What a free agent signing wheeler has been. One of the few moves klentak actually nailed. 

Yay!

Just now, eagle45 said:

 

Pheeeeew.  
 

Alvarado was ultimately awesome dealing with that adversity, but his control makes me nervous.  Walking the guy in front of Soto was no bueno.  His performance with 2 on was great though.

Alvarado when he sees the lead off man walking to the plate and the end of the game looming in front of him.

1 minute ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

What a free agent signing wheeler has been. One of the few moves klentak actually nailed. 

Probably Howie's idea.

 

While football remains my most intensely followed spectator sport, IMO, the intensity of 9th inning playoff baseball is unrivaled.  
 

I suppose World Cup PKs are right there too, but PKs feel like a manufactured sudden death situation that doesn’t represent the game itself.

1 minute ago, eagle45 said:

While football remains my most intensely followed spectator sport, IMO, the intensity of 9th inning playoff baseball is unrivaled.  
 

I suppose World Cup PKs are right there too, but PKs feel like a manufactured sudden death situation that doesn’t represent the game itself.

I agree.  

 

That second line... I couldn't read what you wrote there.   Seems you are speaking some foreign language.

1 minute ago, eagle45 said:

While football remains my most intensely followed spectator sport, IMO, the intensity of 9th inning playoff baseball is unrivaled.  
 

I suppose World Cup PKs are right there too, but PKs feel like a manufactured sudden death situation that doesn’t represent the game itself.

Last 90 seconds in playoff hockey is up there too. 

 

Just now, BDawk_ASamuel said:

Last 90 seconds in playoff hockey is up there too. 

Great point.  And special in its own way.  Those 90 seconds of playoff hockey are sustained nail biting chaos.  An incredible action movie.

Baseball would be more of an Alfred Hitchcock movie.  Sheer anticipation and emotional torture leading up to a reveal.

I can hardly call myself a Phillies fan because I don't follow baseball.  But the phillies helped me go to sleep in a better mood after watching Boston sustain a 99% shooting percentage all game long.

The pitchers duel with solo shots, minimal base runners, and lack of mid-inning pitching changes made for a very efficient night too.

Nola's been locked in.  Snell is really good, but inconsistent.

Game 2 is very winnable, especially with all the pressure on the Padres to generate some offense.

Nola can use that against them.

Looking forward to a sweep.  (Mostly because I have to go to a wedding on Sunday. )

2 minutes ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

Nola's been locked in.  Snell is really good, but inconsistent.

Game 2 is very winnable, especially with all the pressure on the Padres to generate some offense.

Nola can use that against them.

Looking forward to a sweep.  (Mostly because I have to go to a wedding on Sunday. )

I’m guessing bryce would love to crush one off snell for him knocking him out for a couple months earlier this year. If we go up 2-0 it’s not making it back to SD. I’m not sure the padres realize what kind of crazy they are walking into at CBP on Friday. 

2 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

I can hardly call myself a Phillies fan because I don't follow baseball.  But the phillies helped me go to sleep in a better mood after watching Boston sustain a 99% shooting percentage all game long.

If it makes you feel any better, NBA preseason is like NFL joint practices, regular season is NFL preseason.

The only 3 things that matter all regular season is that Embiid isn’t in the MVP race so that he can rest down the stretch, that Maxey continues to improve his perimeter shooting, and that Harden shows he can still be close to old Harden.

An entire regular season just to follow a few storylines…before the real games start.

 

So the Sixers are now the worst team in Philly?

6 minutes ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

Nola's been locked in.  Snell is really good, but inconsistent.

Game 2 is very winnable, especially with all the pressure on the Padres to generate some offense.

Nola can use that against them.

Looking forward to a sweep.  (Mostly because I have to go to a wedding on Sunday. )

Snell is a big wild card.  He has some vaporizing stuff from the left side when he’s on.  But he can be very enigmatic and isn’t even a slam dunk to give them a good start.

Nola is just the pitcher you want against a lineup that is pressing (assuming they will be pressing).  He excels at dancing around the edge of the strike zone without missing it, but missing barrels.  If they jump early in counts without seeing hittable pitches, it’s an opportunity to cruise through some innings with a low pitch count.

Blake Snell is the kind of pitcher that would go about 9ip 1h 18k 0er against our 2008-12 Phillies.  They really struggled with explosive lefties.

People thought I was joking when I picked the Flyers to win the Stanley Cup and gave Chuck Fletcher my sports person of the year award for 2022. He had a historically great offseason. I'd know, I'm a die-hard Flyers fan. Haven't missed a game in 20 years. I bought season tickets for the first time in my life though this summer because I knew how good they were going to be. I expect Giroux and Voracek to have big years and Hart is going to kill it in net this season.

The FLYERS are going to be the team that brings a parade this summer. Put your bets in and give Fletcher executive of the year already!

27 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

Great point.  And special in its own way.  Those 90 seconds of playoff hockey are sustained nail biting chaos.  An incredible action movie.

Baseball would be more of an Alfred Hitchcock movie.  Sheer anticipation and emotional torture leading up to a reveal.

Football is the "Sundance” film that has some exciting scenes but with a lot of 30 second shots of something random like a spider web in the sunlight in between. 

41 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

 

Phillies need a Ted Rath to pull back Robertson from hurting himself again 

 

 

35 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

I’m guessing bryce would love to crush one off snell for him knocking him out for a couple months earlier this year. If we go up 2-0 it’s not making it back to SD. I’m not sure the padres realize what kind of crazy they are walking into at CBP on Friday. 

So far so good on the Padres instead of the Doyers...

1 hour ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Seems Wheeler is coming out.   I guess with him still getting stretched out... its the safe play.  And he'll be set to return for Game 5.  

Just getting home.  Had to listen to the game on the car radio.  Great win!

Regarding your bolded comment, I agree 100%.  The lower pitch count should make his recovery process more resilient than 100+ pitches would.

Also, on a separate subject.  Listening to the call of Alvarado and Dominguez, we need to be giving major props to the Phillies pitching coaches.  Alvarado early in the season and Dominguez late in the season both had serious problems in how they were pitching.  But they both turned it around.  Turned a very shaky bullpen into a solid one.