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Basking in the glow of their third straight East Division title, the Phillies couldn't quite shake the champagne hangover as they fell to the Astros, giving them a split for the series and dropping them another half game out of the race for the top seed in the National League.
Cliff Lee looked shaky early, surrendering two first-inning runs courtesy of a Lance Berkman double. Lee settled in until the sixth inning when he surrendered a two-run home-run to Tejada. Lee finished the night giving up four earned runs, on seven hits. He struck out six on the evening in 5.2 innings of work.
Both Chase Utley and Shane Victorino received the night off, with Eric Brunlett and Ben Francisco starting in their places. Francisco was the offensive star of the night, going 3-4 with two doubles. Pedro Feliz led the team with two R.B.I.'s while going 2-5.
The team looked sluggish all evening, most likely due to the lingering effects of Bud Light and celebratory champagne, but woke up in the ninth-inning, putting together a two-out rally.
Pinch-hitter Matt Stairs led the inning off with a walk before Astros closer, Jose Valverde, retired both Ryan Howard and Raul Ibanez. Jayson Werth followed with a single, which was backed by Feliz's R.B.I. double, which plated two. The Phillies eventually got the winning run to the plate however Miguel Cairo flew out to end the ballgame.
After a roller-coaster month of baseball, the Phillies earned the opportunity to take a few breaths and rest. However, despite clinching the division, there is still meaningful baseball left to be played. Home-field advantage is still in play and we all know how important that can be, as the Phillies were undefeated at home in the 2008 playoffs en-route to their second World Series title in the team's history.
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It was definately a crappy game but honestly, after last night……they did better than I thought. I am unsure about Lee…I am hoping he was just not his best. I would love to see Cairo on the postseason roster…honestly, Bruntlett is just not good.
I just got back from the game a little while ago . Spur of the moment thing.. Got a great deal from a scalper. It didn't feel or sound like a sell out much after pre-game. Cliff Lee was a little disapp. I thought five inn was enough… But of course that's easy to say after the fact. I'll keep it positive. I called for a three run hr from Bruntlett. And my "lady friend"and everyone around us called me a nut job. He did hit it hard though… I like that Ben Fran guy in the lineup and in the #1 spot too..Keep dreaming though…. Teams always say after they clinch that they're still going to play hard. blah, blah, blah… We still want the #1 seed. blah, blah, blah…. I learned that "There's no sex in the Champagne Room" in college. The Chris Rock video a coulple of yrs or so later only rubbed it in. Look at how the Cards played the first few games after they clinched… That's why I think the LA Dodgers will rebound against the Rockies this weekend… Chalk this one up to the Champagne Phillies Nation and let it go…..
The Dodgers have owned the Rockies this year. We are one game up on the Cards but technically it is two because of the head to head tie breaker. Personally I would have started everyone tonight, if we won, I would bench some guys tomorrow and see what happened. If the Dodgers won I would then rest some more on Saturday(even though I will be there) and then play everyone in the season finale to keep them fresh. But for once, I am going to let Charlie do his thing and not second guess. He deserves that much.
Charlie Manuel was definitely not playing to win tonight – sitting Victorino, Utley, and Ruiz. Worse than this was not pinch hitting for Bruntlett in the 8th with two on and two out – why not put in a real hitter there (maybe even Utley). Home field advantage is critical, but Charlie managed this game like it doesn't matter.
T Mac; yeah, I think so too. Resting his regulars is going to be his priority and getting home field advantage will be second to that. Kind of get the feeling that the Phils have no problem with having to play the first two games in LA, if they get to play the Dodgers, because of their good road record and warmer. dryer weather in LA as compared to Philly.
I respectfully disagree… I had more confidence with this lineup then I would've had with the regulars… Shane has been struggling big time…Charlie has been clawing for the chance to get him some time off to clear his head…And to hopefully re-light that fire… Chase, not really an exp needed here….He's a tough guy that never complains….But the locker room knows that this guy is hurting bad…. And remember Ruiz just got back…no need to over due it…see Brett Myers…Bruntlett is going to be on the roster…he needs abs….thus the 2nd in the lineup…. Lee pitching to go along w/ Ryan, Jimmy, RAUUUULL, Werth, Benfran and Dobbs…should've been enough to beat this Astro ball club… Champagne always wins….. Chuck's mistake is that he didn't give his bench guys more abs/playing time during the season…See game 2 of the DH against the Marlins…
I meant Feliz, Dobbs PH later in the game…Bako has been hitting well lately…
If players need rest, esp. Ut who is a poster child for overtraining, then what makes anyone think they will be any better if they grind out another game? And Cairo and Francisco are good…Francisco fielding aint pretty but it gets the job done. Is the knock on Cairo his fielding? I don't know if he's a liability in field or not. Anyone know. Giving Brunlett the Jeltz is lame. He's either a] not good enough to even be considered or b] doesn't have enough playing time to have any measure of credibility. Blaming a sub par bench player who hardly plays is the definition of a scapegoat.
Sound more like alot of people scared not to call it like they see it: this was the staff ace's time to reassure us that he has what it takes….we're not talking a blip on the radar screen but several consecutive bad outings. With our Band-Aid Pen he needed to show that he can go at least 7 with a minimum of 3 ER. That' why i thought madson save tuesday night was so important…a glimmer of hope that BP had an anchor that could hold the line when we really need it. Other than the middle of their line-up posing a legit threat, I find it distressing that he couldn't handle the Astro's for more innings and kept them to at least 3 earned runs. He left the game after a 5 and 2/3rds innings, gave up 4 runs, 3 earned and left the game with men on base. Tonight's performance was in of itself not bad but in the context of several bad starts for a post-season team with a troubled BP, it was nothing short of horrid.
I get a little upset by hearing media and fans saying rest, rest, rest. We are fighting for a world series again. They will have rest. Sunday is there last game. They will have 3 days off. Thats alot. Right now you have the top record right there. Thats huge. I heard someone say well Utley needs a day off. He is tired. I am not a baseball player. I do not make the kind of money these guys make. I work a full time job. 50 hours a week. I also work a part time job teaching cooking classes to make extra money. I work close to 70 hours a week. There are days I come home and cant move. I wish I can take a day off but I have to support my family. I would mind sitting on a field making a handful of plays and earning 30 million. I am sure they can get through it. Sorry to complain just tired of hearing that word. REST.
get some rest Jeff 😉
go Phillies!
i saw some clips of Chan Ho pitching on the news…i miss his two seamer. Also it was important for the staff ace to take the game over so the position regulars could rest, that is we wouldn't need ask the offense for a bail out with guys who have sat so long on the bench that the wood has been contoured in the shape of their asses.
If there's a silver lining it's that hopefully that will be the last time we ever have to watch Eric Bruntlett bat in a Phillies uniform. Cairo smoked two balls and I don't see any drop-off in the field. I don't get the 'needing rest' thing either for position players other than catcher. They bat 4 times a game and basically stand around in the field for about an hour a day.
Yeah, Lee or Werth would have been a more reasonable pick for the Jeltz. The Phillies would be smart in picking Cairo over Bruntlett for the post season roster. I have nothing against Bruntlett and I feel sorry for the guy but his abilities have gone downhill since last season. I know that he has not had much playing time this year and has not had that many at bats but at this stage of the game I think that Cairo would be more prepared going into the post season because of his getting more at bats playing regularly at the AAA Iron Pigs and has prior MLB experience too.
jreed… 1. Your no carpenter dude. I don't care what you say. 2. Comment on Lee is exactly correct. Tonite's game was all about Lee. And he pretty much bombed… That 2 run shot he gave up to MT after we cut the their lead to 2-1 deflated the stadium…. We actually left after the 7th…. The Astors were 5-13 in their last 18 games coming into this series. And like the Brew Crew, they threw out the "perfect rotation" for us to kill them with. But the O was up and down, and streaky like always…..No way Vic would've had a better line than what Ben Fran did tonite… I'm sorry Jeff, but I disagree on Utley. This guy is batting about .200 for the month….We gotta have this guy rested and ready for the playoffs. Anything can happen, but I'm not high on the likely hood that we go back to back. We won it all in 08, and we avoided disaster by not pulling an 2007 Mets. I don't know what to make of our pitching situation… I really don't… But at least we're not the only NL ps team w/closer starting problems…Maybe that and the exp will help fill in the gaps. A Hail Mary? I know…..
Cairo is making a good case from himself. Is there anyone else on this roster than can play SS besides Beard?
Jeff – there are different type of fatigue. I've put in those type of hours as carpenter and would go to welding class after spending all day baking in the sun all day only to to put on my welding leathers, thick ass heavy gloves, welding shield and stare at a puddle of molten metal for four hours. No air condtioning in that little concrete prctice booth.
But do you like errors, lots of strike outs, bad decision making, a team that looks flat…well these are symptoms of central nervous system fatigue. Baseball is a techincal/speed sport and both technical and speed workouts stress the CNS more than other workouts/athletic attributes i.e. strength, endurance (aerobic and anaerobic), flexiblity. Concentration, perception of fast moving stimuli and maximum recuirtment of fast twitch muscle fibers' motor neurons needed to sprint, react to a fast moving stimulus like a pitched ball or line drive, swing a bat all require alot from the CNS and CNS needs neurotransmitters (adrenaline) to do this. The demands of the season eventually take its toll and it gets harder for unrested players to rebuild the body's neurochemistry which results in prolonged slumps, errors, bad decision making, etc. If it gets depleted enough you will see players drag ass…just like they put in a full forty hours of manual labor…their dopamine levels are on empty….at that point its like your on thorazine. As it is MLB is ass backwards in regards to sports science so whether or not managers understand and employ these ideas i don't know. But it's reasonable to assume they eventually see the players dragging tail or by process of elimination of trying different things to fix poor performance eventually rest their players. Unfortunately they are professional athletes and were not. Just remember that quite a few of them but certainly not all of them aren't exactly the sharpest knives in the drawer and outside of sports are as useless as t*ts on a nun. If you want them to repeat though, they need rest.
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pretty sad that the NL's most prolific offense (on paper) can't muster more than 3 runs against a 3-11 opposing pitcher. 16 LOB. 16 LOB. 16 LOB. 16 LOB. That says it all. Houston only had 6. And Lee now seems VERY hittable……great tune-up, guy. What, are you experimenting with different pitches? Little late if you are.
Still in a funk…..that's a great way to be going into the playoffs. There is still home field advantage to play for!! Guess they don't mind playing the first games in other teams ballparks. I see an early playoff exit…that's an easy one to call.Just someone else's turn for the ring. Baseball gods are fickled that way.
Let the reserves get some at bats. We'll need them in the playoffs.
Supposedly Romero had soreness in his arm while throwing Friday and Park also cut a rehab appearance short due to discomfort in his hammy. This all according to CSN Philly.
scratch that, it was discomfort in his forearm. Not his hammy.
Does anyone know what's wrong with Lee? He was lights out when he first came over, and since then he's been pitching like crap. I don't need lights out again, just something in between. I was at the game last night, but I couldn't tell if it was location or bad pitch selection or both. Heck, maybe the problem is Bako…I don't know.
The problem is that he leaves way too many pitches in the middle of th eplat.
Lee's problem is location. In his first few games he was painting the corners up down, inside outside. Now he is getting hittable pitches over the heart of the plate and hitters are teeing off. My guess is that he is tired because he had similar problems last September. I hope the adreneline from the crowd and from his first postseason will be what he needs to get over the hump.
i need j reed to explain plate techtonics to me now since he teeters on the precipice of omniscience.
What stupefies me is that this blog site is chock full of geniuses who are experts on almost everything about the Phillies and Charlie Manuel is not using this brain trust.
go figure
Phan, are your lips getting tired reading j reed's post? Lots of big words there.
To Dhall: he forgot to get a re-fill on his roid pills, dude.
It's ok… we should, however, let all the regulars play tonight and win this one. Rest, play, rest, play.. you don't want your big bats to forget how to swing!
Dodgers magic number for home field throughout is 2. Phils magic number for the 2 spot in the NL is 2.
Chase Utley said that he was going to try to convince Charlie to give him a day off tonight… you know that all of those guys would have died for the day off. Weds night was probably a wild night for our Phightins… I'm not worried about Lee. I'm sure that he was a little bit unfocused out of the gate; this will be his first trip to the postseason so he has a right to celebrate. Plus, he knew he was working with a hung over group of misfits and was likely not very confident at the onset that he would get the win (when you're not confident, bad things happen). He was good once he settled in and made one mistake (the HR he gave up to Miguel Tejada, who might as well be nicknamed Dave Montgomery because he owns the Phils… a career .434 hitter against the Phils to go along with a career average of .424 at the Bank).
Not good to hear that Romero and Park are likely heading to the shelf…
The Phils are going to take 12 pitchers into the postseason. Here's how I see it:
Hamels, Lee, Blanton, Martinez
RH Relievers:
Condrey, Durbin, Kendrick, Lidge, Walker
LH Relievers:
Happ, Eyre, Escalona
It stinks because I would rather see Happ start but if Romero's done, there's not way that we can go into the playoffs with Eyre and Escalona as our only lefthanders in the pen…
Utley was going to try to convince Charlie to give him the day off LAST NIGHT… which he did, obviously.
I wonder if Eric Bruntlett took extra batting practice during this week in anticipation of playing. He swung at ball three and ball four pitches multiple times last night, while being guilty of absorbing half of the team's LOB, ugh. But Chase needs his rest and we all wish Andy Tracy played other than first or third. We won't have Bruntlett to kick around any more after this year, (no solid source just assuming), and luckily overall we haven't seen him that much. When you have the best in Chase the rest looks paltry. Tonight's Fact: The fans, I, and Eric will be there, the Fanatic will be there, Harry will be there, and probably Bruntlett will there too.
The Dodgers are a heart beat away in the standings but I don't see how we can catch up to them unless we have a few good pitched games. And Charlie will be inserting a number of relief pitchers to solidify his post season pitching roster, while keeping his starter's innings short. But who knows with a few good pitches, some good swings, and Dodger loses the NL leader results may be different. The Phillies crowds are a sight to behold especially in the post season. It's a factor which can cause flustering mental mistakes like the Brewers and Dodgers incurred last year. But the Phils away record gives one to pause. I guess I'm being greedy and want more home games with a greater chance of a winning a series at home plate.
'The fans, I, and Eric will be there' – my son has the same first name as our infamous utility player
Chuck, you left Madson off your list. I don't think Walker makes the roster.
Does anyone have confidence in any member of the Phillies bullpen right now except maybe Madson and Eyre? Condom, Walker, Myers, Durbin, Lidge, Kendrick, Escalona…these names don't exactly exude confidence nor instill fear in the opposition. Quite the opposite…it's like ringing the dinner bell!
i have alot of confidence in Condom.
I believe the bullpen should be ribbed for our pleasure.
Gosh, a lot of you guys really blow with the wind. If the Phillies win a game we are invincible and if we lose we are trash!
If the other team hits we have bad pitchers, if we hit we have great hitters. If the other team doesn't hit we have great pitchers and if we don't hit we have bad hitters.
Fact is there is another team out there – they have professional players and sometimes they have a good pitcher or good hitter. The Astros have higher BA than the Phillies. Without HRs the Phillies will lose against the Astros. No HRs we lose, its simple.
Just chill, we won the division, we probably won't win the WS – not because we have a bad team but because there will be 8 good teams going for it. Doesn't mean we can't have fun along the way.
I have lots of confidence in Happ in the bullpen ..
Thanks, joedad… I thought that list seemed a little off. I guess that it comes down to Durbin or Walker and that's not an easy decision. Walker has been really shaky lately but Durbin hasn't exactly been setting the world on fire, either. Our bullpen is a group of misfits right now. Our bullpen was our strength in 2008 and now it is clearly our biggest problem… go figure.
Starters-Lee, Hamels, Blanton, Martinez
Bullpen-Condrey, Durbin, Kendrick, Lidge, Madson, Eyre, Happ, Escalona (?)
This is assuming the injuries will shelf Romero, Park and Myers for a while.
Just my opinion, I wonder if I am missing anyone?
I'd take Walker over Durbin… And if Pedro is going to start in the playoffs, let him get the final start of the season and see if he's sharp… cause if not, Happ should start in the playoffs instead of him… the guy has a 2.85 ERA for the SEASON for god's sake!
I doubt they'll give nods to Escalona or Kendrick over Brett Myers
I think if Happ goes to the bullpen, Escalona is the odd man out.. with Brett Myers getting in
Happ, Kendrick, Condrey, Lidge, Myers, Madson, Eyre, Durbin
Just gotta hope that we get the quality (and playoff quality for this group is 7+ innings) starts from Lee, Hamels, Blanton and Pedro. It seems that with the injuries Happ needs to be our lefty out of the bullpen.
This team will hit and they will pitch. Hopefully Charlie can get the good matchups out of the pen when the time comes.
I have faith in this group, despite the injuries and question marks. This can do this and are not the only team with problems. Even the mighty Yankees have questions in their rotation.
And Escalona??? The guy has barely pitched for us lately, I don't think Charlie even wanted him to pitch in close regular season games… so I do not see him making the playoff roster. With Happ and Eyre we are set for lefties… Eyre the situational one, and Happ the "Romero" one that can pitch to both lefties and righties…
Myers > Durbin > Escalona.. that's how I see it.
For the record I think that Happ should start but with a lack of lefties and Happ being more than capable of throwing out of the pen, it may be Pedro as the #4.
I am assuming that Myers is down right now. If healthy he certainly would be in there over Escalona
The 12 probably are:
Hamels, Lee, Blanton, Martinez, Happ, Madson, Lidge, Eyre, Myers, Condrey…
…and 2 of the following 3: Kendrick, Durbin, Walker. (I'd leave out Durbin, cause Walker can do the same job and probably better… and we need KK for long relief).
Manny… I agree with everyone that thinks Happ DESERVES to be in the rotation..
But Romero is hurt… Eyre has thrown to a total of 4 batters in the past 2 months.. and Escalona ain't the guy I trust in a pressure situation
Considering Happ would be the #4 starter anyway.. (Maybe two total starts in the entire postseason??) .. Both Happ AND the Team would be best served with him in the bullpen for late-game, pressure situations.. because he can handle them
I agree, bob.. based on his performance, Happ should start no questions asked… that's why I think it's important to give Pedro one more shot starting and see how he performs..
You're right Don, I was hoping Romero would make a comeback but that's not gonna happen… Happ would be more useful in the bullpen… he could even close a game or two.
I can't see Escalona on the roster. And Walker will probably be on it.
Happ will be JUST FINE in the pen.
If Myers is healthy then he probably is on it and not Kendrick. But Kendrick, IF he pitches like he has been, might not be the worst of the bullpen worries (refer to closer issues, specifically Lidge, Brad and Madson, Ryan).
That's all this is about… obviously they know that Happ carried them this season.. and that he and Blanton were their two steadiest pitchers.
But its time for the TEAM now.. which is why Lidge is no longer the Closer, and why Happ will be in the bullpen
Personal stats don't mean anything now, its time to win every game.. and you can't do that without a reliable LHP in the bullpen
Escalona has to be on the roster… I don't see how you can go into the postseason with just Eyre and Happ as your lefthanded relievers. Eyre is coming off of injuries and Happ has to be ready to go in case Pedro implodes. You almost have to have a third lefthander, don't you?
The fact that the Phillies brass have been making it very clear that they don't feel like Myers is ready leads me to believe that they're posturing towards leaving him off the roster.
4 Starters – Lee, Hamels, Blanton, Pedro
5 RH Relievers – Madson, Lidge, Condrey, Durbin, Kendrick, Walker
3 LH Relievers – Happ, Eyre, Escalona
13 position players:
Howard, Utley, Rollins, Feliz, Chooch, Raul, Vic, Werth, Ben Fran, Bako, Dobbs, Stairs, Bruntlett (punt)
I'd put in Cairo over Bruntlett.
Since there is speculation here about the playoff roster for the Phillies, here is one from Phila. Inquirer…
"Philadelphia Phillies manager Charlie Manuel has a few more days before he sets his rotation for the National League Division Series but the early word in Philly is that Pedro Martinez(notes) won't be on the list, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Martinez, brought in mid-season to give the Phils an extra boost toward the postseason, told reporters his last start, an unimpressive four-inning outing in which he allowed six hits and three runs, was a "tune-up" for the postseason. But it's looking like Manuel may choose rookie J.A. Happ(notes) over Martinez in the first round if the opponent is the Colorado Rockies.
Lefty Happ, who is in the running for Rookie of the Year, pitched well against the Rockies on Aug. 5, when he shut them out and struck out 10.
It's looking like the rotation in Philly will be Cliff Lee(notes), Cole Hamels(notes), Joe Blanton(notes), and Happ. But Martinez could make an appearance in the second round if the Phils get that far."
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer
and then they would switch that to Happ bullpen for the NLCS if they got there.
Ruben Amaro was on the radio this morning hinting that Happ showed a great outing vs. the Rockies … Lee never started a postseason game before.. and Hamels has great postseason numbers
so expect Hamels to be the #1 for the Playoffs
I agree that Hamels should be #1…for the fact that he has been good in the playoffs. And the fact that, not only has Lee not seen the playoffs, but also because of his RECENT stretch of bad outings. If Lee was pitching consistently like he did his first 5 outings then maybe it would make sense to make him #1. But Hamels has turned it on and I have confidence that he needs to lead this thing off.
I hope that Happ gets the nod…
FYI, Lee was charged with 3 ER's not 4 ER's.
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Lee, Cl (L, 14-13) 5.2 7 4 3 1 6 1 3.22
I can see Hamels being #1 in the playoffs because he has Playoff experince and was wicked in the playoffs, but to say Lee shouldnt be because of his "RECENT stretch pf bad outings" I think partially contradicts some of the reason to have Hamels as #1, seeing how Hamels has had struggles the entire season. He has had some wicked starts, but hasnt necessarily not struggled. I think we all thought Hamels was back when he went for what 19 shutout innings? But following that he has had some struggles. If you want to use recent struggles as a barometer, Blanton or Happ would be #1, but I dont see that happening. I believe if you left it at Hamels #1 because of his post season experience, and quality in the post season, with Lee as #2 because of no post season experience, would be a dead on statement IMO.
Lee's got an ERA of like 6 over his last 7 starts .. can't start him game #1 off the playoffs
In those last 7 starts, Lee has given up more then 4 runs on 3 of those starts. He hasnt been awesome or lights out since the first 4 starts, but looking at those 7 starts, Lee has had 3 BAD outings, the other 4 at least being workable. I am still happy to have him as the #2, for me based on no post season experience.
Blanton (has thrown 7 innings ONCE in the past month) and Happ haven't been lights-out either over their last few starts..
Lee has been REALLY bad a few times recently.. but you place guys in a postseason rotation based on a few things..
Some guys never handle big games situations real well (CC Sabathia..) but Hamels has proven before that he can .. which is enough to give him the nod over Lee, especially considering that Lee hasn't pitched that great lately
Its not a slap in the face.. its going on numerous factors..
Doesn't matter if Hamels "has had struggles the entire season." It's what he has done LATELY that really matters….and coupled with Lee's bad outings it makes sense to have Hamels #1. AND he has playoff experience….REALLY GOOD playoff experience.
If Cliff Lee was 10-1 instead of 7-4 and his ERA was well under 2, then maybe there's an argument.
Again Don M, I agree having Hamels #1 based on his post season experience. But some others are acting like Lee sucks, and Hamels is lord and savior and has been awesome this season. Hamels has the post season experience. Thats it, and agree with having him as #1 based on that. To me he has been a disappointment over all this season. Look at the last 10 starts. Hamels 26 ER, Lee 28 ER. Not to mention to say Hamels hasnt struggled "recently" is a bit of a stretch. In the last 3 starts, Lee and Hamels have given up the same amount of Earned Runs. Hamels was 6, 4 and 1 (most reason on) Lee has been 3, 7 and 1. They have both struggled. Thats my point. My point is NOT that Hamels should not be #1, or that Lee has NOT struggled. As I said Lee has struggled, Hamels should be #1, but to say Hamels hasnt struggled, is giving him a free pass. Thats my point.
God, Walker better not be there. Pedro would make more sense in the pen, given the brevity of his outings, and Bruntlett should just be given the wrong time about when the bus is leaving.
"It's what he has done LATELY that really matters"
Hamels has given only 2 less runs in the last 10 starts, and has given up the same amount of runs in the last 3 starts. Is that recent enough Chuck? Hamels should be #1 based on Playoff Experience. I am not certain how you can argue that Hamels has been great "LATELY" and Lee has had "bad outings" if you look at the last 3, or maybe even 7 starts. They BOTH have had good outings, and both have had "bad outings" "LATELY" thats a fact. Based on those "facts" hamels should be #1 based on post season experience.
After settling down last night, Lee retired 13 of 16 batters before giving up the homerun to Miguel Tejada…
Prior to that:
– He pitched a dud in MIL (mulligan)
– Was really good in 4 innings against ATL before being removed due to a rain delay
– Threw a complete game shutout against the Natinals
So he has been mildly inconsistent but I see no reason to think that he's going to flounder in the playoffs. Lee versus Billingsley or Jimenez… we would have the upper hand in either of those match ups.
Anyone heard anything else about this rumor?
Home field is important, but these players could really give a ______ about the rest of the season…They know they can win against anyone, anywhere. They are more concerned about getting rest, playing time for the bench, and setting up there rotation. Plus I love how after every loss everyone on this site goes crazy and tries to figure out what went wrong and how to blame Charlie or put the blame on one player. It is baseball, every team is going to win (1/3) of the their games (yes even the nationals) , and lose a (1/3) but it is what you do with the other (1/3) that counts. I promise you it is going to be the Phils against the Yanks in the world series, in which the Phils win it in 6.
i want to win in 5 so its at home.
Justin, …
Walker has been one of the most consistent pitchers in the second half this year out of the bullpen .. so if he makes the postseason roster.. they felt he earned it
Bruntlett is your only option for a legit middle-infield replacement.. He looked fine turning double-plays last night, and obviously if there was ever a need for him to play, we would need his defense much more than we would worry (or care) about his bat
IMO, playing time for the bench is more important than trying to win. I agree that this team can beat any team, any where. It would be nice to have home field yes, but if Charlie can give his bench some playing time, it would help them to work on mechanics, and things like that. To me, the bench only serves to get better whether at the plate, or in the field with more playing time. IMO, Bako is proof of that. His AVG has risen from .190 to about .230. He even has at least 1 hit in 8 of his last 10 starts, and at 1 run is 5 of those 10 starts. He is not considered the normal starter still, Ruiz is. If other players can get better at the plate the way he has granted in the limited time we have left (4 games including last nights loss) it serves better to have starters and bench players hitting away for 1 extra game in the NLDS, then it does to have only the starters hitting well at home.
I think that your #1 pitcher should also be someone that is willing and able to pitch on short rest… you should feel comfortable bringing this pitcher in for game 4 on short rest, if need be. That being said, I would be more comfortable with Lee… just my opinion. I would be happy with Hamels, too… he's definitely a big game pitcher… but he's not very durable. #1 or #2 doesn't really matter, does it? I mean, either pitcher can be ready to pitch game 5…
U Gotta… who is talking about the rest of the season? I don't care where we play or who we play…
Up to the All Star break the Phillies biggest problem was pitching. And yet now going into the Post season, Starting Pitching is another problem. (hear me out and read the rest before you post). This time the problem is, do you have Hamels the NLCS/WS MVP from '08 with proven post season starts (and at times struggles during the regular season of 08 as well) or Lee, the 08 AL Cy Young Winner as the #1 vs #2. Now do you have Happ, a clear case for the Rookie of the Year, true coming off an injury, but still the rest of the season, has been really good as the #3, or do you have Blanton who may not be great, but been somewhat consistent, only giving up more than 3 runs on 2 occasions in the last 10 starts, or granted he makes the post season roster, Martinez a former multiple Cy Young Winner, who has been a very pleasant surprise. Pedro is somewhat consistent it seems to give up 3 runs. Sometimes he will give up 3 runs in the first few innings, then lights out, or lights out early, and give up 3 runs, but usually pretty consistent, which for a #4 is a nice quality start. All in all this is a good arguement to have. The question is which team will show up? The team that win 13 in a ron after the all start break, or the team who got swept by Pit and Houston?
Lee did not give up 4 earned runs. He gave up 3 earned runs. Bako's catcher interference error with one out in the 1st inning allowed Tejada to reach, and led to the 2 runs in that inning. After that Lee cruised through the next 4 innings, until he had some control problems in the 6th.
His pitch count wasn't very high at that point either, and he probably could have gone 7-8 innings if his next start were not going to be a playoff game.
Runs only on one home run, and one inning prolonged by an error. Overall I don't think his start was bad.
You could give Bruntlett 500 at bats and he's still a .200 hitter. In his case, it has nothing to do with at bats. He just can't hit. Period.
Good thing Bruntlett's on our team as a Utility Player, not a pinch-hitter then..
Sorry if this was addressed earlier and I missed it – I was wondering, do we want the Rockies to sweep the Dodgers this weekend and win the NL West – would that be optimal for the Phils, assuming we do well against the Marlins.
I think you look at a team like the Dodgers.. they have been on top all year, have this pressure to win .. and they'll choke
Rockies are playing with house money, and are the hottest team right now … but do they really have the Starting Pitching to win in the playoffs?
Cardinals are on a slide.. and will feel the pressure knowing that Holliday is gone after this year.. and they need to win right now
Phillies won't be nervous since they've been through this before.. and they have players that have stepped up on the big stage before.. I honestly think we're the favorite to go to the World Series, regardless of who we play..
Of the AL teams… I'm routing for the Angels, since I think we can both OutHit, AND OutPitch them … Yankees can outhit us… RedSox are almost our clone .. and the Tigers have FILTHY starting pitching, if they're healthy
People called me crazy when I said the other day that Martinez would probably be left off the playoff roster and that Kendrick would stay….
I want Hamels to start Game 1… but they're gonna have to do something about the schedule because if he pitches on Saturday he'll only have 3 days rest for the Oct. 7th game…
If Kendrick makes it over Pedro.. its only for the NLDS .. and because you don't need 4 starters for it
Does it even really matter if we have home field advantage? This team plays just fine on the road. But, I still don't see us going past the first series. Too many injuries in the bullpen, too much inconsistency in the starting rotation, too many strikeouts and not a single .300 hitter in the lineup anymore. We're slumping at the wrong time. This time last year, we were clicking on all cylinders and seemed invincible.
Actually, if you gave Bruntlett 500 at-bats he'd be a .201 hitter…at least….
Seriously….back to Lee vs. Hamels….Hamels SHOULD get the nod over Lee because of his playoff experience. BUT….the fact that he has pitched A LOT BETTER in the past month certainly helps his case.
If Hamels had sucked the past month in addition to his poor 2009 up to that point….then I'm not sure if he's a #1….playoff experience or not.
I'll take a team with .270 hitters with 35 HRs everyday … makes us the most dangerous offensive team in the playoffs.. either us or the Yankees depending on who you ask
I really do not know what game some of these people were watching, Lee had a bad first inning but only gave up 2 runs, then domianted for four innings, only throwing one bad pitch in the 6th. He will be fine. Saying that Cole will pitch in game one of the playoffs. He may pitch two or three innings on Saturday or not at all, I think Blanton will pitch the second game, Lee the 3rd, and depending on the if you need game 4 or not, if the Phillies are up 2-1 then probably Pedro in game 4, with Happ ready to come in from the pen. Game 4 will also depend on who they are playing, if it is a left handed dominant team you will JA I think.
Not sure if it is a good thing that Cole will have over a week off before his start, but I really do not see Cole not on the mound for game one.
From how I see it, the Phillies are 2 games up on the Cards because they have the head to head won so for the cards to jump us in records they have to win 2 more games if the phillies do not win any, and don't the also have head to head advatage over LA, I know i should know that, but i do not. It would be nice to win 2 games over this weekend, but I feel it is more importent to have everything lined up for Wednesday.
Oh and by the way I will be making the trip from Vermont for Sunday's game against the Fish, and the first home game of wild card round of playoffs, so if it is Wednesday, that means driving to VT Sunday night, and then turning around and driving back Tuesday night after work for game on Wednesday, But I love it.
People called you crazy because you said that Kendrick should be considered as a starter. Kendrick won't be a starter; not a chance.
I did a spreadsheet because I'm a spreadsheet nerd… I scored each team in the NL on a scale of 1-5 in eight categories (1-5 hitting, 6-8 hitting, 1-2 starting pitching, 3-4 SP, bullpen, bench, fielding, base running, management/experience and home adv… I gave each category a weighting and multiplied each score times each weighting to get a total score out of 5 to figure out which teams were best. In order, Philadelphia, LA, Colorado and St Louis… there you have it, see you in the World Series.
hahahah!!!! I NEVER said that!! Kendrick as a starter???? No way!! C'mon, you seriously thought I said that?
Originally, I said: Kendrick will be in the roster instead of Martinez, but HAPP would be the 4th starter in that case (KK in the pen for long relief)…
"Does it even really matter if we have home field advantage?"
Well, cas… the Rockies are 51-30 at home, the Dodgers are 48-30 at home and those are the two teams we're looking at for our first round match up. It's not about us being comfortable as much as it is about them being uncomfortable. Most teams play better at home…
I must have misinterpreted that, Manny…
Original Chuck P….you have WAY too much time on your hands, dude…
……hope your spreadheet is right.
It's Friday… I'm actually very busy. Job, three kids (including 2 year old twins), coach (HS b-ball), very active in the community… but I'm very thorough and when I start thinking about something I do crazy things.
Who gives a crap who pitches game 1? It's most likely gonna be Cliff Lee on normal rest.
Lee and Hamels are both capable of getting the job done. You are gonna need the other pitcher in an important game 2 regardless of game 1's outcome.
Both are big time pitchers and I am happy to have them for this run.
Hey bob as the game being very mental, especially in the playoff, game one starter does make a difference. Look at the winners of five game series's winner of game on wins the series about 85% of the time.
I misreported the results of my spreadsheet… St Louis was third on my spreadsheet… we were first by with a total of 4.16 pts, LAD – 4.05, STL – 4.01 and COL with 3.72.
If Hamels starts tomorrow, he'll be our #2…
If Lee pitches on Wednesday, it would be on one additional day rest. Friday through Tuesday is 5 days rest rather than the traditional 4. He only threw 89 pitches yesterday on 5 days rest so he should be somewhat well rested.
CSN just reported, Romero is done for the year.
original chuck P. – how did you arrive at your weightings….I am assuming linear weights…so how did you come about finding your coefficients? just curious
Ed R. -Knuble in a Caps. uni. Say it isn't so.
i knew he would be gone but not to a rival
finish the job phillies! why are you sitting key players now? you have a few days off before the playoffs anyways. dodgers are struggling and home field advantage for the nlcs was yours for the taking but now it looks like it's too late now.


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Oh my gosh, what a week! As I made plans to visit friends and family in the Finger Lakes, I checked my schedule and realized that I had better make hay while the sun shines, since if there is one thing that the summer knows, it's that time is fleeting and before we know it, we'll see the wintry snows.
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With 35 cities listed on her schedule, including Paris, London, Monte Carlo, Manila and Perth, Australia, what are the odds that Bethel, NY would make the grade? Ingratiating, ingenuous and downright sweet, Jackson hit the stage with backup singers, sensational dancers and a slew of musicians that made us all forget that the show started late—and reminding the audience that "Diva" is a term of endearment when a superstar is in the house.
Armed with decades of hits to support the show, everyone in the house was wowed by the legendary choreography and zeal that "Michael's little sister" has made her trademark, as she performed a 90-minute set without interruption, holding the audience in the palm of her hand. Stunning and vivacious, Miss Janet Jackson made it clear that she lives to entertain—and comes by her status rightfully, as she connected with the audience throughout, sincerely grateful that we still show up to support her passion.
Comeback? I'm not sure that she ever left, but hope she stays around for a long, long time. Jackson expressed her joy in performing for the Bethel crowd, and all we can do is hope that she returns, since this shining star shows no sign of dimming.

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This program last aired Feb. 4.
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- "I want to show you a new way to use earnings season," Jim Cramer told "Mad Money" viewers, dedicating his entire show Monday to helping individual investors navigate the overwhelming nature of the busiest time on Wall Street.
Cramer explained that it's important to put earnings and their accompanying conference calls into context -- earnings alone can't be relied on to predict a stock's future behavior as it once was.
In today's complex markets, Cramer said, earnings are only one piece of the puzzle that determines where a stock is headed after it reports.
Earnings season is a great time for investors to re-evaluate their portfolios and decide which stocks they should trim and which they need to buy more of. Earnings should allow investors to "hone their thinking" on which stocks are performing and which ones aren't.
Cramer said that when he looks at a company's earnings, he first looks at the predictive value of those earnings. Did the company beat even the highest analyst estimates? If so, those analysts are likely to be raising their estimates soon.
Did the company produce a genuine beat with higher revenue? If so, then the company is on track. But if the earnings came from trick accounting like buying back stock, favorable tax rates or aggressive cost-cutting, then those earnings may not last.
Cramer told investors not to rely on just a company's price earnings, or P/E ratio as a measure of whether a stock is cheap or expensive. He said investors must always factor in growth by using the PEG ratio, which is a company's multiple divided by its growth rate.
Cramer said he's willing to pay up to twice the PEG ratio for a company that's growing. Those with PEG ratios below 1 are super-cheap, assuming there are no underlying issues.
The Sector Is Key
Cramer said his next step towards evaluating a company's earnings is to look at its sector.
In the old days, a company's sector could account for 50% of its performance. But in today's markets riddled with exchange-traded funds that lump similar stocks together, a company's sector is more important than ever.


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However, the essay falls apart in its historical and cultural geographical analysis. Ignorance about demographics, religion, political, and the rise of Europe greatly hurt the thesis that the world would be the same.
First, there is the statement "Without Islam, the face of the region still remains complex and conflicted. The dominant ethnic groups of the Middle East – Arabs, Persians, Turks, Kurds, Jews, even Berbers and Pashtuns – would still dominate politics," is flawed when one looks beyond face value. The Middle East would probably be more ethnically diverse. Arabs before the Islamic conflict were limited to the Arabian Peninsula and the fringes of Syria and Jordan. The Islamic Conquest spread Arab culture more than actually Arabian Arabs. This shows today with the physical differences between an Iranian Gulf Coast "Arab" and an Egyptian-Sudanese "Arab." Arab today is much more of an identity, spread through Islam, rather than an actual ethnic group. Without Islam bringing Arab as a common unifier the Middle East would be a salad bowl of Syriacs, Assyrians, Phoenicians, and other groups. The Middle East may be even more ethnically fractured if Islamic Arabs did not unify it.
The assumptions Fuller makes concerning religion also have problems. Fuller states without Islam Christianity would probably have continued its dominance of the region. This is probably correct. However he goes on to discuss how the region would be Eastern Orthodox and that would be bad because Eastern Orthodox tend to be suspicious of the secular and culturally Catholic West. The problem is this is three fold.
First the region would be a mixture of Eastern Orthodox, Catholic, and Oriental Orthodox like the Egyptian Copts and the Assyrian Church of the East. Oriental Orthodox probably would have kept the momentum they had before Islam and would have legitimate shots at converting much of India and China. The mindset of Oriental Orthodox would indeed be counter to the West in that they would negatively see both Roman and Constantinople as those who opposed them during the early days of Christianity. Religion would be even more political with joining the Eastern Orthodox or keeping communion with Rome being even more political than it is today.
Secondly, the Eastern Orthodox would not be so anti-West if Islam was had not arrived. The Eastern Orthodox Church actually reunited with Rome before the fall of Constantinople. After the Turks seized the city they had the new patriarch withdraw from the union. The Muslim Turks kept the Eastern Orthodox separate and rivals of the Western Church (A joke goes: "Q: If Catholics and Eastern Orthodox are so similar in dogma why do Protestants not claim the Patriarch is the anti-Christ? A: Because the anti-Christ has better things to do than listen to the Sultan for 500 years."). Religious struggles would be present in a world without Islam but the playing field would be completely different.
Thirdly the essay states "what were the Crusades if not a Western adventure driven primarily by political, social, and economic needs? The banner of Christianity was little more than a potent symbol." Byzantine Emperors Michael VII and Alexius I Comnenus, Pope Urban II, and the peasants of the People's Crusade disagree. Urban II whole justification was the plea of the Byzantines' who cited Muslims destroying Christian communities. Western Christians first started caring about the Muslim ruled Holy Land not when it economically suited them but when Fatimid caliph, al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, ordered the Church of the Holy Sepulcher destroyed in 1009. The essay then brings up the Fourth Crusade as premanetly damaging Eastern Orthodox-Catholic relations. Without Islam there would not have been a Fourth Crusade.
The political makeup of the Middle East would be different in a world without Islam. The Muslim goal was to rebuild the world according to their divine revelations. That included disposing with old political, economic, and cultural systems. Muslims were the only group to dispose of the Roman-base system once the Romans or their direct descendants lost control. The Roman-based systems and legal setups would probably be found in the Middle East today and maybe spread as Christianity did. This could mean either a greater respect for human rights but could also leave the door open for dictators who would abuse the power structure for their own benefit like Mussolini or Hitler.
(Side note: If Constantinople had not fallen Moscow could have never of claimed to be the Third Rome. This claim and prestiage help Moscow become a major power.)
The last flaw with the essay is that it assumes only Europe would rise in a world without Islam. The essay states that a Christian Middle East would oppose European colonialism just how all other regions of the world did. But this assumes that only Europe would make "the great leap" forward which spurred the Ages of Exploration, Conquest, and Imperialism. With all of Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and perhaps more in the relatively same cultural sphere, the Renaissance and Age of Reason may have spread throughout the Middle East and elsewhere. The Muslim world we know would not be stuck in the slow decline it has been in for the last 500 years but instead it may have rapidly advanced just like Western Europe did. The Middle East and elsewhere may have shifted its glances in other directions like further south around Africa and maybe even the Americas. The great mercenary explorers of Italy may have guided Christian Indian fleets to Australia, Arab fleets around the Cape of Good Hope, and even African Vandal fleets to Brazil. Who knows. This is a double-edge sword. With so much competition and conflicting thoughts in the same realm, English individualism and Protestant freedom (both of which heavily influence America and the free world today) may not have been able to succeed.
Mr. Fuller is right when he writes the world would not be a peaceful utopia if Islam had not existed. There would still be religious violence and most residence of the current Muslim world would still be peaceful and friendly people like everyone else. The world would not be just like it was; however, it would be radically different. For either good or ill.


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Today I was using my Axe. As soon as I started playing I noticed that my first shot or two was shooting at the correct FPS but after that the balls would decrease in velocity until eventually the balls wouldn't have enough pressure to leave the barrel, they were just roll outs. I tried relubing, adjusting the regulator, resetting boards, and I'm stumped at what the problem would be and how to fix it.
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Ok, first thing with mini clones is that you never want to adjust the regulator. Leave it at 180-190 psi and never adjust it.
I'm assuming that your tank was full, try this for me:
If you de-gas then re-gas the marker, does the velocity spike back up again?
I'm assuming that your tank was full, try this for me:
If you de-gas then re-gas the marker, does the velocity spike back up again?
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put a new battery in. put the reg to 180 psi and turn the back cap all the way in and then take it 2 and 1/2 turns out. see what happens. and make sure you lubed the bolt shaft o-rings
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text: Yeehaw Let Me Have a Slice Of that Flat Earth Pie! 12>LincolnGenghis posted:11/11/2012 10:03:15 PM I can't believe I came across this looking for something else. LOL I guess the debate rages on. Heh Click to Visit the Flat earth Society breeld posted:11/12/2012 6:29:14 AM That was a hoot! The guy in the first vid must be a monkey. Anyway, seems he didn`t evolve.Jaxerback posted:11/12/2012 9:38:18 AM Not only is the Earth flat,it is only six thousand years old. Everybody knows that?gary107 posted:11/12/2012 12:19:45 PM well, is it flat but likie a plate [circle] as the Jews believe, or is it "four corners flat and true" like the Christians believe [Rev. 7:1] ? "God in a box" or Three headed God, which spaeks the real truth ? From the written material it is clear they are two different Gods.bobprin posted:11/12/2012 4:58:03 PM If the earth were flat why do I have to walk up the hill and down the hill?Jaxerback posted:11/12/2012 6:17:43 PM Get a golf buggyLincolnGenghis posted:11/12/2012 8:00:46 PM In Reply To:bobprin posted:11/12/2012 4:58:03 PM If the earth were flat why do I have to walk up the hill and down the hill?I guess the flat earthers allow there to be hills mountains in their scenario. LOLLincolnGenghis posted:11/12/2012 8:07:13 PM In Reply To:breeld posted:11/12/2012 6:29:14 AM That was a hoot! The guy in the first vid must be a monkey. Anyway, seems he didn`t evolve.The third video was the first one I came across while looking for something else and it gave me laughing fits. I thought it had to be some kind of weird joke so then I went looking for more stuff on flat earth and was just amazed to even find a website dedicated to it. You know they are looking for members and donations. LOL breeld posted:11/13/2012 5:48:41 AM Well, LincolnGenghis-I`ll get right on it. Ya think they take Paypal? lolJaxerback posted:11/14/2012 4:41:18 PM Seriously though,are they fucking serious? "It looks curved from space because gravity is bending the light" What class of gobshite really believes that? I need a beer..LincolnGenghis posted:11/14/2012 9:05:40 PM You would probably need a few if you heard the one I did about how they believe rain works. LOLbreeld posted:11/15/2012 6:11:26 AM Well, lets hear it, then. I need another good laugh!LincolnGenghis posted:11/15/2012 10:44:23 AM In Reply To:breeld posted:11/15/2012 6:11:26 AM Well, lets hear it, then. I need another good laugh!Ok Ok but remember this is dangerous information to receive. It can cause pulled muscles from laughter. This one does not go into it in long details but if you watch closely the rain fall is mentioned. the whole video is under 4 minutes. Wereparadox posted:11/15/2012 12:05:50 PM I've got an idea they should build there own space ship and take "true" pictures or better yet build giant stairs so everyone can go up and see. They'll be like "Huh. That's interesting. Well I got work tomarrow." And forget about it because it has no relevance what so ever. Even if its true so what? How many people don't believe in the bible because of that one scripture? Couldn't you just say that its a metafore. Like when some one says I searched the four corners of the globe do they really mean they some how did that?Wereparadox posted:11/15/2012 12:17:22 PM And doesn't like people flying from say japan to ths usa kind prove that whole thing is super bunk. There maybe few astronaughts but a lot of people have flown to asia. There are so many sailors and pilots my gosh these people will believe anything. Tell you what send me 3oz of gold and I'll sell you a magic stone that keeps reptloids from mateing with you. This solves what happend to Amilia Airheart she flew off the edgebobprin posted:11/15/2012 2:17:32 PM Ya know maybe it is flat!! I mean my tire was flat, my pancakes were flat, I can sing in E flat, when I was a kid my hair on top was flat. My cat ran out on the road and now it's flat! But I can't find anything as flat as this theory.LincolnGenghis posted:11/16/2012 2:28:51 AM Yeah i just can't believe this theory is still seriousley out there, and what came as kind of a suprise to me when i looked around the web is there seems to be a resurgence of people believing it again. The root cause of this seems to be from fanatical religious groups who are taking everything in the bible as literal. part of the problem with this is that its a translation of a translation of a translation. And to further complicate things is the original writers may not have had some of the words in their language to adequately describe the things they had seen, experienced, felt and some of the extremely complex ideas and thoughts they were trying to convey. I can honestly see how something might come out reading like 4 corners when in reality the original idea may have been the four cardinal directions. North South East west. I wonder how this computer i am typing on would be described back then by somebody who just saw it for the first time, and what would that description turn into ages later after it had been translated mutiple times. breeld posted:11/16/2012 5:30:42 AM Umm, if the water falls from a mountain, then the earth catches it again on it`s way down (?), wouldn`t that be like a ton of water falling in one place? I just don`t get their reasoning. Or should I say "non-reasoning". SOMEBODY is grasping at straws. lolbreeld posted:11/16/2012 5:33:23 AM In Reply To:bobprin posted:11/15/2012 2:17:32 PM Ya know maybe it is flat!! I mean my tire was flat, my pancakes were flat, I can sing in E flat, when I was a kid my hair on top was flat. My cat ran out on the road and now it's flat! But I can't find anything as flat as this theory.That`s hilarious.LincolnGenghis posted:11/19/2012 10:08:14 AM You know maybe the planet just got low on air And needs to be re-inflated like a basketball. Please log in or become a member to add a post.


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Warner Bros. recently announced their decision to cast Ben Affleck as Batman in the upcoming Man of Steel sequel, Batman vs. Superman, and the Internet had such a vitriolic meltdown that I initially thought Ben Affleck had murdered a bunch of pregnant teenagers while wearing a Batman costume. Comic book fans across the world have already convinced themselves that this is the worst tragedy in modern history, and they all seem to agree that Ben Affleck might as well be fashioning their collective childhoods into a makeshift condom for his million dollar Hollywood penis and using it to jackhammer Bob Kane's skeletal corpse into bone-powder sex dust.
However, we've been wrong about this kind of thing before. Ben Affleck playing Batman in a Superman movie is hardly the end of the world, and if history is any indication, it might not even be that bad.
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Pre-Internet fanzines and such were enraged when Michael Keaton was cast as Batman. The headline "Mr. Mom Is Batman?" was thrown around a lot, as were pictures of Keaton's mulleted face as it appears in Clean and Sober juxtaposed with images of the brooding Caped Crusader to achieve maximum ridiculousness. Check out this fan-submitted letter to the Los Angeles Times back in 1988, when Keaton's casting was first announced -- reading it now, it comes off as the most insufferably pedantic thing ever written (the guy says that clearly Burton had decided to turn Batman into "a manic comedy" despite the fact that he had not seen any footage of the movie yet, and everyone who has since seen Tim Burton's Batman can agree that it is precisely the opposite of a manic comedy). Yet it is exactly the same tone and self-appointed-expert viewpoint that scores of Twitter and Tumblr users are taking. There are fucking petitions getting passed around, demanding that Ben Affleck be fired immediately and replaced by somebody they will unanimously approve of (no such actor exists), perpetuated by people with exactly zero experience in filmmaking and absolutely no connection to the creative process behind Batman vs. Superman.
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And Michael Keaton turned out to be a freaking awesome Batman. The debate continues as to whether his or Christian Bale's portrayal is the best (in my opinion, Keaton is the better Batman and Bale is the better Bruce Wayne, if for no other reason than Keaton's Batman voice doesn't sound like a fucking Static-X song). Think of how improbable that is -- Michael Keaton is a physically unimposing comedic actor, and Christian Bale is enormous and terrifying. There should be no question as to which one of those guys would be better suited to play Batman, and yet there is. That's called "acting," cousin.
Similarly, the Internet exploded when Heath Ledger got cast as the Joker -- like Affleck, the majority of his starring roles were box office bombs, and the best success he'd had was playing in a '90s teen comedy, a 1970s rock opera about roller derby knights, and a dialogue-heavy drama about gay cowboys.
The Clown Prince of making teenage girls in the '90s swoon.
Those three things do not fare well on message boards, and neither did the idea of Heath Ledger playing the Joker. People thought he was too pretty, too wooden, and utterly incapable of being menacing. And those same people now so completely embrace Heath Ledger and The Dark Knight that they sent death threats to a film critic over a negative review of The Dark Knight Rises despite the fact that none of them had actually seen the movie yet. And that film turned out to be just as crowd-pleasing as a buttery dump in a public urinal.
Resist the urge to immediately dismiss those points by saying, "Well, sure, but Keaton and Ledger were working with Tim Burton and Christopher Nolan. We're talking about Zack Snyder here." Zack Snyder is not incapable of making good decisions (300, Dawn of the Dead, most of Watchmen), just like Tim Burton (Planet of the Apes, Dark Shadows, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) and Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight Rises) are not incapable of making poor ones. Movies have always been (and always will be) a case-by-case thing -- just because one movie shares one or more parts with another is in no way a guarantee of success or failure. Just ask George Lucas.
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If this guy got to make Batman movies, Zack Snyder can have a damn shot.
4Batman Is Not the Main Character of Batman vs. Superman
Let's not kid ourselves -- Batman vs. Superman is a sequel to Man of Steel. This seems to indicate that the movie is going to be primarily about Superman. Batman is just a character that happens to be in it. Ben Affleck isn't being cast as the new lead in a new trilogy of Batman movies (although that may eventually happen) -- he's playing a supporting, largely adversarial role in a Superman movie. The absolute worst case scenario is that Ben Affleck is so terrible, they have to find a new actor to play Batman in the Justice League or Batman Beyond or whatever the hell movie they plan on putting the character in next, and our DVD shelves have an open spot where a Superman sequel could have been sitting. And that's it.
Hollywood has plenty of young dudes with well-defined abs to throw at this role. It'll work again eventually.
We aren't any more beholden to this movie's portrayal of Batman than we are to Batman and Robin, so let's quit behaving like Ben Affleck just got cast to play our great-grandfather in a period drama and pump the brakes a bit on our self-righteous outrage. Save the petitions for after the movie comes out. If he's butt-garglingly awful, he most likely will not be invited back, and then we can all join hands across the interwebs and proudly say, "We told you so, Paycheck. We told you so."


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I've read that fresh pumped breastmilk is nutritionally superior to that which has previously been frozen. So, if I have plenty of fresh breastmilk, do I toss milk in my freezer stash once it expires?
My daughter's only two months old, so I'm not at the point where anything has expired yet, but I've got this massive freezer stash and so far I haven't had to dip into it at all (and hope my supply stays up enough to keep it that way). I'm trying to figure out what to do when the time comes.
I don't want to freeze the fresh milk I have and feed her frozen if it's got less of the "good stuff" in it after being frozen. Also, the milk I pumped the day before is bound to be more "age appropriate" than milk I pumped a couple months earlier, so there's that factor, as well.
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The decision to add the names came after Gov. Deval Patrick, with little fanfare, signed into law on Friday a bill requiring all ads by independent expenditure political action committees also known as super PACs include the names of their top five contributors whove given more than $5,000.
The pro-Grossman Mass Forward Independent Expenditure PAC began running the television ad before the bill was signed. The ad faults Coakley for not supporting a proposal to limit gun purchases in Massachusetts to one per person per month.
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A statement from the group said it moved quickly to bring the ad into compliance with the new law. The group says it is almost entirely funded by Massachusetts residents who believe that Steve Grossman is the best progressive choice for governor.
Coakleys gubernatorial campaign earlier Monday faulted the PAC for violating the law before the updated version was released.
Massachusetts voters have already made it clear that SuperPACs have no place in our elections, Coakley campaign manager Tim Foley said in a written statement Monday. We hope that Steve Grossman joins Martha in recognizing that and will disavow the SuperPACs ads.
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We now know where Pat Burrell has landed…
Free agent Pat Burrell, the former left fielder for the 2008 World Champions Philadelphia Phillies, has just finished signing a two-year, $16 million contract with the 2008 American League Champions Tampa Bay Rays. Burrell, who, until signing with the Rays, has spent all nine years of his major league career with the Phillies, having a career batting average of .257, while hitting 251 home runs (3rd place in team history) and 827 RBIs (7th place) for the red pinstripes. Burrell will more than likely be acting as the Rays' designated hitter, although he has said at one time that he would prefer playing in the field, thus keeping his mind in the game.
We're going to miss you here in Philly, Pat, and I, for one, wish you success in Tampa, as long as it isn't against the Phils.
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Burrell was great for the Phils, I'm sure it's sad to see him go.
Burrell was great for the Phils, I'm sure it's sad to see him go.
Yes, it is sad to see him go. I guess it's good that he goes out a winner.
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We'll see how good a move if was for the Rays during the season, since Pat the Bat hasn't exactly done very well in the DH role.
As for JC, I think that the players association and MLB has failed him and that MLB is using him as a scapegoat to show Congress that 'see, see, we are cleaning up our act'. Jerks, the lot of them. It'll probably be a while before I say something on this, since there are plenty of other sources who are saying it a whole lot better right now.


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Rangarajan SrinivasanNVIDIARangarajan provided insight into the challenge of growing design sizes, heavy reuse of IPs in NVIDIA designs, and its impact to timing. He showed the tight accuracy of HyperScale results on millions of paths in a recent GPU design and revealed that accurate block-level closure with HyperScale greatly improves tapeout time.
Rajagopal KTIRajagopal highlighted TI's interests in deploying HyperScale as their next-generation hierarchical flow because of the fast HyperScale runtimes with signoff accuracy, eliminating the need for cumbersome models and providing an automated top and block timing flow.
Alireza KasnaviSynopsysAli is a Sr. R&D manager in the PrimeTime R&D team. He introduced the technology and its benefits that make HyperScale unique. He pointed out the challenges of model-based hierarchical flow and how HyperScale and Constraint Extractor makes it easier to deploy as well as how it gels with the PrimeTime ECO technology for block and top level timing closure.


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August 30, 2011 —
Responding to a report of a domestic dispute, Pennsylvania State Police trooper John Chervanka went to the home of a neighbor of Tammy and Christopher Johnson on August 29. Christpher, 45, left the residence but shortly returned in his own car, and threatened to end his own live and destroy the couple's home on Pine Mill Road in Equinunk.
According to the police report, Chervanka discovered Christopher as he was exiting his home with a metal fuel container, pouring liquid from the interior of the house to the exterior. Christopher then lit a match to set fire to the residence.
The Equinunk Fire Departemnt was summoned to the scene.
Christopher ran to his vehicle, failed to obey commands given by the trooper, and attempted to flee the scene. Chervanka deployed a taser to subdue Christopher and took him into custody.
Christody was charged with simple assault, harrasment, arson and resisting arrest. He was arrainged before MDJ Ron Edwards and remanded to Wayne County Prison on $275,000 bail.