Game chat: Phillies receive rings, seek first win

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[Bedrosian's Beard]

Report-Adam Eaton has been spotted at CBP.

[thephaithful]

Please tell me he is getting mercilessly boo'd at the ballpark. It wouldn't be a truly philadelphia event without it.

[vicki]

The ring ceremony is live (and free) on mlb.com but nothing's streaming yet. Anyone else having this problem?

[Dukes]

yes, i'm have a problem with it, too

[Dukes]

has it started yet?

[Hibachi]

mlb.com ring ceremony is showing me a sweet microphone that will hopefully get a ring...

[bathtubhippo]

well, i am watching comcast, and nothing is happening yet. they just interviewed jenkins, which reminded me of what a decent guy he is, and, also, how he was released without a replacement for no apparent reason.

why on earth is adam eaton coming to this event?? is he brain dead? he's lucky to get anything for his "work" last year, and he should feel lucky to get his ring in the mail or something. what an asshat.

[thephaithful]

i just see an empty podium with a mic in front in the Phillies press room.

[vicki]

Maybe it hasn't started. I'm seeing the sweet microphone, too.

[thephaithful]

Also, Chipper is on scratched form the lineup with a bruised thumb. Didnt take long to see him miss a game this year.

[Bubba]

I'm not seeing anything either

Anyone know if Kendrick & Taguchi are going to be there??

[vicki]

Hey - I see a field now! And they're playing "Electric Avenue."

[Hibachi]

I can't imagine Kendrick or Taguchi having anything better to do, so I assume they will be there...

[Hibachi]

MLB.com feed rolling now, showing Burrell in the dugout pulling a solid Ray Liotta Goodfellas look.

[Stan]

Kendrick is supposed to be there

[king myno]

Anyone else hearing "Runaround"? Nothing like Blues Traveler to get me in the mood for a ring ceremony.

[Gaze]

and the audio cut out... not even the musical styling of John Popper anymore

[clout]

I'm funny how? I mean funny like I'm a clown, I amuse you?

[bathtubhippo]

sad but true fact: i once purchased john popper's solo album. i think i still have it somewhere.

[king myno]

JESUS. Feliz again?! Come on, Charlie.

[thephaithful]

Burrell's gonna make sure his ring ends up touching each and every one of those ballgirls before his flight back to boston.

[clout]

king: Feliz would have to be hitting .115 on June 30 before Cholly would sit him against RHP. Even then, it would be only against tough righties.

[bathtubhippo]

taguchi and seanez couldn't be there today? what exactly are they doing that's better?

[mike cunningham]

gillick looks really emotional.

[Gaze]

Does the Phanatic get one?

[bathtubhippo]

eaton is such a tremendous douche. gets booed (obviously) and raises his arms to taunt the fans and shows the ring right to the camera.

[thephaithful]

Boooooooooooooooo Dong Lein

[king myno]

Eaton got booed so loud. I love it.

[Matt]

Damn, that is one loud ovation for the Bat.

[Gaze]

Gillick was tearing up for Pat Burrell.

[mike cunningham]

That was really cool. Now 2008 is officially over.

Let hitting season begin.

[Indiana Sarge]

That makes me miss the Bat.

[Mike]

I want a replica ring instead of a wedding band when I get married this year.

[petey]

burrell makes that throw.

[petey]

unreal. the phillies are cursed.

[Jack]

Unbelievable. How do they do this every day?

[out of my league]

C'mon Joe!

Oh...for better or worse, Josh Outman will be pitching Friday night at the A's home opener.

[J. Weitzel]

Brian McCann - again and again!

[JaredK]

Great, another fine start....

[ZT]

c'mon.... we get it, we aren't allowed to be happy.

[Jack]

Why do you throw a high changeup to McCann with 1st base open? Anyone have any idea?

[Burrell's Ghost]

Hahaha. Way to go Phillies. How do you let Escobar hit a double off of you? Oh, because your fourth starter Joe Blanton, similar to third starter Jamie Moyer, similar to second start Brett Myers are all garbage!

[GM-Carson]

14 karats and 103 diamonds can't save the Phils from giving up 2 runs in the 1st inning for the 3rd straight game.

That's a shitty pattern to fall into.

[Mike]

How I missed Wheels slurping over the opposing team's starting pticher. You'd think Vazquez was the second coming.

[GM-Carson]

"second coming" and "slurping"...ewwww!!!

[The Truth Injection]

Brian McCann is the Phillie killer this year I guess

[Albert]

Can we maybe not play from behind at once?

[Mike]

Sorry for the unintentional double entendre.

[king myno]

clout: I want to believe that he's putting the World Series-winning lineup out there on ring day. Because I see NO other reason not to give Dobbs innings 1-6 versus Vazquez.

[Jack]

Team is playing completely lifeless. We ripped every pundit who thought we'd take a step backwards this year, but maybe they were right.

[Bridoc10]

Brian McCann killed the Phils early last season, too.

They just don't seem ready to play. I don't know what it is about this team that it takes them a few weeks into the season to start playing good baseball.

[Albert]

Jack, its the third game...

[BobbyD]

Just heard what happened in the first inning. It's like a bad dream.

[Jack]

I just don't get why they would throw McCann a pitch he could hit out of the park. He's the only dangerous hitter in the lineup with Chipper out. First base is open. Throw him junk low and away.

[Burrell's Ghost]

Man Pat's bat is sorely lacking, should have at least signed Sheffield. This offense is putrid!!

[Matt]

Rauuuuuuuuuullllllll!!

[mike cunningham]

Pat who?

[ZT]

Raul must've been mad at the Bat lovin.

[Pat Burrell]

Yawn.

[Wes Chamberlain]

Pat Burrell would have hit that further.

[J. Weitzel]

Feliz attempting a steal?

[Pat Burrell]

Actually, I would have hit it farther, not further. But no matter.

[Ghost of Luis Aguayo]

Wes, i think the correct joke there is: "PtB would have hit a 3-run homer there."

[king myno]

Hopefully that'll wake them up.

[Bridoc10]

LOL @ Wes Chamberlain:

OK. Maybe NOW they got the butterflies out. Let's go, Phillies!

[bathtubhippo]

good discipline at the plate by our 7-8 that inning.

[rmp]

blanton's turn to go deep?

[Doohickey]

ZZ Bottom (thanks whoever coined that) gets on base but our leadoff hitter can't? Let bizarro season begin.

[CJ]

Who had Raul Ibanez in the first-Phillies-home-run pool?

[BobbyD]

I hate that Eaton got booed. It's stupid. Also stupid is that there's still no outs.

[Ruben Amaro Jr.]

CJ: I think I was the only one.

[Mike]

Blanton has looked solid today, exceot for giving up those runs of course. He's kept the ball down for the most part.

[redbeard]

i dont like that eaton was booed, but he should have stayed in baltimore

[Matt]

Pathetic.

[Mike]

Nevermind.

[redbeard]

do they know what pitches are coming or what? this is crazy.

[ZT]

Off to another wonderful day at the ballpark.

[Matt]

Eff this sh*t.

[Tom]

this is painful

[BobbyD]

This is infruriating. The Braves just sit there in their dugout waiting for all the World Series stuff to be over the last three days. Then they go out and laugh at the Phillies.

[petey]

Is 0-3 also just a drop in the bucket?

[bathtubhippo]

hm, blanton has looked really solid today, except for the continual hit parade that's occurred most of the game.

[Doohickey]

Yeah. Six hits over 2.1 innings. Not bad. Is Eaton still in the ballpark?

[J. Weitzel]

Another hard lesson on why spring training stats mean squat. There wasn't a better pitcher than Blanton this spring.

[That Dude]

Are we sure Eaton isn't actually pitching?

[BobbyD]

They're going to be spending all of April trying to get to .500. Again.

[king myno]

Eeep.

[baxter]

Blanton sporting a Kendrick-like 2.5 WHIP

[The Truth Injection]

Let the overreacting begin

[GM-Carson]

I know the opening series doesn't determine the rest of the season, but things couldn't have started worse for the Phils. All 3 starting pitchers have been whipped, and it's gotten worse each game. Braves look awesome, we look lifeless.

[king myno]

Truth - I know it's a long season, but you shouldn't just excuse bad play.

[The Glider]

Mets fan here.

Wow. I certainly did not expect the Phillies to get off to this kind of start this year. You guys will settle down. You have too good a team. But you need to get Hamels, your "stopper," back on the mound.

This series only serves to confirm my fear that the Atlanta Braves are going to contend this year.

[Bridoc10]

I'm all about keeping things in perspective, but this is a little ridiculous.

What is it with this team that they come north completely unready to play? Do we need Eskin and Cholly to get into a shouting match before this team wakes up and remembers how to play winning baseball?

It's frustrating...and a total buzzkill. Hoist a flag, give out rings, and get your asses handed to you by the hated Atlanta Braves.

I've waited all winter for this? I wish there was a Flyers game on now that I could change the channel to...

[Tony D]

This is probably the best thing that could happen to the Phils. Now they can get their heads out of their ass and start playing baseball. Nobody cares about 2008 anymore.

[GM-Carson]

There's no overreacting when your team is playing this bad. This is bad, really f'n bad. Stating that it's bad isn't overreacting, it's being factual.

[Adam Eatin']

And the comeback begins!

[ZT]

looks like we need luck to get our offense kick started.

[Brian G]

In 2007 we got swept by the Braves in the opening series and went on to lose in the first round of the playoffs.
Last year we lost our first two games of the season, getting shutout in the 2nd one, and then went down 5 runs in the early innings of the third game but came back and won. We of course went on to win the World Series.

What I'm getting at is.. the rest of this game will decide EVERYTHING.

[ZT]

Brian G.: lmao

This is the biggest must win of the season then.

[The Glider]

It all comes down to the final 17 games, remember?