Oh holy awesome. John Thomas Gallagher put together an incredible power hour video set to Philly sports moments. What’s your reminder for when to drink? Harry the K. What you see here is just the trailer. The full video is here.
This is incredibly well done. A full one hour of Philly sports highlights to go with 60 shots of beer. Yes and please.
H/T to (@robmagee)
Sura ya do!
Well, edited real-time, but you get the gist. Watch this before it gets removed from YouTube. Video link from the amazing Steve Whyno.
Here's what they're rolling with.
Pitchers: Bastardo, Blanton, Halladay, Hamels, Kendrick, Lee, Lidge, Madson, Oswalt, Stutes, Worley.
Position players: Francisco, Gload, Howard, Ibanez, Martinez, Mayberry, Pence, Polanco, Rollins, Ruiz, Schneider, Utley, Valdez, Victorino.
Sounds like wins to me.
The Tony La Russa cock-up has already begun. He changed his pitching rotation.
La Russa told reporters today that he will start – in order – Kyle Lohse, Chris Carpenter, and Jaime Garcia in Games 1, 2, and 3, respectively.
Two things here: 1) Garcia – perhaps rightfully – gets moved up a game and 2) Carpenter will be starting on three days rest, something he has never done before.
Carpenter threw 105 pitches in a complete game shutout on Wednesday.
These are the sort of knee-jerk moves teams make when they’re trailing in a series. Garcia pitches well against the Phillies and would be able to pitch on full rest on Sunday. Perhaps someone isn’t too comfortable with him pitching in front of 45,000 screaming fans…
Video of La Russa explaining his decision, after the jump.
Poor Devils. Their bus broke down en route to The Well yesterday and they had to walk the remaining two whole blocks from Broad and Pattison to the arena: [NorthJersey.com, which sounds unpleasant]
The team bus broke down as it was exiting Route 95 near the arena complex. Instead of waiting for another bus, the team walked the remaining two blocks from the corner of Broad Street and Pattison Ave.
“The bus broke down about two blocks away,” Devils coach Pete DeBoer said. “The transmission went on it. We either had the option of waiting for a ride or walking and we chose to walk. So it was a nice warm-up for the game.
Funny. Kind of hilarious. But they really had the option of waiting for a ride from Broad and Pattison? That’s closer than half of the parking lots. Good call on walking.
Speaking of the ridiculous, our friends over at Bleacher Creatures Toys [via Puck Daddy] have taken their talents to the rink. The makers of the Chase Utley plush puppet – or as I call him, son – released two plush Flyers toys: Danny Briere and James van Riemsdyk.
Cute. But why do I get the sneaking suspicion that the Briere toy would have preferred a nasty Claude Giroux companion?
Still looking for that beast mode switch on JVR’s doll.
H/T to (@markmcgeever1)
Thanks to reader Tyson for the quick turnaround on this.
[Roy Halladay: "I came here to bury Caesar, not praise him"]
Must watch. Why they don't allow you to make these videos bigger… I don't know.
Photo via Doc's Patients
Roy Halladay met with reporters today and he invoked a little Billy Shakespeare when asked about the Cardinals. This sounds funner:
Q: Can you talk about the balance of being in touch with what the other team’s capable of, having the proper respect, but at the end of all that, thinking about what do I know I can do and what our team is capable of, so you don’t give too much respect or too little? That balance there.
Halladay: I heard a quote a long time ago, I came here to bury Caesar, not praise him. It’s true, I think we’re all well aware of how good the team is. We obviously have a respect for what they’ve done and how they’ve played, but you have to be confident going in that you’re going to be able to beat them. And you have to be confident the guys around you feel the same way, so it is important, I think we all don’t take them lightly. But at the same time I feel like without an arrogant tone to it, we believe we have a team that can go out and get the job done.
Well then, death to Caesar!
Video after the jump.
UPDATE: Photoshop
