2007 NLDS: Phillies vs. Rockies

First to 100 runs wins.

Philly in phour.

Rocks win w/ destiny and by abusing Myers

I'm going to side with Morbs' fairly uncanny Rockies-related intuition and say Rockies in 4. The Phillies' pitching is due for a collapse. They simply can't continue to put up a 3.40 staff ERA like they did over the past three weeks.

phillies in 3

Crystal ball has gone cloudy after last night. Still, PHI-4.

Rocks in 4

seriously, will philadelphians phreak out and start the wringing of hands and gnashing of teeth when the rockies go down a couple games?

phils, because the rockies won't win the road games.

will JORGE JULIO be on the LDS roster??

ha!

eaton=dropped!

PHI in 4.

ha!

eaton=dropped!

and verily there was much rejoicing from phillies fans everywhere!

http://blogs.phillynews.com/inquirer/zozone/SICover_100807_Phillies.jpg

QED from the MSM

Rox in 5.

from BP:

As it turns out, Jorge Julio didn't make the playoff roster; in his place, the Rockies have plugged in Mark Redman. Yes, that Mark Redman. Whether Julio commits seppuku remains to be seen, but let's just assume that the odds of Redman being a difference-maker are low.

Phillies in four.

Series MVP: Shane Victorino, unless the series goes to five games and Jimmy Rollins gets 25/25+ plate appearances.

oh, wow, TBS is fucking obnoxious.

the reason i was looking forward to the whole playoffs on tbs thing is that it's a broadcast channel in atlanta, but then i found this out:

On October 1, 2007, Turner Broadcasting rebranded WTBS as Peachtree TV, with new call letters, WPCH-TV. [1] As a result of this, the nationwide version of TBS, which was blacked out in the Atlanta market, became available to cable and satellite viewers in the market for the first time. For example, Peachtree TV remained on Comcast channel 7 on most Atlanta area systems, while the national version of TBS could now be seen on Comcast channel 39.

wtffff

Thru 1 inning... where is the slugfest?

Helton overcomes the WAVING TOWELS

hamels is not looking good today

More like LOLE HAMELS so far.

Plenty of room on the Rockies bandwagon!

Hamels walks in a run! 39 pitches in the inning.

how close did Holliday come to making it 7-0?

everyone know this is streaming live for free @ mlb.com?

Rowand & Burrell go boom

COMEBACK PLS?

Hamels afire now

I was wondering if he's being pulled a little quickly, but damn, 115 pitches already...

you must have missed the 2nd inning when he walked in a run.

I did not. (see^)

wtf, Hurdle lets Francis hit then relieves him?

I tried to do the stream at MLB but they had some phillies guys in a studio talking over the footage and I say no to that noise.

todd helton, the phillie killer ;_;

chase utley gets a sombrero. welcome to the playoffs chumply.

Rockies bullpen is getting it done.

Only 8 hits through 8 innings, kinda surprising.

Phillies' lead-off through clean-up:

0-14, 1 BB, 8Ks

way2go team.

and finishing 0-15 with 9Ks.

that marpas dude or whatever the fuck had filthy stuff, id never heard of him before today

wow we looked bad.

^^ first mlb player post on ilb

Bottom Line: Whichever team can neutralize the other's offense will prevail in this slugfest. <--Tony Gwynn's bold prediction

and the Rockies scored 4 times while actually touching the plate.

CORPASGATE?

http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/sports/20071004_Umps__keep_an_eye_on_that_Rockie.html

Meredith (Los Angeles): There is a report in the Philadelphia Daily News that Manny Corpas was caught on by TBS' cameras in the bullpen throwing water or soda on his shirt, then rubbing dirt into the wet spot. When he went out to pitch, he evidently touched that spot on his uniform several times to get a better grip on the ball?). If this report is true, he blatantly cheated. Do you know if the MLB office and or the umps will be shown this tape before today's Game 2 -- and do you think Charlie Manuel will have the umps check out Corpas' uniform when he pitches again?

Keith Law: (1:14 PM ET ) Considering how much movement Corpas gets on his fastball, I hope the Phils push hard for MLB to look into this. I would assume after Smudgegate last year, they will, but you never know. Corpas has outstanding stuff, but if he's doing it by doctoring the ball, then he should be suspended.

Looks like we may get that slugfest today...

Triple and homer for clutchytastic sparkplug (East) BBWAA Love Object.

This one ain't gonna be over at 6pm ET.

you know, a slam for ex-Flushing zombie KAZ ain't a spot on what I saw since Sept 12, but still...

I don't understand using Lohse there, who is presumably only in there to eat innings. The situation called for a high-leverage reliever (even though it was only the 4th inning), so why not treat it like a late-inning matchup, bring in a proper bullpenner, and let Lohse eat innings starting with the 5th?

kyle loss amirite

it's not in Charlie's manual.

It's strange though, because Manuel got to the postseason by tearing up the manual and riding his relievers hard. Why change now? (question somewhat rhetorical)

and JOSE MESA! what a spectacular follow-up choice.

can kaz matsui cycle????

dude should bunt next ab

philly is batting .170 on the series so far...

poor kaz ;_;

So is this the opportunity for Hurdle to win MOY, Rollins MVP?

not really as ballots are already in.

Lights out.

WTF!

They should have tried that at Wrigley.

Bah. It would be nice to watch three games tomorrow...

ah well ;_; ;_; ;_;

(cosmic revenge for being such a douche when the mets lost, i guess)

so, kaz matsui mvp?

this was made all the worse by two days spent in the poconos on the worst bachelor party weekend i could've ever envisioned.

"very bad things" bad?

Rox in 5

you Philly folks know what to do with yr rally towels, amirite? LOL

God, you guys are vicious bullies.

-- Dr Morbius, Monday, October 1, 2007 9:24 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Link

I didn't realize that skewering lame doily-waving rose to level of Hindenburg jpegs.