why would you root for tampa? and please don't mention the bulls

10/27/2008 10:37:30 PM

my balls are wet

10/27/2008 10:37:39 PM

Maddon's drinking a cup of tea from the Gatorade cup, have to say that's the first I've seen that in sports

10/27/2008 10:38:01 PM

well crap

maybe they should have gone to a delay prior to this inning

10/27/2008 10:38:12 PM

FUCK YEAH. I have never seen anything so ridiculous in my life. Upton almost didn't make it home because this dumbshit umpire can't get his head out of his ass and postpone the game.

10/27/2008 10:38:29 PM

If these idiots call sliding in the sand/mud "hydroplanning" one more time I'm gonna punch the TV.

Fucking idiots.

10/27/2008 10:39:05 PM

the rays didnt want a delay

no guarantee play resumess

mlb doesnt want a delay

kinda a lame way to end a ws

[Edited on October 27, 2008 at 10:43 PM. Reason : well this is just too optimal being tied and all]

10/27/2008 10:39:34 PM

I don't see how they could've ended the series on this anyway though. Just play the last four innings another time. Is there a rule that says once 5 innings are played and play is postponed and not restarted within 12 hours or something the game is automatically official no matter what? Even in the last game of the world series? If there is then Major League Baseball is the most trivial, stupidest fucking sport I have ever heard of in my life.

10/27/2008 10:43:11 PM

#1 DICKIE THON FAN RIGHT HERE FOLKS

COME ON PHILS, DO IT FOR DICKIE THON AND KENT TEKULVE

10/27/2008 10:43:45 PM

Personal attack: this is why you don't play the world series in fucking Philadelphia.

10/27/2008 10:44:33 PM

OMG

ALL WS GAMES TO BE PLAYED IN A DOME

10/27/2008 10:45:21 PM

Fuck playing sports inside. Biggest pussy shit ever.

10/27/2008 10:49:45 PM

There's NO WAY MLB could end the WS due to rain. They have to finish this game at some point. Even if the Rays didn't score they had to stop the game and figure out a time to finish it.

10/27/2008 10:50:30 PM

i really dont give a shit about brad cooper's wife murdering ass. i just wanna see the phillies finish this thing off

10/27/2008 10:53:03 PM

yeah a tie game is a good thing...i don't want to win this in a rain delay. it would be awful for baseball, but for bud selig it would be par for the course

10/27/2008 11:07:42 PM

Quote :

"Fuck playing sports inside. Biggest pussy shit ever."

Agreed. This may seem sarcastic but I'm dead serious.

You haven't experienced a live sporting event like a baseball playoff game in the freezing cold in October. Everything about it is better. The colder you are, the drunker you get, the louder the stadium is... It's perfection.

Go Rays.

[Edited on October 27, 2008 at 11:10 PM. Reason : ^ they would have kept playing... no way they hand a title to someone.]

10/27/2008 11:10:18 PM

Nah I was serious. Not to mention artificial playing surfaces give the home team too much of an advantage.

To hell with this game, I'm going to bed.

10/27/2008 11:14:34 PM

Selig on ESPNews

10/27/2008 11:20:25 PM

If the home team hasn't completed its half of the inning and weather makes it impossible to re-start, it is declared a suspended game.

10/27/2008 11:27:58 PM

There is no way this game should have been played. In that weather, players can injure their face trying to catch a fly ball or tear their ankle sliding into second base. When the weather gets to that point the game is a sham. If anything, the game should have been called much, much earlier. Once the game was official, Selig knew he had fucked up. He wouldn't let the Phillies win the World Series on a shortened game. The mid-inning suspension of play after the Rays tied was the opportunity to save face MLB and Fox were waiting for the whole time. Selig never fails to find new ways to tarnish the game.

10/28/2008 9:46:07 AM

and a screw job for the phillies.

10/28/2008 9:54:40 AM

Advantage Rays.

They can throw out David Price and have him go as long as it takes. The Phillies go to? Chad Durbin?

10/28/2008 10:46:53 AM

Stars aligning for Rays?

No game tonight. 8:37pm Game 5 will resume on Wednesday.

So the Rays can throw David Price, who is damn near unhittable in short spurts, out there to finish up Game 5. They can then bring back Big Game James (gay nickname for someone who has never really accomplished much) for Game 6. And throw Garza for Game 7 on regular rest now...

[Edited on October 28, 2008 at 1:29 PM. Reason : Garza...]

10/28/2008 1:25:56 PM

I'd love to see the meltdown from filly fans if they lose this series

10/28/2008 1:40:50 PM

Why was it so much simpler to call tonight's action in the afternoon? I'll tell you why. Fox wants to show "House". They'll get the ratings haul both nights. It's like having your cake and eating it too.

10/28/2008 1:42:00 PM

Quote :

"Big Game James (gay nickname for someone who has never really accomplished much)"

I'm glad I'm not the only one that thinks this

And I know Price is good, but I don't understand all the hype he's getting right now either

10/28/2008 1:46:59 PM

Re: Price

Maybe it's his 12-1, 1.93 ERA, barely 1.10 WHIP and 3:1 K/BB in 19 professional starts.

Or his 206 ERA+ in 15 IP in the bigs during the regular season.

Or his 1.93 playoff ERA.

Guy is a stud and has NASTY stuff. I know I don't want to face him if I'm the Phils in a short outing (3 innnigs?).

10/28/2008 1:49:52 PM

Can I get a three-year average on that ERA+?

10/28/2008 1:52:01 PM

After you give me Joey Devine's ERA+ this year, please.

[Edited on October 28, 2008 at 1:53 PM. Reason : x]

10/28/2008 1:53:25 PM

world series doubleheader

10/28/2008 1:56:17 PM

Quote :

"So we traded a guy who makes a few hundred thousand more than the league minimum, is still years away from being arbitration-eligible, and has all the makings of being a top-notch closer (when we're handcuffed into tossing a bunch of shitty retreads into the pen while our starters are dropping like flies and are lucky to consistently make it to the fifth inning) for a guy who's never even made an All-Star game and who's calling card is finishing 14th in MVP voting four years ago. All the while we have at least three guys in the minors who could do what he'll do this year for pennies on the dollar."

http://www.brentroad.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=496128&page=9#11508864

[Edited on October 28, 2008 at 1:58 PM. Reason : 685 in ~46 IP ]

10/28/2008 1:57:18 PM

Don't worry. Kotsay had a 91 OPS+. That's... pretty... good.

Maddon better f'ing bring in David Price.

[Edited on October 29, 2008 at 4:00 PM. Reason : i take my midterm at 3:00pm today so I SHOULD be home for this.. i hope]

10/29/2008 3:59:32 PM

the fact hammels spot is up first may bring some weirdness into it

i think who maddon starts will likely be determined by who the ph is

but i hope it's not david price

10/29/2008 4:04:52 PM

Lol the phillies already won in vegas

books had to pay out based on the rules

devil ray bettors got fucked

10/29/2008 4:36:44 PM

I see they canceled the travel day. Think the Phils'd throw Hamels out there on three days' rest for (potential) Game 7? Especially after only like 75 pitches Monday. He'd be available for long relief definitely.

[Edited on October 29, 2008 at 5:53 PM. Reason : ]

10/29/2008 5:52:41 PM

everything out of philadelphia radio today that i heard said no

[Edited on October 29, 2008 at 5:56 PM. Reason : i'd rather them do it but i dont think it'll happen either]

10/29/2008 5:55:11 PM

Quote :

"why would you root for tampa? and please don't mention the bulls"

Why would anyone outside of Philly root for any of their teams?

Philly is the worst sports city ever when it comes to fans.

Quote :

"After you give me Joey Devine's ERA+ this year, please."

Haha it was best in the Majors for anyone with 40+ innings or something like that: ERA: 0.59

10/29/2008 6:02:46 PM

Moyer, then? Good luck with allllll that...... Or Blanton, I guess. Though this is all very premature since they'll probably wrap it up tonight, unfortunately.

10/29/2008 6:04:35 PM

yeah currently the lineup is to stick with meyers then moyer.


heard hammels on the radio today

(paraphrase)

"we've been behind moyer all season and i have full confidence in him in a game 7"

total pr speak, but take it for what you will.

hammels is not the type to beg for the ball

10/29/2008 6:06:21 PM

yeah, I didn't mean to imply Moyer sucks....lord knows the man is 57 years old yet still went 6.1 fairly strong in game 3

but I'd personally rather ride my big gun like the D'backs did back in 2001 with Schilling and Johnson....then again, I gots no love for the Phils, so carry on

10/29/2008 6:09:01 PM

so whens this start tonight?

10/29/2008 6:41:35 PM

I see nothing wrong with pulling for the rays in this series if you are a bulls fan

10/29/2008 7:05:17 PM

^^ 830

right after the barak obama special

10/29/2008 7:13:42 PM

its about that time

10/29/2008 8:35:48 PM

go phils.

10/29/2008 8:37:03 PM

YES

COME ON JROLL

10/29/2008 8:43:29 PM

wewt j roll bunting

i like it

geoff was fucking pumped

[Edited on October 29, 2008 at 8:44 PM. Reason : e]

10/29/2008 8:43:42 PM

Fuck you Maddon for not starting Price.

That was easy a decision as they come, regardless of who is up in the next inning. He's a starter and used to coming in at the beginning of a night... dumbass deserves to lose.

10/29/2008 8:43:52 PM

haha did the rays stand out int he cold and rain for the past two days?


they lookin kinda stiff

10/29/2008 8:46:56 PM

way to take your eye off th eball

10/29/2008 8:47:10 PM