Comments on: And That Happened: Wednesday’s scores and highlights http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/29/and-that-happened-wednesdays-scores-and-highlights-57/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Sat, 25 May 2013 04:47:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: kvanhorn87 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/29/and-that-happened-wednesdays-scores-and-highlights-57/comment-page-2/#comment-201314 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 04:12:28 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=88871#comment-201314 Still waiting patiently. Most wins ever. Most total wins by any manager in Phils history. 25 articles and counting today. Ho hum!

]]> By: artisan3m http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/29/and-that-happened-wednesdays-scores-and-highlights-57/comment-page-2/#comment-201072 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:36:28 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=88871#comment-201072 I’m still baffled this morning. Maybe I just don’t understand base-a-ball as much as I think I do ~ ~ but what the Hell were the Orioles celebrating last night other than a single game victory? My God, you’d have thought they had just won the WS with a game 7 walk-off homer. Beating Boston couldn’t have been that big a deal. Nearly everybody did in September. Say. . .you don’t think the Rays . . . . . nah, flush that!

]]> By: wonkypenguin http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/29/and-that-happened-wednesdays-scores-and-highlights-57/comment-page-2/#comment-201019 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:59:26 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=88871#comment-201019 As always, Craig, it’s been a pleasure. I refer to you as my “favorite baseball writer” and look forward to your thoughts every morning, even in the offseason.
~Kelly

]]> By: phillyfrank http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/29/and-that-happened-wednesdays-scores-and-highlights-57/comment-page-1/#comment-200920 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:12:44 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=88871#comment-200920 Nah, kvan has a point. And it’s not just HBT, but the entire national sports media. I was watching the ESPN sports shows last night after all the games and the first half-hour of two different one hour shows concentrated exclusively on the Yankees and Red Sox games (AL East bias, anyone?). When they did cover the Phils-Braves game, only one of the three talking heads said the word “Phillies”–only once–and spent the rest of the time describing everything the Braves did or didn’t do during the game. And that segment lasted no longer than 5-6 minutes during the 2nd half hour. Very little mention of the Phils setting a new franchise record in wins, little said about Manuel becoming the franchise’s winningest manager…you can bet if the Yanks or Sox had done either of those things, there would be a special commemorative magazine coming out today. But that’s OK…to paraphrase another noteworthy Philadelphian, Todd Rundgren: “Go ahead. Ignore us.”

]]> By: leerosenthall http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/29/and-that-happened-wednesdays-scores-and-highlights-57/comment-page-1/#comment-200908 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:02:37 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=88871#comment-200908 I live in the Philly ‘burbs and MLB network and CSN were working just fine last night, on FIOS at least.

]]> By: natstowngreg http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/29/and-that-happened-wednesdays-scores-and-highlights-57/comment-page-1/#comment-200907 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:02:29 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=88871#comment-200907 Yesterday, you saw two Ghosts of Fish Future: Ozzie Guillen and Stephen Strasburg.

]]> By: leerosenthall http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/29/and-that-happened-wednesdays-scores-and-highlights-57/comment-page-1/#comment-200897 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:56:47 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=88871#comment-200897

]]> By: APBA Guy http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/29/and-that-happened-wednesdays-scores-and-highlights-57/comment-page-2/#comment-200894 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:54:24 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=88871#comment-200894 Speaking of insignificance, I spent about 10 minutes ffwding my DVR on the A’s game at x15 because I was glued to the Rays/Sox games and kept flipping to those.

Just a brief note on the A’s game, the way the Mariners were approaching Gio I was stunned he threw more than 50 pitches. Both teams looked like they had their bags packed already and the bus was waiting. But congrats to Gio for 16 wins and a fine year. Willingham tried for HR # 30 but came up 1 short, which will cost him some cash this offseason, though he’ll still make out fine compared to how he started 2011.

It’s the Giants who have some thinking to do. Picked by many to win the West, their lack of offense and defensive frailties, plus impending cost increases related to pitching and the burden of carrying Zito’s contract, combine to make this a difficult offseason to build up their offense, which they absolutely must do. This year proved that no pitching staff can carry a nonperforming offense.

Thanks to Craig for providing this outlet for us to scribble our observations, musings, and rants. What a way to finish the year! For some of us, after the playoffs, the TV switches to the EPL. But I always check HBT every day, if only for the snark. Besides, we’ll have winter meetings, the McCourt situation, trades, and after the playoffs, only 105 days before Spring training..

]]> By: leerosenthall http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/29/and-that-happened-wednesdays-scores-and-highlights-57/comment-page-1/#comment-200886 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:49:34 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=88871#comment-200886 I was watching the Phillies-Braves game on my TV while monitoring the Yankees-Rays and Red Sox-Orioles games on my laptop (the Cards had already won) via MLB.TV, so I already knew what was going down, but it was still worth watching MLB network’s coverage. I absolutely love Harold Reynolds and Dan Plesac. Those outtakes they showed at the end of the evening of the two of them flipping out off-camera (“Are you f–king kidding me???”) were the cherry on top of one of the best nights of baseball I have ever seen.

Good luck to your Red Birds!

]]> By: natstowngreg http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/29/and-that-happened-wednesdays-scores-and-highlights-57/comment-page-1/#comment-200883 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:49:11 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=88871#comment-200883 He does not jest. He’s just wrong, at least about Clippard and Storen.

]]> By: churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/29/and-that-happened-wednesdays-scores-and-highlights-57/comment-page-1/#comment-200818 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:56:41 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=88871#comment-200818 Rumack: …This woman has to be gotten to a hospital.
Elaine Dickinson: A hospital? What is it?
Rumack: It’s a big building with patients, but that’s not important right now.

RIP Mr. Nielsen

]]> By: Old Gator http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/29/and-that-happened-wednesdays-scores-and-highlights-57/comment-page-1/#comment-200799 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:36:09 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=88871#comment-200799 …A. Bartlett Giamatti.

Who do you think you are, Joe Biden?

]]> By: Old Gator http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/29/and-that-happened-wednesdays-scores-and-highlights-57/comment-page-1/#comment-200798 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:35:28 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=88871#comment-200798 I never jest. And don’t call me Shirley.

]]> By: Old Gator http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/29/and-that-happened-wednesdays-scores-and-highlights-57/comment-page-1/#comment-200796 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:35:00 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=88871#comment-200796 It’s brilliant. It’s mine.

]]> By: pbsenerchia http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/29/and-that-happened-wednesdays-scores-and-highlights-57/comment-page-1/#comment-200783 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:22:38 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=88871#comment-200783 Mediocre relievers? Surely you jest.

]]> By: Jonny 5 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/29/and-that-happened-wednesdays-scores-and-highlights-57/comment-page-1/#comment-200732 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:48:13 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=88871#comment-200732 Hey FC, At least I can laugh at myself. Anyway I was half right. It did end in an upset. LOL!!!

]]> By: kiwicricket http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/29/and-that-happened-wednesdays-scores-and-highlights-57/comment-page-2/#comment-200716 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:20:02 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=88871#comment-200716 Sooooo…..just wondering what the people who berated Craig etc for being ‘homers’ ‘Anti… ‘ ‘pro this and that’ have to say about HBT’s writing these past couple days?

Outstanding effort down the stretch Craig and HBT. You learn more about a human being in 2 days under strain, than in 2 years of ambiance.

The intangibles of an intangible. Craig Calcaterra – Clutch *

*denotes amusement/semi sarcasm

]]> By: sportsdrenched.com http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/29/and-that-happened-wednesdays-scores-and-highlights-57/comment-page-1/#comment-200711 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:03:16 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=88871#comment-200711 Hey, I was just excited the Royals won 70 games. The most exciting 70 win team ever.

But yeah, if the Royals were in the Braves position I would have been a wreck yesterday, and in a dark, dark place this morning.

]]> By: El Bravo http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/29/and-that-happened-wednesdays-scores-and-highlights-57/comment-page-1/#comment-200708 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:01:17 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=88871#comment-200708 Well, I didn’t draft any Royals so I came in 4th of 10 teams, which of course, is the first spot NOT to win any money. It pretty much goes right in line with my real baseball hopes for the Bravos…dreams dashed, aspirations crushed, close-but-no-cigar. Really, I have no idea how I keep positive as a baseball fan. Everything goes the opposite of my way. Everything.

]]> By: sportsdrenched.com http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/29/and-that-happened-wednesdays-scores-and-highlights-57/comment-page-2/#comment-200707 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:01:05 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=88871#comment-200707 Will there be any articles written today about how MLB needs to change? That it’s broken, and not relevant? About how it’s not exciting?

Hardly, The beat writers from other sports that I follow were tweeting about baseball last night.

MLB is awsome despite Bud Selig, can he and the other brain trusts in the MLB Marketing Department find a way to capitalize?

]]> By: sportsdrenched.com http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/29/and-that-happened-wednesdays-scores-and-highlights-57/comment-page-1/#comment-200694 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:53:40 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=88871#comment-200694 Don’t forget about the double steal that cost the Braves a run too.

I hate the stolen base.

]]> By: sportsdrenched.com http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/29/and-that-happened-wednesdays-scores-and-highlights-57/comment-page-1/#comment-200690 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:50:41 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=88871#comment-200690 For some fun retrospect. Check out this thread at the end of the winter meetings last December:

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/12/09/saying-goodbye-to-the-winter-meetings/

El Bravo, How did your fantasy team do?

]]> By: drewmunny http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/29/and-that-happened-wednesdays-scores-and-highlights-57/comment-page-1/#comment-200687 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:48:18 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=88871#comment-200687 Its about resonating or identifying with your reader or fan base as a whole. No one likes to lose, suffer the heartbreak of defeat. But unfortunately, as people, these are the storylines that seem to resonate best with us. The Phillies season, while wholly remarkable, is the equivalent of the average Joe winning the lottery, marrying a supermodel, then winning the lottery again, all in one year. Yes, the Phillies have accomplished something great, but at the end of the day, we identify more with the loss, the emotions and storylines that go with it, the incredulity of the seasons collapse as it were. Just my .02.

]]> By: El Bravo http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/29/and-that-happened-wednesdays-scores-and-highlights-57/comment-page-1/#comment-200676 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:38:41 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=88871#comment-200676 It was a fun ride. It was a stressful one. It was enough for me to drop Jason Heyward off my name. Seriously, screw that guy. El Bravo is sufficient. Good baseball yesterday. MLB.tv might be the best thing ever to come to the internet. Everything seemed so perfect but totally ruined at the same time. Oh well, the sadness shall pass soon (alcohol works great).

Go Rays in the AL (or Tigers I guess). Go not-Phillies or Cards in NL. Rah Rah…bleh….I’m not ready for this….

Just for kicks, my preseason playoff picks:

Red Sox
White Sox
Rangers
WC: Yanks

Phils
Cards
Giants
WC: Braves

]]> By: loungefly74 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/29/and-that-happened-wednesdays-scores-and-highlights-57/comment-page-1/#comment-200665 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:27:56 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=88871#comment-200665 amazing drama on the final night. ya gotta love baseball.

]]> By: indaburg http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/29/and-that-happened-wednesdays-scores-and-highlights-57/comment-page-1/#comment-200661 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:26:33 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=88871#comment-200661 It was perfect. If I saw something like last night in a movie, I would have rolled my eyes and said, “Only in the movies. That would never happen!”

]]> By: kvanhorn87 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/29/and-that-happened-wednesdays-scores-and-highlights-57/comment-page-1/#comment-200658 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:23:15 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=88871#comment-200658 I thought mr. Lucky was Howard and would have sworn it. But then one of PFT articles this am referenced Pence as Mr. Lucky with a link. Sorry!

]]> By: frenchysplatediscipline http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/29/and-that-happened-wednesdays-scores-and-highlights-57/comment-page-1/#comment-200657 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:23:10 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=88871#comment-200657 You know, last night didn’t even hurt. There was a certain amount of inevitability that crept in over the last week that made me strangely numb to last nights final gasp for the Braves.

And to be honest with you I am very happy that it felt that way: In years past I would have shut off the TV and been beside myself with anger, sadness, an whatever other negative feelings one might after watching ones team collapse. But because it was expected it didn’t affect me like that and I was able to turn the channel and really enjoy the rest of a classic Rays finish.

So while my team was on one of the losing ends to one of the most storied finishes a baseball season has ever witnessed, it was awesome to see the Rays come from 7 down at the end and ultimately win.

Now if you will excuse me, I have some work to do this morning…

/tightens noose

]]> By: Alex K http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/29/and-that-happened-wednesdays-scores-and-highlights-57/comment-page-1/#comment-200647 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:19:19 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=88871#comment-200647 75% is quite a generous number. There is no chance that 75% of readers/commenters are Phans. I would be reluctant to put it at more than 10%.

And also- it is Mr. Overrated that got the hit.

]]> By: cktai http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/29/and-that-happened-wednesdays-scores-and-highlights-57/comment-page-1/#comment-200643 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:15:20 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=88871#comment-200643 How about them Diamondbacks eh?

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