Congrats to the Phillies

by mrcubsfan on Oct 30, 2008 12:34 PM CDT

I was surprised when I checked my favorite site at lunchtime nothing was posted about the Phillies winning it all last night. Don't call me a Phillies fan because I'm not. I'm a National League fan and I'm glad the world series winner came from the NL. If it wasn't the Cubs, at least someone in the NL won it.

Two thoughts that were going through my mind last night as I finished watching the game. First, it seemed like months ago my favorite team was beaten out. It just seemed forever ago I listened to Pat and Ron and watched games on TV. Second, what was Fox doing repeating over and over..... player by player.... running in to jump on the pile of Phillies? Ryan Howard jumping on your back was bad enough. But they showed each player over and over running in. Now I want to win the series as much as anyone here, but I just couldn't imagine the Cubs with this celebration. I hope it was just me, but I couldn't get that picture in my head.

The best moment was the interview with Jamie Moyer. He's been around longer, seen more, probably has more stories than anyone. Nice touch at the end of a "serviceable" career.

Did anyone else think the season is long past and any thought on the Phillies Pile?

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Liked the pile

The way they went from player to player and showed thier reaction to the last pitch was great. IMHO it let us all see some of the little boy in all these professional ballplayers. That is a part of the sport that all to often we forget about as fans

If the world didn't suck we would all fall off.

by carolinacub on Oct 30, 2008 12:52 PM CDT reply actions

I too enjoyed

seeing each player’s reaction as the last out was made. I do however worry about the players on the bottom of the pile. One of these days someone is going to get hurt.

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson

by tucsoncubsfan on Oct 30, 2008 1:07 PM CDT up reply actions

I thought the same thing when the Rays clinched the ALCS.

"I see I'm not the only one around here who can't hold his water." - Last words of the leaky pipe in the visiting team dugout, Dodger Stadium, October 4, 2008.

by daver on Oct 30, 2008 1:20 PM CDT up reply actions

Remember how worried we all were...

…when the AL won the All-Star game and clinched home field advantage? Guess it didn’t matter in any sense.

"I see I'm not the only one around here who can't hold his water." - Last words of the leaky pipe in the visiting team dugout, Dodger Stadium, October 4, 2008.

by daver on Oct 30, 2008 1:22 PM CDT reply actions

Right.

In the six years (2003-2008) that the ASG has meant home field, and the AL has won all six years, the NL has won three of the six WS (2003, 2006, 2008).

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al Yellon on Oct 30, 2008 1:23 PM CDT up reply actions

Special Congrats to Eyre, Moyer & Stairs

So much for the “ex Cubs curse”. He won’t do it but I would love it if Eyre puts his World Series ring on his middle finger , extends it in slightly curved manner, takes a photo and sends it to Lou. He was pitching poorly with the Cubs this year but he did not deserve to be treated the way he was and surprise surprise when used by a manager who clearly had faith in him as a very specialized situational lefty , he thrived.

My one regret watching the Phillies win was that Maddux turned them down twice this year because he wanted to stay West. What might have been ?

"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry

by Doggie Stalker on Oct 30, 2008 1:28 PM CDT reply actions

I think Grace and Gonzalez

exercised the ex Cubs Curse.

"Sports are a crazy business. If there was a template, we'd all be champions, right? But there's one winner and 29 or 30 losers; one guy wins, everybody else is tied for last. That's the way it works" -- Mark Cuban

by TheRiot Police on Oct 30, 2008 1:42 PM CDT up reply actions

Did they use jumping jacks?

"I see I'm not the only one around here who can't hold his water." - Last words of the leaky pipe in the visiting team dugout, Dodger Stadium, October 4, 2008.

by daver on Oct 30, 2008 1:48 PM CDT up reply actions

Skull Crushers

is what I hear…but I could be wrong.

by TheRiot Police on Oct 30, 2008 2:09 PM CDT up reply actions

I felt good for Moyer

At my age, I have to root for him at 45. The other one I felt good for was Geoff Jenkins. No Cub ties there but when he hit that double you could just see how psyched he was. He’s been around awhile and I’m sure he could sense how close it was at that point.

As for Maddux, it was his loss. I surely don’t feel sorry for him.

by rlpete on Oct 30, 2008 2:13 PM CDT up reply actions

They played with an edge...

…and deserved to win.

They had some flaws, but their desire was what got them over the top. And, they did it in an environment (Philly fans and press), that is not exactly one that makes you relax.

"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel

by MPH73 on Oct 30, 2008 1:30 PM CDT reply actions

Phillies Swept in the 2007 NLDS

like some other team I know. The Phillies played their best baseball in the postseason. That had to feel good after that NLDS against the Rockies last season.

"The big possum walks late." - Harry Caray

by memphiscub on Oct 30, 2008 1:39 PM CDT up reply actions

I'll go out on a limb...

…and say their 07 failure, was motivation for them to go out and prove what they could do. For the Cubs, it didn’t work out that way.

"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel

by MPH73 on Oct 30, 2008 1:41 PM CDT up reply actions

But, perhaps, it could be used as motivation in 2009.

I hope.

I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg

by Bill Potter on Oct 30, 2008 1:54 PM CDT up reply actions

One bad playoff performance...

…is one thing, but two “fall on your face” performances in a row is another. It would have been one thing to get beat in competitive games, but they stunk it up, both years.

They need some level of change to not only add needed parts, but to help shake things up a bit.

Could you imagine this same group winning the division again next year and going into the playoffs and what their attitude would be? I would think it would be more of what we have seen in 07 and 08, because it will be fresh in their minds. They need something to combat that, and that needs to come from the outside.

"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel

by MPH73 on Oct 30, 2008 1:59 PM CDT up reply actions

I'd agree

I was just playing devil’s advocate, to an extent.

However, I could see this team, if it were to stay intact, entering the 2009 playoffs with “screw it, we’re in it for ourselves” attitude, simply because it would be the opposite of the past 2 years.

I think some additions would help this happen much easier.

I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg

by Bill Potter on Oct 30, 2008 2:02 PM CDT up reply actions

And,

one big break could open up the flood gates for the Cubs. I’ve been in sports my entire life and sometimes just one break going your way changes everything. It’s obvious we haven’t had our break in the last 6 playoff games. Just keep banging on the door, it’s bound to change.

This is only the beginning....Lou Pinella end of '07 season and Chicago Transit Authority (the band when they were really good).

by mrcubsfan on Oct 30, 2008 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions

Congtraulations to the

Senior Advisor to the General Manager, Mr. Dallas Green.

Dallas Green!

by SonnyJ9 on Oct 30, 2008 2:00 PM CDT reply actions

Ain't that something?

"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel

by MPH73 on Oct 30, 2008 2:01 PM CDT up reply actions

Wow

I didn’t realize he was still involved in baseball.

by rlpete on Oct 30, 2008 2:09 PM CDT up reply actions

Yep

If we wouldn’t have pissed off Dallas Green then the Cubs would have won at least one World Series by now.

"Not that I don't feel like I'm part of the team, by no means, but when you get that nice celebration coming into the dugout and you're getting your ass hammered by guys, it's no better feeling than to have that done.'' -- Matt Stairs (aka The Professional Hitter)

by MDBNIU on Oct 30, 2008 4:57 PM CDT up reply actions

I was full out cheering for the Rays

but after it was all said and done i was pretty happy for the Big 3 Infielders that really deserve it for Phily.

"I can accept failure, but I can't accept not trying" - Michael Jordan, the one and only...

by LPLancer23 on Oct 30, 2008 4:31 PM CDT reply actions

I wasn't exactly cheering for the Rays...

…but I was hoping they’d come out on top because, well, they’re the team I picked to win (in five games, IIRC). Naturally, I was wrong. So much for the Team of Destiny.

"I see I'm not the only one around here who can't hold his water." - Last words of the leaky pipe in the visiting team dugout, Dodger Stadium, October 4, 2008.

by daver on Oct 30, 2008 4:42 PM CDT up reply actions

Happy for the Phillies, especially class act Jamie Moyer

I like that ballclub. Lots of no nonsense ballplayers who play the game the right way. Charlie Manuel also has been solidly vindicated having been labeled a bafoon by some in the past.

by MDBNIU on Oct 30, 2008 4:56 PM CDT reply actions