PHILS

ExplosionsInDaSky · Post #21 » by **ExplosionsInDaSky** » Tue Oct 25, 2022 1:44 am

mjkvol wrote:
the_process wrote:How many Philly fans are already trying to do the double dip between Thursday the 3rd Eagles Texans game and Game 6 of the WS on the 4th? Gotta be a sizable number.

Not me. Phils are priority #1, 2 and 3 right now. Besides, I quit the NFL a couple of years ago.

THIS right here as I too am on the verge of quitting the NFL.

IAMZOOTED2 · Post #22 » by **IAMZOOTED2** » Tue Oct 25, 2022 10:09 am

Was that homer by B. Diddy the most important dinger of the franchise... ever??

GoSixersBro · Post #23 » by **GoSixersBro** » Wed Oct 26, 2022 8:32 pm

Nola for Game 1 Friday.

Jailblazers7 · Post #24 » by **Jailblazers7** » Wed Oct 26, 2022 8:58 pm

IAMZOOTED2 wrote:Was that homer by B. Diddy the most important dinger of the franchise... ever??

I think that was an all timer for the league not just the franchise. Best moment since Ortiz hit that grand slam in 2013 I think. I’m not even a Phillies fan but I was going crazy when it happened.

Sixersftw · Post #25 » by **Sixersftw** » Wed Oct 26, 2022 9:08 pm

IAMZOOTED2 wrote:Was that homer by B. Diddy the most important dinger of the franchise... ever??

Probably. Bryce's is similar to what the Sisler home run situation but that was 70 years ago and Bryce was in crisp 4k.

the_process · Post #26 » by **the_process** » Thu Oct 27, 2022 2:37 am

Sixersftw wrote:
IAMZOOTED2 wrote:Was that homer by B. Diddy the most important dinger of the franchise... ever??

Probably. Bryce's is similar to what the Sisler home run situation but that was 70 years ago and Bryce was in crisp 4k.

You mean Bobby Thomson? The “Shot Heard Round the World”?

mjkvol · Post #27 » by **mjkvol** » Thu Oct 27, 2022 2:44 am

Jailblazers7 wrote:
IAMZOOTED2 wrote:Was that homer by B. Diddy the most important dinger of the franchise... ever??

I think that was an all timer for the league not just the franchise. Best moment since Ortiz hit that grand slam in 2013 I think. I’m not even a Phillies fan but I was going crazy when it happened.

I was thinking of the Kirk Gibson homer as the only one I could remember that had a similar impact, the difference being that Gibson's was a walk-off. But it was the same, as Jack Buck would say, "I can't believe what I've just seen" kind of moment.

Watch on YouTube

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Sixersftw · Post #28 » by **Sixersftw** » Thu Oct 27, 2022 4:02 am

the_process wrote:
Sixersftw wrote:
IAMZOOTED2 wrote:Was that homer by B. Diddy the most important dinger of the franchise... ever??

Probably. Bryce's is similar to what the Sisler home run situation but that was 70 years ago and Bryce was in crisp 4k.

You mean Bobby Thomson? The “Shot Heard Round the World”?

https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/october-1-1950-dick-sislers-10th-inning-home-run-clinches-phillies-pennant-on-the-last-day-of-the-season/

mjkvol · Post #29 » by **mjkvol** » Thu Oct 27, 2022 6:15 pm

Sixersftw wrote:
the_process wrote:
Sixersftw wrote:Probably. Bryce's is similar to what the Sisler home run situation but that was 70 years ago and Bryce was in crisp 4k.

You mean Bobby Thomson? The “Shot Heard Round the World”?

https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/october-1-1950-dick-sislers-10th-inning-home-run-clinches-phillies-pennant-on-the-last-day-of-the-season/

The best part was Robin Roberts not only starting his fourth game in eight days, but going all the way and even getting a leadoff single in the 10th to start the winning rally. I guess you could say he was pitching on "short rest".

Post #30 » by **Stanford** » Thu Oct 27, 2022 7:06 pm

Jailblazers7 wrote:I think that was an all timer for the league not just the franchise. Best moment since Ortiz hit that grand slam in 2013 I think.

Watch on YouTube

Jailblazers7 · Post #31 » by **Jailblazers7** » Thu Oct 27, 2022 7:18 pm

^that was a great one too. I just feel like the Harper HR will be remember for a looong time because of all the ingredients. The moment, the player & his career arc, the dramatic Phillies season, etc. Could just be recency bias tho.

Post #32 » by **Stanford** » Thu Oct 27, 2022 7:52 pm

I dunno. Ishikawa was drafted by the Giants, played a couple hundred games as a mostly defensive first baseman. Got cut in 2011 and played sparingly, often in the minors, for other teams. He considered retirement until the Giants signed him in 2014 after some injuries and had him play left field for the first time in his life. I don't want to understate how absurd and scary it was to have him starting in the outfield at the beginning of the playoffs. It was terrifying whenever a ball was hit to him (although that could apply to Pence too, so whatever). To have that guy essentially validate his career in one swing on the team he started with was pretty special.

Also, walk-off >>>

mjkvol · Post #33 » by **mjkvol** » Thu Oct 27, 2022 9:55 pm

Jailblazers7 wrote:^that was a great one too. I just feel like the Harper HR will be remember for a looong time because of all the ingredients. The moment, the player & his career arc, the dramatic Phillies season, etc. Could just be recency bias tho.

If the Phils win the Series the Harper HR will join the '88 Gibson HR as the most iconic, incredible "where were you when this happened?" kind of baseball (and sports) moments. If they don't, it will still live forever in Philly sports lore.

Jailblazers7 · Post #34 » by **Jailblazers7** » Thu Oct 27, 2022 10:30 pm

Stanford wrote:I dunno. Ishikawa was drafted by the Giants, played a couple hundred games as a mostly defensive first baseman. Got cut in 2011 and played sparingly, often in the minors, for other teams. He considered retirement until the Giants signed him in 2014 after some injuries and had him play left field for the first time in his life. I don't want to understate how absurd and scary it was to have him starting in the outfield at the beginning of the playoffs. It was terrifying whenever a ball was hit to him (although that could apply to Pence too, so whatever). To have that guy essentially validate his career in one swing on the team he started with was pretty special.

Also, walk-off >>>

Great story no doubt and I don’t want to get too far into the classic annoying sports debate of “which awesome moment is better.” But I think when you have a player of Harper’s status & notoriety the moment has a larger and more lasting impact.

Post #35 » by **Stanford** » Fri Oct 28, 2022 12:14 am

9th > 8th, sorry, it's math

mjkvol · Post #36 » by **mjkvol** » Fri Oct 28, 2022 12:32 am

Stanford wrote:9th > 8th, sorry, it's math

I honestly didn't remember the Ishikawa HR until you mentioned it, and talking to a lot of people about iconic HR's, not one brought it up as one of those you could never forget. Taking nothing away from it, but the '88 Gibson and even the '13 Ortiz GS were the ones talked about as being on the same level.

Post #37 » by **Stanford** » Fri Oct 28, 2022 12:49 am

mjkvol wrote:I honestly didn't remember the Ishikawa HR until you mentioned it

Not my fault you don't follow baseball

Embiid P · Post #38 » by **Embiid P** » Sat Oct 29, 2022 5:11 am

Game 1 of the WS was a microcosm of the Phillies' season. Just when they got down 5-0 and you were ready to count them out, the Fightin' Phils pull it off.

Huge props to Castellanos for his game-saving catch in the bottom of the 9th and of course JT for his game-winning HR in the 10th. Also the bullpen for 6 scoreless innings.

1 down, 3 to go.

mjkvol · Post #39 » by **mjkvol** » Sat Oct 29, 2022 5:25 am

Getting three runs in the 4th right after falling behind 5-0 was huge. They didn't let Verlander settle into a groove after getting the lead.

This team sometimes reminds me of the '93 team, and other times of the '80 team. They have a little of both in them, incredible how they just have that knack of making the right play or getting the big hit when they need it.

the_process · Post #40 » by **the_process** » Sat Oct 29, 2022 6:08 am

Just an unbelievable Game 1. 3 more to go.