Marlins should have won the game in the 9th but screwed by the umps. Lets see if Lidge blows it anyways......CHOOOCH!!!
That call was horrendous. Bob Davidson should stick to balks.Marlins should have won the game in the 9th but screwed by the umps. Lets see if Lidge blows it anyways......CHOOOCH!!!
With the Braves playing the Giants, if the Phils can keep winning against the Mets, they'll pick up ground either in the division or in the wildcard.Braves are losing ground and the Phils are decimated right now........... I guess it doesn't matter when you have 3 aces on the staff. This could get ugly when the Phils get healthy again.
Most underrated Phillie, maybe ever.CHOOOCH!!!
And he's still claiming he was right, after watching replays. I guess in his mind the ball landed fair prior to the bag, went foul over the bag, then turned to the right in mid-air to land fair past the bag.That call was horrendous. Bob Davidson should stick to balks.Marlins should have won the game in the 9th but screwed by the umps. Lets see if Lidge blows it anyways......CHOOOCH!!!
Is there some special rule on this? It looks fair off the bat, but then later foul. I'm sure by now someone in philly has figured out this by now, right?And he's still claiming he was right, after watching replays. I guess in his mind the ball landed fair prior to the bag, went foul over the bag, then turned to the right in mid-air to land fair past the bag.That call was horrendous. Bob Davidson should stick to balks.Marlins should have won the game in the 9th but screwed by the umps. Lets see if Lidge blows it anyways......CHOOOCH!!!
According to this: http://official-rules.org/field/fair_and_foul_balls.htmculdeus said:Is there some special rule on this? It looks fair off the bat, but then later foul. I'm sure by now someone in philly has figured out this by now, right?And he's still claiming he was right, after watching replays. I guess in his mind the ball landed fair prior to the bag, went foul over the bag, then turned to the right in mid-air to land fair past the bag.
On video, it looks like it violates C and was in foul territory when it went over the bag. However, it does seem physically impossible that the ball could be in fair territory before going over the bag, go into foul territory in the air, then come back and be in fair territory in the outfield.A (batted) baseball is fair if:
it stops in fair territory before it reaches first or third base (A), or
it hits a base (B), or
bouncing or rolling, it passes first or third base on or above fair territory ©, or
it passes first or third base in the air and makes its first bounce in fair territory (D), or
the baseball is hit so far that it leaves the playing field between the foul poles or hits one of them (both of which types of events are very good for the batter) (E) or
the defense touches it while it is moving on or above fair territory.
A (batted) baseball is a foul ball in all other cases.
Wow! Now that's the never say die, comeback Phils we love. There's that ####### Chooch again!!!What a comeback!!!
...National League concedes.Victorino activated from DL.Utley cleared to swing a bat.Howard eligible to come off the DL next week.
Clutch hitting, weird balk, wild closer and a nice error. I'll take it every time.Wow! Now that's the never say die, comeback Phils we love. There's that ####### Chooch again!!!What a comeback!!!
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They're saying he should be ready to go for Tuesday.Any word on Chase for next week?
Yep - Expected to be in the lineup tonightThey're saying he should be ready to go for Tuesday.Any word on Chase for next week?
Screw the WC, we're winning the division!Here is an estimate of what it will take for other teams to win the wildcard if the Phillies continue to play .561 ball (which means they will finish with 91 wins). SF: 19-10 STL: 22-9 COL: 22-9 LA: 23-5Plus SF, STL and COL still have series against each other. Barring a complete meltdown from Philly, I think the playoffs are a pretty safe bet.
Yes but they're only 2 games ahead of the Giants with a month to go. While I don't see the Phils going on any type of major slump with their starting rotation, I wouldn't exactly call it a "complete meltdown" if they were to somehow miss the playoffs. What happened to the Mets 3 years ago was a "complete meltdown" IMHO.Here is an estimate of what it will take for other teams to win the wildcard if the Phillies continue to play .561 ball (which means they will finish with 91 wins). SF: 19-10 STL: 22-9 COL: 22-9 LA: 23-5Plus SF, STL and COL still have series against each other. Barring a complete meltdown from Philly, I think the playoffs are a pretty safe bet.
With SD recent collapse, it wouldn't shock me to see the phils battling it out with the Padres for the wildcard in a couple weeks.UPDATE: Here is an estimate of what it will take for other teams to win the wildcard if the Phillies continue to play .561 ball (which means they will finish with 91 wins). SF: 17-11 STL: 22-8 COL: 22-7 LA: 23-5EDIT: I messed up SF numbers yesterday.
These are actually the records that it would take them to tie, aren't they?UPDATE: Here is an estimate of what it will take for other teams to win the wildcard if the Phillies continue to play .561 ball (which means they will finish with 91 wins). SF: 17-11 STL: 22-8 COL: 22-7 LA: 23-5EDIT: I messed up SF numbers yesterday.
Well not exactly textbook, but nothing ever is in Coors Field! Both Chase and Ryan seem to have gotten it together finally. Just in time to make the September run. But I think it's all going to come down to the final weekend showdown with Atlanta. Going to be fun!Hopefully they can muster up some juice tonight after a redeye got them home at 4am this morning. With Hamels on the hill too, hope we can get him some runs.Now that is how you win a game. Nice to see Utley and Howard hitting well in back-to-back games.Though the 9th should never have been as tense as it was if Howard had fielded the grounder from the first batter. Terrible.
The other great thing about this is that if for some reason we really need that last series, we can skip Blanton on the off-day on the 30th and use Hamels, Halladay and Oswalt in the final series.Chollie planning on setting up the rotation so Atlanta sees Hamels, Halladay, and Oswalt next week. NICE!!!!
could have used another start sunday from hamels for championship of my fantasy league.I hope they can get a rest/take it easy on halladay down the stretch. I worry about him being overworked. What a waste that would be.The other great thing about this is that if for some reason we really need that last series, we can skip Blanton on the off-day on the 30th and use Hamels, Halladay and Oswalt in the final series.Chollie planning on setting up the rotation so Atlanta sees Hamels, Halladay, and Oswalt next week. NICE!!!!
Halladay's bad pitching performances are 7+ IP and 3 ERs. That's should be enough to win.could have used another start sunday from hamels for championship of my fantasy league.I hope they can get a rest/take it easy on halladay down the stretch. I worry about him being overworked. What a waste that would be.The other great thing about this is that if for some reason we really need that last series, we can skip Blanton on the off-day on the 30th and use Hamels, Halladay and Oswalt in the final series.Chollie planning on setting up the rotation so Atlanta sees Hamels, Halladay, and Oswalt next week. NICE!!!!