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Let’s Chill Out With the Moyer is a Team Player Bullshit
Posted by WTT in Broadcasters, General Thoughts, Mic'd Up, Phillies Rants on August 19th, 2009
By now we know that last night Jamie Moyer tossed a terrific six scoreless innings in relief of Pedro Martinez. He was aggressive and efficient in the strike zone and looked nothing like the embattled starter who has had his tits ripped for most of the season. It was a fantastic effort and an integral part of securing a win that could have easily gotten away after three terrible first inning at bats that left the bases loaded without plating any runs. Moyer should be applauded for this.
Okay. Now…
Give me a break with all of this “Jamie Moyer- consumate team guy” crap. Moyer spent much of these season completely oblivious to the fact that he was getting shelled and he acted like a downright jackass upon his demotion to the pen. Last night, CSN ran their daily “Geico Quote of the Day” feature, and took the only excerpt from Moyer’s whiny diatribe that didn’t make him like a complete, self-serving, douche. Throughout the game, T-Mac and Wheels waxed poetic about Moyer’s professionalism and willingness to do whatever it takes to help the club. Hey guys, what about anything Jamie Moyer has said or done to this point would indicate that he’s “all about” being in the ‘pen?
Jamie Moyer Shares His Thoughts About Last Night's Performance
See, this is a common misconception about sports. Just because Moyer went out and pitched six excellent innings and recorded two bases hits does not make Moyer anymore of a team player than had he gone out and gotten pasted. I think it was more likely that he has a chip on his shoulder and wanted to shove it up the collective asses of the naysayers. And I think it was just as likely that after every shutout inning and base hit he was muttering to himself snarky comments under his breath, imploring the Phillies’ brass to suck his balls and things of that nature.
Personally, I don’t care what he says. I don’t care what his motives are. I’ll take these results all day long. But spare me the whole St. Jamie shit.
Remember This? 2008 NLDS: Game 2
Posted by WTT in Broadcasters, Playoffs and World Series on May 24th, 2009
With the Phillies taking on CC Sabathia and the Yankees today, we felt that it might be appropriate to share this memory with you. I don’t believe that actually happened. Don’t think Brett’s going to be able to check his swing there, huh, Mr. TBS announcer? By the way, how cool are Phillies fans?
Hitters Wolf-Bitten, Phils Raped 9 to 2
Posted by Even Stevens in Broadcasters, Game Summaries, Phillies Rants on May 13th, 2009
“Alright guys, we won a game today. If we win one tomorrow, that’s called a winning streak. It has happened before.”
Is it too much to ask to just win the series in the first two games? The Mets had lost earlier in the day and the Phils could have played themselves right back into a tie for First Place. Oh, Jamie Moyer was pitching? Nevermind.
What went down: Jamie Moyer followed up an abysmal start with…another abysmal start. This guy was worrying me last week. This week, I’m done. He just doesn’t give the Phillies a chance to win unless the umpire is a family friend of his. Although I blame Moyer for the loss, the bats didn’t come out tonight. Randy Wolf was dealing, especially against our lefties. The Phils mustered 3 hits off of him, all of which came from May’s worst players – Rollins and Chooch. Wolf made Utley, Howard, and Ibanez look silly; unlike Moyer, he put his team in a position to win as he has done for much of this season.
Who and what pissed me off: Bear with me here…I’m not a happy camper at the moment.
Jamie Moyer. This fucking guy is brutal. I have no confidence in him at all when he sprints his flimsy ass out to the mound like he’s a 22-year old. And after he gives up his standard four runs, he throws over to first base 4 times with two outs. I know you’re all about “confusing and distracting” the hitter, Jamie, but at that point it doesn’t fucking matter.
Ryan Howard. Bro. I’m not going to get on you because of the fact that your power numbers aren’t that impressive yet. What does piss me off though is that you haven’t been doing ANYTHING in the last few games. Your average has gone from .300 (I know, it doesn’t belong up there anyway) to .270 in a matter of a week. Tonight, you struck out three times. That’s not fine, but I understand it’s going to happen every now and then when you’re flailing your bat at sliders from lefties. Yes, you were facing a lefty tonight, but don’t fucking miss a two-strike fastball down the middle. That happened twice tonight. And although I appreciate your competitive edge with the audible “fuck” you screamed after the third strikeout, you need to be speaking with the bat instead.
Matt Kemp. This guy pissed me off because all he did was rob the Phillies of hits tonight. He’s a big guy, but he covers a crazy amount of ground. Victorino and Howard both should have had extra bases, but this guy said “absolutely not.”
“He’s Going To Need a Rocket Up His…”
Posted by WTT in Broadcasters, General Thoughts, Phillies Rants on May 9th, 2009
During the 5th inning of today’s game just after Joe Blanton surrendered yet another bomb to an opposing hitter, Mark Grace and Thom Brennaman mentioned that the Phillies are giving up home runs at a historic rate. As in, like, the Phillies are on pace to surrender more long balls per nine innings than any other team in baseball. EVER.
At a rate of nearly 2 HR’s allowed per nine innings, the Phillies would destroy the pace set by the 1996 Detroit Tigers (who, by the way, won 53 games). That’s unacceptable.
Unless that's Shaquille O'Neal in left...
The main problem facing Charlie Manuel and Rich Dubee is that there is not just one culprit. Joe Blanton, Brett Myers, Jamie Moyer, Cole Hamels, and Brad Lidge have each surrendered the long ball at an alarming rate. Wholesale changes can’t be made, nor should they be, to a team with this type of payroll.
With a World Series title fresh in our minds, Phillies fans are a bit hesitant to start pointing fingers, but if these first 29 games are a true indicator of what is to follow this season, some very uncomfortable decisions will have to be made.
Yo, Rich, I’m looking at you.
UPDATE: Lieber gives up another one in the 8th as I finish this post. Awesome. Real good. And yeah, I said Lieber.