ayo lets go phillies get me a fukkin tastykake

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Matt Stairs superfan #1

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ryan howard has only struck out 5 times in his last 10 games, allowing mark reynolds to take the lead in Ks. (191 in 509 AB vs 190 in 580 AB)

6. Posted by Isawa Cody Thu Sep 25, 2008 2:16 pm EDT Report Abuse

.248 with 196 strikeouts is true, but if he is hitting a 3 run homer to take the lead every three at bats instead of a single I think that counts for something. In this day and age of sabremetrics, raw numbers aren't the only things that matter. As this article states hes far and away the best clutch hitter (with both runners in scoring position, and in the 7th inning and later). If the Phils win the division he is the reason. Pujols team is out of contention. Explain to me who is more valuable to their team...

Isawa, I speak for nerdilingers everywhere when I say to no one in particular, please shut the fuck up.

Howard's going to win the MVP isn't he?

yeah i think he just might :-\

fukkers clinch

cant wait till they get cornholed by the dodgers

yay phillies!

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btw lol Adam Eaton

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/eaton-and-chen

lol thread title for the ages

whither Hamels' elbow!?

Hamels elbow is fine but honestly why do you think you're above trolling and then turn into a big baby when the citibank financial september swoon mets threads get trolled?

just sayin

real talk

I see, posting on the enemy thread is trolling. BETTER STICK TO YOUR HOME TEAM THEN

OH I FORGOT YOU'RE ABOVE BEING A REAL FAN, EH

Phillies fans are worse than Red Sox fans if Keith Law chats are any indication.

cubs fans are the worst

No way. Not even in the top 5.

haven't experienced red sox fans but in my experience cubs fans are obnoxious and cocky except obv they havent won anything since 1900 whatever

yankees and phillies fans are the worst in my experience.
followed by Canucks fans.

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Which makes them a million times more charming automatically than Yankees fans or Red Sox fans or Phillies fans.

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no way, cubs fans are just pessimistic homers like myself who won't believe anything will go our way until the final out in our favor in the last game of the world series. teams with worse fans: angels, dodgers, yankees, red sox, phillies, cards

My personal hatred for Angels fans rounds out my top 4. I guess I can concede that Cubs fans might be fifth.

What's so bad about Dodgers or Cards fans?

so basically popular teams and winning teams have the worst fans.

HMMMMMM.....

Naw Philadelphia and Boston and New York fans are the worst regardless of sport. Those towns are fill with jerks.

that's probably otm

Los Angeles would be up there too, but lack of a football team kind of humbles them IMO.

dodgers have no fans except asians and alyssa milano.

Probably more Brooklyn Dodger fans than LA Dodger fans even to this day.

i don't know abt that, when i went to a dodgers/angels interleague at the ravine ppl were rowdy and fun.

sports stadia are filled with jerks.

Yes, the annual NYC SABR meeting will not join the expansion era until the Brooklyn Dodger fans die.

"sports stadia are filled with jerks."

Some stadia are more filled than others.

and Shasta, how do you know Hamels' elbow is fine, you Phillie flack?

Noonan (Philly, PA): Hamels' elbow - serious cause for concern, or expected wear and tear after throwing so many innings last year? Or, both?

SportsNation Keith Law: (1:21 PM ET ) Both. Before last year I think you could comfortably have called him "injury-prone." I wonder if 2008 will end up being this outlier year for him where he was healthy and awesome for an entire season, but then reverted to his prior form of being hurt ... and awesome.

I have nothing to say about the phillies, but this thread title gave me a sudden strong hankering for some krimpets

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Butterscotch_Krimpets.jpg

so creamy so spongey nom nom nom

Phils rule out Hamels for opener:

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/spring2009/news/story?id=4028523

awesome

Dave (my cube): Should I be concerned about the health of Cole Hamels?

SportsNation Keith Law: (1:17 PM ET ) Yes.

I can't wait until a Met gets injured so you can get all butthurt and throw a fantastic tantrum when I post something far less trolly on the mets thread.

Daaaamn, you sensitive.

I bet it won't be far less trolly.

far less trolly then yr "Mets shit the bed" prediction?

can we plz go back to being respectful adversaries, SS? I'm not happy with things as they are.

lol @ these brewers

also:

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2009-04-19

Philadelphia Phillies' Raul Ibanez can't make the catch on an RBI-triple hit by San Diego Padres' Edgar V. Gonzalez in the third inning of a baseball game Sunday, April 19, 2009, in Philadelphia.

IT BEGINS

"Under a sliding Ibanez."

Tremendous effort on that solid triple.

Clem, just to back up a bit I think perhaps you are underrating Oswalt's tenure with Houston in 2010. Take a look at some defense independent stats. He had a great YEAR, he was one of the top 15-20 pitchers in baseball (nb: I was his biggest cheerleader on ILB). Yes he was particularly great down the stretch. but take a deeper peak at his season with Houston outside of ERA and you may be surprised...

UNLESS you're going "retro-cool" for ERA like you did for RBIs earlier this year, and in that case, I am just gonna shrug.gif

xp yes it is, talking about odds is pointless unless you are gambling

Yes he was particularly great down the stretch. but take a deeper peak at his season with Houston outside of ERA and you may be surprised...

I have, and you're quite right; his H/9 and SO/BB with the Astros were very good last year. How about we split the difference between his four months with Houston and two with the Phillies, add a year for age, and say he'll have an ERA around 3.00 next year?

talking about odds is pointless unless you are gambling

And talking about the Academy Awards is pointless, unless you're a marketing executive--but we do, all the time. Most everything we argue about here is pointless. But it's fun, so we do.

i'm not a big gambler, but it seems to me that the odds have a lot more to do with popular conception than some realistic set of facts. like, phillies are probably a very hot bet right now because of this trade and so vegas responds appropriately by giving you far less payout for your bet.

Anyway, I'll admit that I misunderstood the initial origin of these 5:2 odds. I thought they were the opinion of a writer, or someone at ESPN--I didn't realize they were actual Vegas odds.

but you have to factor in the vig.. which at this stage must be pretty steep. perhaps a good 10% more which would wipe out insured profit. and to cad's point, it's largely pr blathering to churn up interest.

As soon as you start talking about the vig, I'm seeing Morrie the wig salesman getting his head bashed in by Jimmy the Gent.

Another thing I'd be interested in doing is going back over every postseason since '69 and asking two questions: who among the playoff teams was favored to win, and who actually did win?

How often does the team that won the most games in that season go on to win the WS? It's fairly rare (they show these numbers every year during the playoffs).

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(They showed the 2010 NLCS replay tonight fwiw)

it seems to me that the odds have a lot more to do with popular conception than some realistic set of facts. like, phillies are probably a very hot bet right now because of this trade and so vegas responds appropriately by giving you far less payout for your bet.

Yes, but this has to be balanced against offering too-favourable odds on the other teams, which a boomaker needs to avoid, at least before the betting has really started. Joe Posnanski is baffled the Royals are 125-1, for example. I'm baffled the Dodgers and their sexy new rotation are 30-1 when there's no guarantee the Rockies or Giants will be obviously better in 2011.

James put a new piece up yesterday called "Thirty-Three Rotations." I love the subtitle: "The 33 Greatest Starting Rotations of All-Time in Chronological Order, Apropos Nothing in Particular." The five most recent: '02 Braves, '01 Mariners, '01 A's, '97 Braves, '93 White Sox.

Domonic Brown bwoke his hand

Uh oh! Did he punch his children's grandfather in the face???

jkjk

Apparently he'll be back in like 3-6 weeks.

I'm so excited for new baseball btw -- I just got my MLB.tv package!

phils top pitching prospect Trevor May answering questions on Reddit:
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/oa934/iama_top_prospect_in_the_mlb_minor_league_system/

icymi

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29655920/philadelphia-phillies-retire-dick-allen-no-15-next-month

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