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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)
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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.
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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.
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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.
Continue reading "La Russa Hitting the Bottle Early: Switches Rotation, Carpenter Going in Game 2" »
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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)
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Thanks to reader Tyson for the quick turnaround on this.
[Roy Halladay: "I came here to bury Caesar, not praise him"]
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Must watch. Why they don't allow you to make these videos bigger... I don't know.
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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
Continue reading "Roy Halladay on Cardinals: "I Came Here to Bury Caesar, Not Praise Him"" »
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Speechless. Next Media Animation World Edition, a group that previously turned Cliff Lee's excellence into a cartoon, has given their take on the Jeff McLane-Les Bowen fight... with full Japanese animation. Simply amazing.
via Barstool
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Photojob courtesy of everybody on the internet
Poor guy. I had a feeling those rosy red cheeks came from somewhere.
After blowing the Braves’ season on Wednesday (what? too harsh? ‘tis true), closer Craig Kimbrel went out and had a few drinks.
And a few more.
And apparently a few more.
Then he went back to a lady’s place (you think a little season-blowing performance is enough to knock a Major League closer off his game? pssh), where he forgot his wallet. Deadspin has a photo and some more details:
After the game our tipster says a foul-tempered Kimbrel left the ballpark, hit some bars in Buckhead, and proceeded to drink himself into oblivion. Lucky for him he still managed make a new female friend and she invited him back to her place. He obliged. Obliterated and agitated, Kimbrel didn't last too long at the young lady's pad but still managed to forget his wallet, the tipster said.
Tough night for Kimbrel. The Phillies took his Wild Card and, indirectly, his credit card.
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Photo via the Phillies
Welcome. 162 games have come and gone. The Phillies won 102 of them. Docotber begins tomorrow.
Still feeling the effects of my first time sitting with the Sons of Ben last night (thanks Larry and Anthony), so here are a few Phillies-related links to get things started off.
- Tony La_Russa (watch out for folks leving out the space) is an idiot. He’s not pitching Jaime Garcia until Game 4. There might not be a Game 4, T.
- Cardinals broadcaster Dan McLaughlin did his best La Russa impression last night- he was cited for drunken driving after he crashed his vehicle.
No other vehicle was involved, police say, but declined to elaborate.
Police also accused McLaughlin of leaving the scene of an accident and negligent driving. He was released on $750 bond.
The latest arrest came while McLaughlin apparently still was on probation for a drunken driving conviction last year in Chesterfield. In November, McLaughlin was ordered to serve two years probation and complete community service after he pleaded guilty to driving drunk on Aug. 16.
Nice work, fella.
- The theme of the day today on Philly.com is age. Bill Conlin, who just the other day wrote about all the reasons why the Phillies won’t win in October (he failed to mention the starters once), talks about the Phillies’ aging dynasty and what the lineup might look like in 2013. Question: Who the fuck cares? Talk about not having the pulse of your readers. And Bob Ford writes about... well, age.
Mush city over there.
- John Finger of CSN Philly hands out his postseason awards.
- Finally, even though most of you hate this song, this modified version of Green Day’s Wake Me Up When September Ends by readers Nick and Justin seems apropos today.
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