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I'm going with Phillies in this one. It will be interesting to see both rotations. Torre should let Billingsley get a chance and Manuel needs to let Pedro and Blanton get chances, they have both pitched well against dodgers and have great postseason records.
Game 1: Dodger Stadium Thursday at 8:07 ET

And Phils website has Happ going for them in this series. It's not official yet but I don't get why you leave a guy who was a tremendous pitcher in the postseason last year for you out of your rotation.

i think the only biggest baby in baseball than posada is victorino.

oakfanintheeast wrote:i think the only biggest baby in baseball than posada is victorino.

I suggest you watch more baseball. Maybe throw in a grammar lesson or two.

wa wa internet spelling/grammar patrol.!!!

Victorino and Posada are huge babies, and borderline punks, and a bad teammate to boot(posada).

Phillies are getting a gift of a strike zone. Ryan Howard specifically.

oakfanintheeast wrote:wa wa internet spelling/grammar patrol.!!!

Victorino and Posada are huge babies, and borderline punks, and a bad teammate to boot(posada).

Posada a bad teammate? Says who?

says throwing CC under the bus during the playoffs.

oakfanintheeast wrote:says throwing CC under the bus during the playoffs.

that's cute.

VinnyTheMick wrote:

oakfanintheeast wrote:says throwing CC under the bus during the playoffs.

that's cute.

I disagree with Oak. I don't know if Posada is a good teammate, I'm not in the clubhouse every day but there haven't been any seemingly bad vibes about him. His problem is just that he is a bad defensive catcher.

Manny being manny. that pitch was a low changeup with a late break, and probably not the ideal pitch to hit a home run on. but he still somehow managed to hit it.

cold5 wrote:

VinnyTheMick wrote:

oakfanintheeast wrote:says throwing CC under the bus during the playoffs.

that's cute.

I disagree with Oak. I don't know if Posada is a good teammate, I'm not in the clubhouse every day but there haven't been any seemingly bad vibes about him. His problem is just that he is a bad defensive catcher.

Pretty much. I've never read anything bad about him in regards to being a teammate.

go phillies.

That was just an awful coaching job by Charlie Manuel in the 8th inning. Why did Madson just not start the 8th? Too bad they lost a dominate performance from Pedro.

Good start by the Phillies.

I don't know why Torre went with a guy who hasn't pitched in at least a month in the middle of the postseason and skipped Billingsley, makes little sense. Especially against Cliff Lee. Dodgers are going to have to hope for a bullpen collapse here.

cold5 wrote:I don't know why Torre went with a guy who hasn't pitched in at least a month in the middle of the postseason and skipped Billingsley, makes little sense. Especially against Cliff Lee. Dodgers are going to have to hope for a bullpen collapse here.

Its the post 2004 Joe Torre, little of what he does makes sense.

Huh. If Blanton throws well tomorrow, I will have called the Phillies well. I called Pedro and he threw terrific and I called Kuroda sucking. But Yankees series to this point, I haven't called well. But I think if Lee continues this way, Phils will win it all.

cold5 wrote:Huh.

Since the 2004 ALCS, Torre has made puzzling move after puzzling move.

Ryan Howard another big swing. 2-0 Phils.