2008 NLCS: Dodgers vs Phillies

Dodgers at Phillies - Thu., Oct.9 - FOX
Dodgers at Phillies - Fri., Oct. 10 - FOX
Phillies at Dodgers - Sun., Oct. 12 - FOX
Phillies at Dodgers - Mon., Oct. 13 - FOX
Phillies at Dodgers - Wed., Oct. 15 - FOX
Dodgers at Phillies - Fri., Oct. 17 - FOX
Dodgers at Phillies - Sat., Oct. 18 - FOX

dodgers in 6

Dodgers in four, scorched earth.

dodgers in 5

Dodgers in six, Manny faces Boston in the World Series, network execs can't control their excitement and are at risk of drowning in their own jizz, media hype-o-meter goes off scale, baseball gets as close as it'll ever get to a Manning vs Manning Superbowl.

Dodgers in 6.

soooo great watching so-so teams succeed in "tournament" baseball

And I'm sure this is the same tune you'd be singing if the Mets made it.

(don't mean to come off as Shasta Jr. but COME ON MORBS)

Part of me would certainly have been mortified if a team with no bench and bullpen made it this far.

Dodgers in 6

D's in 5

Dodgers in 6

Phillies in 5.

^flair on his sig just looks better every time

LA in 6

Dodgers in six, Manny faces Boston in the World Series, network execs can't control their excitement and are at risk of drowning in their own jizz, media hype-o-meter goes off scale, baseball gets as close as it'll ever get to a Manning vs Manning Superbowl.

― NoTimeBeforeTime, Monday, October 6, 2008 9:44 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark

rooting against this, phils in 7

^flair on his sig

it is the colorful incan blanket he wears while riding his vicuna down potrero ave

Byron OTM, Phillies in 7.

I assumed it was a sponge painting.

And I'm sure this is the same tune you'd be singing if the Mets made it.

― David R., Monday, October 6, 2008 6:31 AM (13 hours ago) Bookmark

we reach

... phillies in 7. yeah, i'm a homer. 30-some years after the fact, i STILL gotta wash the memory of greg luzinski bobbling an easy manny mota fly ball outta my memory ;_;

Excepting game two (4:35), these games are scheduled to start at 8:22 EST.

Ddgrs in 5.

lookin forward to the phils gettin swept by a mediocre nl west team two years in a row

ha -- honestly, if the Dodgers had the team they have now for the entire year, they wouldn't be seen as mediocre.

Then again, I doubt Manny's busting his ass 24/7 for 162 games like he's been these past 2 months.

Eisbaer, you punk, the role of Greg Luzinski will be played by Pat Burrell.

John Perrotto in bP:

The Dodgers are leaning on starting rookie left-hander Clayton Kershaw instead of Greg Maddux to start Game Four of the NLCS against the Phillies, and are likely to use Jonathan Broxton rather than Takashi Saito as the closer.

Saito might be out for the NLCS roster because of a 'mechanical problem.' Kuo will be put on it but I don't put it past the guy to come up hurt after blowing it in game 2.

Phillies in 5. EZ.

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"Also, I think the West Coast, it's more of a business adventure when you take somebody to a game. You're almost trying to break the next business deal or something and in the East Coast, it's everybody is wearing jerseys versus a suit and tie and everybody are eating the hot dogs and everything."

So being on the East Coast, I think the fans are more passionate and they're more involved with the game and they understand the game a little bit more.

yeah, i never have any idea what's going on out there.

Milano rebuttal urgent and key

Greg (Boston): Can we stop talking about how awesome Joe Torre was in LA yet? He finished with 84 wins and only made the playoffs because they have the weakest division in baseball. The Yankees wouldn't have done any better with him at the helm.

Keith Law: Couldn't agree with you more. Not to mention all the wins he cost his team playing Pierre or Kent.

Craig (PA): Explain why the blake trade is bad for LA? If he gets them to a WS, wont it be worth it?

Keith Law: The only way Blake "gets them" to the World Series is if he drives the bus. The prospects they gave up, particularly Carlos Santana, were way too good for the marginal-if-that upgrade they got in Blake.

Oye Como Va!

Wait -- Ned Coletti overpaid for a veteran? The hell you say!

Dodgers in 7.

I don't think I've heard or read any talk about the Dodgers' offense that has mentioned anyone who is not Manny. Watch Casey Blake hit three home runs and knock in ten runs.

wow there are zero dodgers fans in the house

Tim McCarver said that calling something "hot" is a "hip" thing to say.

He is Aunt May, and he is serving Peter Parker wheatcakes.

He also just said that he thinks a 2-2 pitch isn't a pitch you run on because the runner is compelled to run on the next pitch anyway.

(BTW, I'm on DVR delay, so what I'm hearing, you probably heard about 20-25 minutes ago.)

lol exceptional collision

why the fuck is McCarver stretching to bring up the Red Sox?????

fuck i am SO PUMPED ABOUT THIS FUCK YES!!!! EAT SHIT PHILLY!!!!!!!!!!!! *urinates on pennsylvania state flag*

i like mannys hair tonight

first time seeing dodgers edition of manny - how did he get his helmet so fucked up lookin already??? did he take a shit on it?

pinetar is magic!

lol derick lowe #1 pitcher on a lcs team - nl suxxxx bigtime

You see Lowe's line this year?

u mean his line IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE

HE DID HIS JOB MAN

first time seeing dodgers edition of manny - how did he get his helmet so fucked up lookin already??? did he take a shit on it?

shitting on manny and/or his helmet is tim mccarver's job

I kinda wish Brennemann (sp) was doing the play-by-play -- hearing his indignant ass blather on and fume about Manny would be fantastic (for about 15 seconds).

Ruh roh

lolwe is imploding

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You guys know there are 9 innings in a baseball game, right?

ha i am totally rooting for the dodgers but i just always want lowe to do bad - i know i should like be grateful or something after his run in the 1st red sox championship - but still i just cant stand that guys ludicrous face

come on you know you hate him for what he did to Trinka

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FUCK YOU AMERICA

this lady is pretty bad at singing

haha

so if we have a Phils-TB series, who does our presidential candidates root for?

itd have to be philly - no one in fl likes teh rays

What the shit -- Joe, Blake DeWitt is a chump! Pinch hit for him! You dope!

Lowe isn't the Dodgers #1. Thats Chad Billinglsey but nobody outside of LA seems to know that. Lowe was red hot coming in tonight. He was due for a bad game.

HE DID HIS JOB MAN

― David R., Thursday, October 9, 2008 9:52 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

You guys know there are 9 innings in a baseball game, right?

Just the Mets fans, apparently (CANKLES).

My hatred for the Phils is almost balanced by being unwilling to see Torre being credited with anything.

Fact: Charlie Manuel was offered an academic scholarship to Penn.

I guess I probably shouldn't root for the Dodgers since they're a rival, but I like them. Also, I think Philly fans should be miserable forever.

Is it safe to say whoever wins will be eaten alive in the WS? Phillies rotation isnt THAT GOOD and the Dodgers interleague record is fucking pitiful. They'll also probably do something retarded and have Juan Pierre DH.

such bullshit that this game starts at 4:30! last week was the end of my summer fridays =(

Phillies rotation isnt THAT GOOD

LOL, way back in March when I picked Phils to win the NL East, one Mr. David R@pos@ leveled that very same criticism towards me. I think he picked the Braves or something.

first time seeing dodgers edition of manny - how did he get his helmet so fucked up lookin already??? did he take a shit on it?

― cankles, Thursday, October 9, 2008 3:44 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

it looked like that by his 3rd game there :D

Let the record show I would not be stupid enough to pick the Braves.

Also, aside from Hamels & maybe Blanton, I still stand by that remark -- I trust Moyer & Myers to do their thing as much as Shasta loves the Mets.

NOOOOOOO!

whatching this on gamecast is killing me

No BUSINESS ADVENTURES in these stands folks

Boo

as a cubs fan i say this to the dodgers t(^_^t)

where's that Defiance, Ohio defiance, Billingsley?

Yeah all the breaks the Dodgers got against Chicago are coming back in spades.

Have you asked Jon Niese the same question?

xpost

Shuddup Rosenthal someone just walked and it's been five second since I heard my voice.

I will never say nice things about a dodger player ever again on this board.

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MMMMM

Some brilliant bullpen management there Torre. Kudos to you.

Ugh Manny.

Ugly game

Great at-bats, guys

All the Mexicans will miss you in Chavez Ravine next year Nomar. RIP.

I haven't watched an inning of baseball in months but this is making my year.

Leee ever the true Norteño

Torre in 4

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But after the game, Billingsley was awkward when answering questions and unable to provide any details other than saying that catcher Russell Martin calls the games behind the plate and that "pitch selection" was most likely the culprit.

"I felt good; I felt I had good stuff," said Billingsley, who added that a lot of the hits went the other way or found holes. "I didn't do well and I didn't get the job done and I think pitch selection was kind of what the problem was."

batsman Brett M mad same deal as guy in Damn Yankees.

hahaha:

hilarious game

i was looking for footage of meyers running the bases so slow victarino almost passed him

ugh

lol moyer

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victarino makes the same face when he gets mad that every other dude in hawaii does

yeah, lol moyer ... not the way to pitch if you wanna see another parade down broad street in yer lifetime, old man.

da flyin hawaiian's "yo bring it" pose:

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Woe be to any Philly fan who sets foot in Dodger stadium. Dodger fans might be as ruthless as Philly fans.

Good game

victarino makes the same face when he gets mad that every other dude in hawaii does

What face do Duncan brothers make?

McCarver brings the standard "God bless undeserving Hall of Famer Don Drysdale" crap every time the macho posturing breaks out.

Larry (Seattle): I saw Vitorino kept saying hit me in the ribs not the head. Would you rather get hit in the ribs or a batting helmet?

Rob Neyer: Batting helmet. But I bruise easily.

Has Neyer ever played baseball?

hasn't everyone?

I got beaned in the side of the face once, but luckily I had just moved my bubble gum to my left cheek. I think the padding saved some teeth.

i got hit in the head with a bat once when i was catching w. no mask and i had a big bat-shaped bruise on my head for a couple weeks

Torre's putting Lowe out there on 3 days rest? Is the LA rotation that bad?

I heard someone saying sinker ball pitcher can sometimes benefit from a shorter rest. any truth to that?

He was effective in the 2004 ALCS on two days rest!

But that was four years ago.

Sutcliffe has now both broadcastorially pled with Derek Lowe to stop trying to be a "power pitcher" and "stop trying to trick people with his breaking ball." Instead, Derek Lowe should "pound the zone with his sinker."

― You've Got to Pick Up Every Stitch (tracerhand), Wednesday, October 20, 2004 8:41 PM (3 years ago) Bookmark

Torre's putting Lowe out there on 3 days rest? Is the LA rotation that bad?

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JUAN PIERRE

he's in a tough spot because HE SUCKS Joe

JUAN PIERRE lol

lololol

Jesus it must suck to be a Dodger fan.

T/S starting Juan Pierre vs. starting Tony Womack: which was/is the dumber Joe Torre move?

Maybe Torre thinks this is still the regular season and that there's some more games for the team to work out the kinks.

fuck you Burger King

also: thoughful folks are gonna have a field day w/ Manuel's WTF walk of Manny in the very first inning

good call by mccarver that howard almost missed the plate... aside from dragging his hand right across the middle of it

haha

DA FLYIN HAWAIIAN

matt stairs LOLS broxton

matt stairs looks like a softball player and hit that thing like a it was thrown underhand. man.

Okay I'm going to echo BP here, but why did Broxton pitch yesterday and why is he coming into a tie game today?

stairs was visibly winded after trotting around the bases

yay! my lone reason to cheers for the phils!

Torre screwed the pooch on this one. Pulls Kuo after he fucking annihilates everyone to bring in the burn out corps.

Buck: Have you ever seen a hitter as hot as this?
McCarver: Never.
Me: Barry Bonds.
McCarver: I've never seen a hitter this locked in...
Me: BARRY BONDS
McCarver: ... for this long, ever.
Me: BARRY BONDSSSSSSSS WHY WILL YOU NOT
McCarver: He's been doing this for two months!
Me: LISTEN TO MEE BARRY BONDS ARGH YOU MORON11

Philliesss

damn u_u

dare i to hope?

god i heart shane victorino in a manly manner.

haha okay matt stairs is who i love

in his post-game interview he said "well you know i just went up there swinging for the fences like i always do"

poly, BB has been expunged from history in the Stalinist manner

BP dudes made a good (if by now obvious) point about Torre's bullpen skills -- without a clear-cut 7/8/9 combo to close out games, he's all thumbs, as seen by his deployment of Broxton on back-to-back days. Shades of him shredding Gordon in the '04 ALCS by pitching him as much as possible up to and including the Game 3 blowout.

since when did pitching your best reliever on back to back days in the playoffs become a crime against humanity?

Since when do you use one of your best relievers in a done-deal game when you have a must-win game the next night?

ok, in non-high-leverage circumstances... gotcha.

I think I would've left Kuo in a little longer, but hindsight is etc.

Hell, leaving LOWE in longer would've been the best thing to do.

should have thrown some donuts at Stairs

^^^ soon-to-be deadspin EIC

Eh he he he heh heh.

Oh LA, so much to answer for. You can get a ton of playoff tickets for today's game for ~$10 on stubhub.

Actor-writer Robert Wuhl, a season-ticket holder who was one of numerous celebrities on hand Monday, also applauded the Chavez Ravine ambience.

"Dodger fans are really good fans," said Wuhl, who starred in the sports-themed "Arliss" cable series and played a coach in the movie "Bull Durham." "They're passionate fans."

He was heading for the parking lot -- in the eighth inning -- when he paused near the site where Pike's two antagonists were booted. "Out of 56,000 people?" Wuhl said, referring to the attendance. "I'd like to have a crime rate like that."

Innings one, two, eight, and nine behind Garry and Penny? Priceless.

Dodger fan-celebrities are infinitely less cool than the Laker variety. We got like Mary Hart, Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman, Larry King and Arliss.

I watched this awful Robert Wuhl history class thing a while back. What an unfunny douchebag.

I guess it's called Assume The Position. Hard to believe he wrote Police Squad!

Chad Billingsley WTF is your problem?

LOL rafael furcal

rafael furclol

What on earth is Manny's at bat song?

Base hit for Victorino.

And now let's talk about Carl Crawford's right middle finger.

were those three furcal errors ALL IN THE SAME INNING?

will these announcers just drop to their knees and suck manny ramirez's cock already?!? jesus, just think how bad they'd be if the dodgers were actually WINNING.

With Jeter's cock out of the equation, they gotta suck on something!

Congrats to Phillies -- hope they get clowned by the AL rep :)

Furcal had an uggla inning

^^^ optimal return on investment (pun futures)

haha

so if iirc - shasta called this months ago?! (possibly simply out of his morbs/mets-trolling instincts, but still)

haha "possibly" -- you'd have to have balls of steel or brains of mush to seriously think the Phillies had the pitching outside of Hamels (and maybe Myers) to make it this far.

or remember it's the National League.

MIL over PHI
ARI over CHC

TBA over MIN
LAA over CWS

ARI over MIL

TBA over LAA

TBA all the way.

― Steve Shasta, Tuesday, September 2, 2008 7:33 PM

Keith Law: (1:18 PM ET ) I wrote in one of my preview pieces that Torre had become IBB-happy, but this whole series was insane. Manuel wasn't any better. Go ahead and start walking hitters in an AL lineup, guys. See how that works out for you.

IIRC Law was the only ESPN EXPERT who picked the Rays all the way.

In my office pool ($20 entry), I called Rays over Phils in the WS.

I am the only person to have picked the Rays and the Phils to advance so when the Rays clinch, I will be teh winner even if Phils win da WS. B-)

so when the Rays clinch

bwah hah hah

At any given moment, you can see Dusty Baker giving Russ Ortiz the game ball.

MIL over PHI
ARI over CHC

TBA over MIN
LAA over CWS

ARI over MIL

TBA over LAA

TBA all the way.

― Steve Shasta, Tuesday, September 2, 2008 7:33 PM

this was me hoping that boston and la would choke, leaving none of the top 5 payrolls in the playoffs.

I hate chooo Raposeur.

NEVER FORGET

SS wears a jacket with the obnoxious sig flair to the office.

Oh Morbsies, why must you turn this thread about the best team in the NL East/NL into some fanfic about yours truly?

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