A walk away from Perfection II …
Posted: October 6, 2010 Filed under: Dailies | Tags: 2010, game 1, H2O, Halladay, NLDS, No Hitter, perfection, perfet game, phillies, post season, Reds 7 Comments
Philadelphia,
is experiencing ‘Doctober Halladay’s’, Yes I know another cheesy play on names,
but it seems to be the preferred expression at the moment. It was his first post
season game, it would have been shear magic had he just won it, but the fact
that he won it with style was more than magic, it was history being made right
in front of our eyes as Halladay throws a no hitter in game 1.
I am sure the statisticians will be able to tell us how many
pitchers have thrown a no hitter in their very first post season game, I am sure
they will be able to tell us how many have thrown that no hitter in the post
season the same year they threw a perfect game. Yep there’s no taking your shoes
and socks off to add them all up.
Once again Roy Halladay gave most of the credit to Chooch
(Carlos Ruiz), for his outstanding performance, and emphasized the team winning
game 1 as the real story.
Game 2 for the Phillies is Friday, and phase II of the H2O trio,
Roy Oswalt, takes the mound. The question is, how does one follow Halladay’s
show, simply with a winning performance.
GO PHILLIES….
Phillies take Game 1 at Yankee Stadium
Posted: October 28, 2009 Filed under: Dailies | Tags: Babe Ruth, Burnett, Cliff Lee, game 1, Martinez, phillies, World Series, Yankees 15 CommentsThis World Series has been given a few diferent names, as in every year the media look for catchy phrases to brand the series.
The Liberty Series – in reference to the Statue and the Bell
The Amtrak Series – in reference to the short train ride
I even heard it called the I-95 Shoot Out due to the quick Interstate drive
Whatever you want to call it, tonight it was the domination of Cliff Lee and the power of Chase Utley.
As excited as I am at the victory, I am still well aware that it is only game 1 and there is lots of baseball left to play, but it is a win on the road which in reality removes the homefield advantge of the Yankees.
With Pedro Martinez scheduled to pitch game 2 against AJ Burnett, you can be sure the fun is just begining.
Just in case any Yankee fans actually decide to read this a little reminder the score was Phillies 6 Yankees 1
Chase Utley reached base in his 26th consecutive post season game producing a new MLB record and he also joined Babe Ruth as the only 2 left handed hitters to hit 2 home runs off of left handed pitching in a World Series Game.
and tomorrow…
‘it will be who it will be’
Phillies take Game 1 of Series with Rockies…
Posted: October 7, 2009 Filed under: Dailies | Tags: ALDS, game 1, Howard, Ibanez, Lee, phillies, Rockies, Rollins, Ruiz, Werth 7 CommentsNo major entry here, it’s just the first game of the series and the predicted wind was supposed to produce a long ball extraviganzer… but the only player to tame the wind was Jimmy Rollins, who managed to capture 2 fly balls that went from the outfield and almost came back into the infield.
Cliff Lee started a little shakey, but after the 2nd inning managed to send down 16 straight and hold the Rockies scoreless through 8 2/3 innings, finally gave up a run in the 9th with 2 outs, then went on to close the game for a complete game in his first post season game. Lee threw 113 pitches 79 for strikes. He also got a hit, sac bunt and stole a base.
Phillies won 5-1 with RBI’s from Ibanez (2), Ruiz, Howard and Werth.
Game time tomorrow is 2:37, Still not sure what genius came up with the game times, because they seem to be odd times for home field fans at every game.
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