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Tiger2003

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Sep 8, 2010 2:26 AM
You heard it here first.....Not good news for the rest of the National League....and they are the first National League team to 80 Wins
Sep 7, 2010 10:26pm
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Ironman92

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Sep 8, 2010 2:27 AM
I dislike no team more. They've had theirs......get out!
Sep 7, 2010 10:27pm
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karen lotz

TuTu Train

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Sep 8, 2010 2:28 AM
You are right, might as well have the pennant hanging ceremony tomorrow before the game.
Sep 7, 2010 10:28pm
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Tiger2003

Kill or be Killed

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Sep 8, 2010 2:31 AM
karen lotz;475399 wrote:You are right, might as well have the pennant hanging ceremony tomorrow before the game.

Sounds like a little sarcasm.....but the last two years they have done this and go on to winning the pennant. The Phillies have alot to work to do still and it is going to be a battle the rest of the year. Still have 6 games left with Atlanta....
Sep 7, 2010 10:31pm
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Sep 8, 2010 2:34 AM
Somehow the Phillies are still riding high in karma.

Love Utley
Love Oswalt
Appreciate Halladay

Hate the Phillies
Sep 7, 2010 10:34pm
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Ironman92

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Sep 8, 2010 2:35 AM
Tiger2003....may I ask how you became a Philles fan? I have no room to talk as I like the Steelers and Duke...just wondering
Sep 7, 2010 10:35pm
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karen lotz

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Sep 8, 2010 2:37 AM
No sarcasm at all. Phillies are unbeatable.
Sep 7, 2010 10:37pm
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Tiger2003

Kill or be Killed

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Sep 8, 2010 2:40 AM
Ironman92;475412 wrote:Tiger2003....may I ask how you became a Philles fan? I have no room to talk as I like the Steelers and Duke...just wondering

Mom was born in Philly....Dad was born in Pittsburgh.....

They met at Ohio State, that is why I am a Buckeye
Sep 7, 2010 10:40pm
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Ironman92

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Sep 8, 2010 2:41 AM
Fair enough....I still hate them.
Sep 7, 2010 10:41pm
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Tiger2003

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Sep 8, 2010 2:42 AM
karen lotz;475413 wrote:No sarcasm at all. Phillies are unbeatable.

They need to tighten up the middle relief. Madson and Lidge have been solid as of late in the 8th and 9th.
Sep 7, 2010 10:42pm
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Sep 8, 2010 2:43 AM
BTW.....my grandpa attended games of the 1980 world series and I have a game used ball from game 2
Sep 7, 2010 10:43pm
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Tiger2003

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Sep 8, 2010 2:47 AM
Ironman92;475427 wrote:BTW.....my grandpa attended games of the 1980 world series and I have a game used ball from game 2

Yah my grandpa as well he was there for game 1,2 and 6. He has been a season ticket holder for about 40 years. I got to go to the 2008 and 2009 World Series...because of him.
Sep 7, 2010 10:47pm
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Sep 8, 2010 2:50 AM
Well....your grandpa tops mine I guess. lol

Though mine was drafted by the Tigers in 1955 and was in the guinness book of world records for most golf holes walked in one day (126)
Sep 7, 2010 10:50pm
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Tiger2003

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Sep 8, 2010 3:13 AM
Ironman92;475442 wrote:Well....your grandpa tops mine I guess. lol

Though mine was drafted by the Tigers in 1955 and was in the guinness book of world records for most golf holes walked in one day (126)

Nice.... That is pretty bad ass....Is he still in it?
Sep 7, 2010 11:13pm
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Heretic

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Sep 8, 2010 6:42 AM
I've said before that I'd like the Braves to make the playoffs to give Bobby Cox a proper send-off. I respect him as a coach and would like it if he closed out his career by getting to the off-season to see if he can have a truly golden moment by going out on top.

But...I'm a Teampirates fan. I remember 1991-92 vividly (the two best years I've personally witnessed, as I started following baseball in '84 or '85...can't remember...Rhoden and Reuschel were the top two pitchers). Atlanta kept my team from a potential World Series in heartbreaking fashion.

I can't deny it. Regardless of my respect for Bobby C. (name given that way so my OC existence doesn't revolve around me exclaiming my "respect for 'Cox'"), I am loving the possibility that Braves fans might (due to the late stage of the season) wind up pointing to a lost series against the worst team in the game as a big reason why they didn't make the postseason.

Sour grapes? No doubt about it, but I'll not apologize for that!
Sep 8, 2010 2:42am
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Sep 8, 2010 6:52 AM
Only negative thing: I joined a late eight-person fantasy league because the ytownwhatever woman wanted to start one for her little brother. Of the eight, only four have really participated and we're all in a near-deadlock position. I have Hudson. I figured he'd (as a crafty, skilled vet) would dominate. Couldn't he have lost 1-0 instead of 5-0 with four of those runs being his?
Sep 8, 2010 2:52am
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Sep 8, 2010 4:54 PM
Hudson was dominant last night until that 6th inning. Heyward misplayed a ball that should have had kept it at 2-0 with 2 outs. Either way, the Braves bats need to wake up soon or they will be on the outside looking in when October rolls around.
Sep 8, 2010 12:54pm
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Sep 8, 2010 6:11 PM
Really, that pitching match-up worked out just like I expected...with roles reversed.

McDonald pitched 7 shut-out innings. Got into trouble a couple of times, but got out of it unscathed. I figured Hudson would do that.

Hudson was lock-down for six innings...and then things imploded in the seventh. While I would have picked the fourth, fifth or sixth inning for the implosion, that's what I expected from McDonald.
Sep 8, 2010 2:11pm
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Sep 8, 2010 6:35 PM
...not that I'm aware of...the last guiness book I saw didn't even have that particular record and surely it's been broken many times over the past 55 years
Sep 8, 2010 2:35pm
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Sep 13, 2010 4:11 PM
So the Phillies are still ahead 1 game in the East with the Braves leading the wildcard. The Phillies were able to take 2 of 3 from the Mets While the Braves split a 4 game series with the Slumping Cards. The Phillies travel to Florida for a 3 game series while the Braves stay at home and take on the Nats. This race is going to be tight all they way till the last series of the year when the Phillies travel to Atlanta for a weekend series in the 1st month of October.
Sep 13, 2010 12:11pm
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Tiger2003

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Sep 14, 2010 3:29 PM
Magic Number is 17 for the Phillies!!!!!!! Hahaha
Sep 14, 2010 11:29am
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karen lotz

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Sep 14, 2010 3:54 PM
I'm not sure what is so funny? They have a 1 game lead with 6 games left against ATL...
Sep 14, 2010 11:54am
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Sep 14, 2010 4:29 PM
Haha.
Sep 14, 2010 12:29pm
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Sep 14, 2010 4:47 PM
justincredible;483665 wrote:Haha.


I KNOW RIGHT!!!!!! lulz all around.
Sep 14, 2010 12:47pm
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Sep 14, 2010 5:28 PM
I look at magic numbers as more depressing than funny...but that might be because I'm a Pirates fan and, so, my team's magic number is "how many games until they're mathematically eliminated" instead of "how many games until they clinch the postseason".

And we hit that number earlier than usual (even for us) this year.
Sep 14, 2010 1:28pm