***Official Philadelphia Phillies Thread***

shane victorino gettin beer thrown on him in wrigley was pretty funny

Cliff Lee 4-0 0.82 era and 2 CG's

Power Rankings: Cards are real deal



1. New York Yankees (76-45; Previous: 1) – Report says Kate wants A-Rod’s babies, completely confused A-Rod explains they’re not really his to give, not entirely.



2. Los Angeles Angels (73-45; Previous: 2) – Trevor Bell(notes) gets first big-league win, hopes he’s at least 6 or 7 percent through the Bozo the Clown jokes now.



3. Philadelphia Phillies (68-49; Previous: 4) – Victorino files police report over random Wrigley beer soaking, surrenders right to ever do Hawaiian “hang loose” hand gesture again.



4. St. Louis Cardinals (69-53; Previous: 10) – La Russa, taking new Busch over old Busch: “You get the breeze. The old park would trap all that hot air. It was like being around the media all the time.” Good one. Or, say, like listening to a full rant defending Mark McGwire.



5. Los Angeles Dodgers (71-50; Previous: 3) – Manny hits .252 for a month. Carry a team through summer, without his doctor’s help? Mannywoodn’t.



6. Boston Red Sox (68-51; Previous: 5) – Smoltz says he was working on release point. Red Sox say theirs was the 8.33 ERA.



7. Colorado Rockies (67-53; Previous: 8) – Ten consecutive games against Giants and Dodgers have Rockies believing they control their own destiny, also that there is a fixed natural order to cosmos, which makes that sort of thing impossible, making them believe it also might be nap time.



8. San Francisco Giants (66-55; Previous: 7) – Bochy calls team meeting to discuss “the elephant in the room,” Sandoval reminds everyone, “Panda. It’s Kung Fu Panda.”



9. Texas Rangers (67-52; Previous: 9) – Thirteenth step: When in presence of hot, half-naked women, Reddi-whip more advisable than Cool Whip.



10. Tampa Bay Rays (65-54; Previous: 6) – Maddon goes full Johnny Cash dye job, wishes starters wouldn’t walk the nine.

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Another solid outing by Happ....10-2 2.59 era

CLINCHED THE 3RD DIVISIONAL TITLE IN A ROW!!!!!!!!!!!

Now onward and upward to better things, like a repeat!

We are just 1/2 a game behind the Dodgers for the best record in the National League, a few more wins and we could be looking at homefield advantage throughout the playoffs.

At bare minimum, we should be at home for round one, and almost certainly will be playing the Rockies. (While the Cards and Dodgers beat each other up and we wait for the winner.)

GO PHILS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congrats on taking the east guys. The Phils overcame some early season struggles to come back and take the division. That's a sign of a good team. Good luck going forward, but watch out next year, the Braves are gonna be back stronger!

Cliff Lee Starts NLDS Game 1



Lets Go Phillies!!!

Originally posted by PTulini:
Cliff Lee Starts NLDS Game 1



Lets Go Phillies!!!

Cliff Lee pitched a great game today. (Complete Game)

Game 1: Phillies WIN 5-1

Go Rockies

Now on to the NLCS... BRING ON THE DODGERS!

Ugh! What an awful loss. How could we not score more than one run against Padilla?

At least we split in LA (plus we always lose game 2, I don't know why), and hopefully we can close things out in Philly.

Let's go Phillies! Roy Halladay's push for the NL Cy Young Award begins today.

Originally posted by PTulini:
Let's go Phillies! Roy Halladay's push for the NL Cy Young Award begins today.

Not if Tim Lincecum has anything to say about it

Originally posted by PTulini:
Let's go Phillies! Roy Halladay's push for the NL Cy Young Award begins today.

Hell Yeah! He's looking like The Man so far! He is going to tear up the NL! Adam Dunn was up 3-0 and struck out looking.

With his pitching and the O of this Phillies team, he might win 25.

Originally posted by TexasNiner:

Originally posted by PTulini:
Let's go Phillies! Roy Halladay's push for the NL Cy Young Award begins today.

Hell Yeah! He's looking like The Man so far! He is going to tear up the NL! Adam Dunn was up 3-0 and struck out looking.

With his pitching and the O of this Phillies team, he might win 25.

Roy Halladay's stats today: (1-0) 7.0 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 9 K's and a 1.29 ERA!