let us now praise phamous men

by notah8er on Aug 30, 2007 2:51 PM PDT

if tonight's ESPN highlights of 90% phillies make you wretch, you may not want to watch the postseaston

so the clear winners for 'best august' goes to the phillies, whose offense has been consistently amazing for the past month against some extremely tough (pre-AS #s, at least) pitching. the funny thing is that they also seeded a nice run by the padres in a couple of their few losses in the past few weeks - giving us a preview of the paper-rock-scissors which always seems to happen in playoff matchups.

otherwise, nothing has happened of note in the pennant race lately - central suckage in both leagues was painfully obvious a month ago.

who will be the team of september? i know who WON'T be that team - the new york yankees - but that's about it for my strong convictions - I could see every single race resolving almost exactly where it is now quite easily.

Poll

can philly make it all the way to the big dance?

no, they'll get the flag but lose to boston

1 votes

who cares about NL garbage

17 votes

philly has a baseball team?

3 votes

yes, and pete rose is the greatest player in history

3 votes

of course not, they'll be lucky to get a card

4 votes

nlcs heartbreaker due to miss the pennant

5 votes

yes, but pete rose is a b-grade ty cobb

2 votes

35 votes | Poll has closed

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Why did I just read this?

by jpl on Aug 30, 2007 2:51 PM PDT reply actions

Why did I take the time...

to vote?

by IM4Oakgal on Aug 30, 2007 3:02 PM PDT reply actions

Why did I comment?

I don't understand a word of what I just read.

plz kthx lol omg wtf rofl

by AsFan4mFrisco on Aug 30, 2007 3:11 PM PDT reply actions

Why did I just reply?

I don't understand a word of what you just wrote.

I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal

by Nico on Aug 30, 2007 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions

Why is this even posted here?

by Hawk on Aug 30, 2007 3:30 PM PDT reply actions

who am i? why am i here?

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Aug 30, 2007 4:42 PM PDT reply actions

is that you, Adm Stockdale?

Nothing beats first hand experience ~ grover @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 30, 2007 5:48 PM PDT up reply actions

government's in... gridlock!

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Aug 30, 2007 9:44 PM PDT up reply actions

Why does it say the Phillies clearly won

best August if they are 15-12 for the month and the Padres are 17-10?

And why did I spend 15 minutes of my life looking to see if that was true?

by 5Aces on Aug 30, 2007 4:49 PM PDT reply actions

All I know is that

I vow to post a separate diary for every team that goes 3 games over .500 in September!

I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal

by Nico on Aug 30, 2007 5:03 PM PDT up reply actions

yeah phillies are 15-12 in august, unlike the a's

who could only manage a 16-12 record so far this month.

if only the a's were being run based on "winning baseball" instead of "personal resentments", perhaps one year they too could manage to have a decent win-loss record in august, like the phillies....

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Aug 30, 2007 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions

because the pods looked like div champs all year

while the phils were stuck at 500 and far out of it. they also overcame a horrible onslaught from the DL while the pads had MB fall into their lap thanks to the a's being run based on personal resentments rather than winning baseball.

the pads have been easy marks for the playoffs from the beginning of the year. only true knuckleheads thought dodger blue was going anywhere, while byrnes isn't enough to carry the dbacks much of anywhere. the phils, on the other hand, are in the same div as the mets, braves and NOOK LOGAN.

by notah8er on Aug 30, 2007 5:03 PM PDT reply actions

So the Phils were stuck at .500

until they surged by going 3 games over .500 in August. Has that ever been done before?

I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal

by Nico on Aug 30, 2007 5:04 PM PDT up reply actions

look at the season

howard started ice-cold, was knocked down the order, PB was the most hated man in PA for a while, and then the DL seemingly was taking one starter per day just as the best teams in the NL came up on the schedule. they ended the month by sweeping the best team in baseball and cut the divisonal lead in half while climbing over 3 or 4 teams in the card chase. if you need to strictly reference a particular time frame because the actual personalities involved in a baseball team are too much to process, pretend the month started on july 20.

by notah8er on Aug 30, 2007 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions

not by the a's, that's for sure

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Aug 30, 2007 9:52 PM PDT up reply actions