Showing posts with label philadelphia phillies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label philadelphia phillies. Show all posts

Thursday, October 21, 2010

G-Men of baseball just 1 win away!


"Every victory's just as tasty, but tonight's was really delicious" - Brian Wilson
Juan Uribe came through with a clutch sac fly off of Roy Oswalt in the bottom of the 9th for the 6-5 W and brought San Fran within 1 game of the 'ship.
Buster Posey officially had his coming out party last night with 4 knocks and big ups to Aaron Rowand for showing that he's still a warrior on the field. It puzzled me why he was taken out immediately after gunning out Ruiz at home in the fifth.
Manuel had some guts for going with Oswalt in the 9th, but you gotta do what you gotta do to win the game at hand. Although Roy gave up a run on 2 hits, it wasn't over the span of 8 innings like Game 2. Philly's got some serious work to do, but they've got the right guys taking the ball.
Tonight we get a rematch of Halladay/Lincecum. With everything on the line, I expect this one to be the classic that game 1 should have been.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

How good is Cliff Lee?


Good enough to get $200 million next year in free agency and have nobody doubt how crazy it is.
Lee's 13 K's last night made it 3 consecutive postseason starts that he's had 10+ strikeouts in a game. The only other person to accomplish that? Bob Gibson.
It took him 19 2/3 innings to allow a walk this postseason. Lee punched out 30 batters before he walked a batter! These are both postseason records!
He's now 7-0 with a 1.26 E.R.A in the postseason. Who has a lower E.R.A? Christy Matthewson (5-5 0.97) and Sandy "The Left Arm of God" Koufax (4-3 0.95). Even these pitching legends have lost postseason games. Lee has yet to do so.
The New York Yankees have played in over 360 postseason games and had never been held to a measly 3 baserunners in any one of those games.
That's how good Cliff Lee is.