Baseball 2009

[Pam]

OK Richard, it's your turn to gloat. :p I honestly don't know why Charlie Manual took Pedro out. He said he wasn't tired and has pitched 9 innings before. It all fell apart after that and, of course, Chase Utley made that horrible throw to Ryan Howard ruining that double play which would have ended some of the mess. *sigh* Well it's back to Philly and the cold! LOL! :p:D

[Pam]

PHILADELPHIA :love: CLIFF LEE! What a game!!! 11-0!!! :cool::cool::cool:

[RICHARD]

PHILADELPHIA :love: CLIFF LEE! What a game!!! 11-0!!! :cool::cool::cool:

That's not gloating.

That's was low and inside....:D

I have the feeling that the Mc Court marriage deal will have a little to do with this crash.

I can hardly wait for the post season stories about the LADs...

THe local media are treating it as a non-story. Most of the coverage are general stories taken from the wires. That should be interesting when the writers feel comfortable enough to write about it.:eek:

MLB's bylaws say that their can only be ONE team owner. The MC C's both are stating that they are both part owners.:eek:

[Pam]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/Belrip/Shot26.jpg

[pomtzu]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/Belrip/Shot26.jpg

Great shot of the Phanatic, Pam. I see that Billy Penn is in the background doing his part in the pep rally.

BTW - whatever happened to Tubby Raymond's son - the original Phanatic. Do you know?

[Pam]

Great shot of the Phanatic, Pam. I see that Billy Penn is in the background doing his part in the pep rally.

BTW - whatever happened to Tubby Raymond's son - the original Phanatic. Do you know?

Richard will just have to bear with us for a while Ellie! :p My brother e-mailed this pic to me today. I liked it a lot because I used to work in the PNB building on the 24th floor and my view out the window was Billy Penn. ;)

I don't know the answer to your question Ellie. Sounds like a job for Google. :)

17 minutes 'til first pitch!

[Pam]

ONE MORE GAME TO GO!!!!!!! WE LOVE YOU JIMMY ROLLINS! :cool::love::cool:

[RICHARD]

Just as I thought, Billy Penn never played for the Phils.


Go to sleep.


:D

[pomtzu]

Thank goodness there's a day to rest up before the Phillies play again. What an awesome game last night! This has been one heck of a series so far.

Just one more to clinch it. They can do it!!! :D

[RICHARD]

Thank goodness there's a day to rest up before the Phillies play again. What an awesome game last night! This has been one heck of a series so far.

Just one more to clinch it. They can do it!!! :D

YOu too, Go to sleep.:D

[Pam]

What an awesome game last night! This has been one heck of a series so far.

Just one more to clinch it. They can do it!!! :D

I have seen the game turn on a dime many times in the ninth inning - for the good and for the bad. These ninth innings have caused the blood pressure of many Phillies fans to rise I am sure! (I should view these ninth innings with a glass of Richard's DOTD by my side! LOL!) Last night as Jimmy stepped up to the plate I thought...."Jimmy you can do this." ... and he did!!!! :):)

[davidpizzica]

I'm rooting for the Phillies, but it seems like they always have nailbiting games with the Dodgers! GO PHILLIES!

[Pam]

Three more outs and we are on our way to the World Series again!!! :cool::cool:

[Pam]

YAY PHILLIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:cool:;):lov e:

[RICHARD]

YAY PHILLIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:cool:;):lov e:

Are you back again?

Congrats!:D

[pomtzu]

YAY PHILLIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:cool:;):lov e:



:D:D:D:You took the words right out of my mouth!!!!! :D:D:D

[Pam]

Congrats!:D

Thanks Richard. :) Someone had to win, right? :p It was crazy here last night - fireworks in the neighborhood at midnight. We only have that occasionally on New Year's Eve. Phillies Phever is strong! :) I :love: my Phils!

[davidpizzica]

Thanks Richard. :) Someone had to win, right? :p It was crazy here last night - fireworks in the neighborhood at midnight. We only have that occasionally on New Year's Eve. Phillies Phever is strong! :) I :love: my Phils!

Phillies fever is spreading to Pittsburgh, too! Go Phillies, bring a world series WIN to Pennsylvania!

[Pam]

Phillies fever is spreading to Pittsburgh, too! Go Phillies, bring a world series WIN to Pennsylvania!

David, my daughter-in-law is from an area just south of Erie. She now lives down here in South Jersey and has become an avid Phillies fan. You just can't help it! The fever is contagious! She said "I never knew baseball could be so exciting." :) Glad to have you cheering from Pittsburgh! ;)

[davidpizzica]

David, my daughter-in-law is from an area just south of Erie. She now lives down here in South Jersey and has become an avid Phillies fan. You just can't help it! The fever is contagious! She said "I never knew baseball could be so exciting." :) Glad to have you cheering from Pittsburgh! ;)

I'd love to see a Yankees/Phillies world series, and of course a Phillies WIN!!

[Pam]

I'd love to see a Yankees/Phillies world series, and of course a Phillies WIN!!

So would I. :-) I think they might be the tougher team to beat, but what a feeling if we did it. :)

[RICHARD]

So would I. :-) I think they might be the tougher team to beat, but what a feeling if we did it. :)

I hate the Angels, but, in keeping with the spirit of home town cheering?

Nope, Can't do it!;)

[Grace]

From Yahoo news -


LOS ANGELES – A lawyer for Dodgers CEO Jamie McCourt says she has been fired after her marital separation from the team's owner.

Attorney Dennis Wasser says his client learned Thursday she was no longer employed by the Dodgers, who ended their season Wednesday with a National League championship series loss to the Philadelphia Phillies.

McCourt and team owner Frank McCourt separated earlier this month.

Wasser says Jamie McCourt is disappointed and saddened by her termination. He says she'll address her firing in court.

Jamie McCourt was the highest-ranking woman in Major League Baseball.

[Lady's Human]

(In my best John Sterling imitation)

THEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE YANKEES LOOOOOOOOOOOSE!,

THEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE YANKEES LOOOOOOOOOOOSE!
:p

[RICHARD]

(In my best John Sterling imitation)

THEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE YANKEES LOOOOOOOOOOOSE!,

THEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE YANKEES LOOOOOOOOOOOSE!
:p

Thank you, thank you very much!

Excellent game!

The highest ranking woman still works for the dodgers......Kim Ng.

This was a hot topic on the sports radio today,....:eek:

[Lady's Human]

For those of you not subjected to the NY Yankees radio team, the announcer, John Sterling, is possibly the most annoying homer in the business. He has stupid nicknames/catch phrases for every player on the Yankees. (If I hear the "It's an A-bomb for A-rod" call once more I'm going to rip the radio out of the car dashboard) His color commentator, Susan Waldmann, is actually pretty knowledgable about the game, but has a really, really, annoying accent. Between the pair, it's tough to listen to a Red Sox-Yankees game out here (If you're a Sox fan).

[RICHARD]

I hated Charlie Steiner when he first came to the D's-he's a good announcer,

I cannot stand Chris Berman in any way shape or form. LOL, I always dream of meeting people (stars) on the street and letting them know what I think.

I want to put my foot in the tube when CB does the "RAIDUHS" schtick.

They are literally the raid DUHS!

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I have to say that Vin Scully is the absolute best.

He's probably as impartial as he can be and he's a delight to listen to.


"Welcome to D Stadium tonight where the Dodgers have a date with the San Diego Padres. The Padres come in on the wave of a 5 game winning streak and for a piece of first place in the division....."

He makes it sound like you are really missing a great game and as he goes along he mixes stats with trivia that you really don't care about - but you are really interested in the player's career before he finishes.

Chick Hearn is still missed and the announcer for the El Lay Kings-Bob Miller- is another solid dude.



Chick Hearn-Lakers-40 years
Bob Miller-Kings -36 years
Vin Scully-Dodgers-59 years.


135 years of broadcasting! and it's all here in El Lay!;)

[Pam]

I hate the Angels,home town cheering?


Well they are still alive. Time will tell. :p

The World Series is due to start next Wednesday. If it's in New York it will probably be raining.

[Grace]

Any of you ever hear Ernie Harwell? The only announcer ever traded for a player - back in 1948.

With the Tigers for 42 years. One class act.

[Grace]

The new Yankee Stadium - old already? (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/24/nyregion/24stadium.html)

[RICHARD]

http://www.tmz.com/2009/10/24/dodgers-owner-cold-as-ice/


Part of the termination letter sent to Jaime Mc Court.....

However, your actions, including, but not limited to, your insubordination, non-responsiveness, failure to follow procedures, and inappropriate behavior with regard to a direct subordinate, have made this decision necessary."

OUCH.

I guess Frank knew the score coming into the late innings. I think both are bumblers and his making JM such a high powered official in the club may have been a fatal mistake for the whole organization.

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Stay tuned, this will be interesting.:eek::rolleyes:

[Grace]

Stay tuned, this will be interesting.:eek::rolleyes:

Putting it mildly. They have been married for 30 years, and he bought the Dodgers in 2005. California is a community property state . . . . .

[RICHARD]

Putting it mildly. They have been married for 30 years, and he bought the Dodgers in 2005. California is a community property state . . . . .

Frank had her sign papers giving him sole ownership of the team, She said that she didn't know what she was signing at the time.:eek::rolleyes:

She's asking for 388k a month for alimony if she is given her job back and 488k if she stays fired, I was looking at her list of demands and she is out of her mind.

I guess when you can use dollar bill to clean your rear, you can be as dumb as you want?:eek:

[Lady's Human]

Back to baseball.......

I'm rooting for a nor'easter to hit the greater Philly and NYC areas and shut down the cities for 2-3 weeks...............postponing the WS until we can get a couple of real teams in there.

:p

[Pam]

Back to baseball.......

I'm rooting for a nor'easter to hit the greater Philly and NYC areas and shut down the cities for 2-3 weeks...............postponing the WS until we can get a couple of real teams in there.

:p

I will choose to ignore that remark. :p

A little more than an hour. :)

[Pam]

What a game!!! Is Cliff Lee a pitching machine or what!! How about those two catches he made! Last night was also Chase's night. :) That's what I love about these guys. When one has an off night another one of our guys steps in and "gets it done." One game down and three to go! GO PHILLIES!!!

[pomtzu]

WOW!! What a game!

I'm afraid to say any more than that. I don't want to jinx them....:p

[Grace]

Cliff Lee is simply the coolest dude out there :)

[Pam]

Cliff Lee is simply the coolest dude out there :)

He puts the Energizer Bunny to shame! :cool::cool:

A YouTube video for Phillies fans. ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=To8sHEjJetk

[RICHARD]

Are you back again?:D

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I was in the kitchen when CL caught the ball behind his back.

That was soooooo Hollywood it wasn't amazing..

That's the kind of S that happens when you all your stars are lined up and waiting for you to react.

You just have to show up, get dressed and drag your arse onto mound.

Nothing to it, really!;)

[RICHARD]

Doesn't 'Melke Cabrera' sound like a rum drink you'd get in the Carribean?:confused::)

[Grace]

My favorite Tiger - Curtis Granderson. (http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091030&content_id=7582518&vkey=news_det&fext=.jsp&c_id=det&partnerId=rss_det)

[Pam]

Are you back again?:D

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Of course! ;)

I just heard on the news that in addition to a possible mass transit strike in Philadelphia tomorrow, plus possible rain in the evening, that several players (on both teams) have the flu. Gregg Dobbs was sent home as was Tyler Walker. Apparently Pedro Martinez pitched last night while feeling sick. :(

[Grace]

There is other baseball news . . . . . . . . :)

More about my favorite Tiger -


Granderson donates book to schools
Tigers star wants to promote reading for Michigan youth

By Alden Gonzalez / MLB.com
When Tigers center fielder Curtis Granderson set out to create a children's book, his goals had nothing to do with profit -- he simply wanted to get kids excited about learning.

His new book "All You Can Be: Dream It, Draw It, Become It!" is being distributed free of charge to public elementary school libraries in Michigan, a recent article on the Michigan Department of Education Web site stated.

Copies of the book are being donated by Granderson and Chicago-based publisher Triumph Books.

Illustrations in the book were contributed by fourth-grade students across the state. A contest was held to pick the artwork, as hundreds of children contributed drawings and Granderson selected 29. The theme for the illustrations was: How do you see yourself when you are in high school, and how is education important to helping you become that person?

Granderson, who grew up on the south side of Chicago, is the son of two schoolteachers and learned the importance of education at an early age. All of the net proceeds from the public sale of the books go to Granderson's foundation, Grand Kids Foundation.

"There was one simple thing I wanted to achieve with 'All You Can Be' -- to make learning fun for school children," Granderson was quoted as saying on the Web site. "My mother, Mary, co-author Terry Foster and I truly feel we have accomplished what we set out to do, which was to make learning fun through using creative and different ways to get Michigan's elementary school students thinking about their future."

[Pam]

We need a miracle. :(

[RICHARD]

We need a miracle. :(

Look, the most obvious solution is sitting in front of you.



Ready?

Dear Baseball Jesus,

A seven game WS with the last game going 17 innings would be just great for the fans, the networks and the MLB.

Thank You and Amen.


See, was that hard?;)

[pomtzu]

I'm not a pessimist - but - I think the party is over. :mad:

Nice try, Richard, but I think your little prayer is just too little, too late. :(

[RICHARD]

I'm not a pessimist - but - I think the party is over. :mad:

Nice try, Richard, but I think your little prayer is just too little, too late. :(


Wait a minute,

I can't cancel that, so you will have to live with me should my prayers be answered?:eek::D

Pam will back me up.....
:p

[pomtzu]

Wait a minute,

I can't cancel that, so you will have to live with me should my prayers be answered?:eek::D

Pam will back me up.....
:p

Deal!!!!

But I don't think that stands a chance of a snowball in h3ll.. :(

[RICHARD]

Woman 'offered sex for World Series tickets'

A US woman charged with offering sex for World Series tickets on the Craigslist website says she did nothing wrong and still hopes to make the game.



Susan Finkelstein, 43, was arrested after meeting an undercover police officer responding to the advertisement in a bar, reports the Daily Telegraph.

"I didn't do anything wrong, so I'm not embarrassed about my actions. I'm embarrassed about how I was arrested," she said.

The University of Pennsylvania graduate said she had wanted to take her husband to a baseball game between her beloved Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Yankees.

The self-described "buxom blonde" said she was simply trying to score tickets online, as she had in the past.

Ms Finkelstein told WPVI-TV: "I was hoping to get cheap tickets, maybe meet someone, and talk, and bat my eyelashes and maybe get some tickets."

Her lawyer William J Brennan said his client was merely "a nice lady overcome with Phillies fever".

She might have dropped double entendres in her Craigslist advertisement but never explicitly offered sex, he added.

Mr Brennan hopes to get the misdemeanour charge of promoting prostitution dismissed.

"If somebody read into that posting a sexual connotation, that's on them. There's no overt sexual reference," he said.


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"a nice lady overcome with Phillies fever".

What does THAT mean?:D

I got tons of jokes for that story....

I'm going to sleep.:D

[Pam]

woo hoo we are goin' back to new york!!!!!!

[K9karen]

Hey Pam! Ya know the ole' saying.."It ain't over til the fat lady sings". I'm on pins and needles.....

I just changed my dream of licking JRO's (Jimmy Rollins to the rest of you :p) delicious chocolate shaved head, to kissing Chase Utley smack on the lips! Maybe I can adopt Jayson Werth..oh never mind, it'd be illegal. :eek:

[Pam]

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"a nice lady overcome with Phillies fever".

What does THAT mean?:D



You have to suffer from it to understand. It is more contagious than the swine flu, at least in these parts! :cool: (New Yorkers are immune for life :p ) I believe she did get her tickets though.


Karen, I love 'em all honestly! I think that Ryan Howard might need an eye exam since he has had so many terrible at bats lately. :( Maybe he is saving up his stuff for New York! :cool:

[pomtzu]

I wish the Phillies would just quit torturing us.

This is maddening..........:(

[Karen]

I am rooting for your Phillies, Pam! I'd root for anyone taking on the Yankees, frankly!

[Pam]

I am rooting for your Phillies, Pam! I'd root for anyone taking on the Yankees, frankly!

Karen thank you! :) Honestly I do respect the Yankees as a formidable team. I tense up when certain Yankee players come to the plate. :eek: HOWEVER :) .......respect is one thing and adoration is another! :p I adore my Phillies! ;):cool:

[Pam]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/Belrip/image001.jpg
LOOK OUT NEW YORK! :p:p

[Grace]

Night-Night. See you all in April . . . . . .

[RICHARD]

100 days before?


Thanks to everyone who made the thread fun, Congrats to the Yankees and all the wonderful seesaw games, highlights and interesting stories.

Thanks Manny, for what?
I dunno.

The McCourts will tear the soul out of the team in the off season.
Bet?

And Pam, let your nails grow over the off season?:D

IT was fun kids!

[Pam]

Mudville.... :( I do have to congratulate the Yankees (did I say that? :p ) for playing a good series. 2010 is around the corner! ;)

[Husky_mom]

it was indeed a good game.. haha.. hubby rooted NY and I the
Phillies.. so we had kind or an argument on every home run.. haha... positive thing NY won.. is that I didn´t get mad about losing.. hehe..it´s a game.. it would´ve been great to get till the 7th but hey they did good esp. Mr. Cliff..

the last inning was so stressful... but yet fun.. hubby getting mad at every threatening strike of the bat..

[RICHARD]

http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2009/11/7/129021214163141711.jpg

[RICHARD]

Did anyone seen this?

http://www.nationalledger.com/artman/publish/article_272629024.shtml

Do you think with all the crotch grabbing that BB players do that the only thing Sammy needs to learn is to dance and sing and he could be Michael Jackson's replacement?:eek::confused:

[RICHARD]

http://upnextinsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/sports-pictures-chewbacca-yankees-money.jpg

[redbird]

Go Cardinals,

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p129/caroltree/BASEBALL/1868957286.gif

[davidpizzica]

I maybe a glutton for punishment, but GO, PIRATES! (I know I'm hoping for alot!)

[cassiesmom]

The Cubs' home opener is Monday, April 12, 2010 against Milwaukee. Next year is almost here!

[RICHARD]

Goodbye Rory Markus and George Micheal.

RM did the games for the LA Angels and did the local sports on TV.

George Michael, who did the Sports Machine on Sunday nights also passed in the last two weeks.

God bless them.

I loved GM and the huge buttoned "sport machine" -LOL, It was a huge VTR that had buttons the size of Texas on it.


I saw GM a month ago and boy, did he look sick. He was a trooper and it looked like he worked to the end..

RIP big guys!:(

[RICHARD]

When Rory Markus passed I was talking to my brother and told him that another announcer was bound to pass away.

I forgot the poor guy's name. He was based in the Northwest..:(

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Mark McGwire was on steroids!

Ya Think?.

Dope....

I saw him when he played for Team USA in the Olympics in '84. Who would have known?:rolleyes:

[Momto4FemaleFelines]

Since I just recently re-introduced myself to this forum, I am getting in on this thread a little late but.....

Phull Phledged Phillies Phan Here!!!!

Looking forward to the 2010 season and sure hope I get to go to more games than I did last year...Although I consider the 3 I went to important ones.
The first was the pre-season game against Tampa Bay. First batter up, Pat Burrell, met with a huge round of applause from his old Philadelphia Phans. I yelled "hit one out Pat"...and he did, and he got a standing-o. It was a bitter sweet moment, I miss having Pat on the Phillies.

The other important game I was at was the Sept. 30th National League East Championship winning game. Just like in 2007, I was celebrating my birthday.

I have photos and videos of moments during these games if anyone is interested!

[RICHARD]

http://www.newser.com/article/d9dahj1o0/former-all-star-jose-offerman-banned-for-life-from-dominican-league-for-attacking-umpire.html

BANNED FOR LIFE.


Now, that is baseball in the Carribean. They don't mess around.

Are you paying attention, commish?:eek::o:mad: