OFFICIAL 2012 Phillies "Wait till October" thread

[93henfan]

Kendrick should be released after a public flaying.

And his wife should leave him. He has no business being married to this:

Kyle Kendrick carries an iPad.

[BlueHen86]

The only saving grace right now is the extra wildcard spot this year. But the bullpen just keeps imploding night after night currently & we have no bench because our bench guys are starting.

If you want some good news, we're less than a month away from Chase Utley's return. Talked to some of my people last night - look for June 8th or earlier - that's something you won't get from reading a paper!!

I hope that you are right about Utley. There was talk on WIP this morning that he is taking batting practice, but that he isn't fielding yet.

[bluehenbillk]

The only saving grace right now is the extra wildcard spot this year. But the bullpen just keeps imploding night after night currently & we have no bench because our bench guys are starting.

If you want some good news, we're less than a month away from Chase Utley's return. Talked to some of my people last night - look for June 8th or earlier - that's something you won't get from reading a paper!!

I hope that you are right about Utley. There was talk on WIP this morning that he is taking batting practice, but that he isn't fielding yet.

That's 100% correct - he's been doing BP for almost a month now. He said fielding ground balls put the most pain/stress on his knees. He's doing "indoor activity" with it now, probably about a week or so away from doing it in Philly - my guess is when the team goes to Chicago he does it in the solitude of CBP & then shortly thereafter goes to Clearwater for games.

[bluehenbillk]

Even the sight of Chad Qualls makes me want to throw up in my mouth.

[Ivytalk]

Even the sight of Chad Qualls makes me want to throw up in my mouth.

The sight of Jose Contreras makes me want to French-kiss Joy Behar.

[bluehenbillk]

Welcome to the big leagues Mr. Diekman. Looks like you're staying long-term.

[Ivytalk]

Welcome to the big leagues Mr. Diekman. Looks like you're staying long-term.

We managed a 4-4 split on the homestand after crapping the bed with the Mets.

[93henfan]

Three in a row, baby! So 2011.

[Ivytalk]

Four in a row! Hector Luna is Da Man!

Contreras actually got the win with a 1-2-3 inning. WTF?

[Seahawks08]

Welcome to the big leagues Mr. Diekman. Looks like you're staying long-term.

Yeaaaaaaah, bout that...almost blew it tonight. 4 runs in 2/3 of an inning? Thank god for paps.

[Ivytalk]

Welcome to the big leagues Mr. Diekman. Looks like you're staying long-term.

Yeaaaaaaah, bout that...almost blew it tonight. 4 runs in 2/3 of an inning? Thank god for paps.

Looks like "Big" Diekman may need a bit more seasoning at Lehigh Valley.

[bluehenbillk]

Haha, yea for some reason Diekman abandoned the fastball last night - puzzling.

Chooch for MVP!!!

[GannonFan]

Haha, yea for some reason Diekman abandoned the fastball last night - puzzling.

Chooch for MVP!!!

Because he couldn't throw it for strikes. If you can't get the ball over the plate, it just results in trouble, and that's what he ran into last night. Hopefully just got it out of his system.

[bluehenbillk]

So...anyone see Chollie & Davidson (the umpire) BOTH got suspended a game for their toe-to-toe on Tuesday?? When's the last time an ump was publicly suspended?

[Ivytalk]

So...anyone see Chollie & Davidson (the umpire) BOTH got suspended a game for their toe-to-toe on Tuesday?? When's the last time an ump was publicly suspended?

I missed that. What was Cholly's beef about?

[bluehenbillk]

So...anyone see Chollie & Davidson (the umpire) BOTH got suspended a game for their toe-to-toe on Tuesday?? When's the last time an ump was publicly suspended?

I missed that. What was Cholly's beef about?

Umpire obstructing Schneider on a third-strike passed ball. F bombs were flying back & forth, faces were about an inch and a half away from each other, could have sworn they were gonna french kiss at one point.

[93henfan]

Now that was a first inning! Phightins give Cole an early four spot.

CHOOCH

[BlueHen86]

Now that was a first inning! Phightins give Cole an early four spot.

CHOOCH

The Phils hang on for a 6-4 win. They have now won 6 in a row and are only a half game out of the second wild card spot. I know that it's way to early to be looking at playoff spots, but it's good to see that they stayed close as bad as they were playing.

[Ivytalk]

Joe Blanton had his "hit me!" fastball working for him last night.

[93henfan]

Joe Blanton had his "hit me!" fastball working for him last night.

As does Cliff today.

Looks like we're going to be right back at .500.

[Seahawks08]

There was a positive in today's game:

Diekman lowered his ERA to 12.00

[89Hen]

Still room.

[GannonFan]

This is like extended Spring Training. Nobody has run away with this so the Phils can afford to just mill around playing so so ball and wait to turn it on the last two months of the year. It's all going according to plan.

[Seahawks08]

Worley is seeing Dr. James Andrews for a second opinion on his elbow.

Oswalt anyone?

[Ivytalk]

Washington on its way to a Citizens Bank Park sweep of the Phillies. Just like the Mutts series. Boy, do we suck right now.