| |
Jun
29
|
 |
A commenter posted this ad for baseball’s All-Star Game yesterday, and it’s worth watching. It’s a pretty cute ad, with the baseball players riding San Francisco’s cable cars. At about the 30 second mark, it gets good. Ryan Howard and Chase Utley laugh maniacally as the cable car nearly kills a marching band, and then Jimmy Rollins randomly eats a donut, mimicking an ad for the Simpsons movie. Coincidentally, Jimmy Rollins will be home eating donuts during the All-Star Break this year.
2007 MLB All Star Game “Cable Car” Ad [YouTube]
|
|
dmac | 8:23 AM | 3 Comments
|
Apr
13
|
|
Road to 10,000 Losses is a countdown to the Phillies’ 10,000th Loss, coming sometime later this year. With a 5-3 loss to the Mets yesterday, the Phillies stand at 9962 losses, only 38 away from 10,000.
When your 160-pound leadoff man, who came into the season with 84 career home runs, cracks two homers in the first two innings of your game against a division rival, you think your team would have a pretty decent shot at winning.
Oh, the team’s the Phillies. Right. Yes, Jimmy Rollins hit a pair of homers last night, raising his season total to 5 — second in the major leagues. But after Rollins’ homer in the second inning last night gave the Phillies a 3-1 lead, the Fightins went just 3-for-22 from there on out.
Fireballer Billy Wagner, an ex-Phillies closer, is a successful closer because of his near 100 mile per hour fastball. And last night he was topping out at 94. Only Ryan Howard got a hit off of him. Chase Utley and Pat Burrell only took one pitch each and flew out.
The Phillies are now 2-7 this year, and look to get to 10,000 losses sooner rather than later. But, hey, the Phillies are still on pace to set a major league record for walks in a season! See: This year’s local nine might do something special after all.
Phils squander Rollins homers[Inquirer]
Walkie No-Talkie [Mike's Baseball Rants]
|
|
dmac | 4:25 PM | 1 Comment
|
Feb
21
|
|
As Spring Training begins to get into full swing, it’s time to start actually getting excited about the Phillies. And, as much as we should all love Ryan Howard, Chase Utley, Cole Hamels, etc., by far the coolest guy on the Phillies is Jimmy Rollins.
And not only is he the coolest guy on the Phillies, he’s going to make the 19 games between the Phillies and Mets this season even more awesome than usual.
It was Rollins who repeatedly has said that the Phillies, not the Mets, who finished 12 games ahead of them last season, are the team to beat in the East thanks to their improved starting rotation. Mets third baseman David Wright said he was irked by Rollins’ confidence.
After he took part in the team’s first full-squad workout, he reiterated those feelings and dismissed Wright’s concerns.
“If they needed motivation to play this game, then they’re playing the wrong game,” Rollins said. “They had a chance last year to get to the World Series. Last year’s over.”
And this is the Phillies’ year?
“I want to put that pressure on [his teammates]. And myself.”
Might that not have an adverse effect?
“If you’re afraid, then I don’t want you on this team, anyway.”
Oh wah wah wah, David Wright. How dare a guy on the Phillies be confident!
This season can’t come fast enough.
Rollins embraces leadership role [Daily News]
|
|
dmac | 9:30 AM | 0 Comments
|
Apr
6
|
|
Oh, and Jimmy Rollins went 0-4.
|
|
dmac | 6:20 PM | 2 Comments
|
Apr
6
|
|
• In legal news, the Philadelphia Bar Association has come out against the PIMP Act — that’s the “Pennsylvania Marriage Protection Act” — which would ban same-sex marriages in the commonwealth. Good for them. It’s hard out here for a PIMP Act, &c. [KYW 1060]
• So why did the cops shut down a party at Transit two hours early? Nobody seems to know. [fiftyone:fiftyone]
• The New York Sun — kind of the Evening Bulletin of New York — reports that Scooter Libby testified President Bush okayed a leak to the New York Times, putting Bush directly in the chain of events that led to the leaking of Valerie Plame’s name. Like, whoa. [Gawker (the Sun website is down)]
• Can someone (seriously) explain this anti-Jeopardy! piece? I’m totally baffled. [Early Word]
• In honor of Jimmy Rollins’ 38-game hitting streak, here’s a statheaded look at both his and Joe DiMaggio’s streaks. Very good piece. [Sportszilla]
• City Council President Anna Verna is the first person to get angry at Rick Mariano! Of course, she’s just mad that he sent a letter home saying his office would be “fully staffed.” Guess the councilwoman doesn’t want people to know that you can do her job from prison. [KYW 1060]
|
|
dmac | 10:40 AM | 4 Comments
Anna Verna, City Council, Jeopardy!, Jimmy Rollins, Phillies, PIMP Act, Police, President Bush, Quickies, Rick Mariano, Transit
|
Apr
4
|
|
 Back in 2002, I was a sophomore in college and I was extremely excited about the upcoming Phillies season. The Phils had missed the playoffs by just two games the season before — a surprising finish, to put it lightly. The Phils had Bowa managing, Rolen at third, Bobby and Pat in the outfield and things were looking up.
I rushed home that April 1 from class to catch the beginning of the game, and when I came in, the Phillies were already down 6-0. I declared the season over. They’d go on to lose, 7-2, and a sub-.500 season had begun.
Before some late spring optimism, this year’s Phillies squad wasn’t really expected to do much damage. Even with that, though, yesterday’s Phillies game was pretty much the worst opening to a baseball season possible.
More »
|
|
dmac | 10:00 AM | 0 Comments
|
|
|
