OT: Philadelphia Phillies (MLB): 2013 Regular Season

[FlyersFan61290]

Kendrick almost hit a homerun. It would of been a back to back to back solo homers. Holy ****...

Yeah saw that too. Watching the phillies pitchers hit is awesome. They're a pretty talented bunch lol

 

[jml87]

Eh, Howard has always been steaky. He'll go 0 for 15 and then blast 3 HRs in 3 games. He got a hold of one last night to dead center that would have been out in pretty much any other ballpark in the country. I'm not too worried about him.

Brown hasn't exactly proven he should be anything more than a 6 hitter at this point. He wasn't even a lock to make the team going into Spring Training. He'll get a better spot in the order when he earns it (I type this as he just blasts a home run).

I've always been a Brown fan and I'm hoping for a breakout year after his awesome spring. If the Phillies want to compete, Brown has to be a big part of that. And if the Phillies are struggling but Brown is hitting, I would really like him up farther in the lineup. I don't know what exactly he has to do to earn it?

And I'm not worried about Howard either. I know what he is and it's not gonna change. Just hard when Young isn't hitting either, right behind him. If Howard starts hitting then I really don't care what the lineup looks like. They'll score runs.

 

[Romang67]

Hey guys, do you know of any sites with streams for Phillies games?

 

[Chinatown88]

Hey guys, do you know of any sites with streams for Phillies games?

Check pm

 

[FlyersFan61290]

Nice play by Howard getting the force at home

 

[FlyersFan61290]

F u kk

Edit: he deserves better. F u Horst

 

[jml87]

It's one fricking out. Embarrasing.

 

[FlyersFan61290]

Nix is bad in all aspect of the game. I rather have John jr in regardless of handedness cause at very least he gives you above average defense and arm.

Horst needs a slap

It's one fricking out. Embarrasing.

So much worse now

Five batters faced and he gets one out

 

[jml87]

We need hard throwing arms not guys throwing slop. So glad durbin is coming in with the bases loaded

 

[FlyersFan61290]

Nix is bad in all aspect of the game. I rather have John jr in regardless of handedness cause at very least he gives you above average defense and arm.:

Case and point. Terrible throw home

Phillies 3-6 in home openers last 9 yrs about to be 3-7. I really don't have any confidence they can win this late especially with revere struggling. When he's not hitting he's almost useless as he doesn't walk...like at all.

Omg, good job guys. Up 4 to nothing, proceed to let up 9 unanswered runs

 

[mantis toboggan]

This is just getting ugly

 

[FlyersFan61290]

Team era is gonna be atrocious

Edit: 6.89 so far by my math

Meanwhile the team is scoring 3.75 runs per so far. Not a recipe for success

 

[Schwarbomb]

Dom brown ****ing blows.

 

[jml87]

Dom brown ****ing blows.

You play him all spring training in RF and then switch him to LF and then are confused when he looks lost out there. Then the LF bounces the ball in fifteen times on a throw to the plate. Stupid. This team makes so many stupid decisions.

Bring in Horst who looks awful in the 6th, keep him in the 7th, let him load the bases. Need a strikeout? Bring in an old man who tops out at 88 mph. Be confused when you let up 9 runs. It's a joke.

 

[FlyersFan61290]

Can't even get an out

 

[Schwarbomb]

You play him all spring training in RF and then switch him to LF and then are confused when he looks lost out there. Then the LF bounces the ball in fifteen times on a throw to the plate. Stupid. This team makes so many stupid decisions.

The most stupid decision was what Dom did on that fly ball. He should know better.

 

[jml87]

The most stupid decision was what Dom did on that fly ball. He should know better.

He was trying to save some runs. He's young, he makes mistakes. He should be in the position he's most comfortable with, not trying to figure out a whole new position on the fly. It's not like Mayberry/ Nix are blowing people away in RF. There's no reason for him to be in LF.

 

[Krishna]

I leave and it's 4-0

Come home and it's 11-4

What the hell

 

[FlyersFan61290]

Oh well, time for some storage wars re-runs

 

[FLYguy3911]

No one in the bullpen has broken 90.

I never got the Durbin signing at the time. The guy is just an average pitcher at best. At least sign him to a minor league deal and make him earn his way on the team.

 

[DrinkFightFlyers]

Nix is bad in all aspect of the game. I rather have John jr in regardless of handedness cause at very least he gives you above average defense and arm.

He's a pretty solid 4th OF against righties. He's by no means a starter, but he hits righties pretty well for a bench guy. The Phillies need to sure up the other corner of the outfield. I don't think Nix or Mayberry (or the platoon) is the answer, and I don't think the team does either. But even after they find a solution, I would keep Nix as a bench guy.

 

[Karma]

From the parts of the game I watched, Kendrick was pitching well and then the wheels sort of fell off. Then the bullpen being terrible didn't help at all.

 

[zarley zelepukin]

He's a pretty solid 4th OF against righties. He's by no means a starter, but he hits righties pretty well for a bench guy. The Phillies need to sure up the other corner of the outfield. I don't think Nix or Mayberry (or the platoon) is the answer, and I don't think the team does either. But even after they find a solution, I would keep Nix as a bench guy.

Nix is actually pretty mediocre even as a platoon guy. He's got a career .744 OPS against righties with a terrible .297 OBP. Even in 2011, which was basically the year that made the Phils want him, he had a .306 OBP against them. Schierholtz is a better player offensively and defensively.

I don't mind Charlie going to Horst, but he shouldn't have started the following inning. And having Durbin come in when he did was just dumb. We have better options.

 

[Halladay]

Nix is actually pretty mediocre even as a platoon guy. He's got a career .744 OPS against righties with a terrible .297 OBP. Even in 2011, which was basically the year that made the Phils want him, he had a .306 OBP against them. Schierholtz is a better player offensively and defensively.

I don't mind Charlie going to Horst, but he shouldn't have started the following inning. And having Durbin come in when he did was just dumb. We have better options.

I wanted them to keep Schierholtz as the the lefty platoon. Get about the same production at the plate and Schierholtz is a much better right fielder. But they went with Nix because he was under contract.

I actually like Horst, he was pretty good last year from what I remember.

 

[Halladay]

That was such a lifeless game until the 9th. Lannan pitched well. They needed that.