going to stick with him for more than one inning? It forced him to let Romero bat with a man on in the 7th... unreal.

HOLD

HOLD

HOLD

HOLD

[UG]

no more baseball, damn

[zook]

Thank you Phillies!!!!!!

[UG]

now that the Phillies have won, are the citizens of Philadelphia going to burn down the city tonight?

[thizzSantaCruz]

now that the Phillies have won, are the citizens of Philadelphia going to burn down the city tonight?

obviously. this is the first thing i said after swearing when the phillies got the last out. Dthorne have fun in the mayhem (blow up a car for me) and I hope you remain safe.

[griffey24]

Thank you Phillies!!!!!!

gg phils and zook!

weird watching a big game end so quickly

how much do I gotta ship you zook?

[dthorne04]

sadly santacruz i don't live in PA anymore but I'm there in spirit.

this is so fucking sweet, isn't it zook?

also, so glad they gave hamels the WS MVP, he deserved it.

for the rest of my life i'll never forget the look on lidge's face, and victorino running in from centerfield. so unbelievably amazing.

[zook]

gg phils and zook!

thanks man

[zook]

this is so fucking sweet, isn't it zook?

Unreal. My dad sounded delirious on the phone tonight, that conversation's going to stay in my mind forever.

Some crazy shit going down in Philly right now, I wish I was there.

[dthorne04]

[griffey24]

Its too bad you guys weren't in philly last night, boy boys shoulda flown in!

I guess its hard to really plan around the uncertainty of them winning or not!

[dthorne04]

Next time, Griffey.

Can anyone re-size either of those so I can use them as an avatar? Thanks.