Cole Hamels won’t start tonight versus the Mets “due to a gastrointestinal illness”
Aug 29, 2012, 11:51 AM EDT
Cole Hamels has been scratched from his scheduled start tonight against the Mets and as this tweet from Todd Zolecki of MLB.com shows the Phillies left-hander probably isn’t having a very good morning:
Cole Hamels will not start tonight’s game against the New York Mets due to a gastrointestinal illness.
— Todd Zolecki (@ToddZolecki) August 29, 2012
Tyler Cloyd, a 25-year-old right-hander who went 15-1 with a 2.26 ERA between Double-A and Triple-A, will make his big-league debut starting in place of Hamels.
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- Francisco (FC) - Aug 29, 2012 at 11:54 AM
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Hopefully the Mets will be flummoxed since they likely didn’t anticipate this and are now scrambling for video on Cloyd.
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- banksatdixie - Aug 29, 2012 at 12:04 PM
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Looks like Cole will be giving up plenty of runs tonight.
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- b7p19 - Aug 29, 2012 at 12:15 PM
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I don’t think a thumbs up does enough justice for this. Well done sir.
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- heyblueyoustink - Aug 29, 2012 at 12:08 PM
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Ahhhh, poop.
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- keithbangedyermom - Aug 29, 2012 at 12:08 PM
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Ah…..the $hits. Helping opposing lineups since 1887.
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- afirst916 - Aug 29, 2012 at 12:18 PM
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Old School.
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- prionogenic - Aug 29, 2012 at 1:44 PM
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Old Stool?
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- afirst916 - Aug 29, 2012 at 2:14 PM
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Got ‘em
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- crispybasil - Aug 29, 2012 at 12:20 PM
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Colon Hamels?
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- njbucsfan - Aug 29, 2012 at 12:34 PM
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Not playing and still giving up runs…
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- mybrunoblog - Aug 29, 2012 at 12:39 PM
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Gastrointestinal problems = ‘I ate some bad sushi and have the screaming shits. Oh the humanities”
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- thepancakebandit - Aug 29, 2012 at 12:56 PM
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I eat a FiberOne bar every morning with breakfast, and it wreaks havoc on my insides, but hey all I have to do is fart it out and I can still show up to work and do my job every day…
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- phillyphann83 - Aug 29, 2012 at 12:58 PM
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Sucks for Cole but I’m pretty stoked. I was hoping to see Cloyd get some action this season against better competition. The kid looks very promising!
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- dowhatifeellike - Aug 29, 2012 at 1:13 PM
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Looks like we now have proof that Hamels in, in fact, full of it.
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- bleedgreen - Aug 29, 2012 at 1:17 PM
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Well, not anymore, apparently.
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- thepancakebandit - Aug 29, 2012 at 1:26 PM
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Not for long!
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- thepancakebandit - Aug 29, 2012 at 1:26 PM
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bleedgreen, you beat me to it haha. Didn’t even notice your post until I pressed reply. My bad.
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- thesportsguru7 - Aug 29, 2012 at 1:33 PM
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Cloyd looks like a right handed Cliff Lee, awesome control, and been purely dominant in the minors. Excited to see him pitch in the bigs.
Feel better Cole!
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- greymares - Aug 29, 2012 at 1:51 PM
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I expected to see Cloyd pitch against the Yankees for the Iron Pigs tonight, now I’ll get the deaded bullpen game.
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- sportsdrenched - Aug 29, 2012 at 2:05 PM
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With the advances in technology like smart phones, tablets (e-tablets not Big Chief Tablets) & Kindles…gastrointestinal illness is a lot easier to deal with for todays players than it was say 10 years ago.
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- rcali - Aug 29, 2012 at 3:27 PM
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Um, Cole. Pepto works pretty good. It’s not like you play more than once a week. Suck it up buddy.
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- nukeladouche - Aug 29, 2012 at 3:43 PM
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Awesome. Playoff time in my H2H league and my opponent has Hamels. Glad to hear he ate that Ex-Lax-laced chocolate brownie I sent him, with the message saying, “Enjoy!
” and signed “Grant Roberts.”
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- hisgirlgotburrelled - Aug 30, 2012 at 9:07 AM
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I thought this was what happened to the Braves when Chipper referenced them going “yicketty”
