Goin' For the Phils Now

[JoltinJoe]

Now that the Yankees have been momentarily derailed from their inevitable 28th world championship, I'm back in the game, now rooting for my second favorite team, the Phillies. Yup, I always pull for the New York team, so I've got to go with this team from the southern New York suburb of Philadelphia. The fact that the Phillies are the only sports team named after a female animal doesn't bother me in the least.

The Phils look unbeatable with that pitching staff. Oh sure, Mrs. Cliff Lee choked in a big game the way you might expect from a guy who signs to play where his wife tells him to play, but we've got Halladay going tonight at home to wrap this sucker up. And Lee is in the bullpen ready to go in a pinch, if Charlie Manuel gives him the ball and his wife says its ok.

We've spent a bunch on this pitching staff and it's going to pay off. Sure, with all that money spent on pitching, we're a little short on offense, and in fact Halladay, Lee, Hamels and Oswalt are our best offensive players too.

But it's inevitable. This greatest era in Philadelphia baseball history (so defined because we've won one world championship in the past 30 years) rolls on!

[SunCoastBlueHen]

Alright, that got a chuckle out of me.

[89Hen]

Nothing better than bitter Jankees fans.

[bluehenbillk]

The bandwagon is closed - typical New Yorker.

[dbackjon]

Anybody but the Dbacks, Right Joe?

[JoltinJoe]

Anybody but the Dbacks, Right Joe?

I HATE the Snakes! Deep HATRED!!

[GannonFan]

Anybody but the Dbacks, Right Joe?

I HATE the Snakes! Deep HATRED!!

And if they win the WS this year you'll be telling us how you've been pulling for them all along. BHBK was right, typical New Yorker - you don't even wait for the corpse to get cold before you're jumping on the back of another team. Man, how big is your closet to hold all the different combinations of sports teams you could root for in order to inevitably be rooting for the one who wins at the end?

[JoltinJoe]

I HATE the Snakes! Deep HATRED!!

And if they win the WS this year you'll be telling us how you've been pulling for them all along. BHBK was right, typical New Yorker - you don't even wait for the corpse to get cold before you're jumping on the back of another team. Man, how big is your closet to hold all the different combinations of sports teams you could root for in order to inevitably be rooting for the one who wins at the end?

Phillies, bro! Me and you.

[Gil Dobie]

And if they win the WS this year you'll be telling us how you've been pulling for them all along. BHBK was right, typical New Yorker - you don't even wait for the corpse to get cold before you're jumping on the back of another team. Man, how big is your closet to hold all the different combinations of sports teams you could root for in order to inevitably be rooting for the one who wins at the end?

Phillies, bro! Me and you.

So, are you givin up those 27 rings

[AZGrizFan]

And if they win the WS this year you'll be telling us how you've been pulling for them all along. BHBK was right, typical New Yorker - you don't even wait for the corpse to get cold before you're jumping on the back of another team. Man, how big is your closet to hold all the different combinations of sports teams you could root for in order to inevitably be rooting for the one who wins at the end?

Phillies, bro! Me and you.

And after they lose to the Cardinals tonight? Then who?

[JoltinJoe]

Phillies, bro! Me and you.

And after they lose to the Cardinals tonight? Then who?

My Phillies lose!!?? No way.

[AZGrizFan]

And after they lose to the Cardinals tonight? Then who?

My Phillies lose!!?? No way.

Well, they probably have a better chance than the Yankees did. They're not hanging their post season hopes on CC Sabathia.

[JoltinJoe]

My Phillies lose!!?? No way.

Well, they probably have a better chance than the Yankees did. They're not hanging their post season hopes on CC Sabathia.

One of these guys has a World Series championship ring. Which one is it: (a) Roy Halladay; (b) Cliff Lee; (c) C.C. Sabathia.

[JayJ79]

The fact that the Phillies are the only sports team named after a female animal doesn't bother me in the least.

well, them and the Blue Hens.

[AZGrizFan]

Well, they probably have a better chance than the Yankees did. They're not hanging their post season hopes on CC Sabathia.

One of these guys has a World Series championship ring. Which one is it: (a) Roy Halladay; (b) Cliff Lee; (c) C.C. Sabathia.

And one of those guys cost his team another chance at a WS ring this year. Which one is it?

2011 Postseason: 3 games, 2 starts, 8.2 IP, 6.23 ERA, 2.07 WHIP.

We've talked about CC's struggles in the post season ad nausem....I didn't think he could GET worse, but he proved me wrong.

[Silenoz]

Root for the two highest payroll teams? Convenient!

Come on Rangers!

[89Hen]

The fact that the Phillies are the only sports team named after a female animal doesn't bother me in the least.

well, them and the Blue Hens.

Henvy noted.

[GannonFan]

Well, they probably have a better chance than the Yankees did. They're not hanging their post season hopes on CC Sabathia.

One of these guys has a World Series championship ring. Which one is it: (a) Roy Halladay; (b) Cliff Lee; (c) C.C. Sabathia.

Dude didn't even win a game in the World Series. He gets as much credit for that as the bat boy did. Maybe that's why the Yanks haven't won it since then - the rest of the team is still trying to get over the back pain of having to carry CC and his large self to that title on their shoulders.

[UNHWildCats]

Joe... Can you go for the Cards now?

[TwinTownBisonFan]

JJ - on behalf of the fans of the four remaining teams... don't throw your support to anyone...

[Gil Dobie]

Joltin Joe has left an gone away............hey hey hey

[DSUrocks07]

JJ - the kiss of death for the 2011 postseason

[JoltinJoe]

JJ - the kiss of death for the 2011 postseason

Let's go Delaware State!

[DSUrocks07]

JJ - the kiss of death for the 2011 postseason

Let's go Delaware State!

Too late, should have said that before the UD game