Woo Phillies!

[foilman8805]

Originally Posted by H3llacious

Tampa Bay, Florida.

Formerly known as the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. They got their name slightly changed after last season (2007).

Ahaha, I was kidding, man.

I know a lot about the MLB. I know where the Rays are from and what they've done this year, lol.

[Sh4d0wD3v1L]

Originally Posted by All_That_Chaz

And if they were in the AL they'd be a .500 team. Whining about divisions won't get you anywhere. The Mets collapsed. Again. Get over it and teach Johan Santana to play every position. Then you're golden.

No, more like make Johan Santana start his game one every 5, and then be the whole entire bullpen every day he doesn't start.

Originally Posted by All_That_Chaz

I wasn't aware the Rays had fans.

Yea....

Originally Posted by All_That_Chaz

My hats off to the Rays this year. This has to be the biggest worst-to-first turnaround in the game's history.

Very yes. They're facing a decent team in the White Sox and handling them nicely. That's who I'm rooting for now that the Brewers are out. Because they're not the Phillies and because they're not Boston. They're also vs "that other team from Chicago I could care less about". Must make sure Chicago goes nowhere.

[MystictheHedgehog]

Pulling for the Rays and the Phils now. The Phils look poised to take the NL this year. I don't see the Dodgers keeping up their run. As far as the world series goes, yeah I'll worry about that when it happens.

And my team had a major f up this year too. I can't believe the way Arizona played this year, it was pitiful. They were on fire at the beginning of the year, and just completely fell apart. Even Webb had a streak of 3-4 bad starts. I still think he deserves the Cy Young over Lincecum though, but that's probably just my biased talking. Everyone knows Sabathia would have gotten it had he pitched a full season even close to the way he pitched since coming to the NL.

[Sh4d0wD3v1L]

If CC had pitched all year the way he did with the Brew crew, it would be a no brainer for the Cy Young. 11-2 in what, 14, 15 starts? 7 CG, 3 shutouts, 1.96 ERA (i think that's it, going off memory here). Those are Cy Young caliper numbers if you ask anyone who knows anythign about baseball.

[All_That_Chaz]

I'm just worried about the Phil's offense. The scored 0 runs against the weakest bullpen in the league. They need to wake up if they intend on competing with Manny and the Dodgers. And they have good starting pitching too. Arguably better than the Phil's starters. Utley and Howard have both been pitiful in the playoffs. They need to become factors if Philly is going to beat the Dodgers, much less win the series.

[Sh4d0wD3v1L]

Originally Posted by All_That_Chaz

I'm just worried about the Phil's offense. The scored 0 runs against the weakest bullpen in the league. They need to wake up if they intend on competing with Manny and the Dodgers. And they have good starting pitching too. Arguably better than the Phil's starters. Utley and Howard have both been pitiful in the playoffs. They need to become factors if Philly is going to beat the Dodgers, much less win the series.

Unless you're talking about the Mets, I disagree. I think the Mets' pen is worse than the Brewers'. Mets' pen blew how many games for Santana? Don't get me wrong, the Brewers pen might as well be a pitching machine with how poorly they function, but the Mets' is worse.

[foilman8805]

Good pitching beats good hitting, and the Dodgers are the best in the NL in ERA (starting and bullpen).

Runs are going to be hard to come across for the Phils against sinker ball pitchers like Lowe and Kuroda because the Phils pretty much depend on that homerun to get things happening.

And c'mon, the Dodgers completely shut down the Cubs all three games. 6 runs in 3 games for the most 'potent offense' in the league. I'm not knockin' the Phils' offense, but it's arguably not as good as the Cubs, and look what Dodger pitching did to them.

[All_That_Chaz]

I know I've heard somewhere that the Phils have the best bullpen in the league, not the Dodgers.

And I think the Cubs hitting sucked more than the Dodgers pitching ruled. I think the NLCS will be a big pitchers' duel. And if the Phil's bats don't wake up the Dodgers have a good chance of going to the series.

[MrRubix]

lol, my friend's friend's friend's dad apparently owns half of the Devil Rays

[H3llacious]

Originally Posted by All_That_Chaz

I know I've heard somewhere that the Phils have the best bullpen in the league, not the Dodgers.

And the Rays have the best backup players. When Evan Longoria went onto the DL, the Rays didn't budge. They kept on going and going and going.

[foilman8805]

The fourth best ranked teams in ERA through the regular seasons are as follows:

1. Los Angeles Dodgers - 3.68
2. Milwaukee Brewers - 3.85
3. Chicago Cubs - 3.87
4. Philadelphia Phillies - 3.88

[All_That_Chaz]

Bumped for EPIC WIN PHILS GOING TO THE SERIES WOOOOOOOOOOOO



You sexy beast Cole I love you.

[super kid]

Phillies stand no chance against tampa, or boston.

[All_That_Chaz]

Phils rule you know nothing. They can beat anybody the AL has to offer.

[All_That_Chaz]

That's something I do before my 9th beer. After that I usually don't read the white text.

[All_That_Chaz]

Phanatic wants YOU to join in on the Phanatic celebration dance!



PS

[Sh4d0wD3v1L]

Nothing to post but....


GO RAYS

[Tasselfoot]

Chaz, any shot you'll be in Philly for the WS? My dad bought me tix back. I'll be in town for games 3-5.

[All_That_Chaz]

Originally Posted by Tasselfoot

Chaz, any shot you'll be in Philly for the WS? My dad bought me tix back. I'll be in town for games 3-5.

Sorry dude. I'll be in town for Thanksgiving/Christmas though if you want to meet up.

[Tasselfoot]

possibly christmas. still unsure.