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Open Phillies Rally Thread!

Harry_canary_tiny by delorean on

Yes, we're all sad that Milwaukee got ran. I would have loved to see C.C. and Prince and Ray Ray crush the Dodgers, but that ship has sailed. We must now throw our collective rooting interests behind the Phillies. After all, who doesn't love Chase Utley? His first name is a verb!

 

 And our own Honest Abe Feliz. Grant himself said we were required to root for Pete Happy.

 

Did you know Cole Hamels was married to this woman from Survivor?

Did you know there was a TV show called Survivor?!?


(Heidi Hamels)

 

The Bay Uhhrea's own J-Roll! I miss the braids. :-(

 

Ryan Howard is a large man with a large car.

 

Let's go, Phillies! Beat dem Bums!

 

 

 

 

 

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Rally Pretty-Ok Almost Pitched for them

Tentatively adopting Dan Ortmeier. And Boom Goes the Dynamite.

by Andy from DC on Oct 6, 2008 9:47 AM PDT   0 recs

RALLY HAYES!!

Oh, sorry, I meant this one:

Anagram of "Giants pitcher Matt Cain" = TRAGIC MAN, ISN'T PATHETIC

by Stuttering John Tamargo on Oct 6, 2008 10:21 AM PDT   0 recs

i think you meant this one

STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.

by UnleashTheGore on Oct 6, 2008 11:30 AM PDT to parent up   1 recs

he didn't look right in a giants uniform

Dude looks like a smaller, thinner Shawon Dunston.

"he walked 18; new league record! Struck out 18, another new league record! He also hit the sportswriter, the PA announcer, the bull mascot twice..."

by i did my job on Oct 7, 2008 11:30 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

rally weird place for a milestone

"he walked 18; new league record! Struck out 18, another new league record! He also hit the sportswriter, the PA announcer, the bull mascot twice..."

by i did my job on Oct 6, 2008 12:18 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

lol "giants stadium"

"he walked 18; new league record! Struck out 18, another new league record! He also hit the sportswriter, the PA announcer, the bull mascot twice..."

by i did my job on Oct 6, 2008 12:18 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

That picture

Is awkward in so many ways.

1) He achieved that milestone as a Giant in the twilight of his career (he looks so weird in a Giants uniform)

2) The scoreboard in the background shows that he got lit up in the first.

3) “Giant Stadium”

4) His left hand…

Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.

by thehavenot on Oct 7, 2008 10:57 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Wow..

I never knew he married her. Lucky dude.

The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
How is my adopted son almost twice as old as I am? Nevermind...Go Omar! Warm the Bench!

by WalrusMan on Oct 6, 2008 10:34 AM PDT   0 recs

Gotta appreciate any woman who will strip in exchange for peanut butter & Oreos.

Why isn't Sabean held accountable for leading the Giants into many years of mediocrity???

by oldrips on Oct 6, 2008 1:56 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

All you need is...

Rally LOVE


They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long

by bgunn on Oct 6, 2008 10:36 AM PDT   0 recs

Rally Philly "Water Ice" Brain Freeze

No, my Crazy Crab bobblehead is not for sale.

by Kitspool on Oct 6, 2008 10:38 AM PDT   0 recs

I know we’re supposed to be saying good things about the Phillies, but has a snack food ever had a crappier name than “water ice?” I mean, really.

What man? Which man? Who’s the man? When’s a man a man? What makes a man a man? Am I a man? Yes. Technically I am. - FotC

by jcb9 on Oct 6, 2008 10:43 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Dude

They taste awesome. Seriously.

No, my Crazy Crab bobblehead is not for sale.

by Kitspool on Oct 6, 2008 2:08 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I offer no opinion on their quality as a snack. It’s just a terrible name.

What man? Which man? Who’s the man? When’s a man a man? What makes a man a man? Am I a man? Yes. Technically I am. - FotC

by jcb9 on Oct 6, 2008 2:54 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

People who have names that are verbs are lame!

(Booya!)

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Oct 6, 2008 10:49 AM PDT   0 recs

I will

garrote you.

Mischievously implosive purple pitching staff.

by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on Oct 6, 2008 10:52 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

What about people whose names aren’t officially verbs, but whose names can be used as slang verbs?

What man? Which man? Who’s the man? When’s a man a man? What makes a man a man? Am I a man? Yes. Technically I am. - FotC

by jcb9 on Oct 6, 2008 10:55 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

are you taking the piss?

having me on?

pulling my leg?

Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.

by delorean on Oct 6, 2008 10:55 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Jack?

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Oct 6, 2008 6:06 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Different J name, not so filthy.

What man? Which man? Who’s the man? When’s a man a man? What makes a man a man? Am I a man? Yes. Technically I am. - FotC

by jcb9 on Oct 6, 2008 10:29 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Permission to ban: Granted

Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.

by delorean on Oct 6, 2008 10:56 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Rally What the Hell is Wrong With Amazon.com's Delivery System

Photobucket

Just looking for an opportunity to roll my eyes at this in virtual public. Annoying.

by non sequitur on Oct 6, 2008 10:50 AM PDT   0 recs

Well, that’s the fault of USPS or whomever delivered it, not Amazon.

But yeah, I had a package a while ago that went from Oakland to San Francisco back to Oakland. That was fun. I also had one from USPS that made it from Seattle to Richmond in a day, and then never departed the Richmond facility. I kept hassling them about it, but all they ever did in response was to add a line to the tracking info: “There are no further updates about this package.”

What man? Which man? Who’s the man? When’s a man a man? What makes a man a man? Am I a man? Yes. Technically I am. - FotC

by jcb9 on Oct 6, 2008 10:54 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Well, that’s the fault of USPS or whomever delivered it, not Amazon.

I suppose you’re right about this.

It was around this time I received a package from Amazon that was (obviously) properly addressed to me, but I opened it up and it was a DVD I hadn’t ordered (Curse of Mike Myers!) with an inside packing slip addressed to someone in West Virginia. USPS had delivered the package to the right outside address, so I sort of made the assumption that the reason my order was delayed was that Amazon had screwed up my package in the same way.

by non sequitur on Oct 6, 2008 11:08 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Ah, yeah, could be.

I once had a similar experience to that, too, but it was in my benefit. I had a gift certificate for a mail order company that specialized in flash-frozen, gourmet seafood meals. I placed a small order for a thing of caviar, and when my package came, it was two huge surf-and-turf meals, with a value more than double my gift certificate. I ate like royalty for about a week on that stuff. Mmmmmm.

What man? Which man? Who’s the man? When’s a man a man? What makes a man a man? Am I a man? Yes. Technically I am. - FotC

by jcb9 on Oct 6, 2008 11:11 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I guess I could have kept The Curse of Mike Myers, but it’s probably not even worth a fish sandwich from McDonald’s, much less a gourmet seafood meal.

Lest I get too far off track:

Petey: yay!
Scott Eyre: Siddown, Loney, Ethier, and DeWitt!
Jimmy Rollins: Yeah, fine, he’s from the Bay Area. Go.
Joe Blanton, ex-A: I am indifferent to you. Just don’t screw things up.

by non sequitur on Oct 6, 2008 11:29 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

To continue the WTF Amazon theme: I once ordered 2 books and a DVD from them and when it came the box was completely empty. To top it off, the packing slip said: This completes your order. Amazon customer service was quite helpful that day. But, I did have to wait 2 extra days for that stuff.

Adopted Son: Brad Hennessey. Beloved for a stolen base much like Dave Roberts

by AndYourBirdCanSing on Oct 6, 2008 1:24 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

We like to laugh at the shipping too. There’s apparently a warehouse in Nevada. So a package will leave Nevada, go to Richmond, and then come to Sacramento. ’Taint no good way to get to Richmond, CA from Nevada without passing right by us. No distribution center here in Sac though.

by Merope on Oct 6, 2008 4:27 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I have a worse one. I had a package came from Amazon Nevada to the Cal Central Valley by way of Hawaii, where it vacationed for 2 weeks. Amazon did overnight me a replacement, but the other one eventually arrived.

Keiichi Yabu: Leading your San Francisco Giants in triple plays induced

by BaysideBaller on Oct 9, 2008 2:49 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Fun Phillies-related story

When I was four, my family moved from Albany in the East Bay to Princeton, NJ, for the sake of my father’s education. While living there, we attended Phillies games fairly often, watching the likes of Mike Schmidt, future Giant Tommy Herr, Von Hayes, future Giant (clearly what he wants to be remembered for) Steve Carlton, and, in the last year before we moved back to the East Bay, future Giant Steve Bedrosian.

Anyway, at one game when I was six, I had to use the restroom, and I INSISTED on going alone. My father wasn’t too keen on the idea, but I was being so stubborn that he eventually relented. So I went and used the restroom without incident, and came back – and went down the wrong ramp back to the seats. I couldn’t find my father anywhere. I kept going, peering down every section to look for my father sitting in his aisle seat. No luck, no luck, no luck. I ended up circling the ENTIRE BALLPARK before I eventually found him.

Also, we used to refer to Veterans Stadium as The Napkin Ring.

What man? Which man? Who’s the man? When’s a man a man? What makes a man a man? Am I a man? Yes. Technically I am. - FotC

by jcb9 on Oct 6, 2008 10:53 AM PDT   0 recs

Another minor Giants-Phillies connection:

Mike Schmidt, probably the greatest Phillie of all time, played his last game at Candlestick Park in 1989. In the same game, Will Clark hit a grand slam.

I remember this only because I was there – one of my favorite games ever.

What man? Which man? Who’s the man? When’s a man a man? What makes a man a man? Am I a man? Yes. Technically I am. - FotC

by jcb9 on Oct 6, 2008 11:07 AM PDT   0 recs

Another good Philly-based Schmidt:



They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long

by bgunn on Oct 6, 2008 11:15 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I was there, too.

In the RF “Family Pavilion”. Clark’s ball landed a row if front of me, and as I reached for it, I collided gloves with the guy who caught it. He ended up getting called away by security, meeting Will, and trading the ball (his first career slam) for a cap and autographed ball. For 20 years, I’ve replayed that moment in my head, wishing I’d lunged forward just a half-second earlier.

The Examined Life
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK

by Josh from Hollywood on Oct 8, 2008 2:53 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

a borat

Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.

by delorean on Oct 6, 2008 11:26 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

a broad... < /slang >



They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long

by bgunn on Oct 6, 2008 11:38 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I thought she’d never been abroad.

What man? Which man? Who’s the man? When’s a man a man? What makes a man a man? Am I a man? Yes. Technically I am. - FotC

by jcb9 on Oct 6, 2008 11:41 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Rally Pat Burrell is kind of gross and greasy looking

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.

by jponry on Oct 6, 2008 11:42 AM PDT   0 recs

and by "kind of"

I’m guessing you mean “really, really”

They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long

by bgunn on Oct 6, 2008 11:43 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

He has roots in the Bay Area, though!

What man? Which man? Who’s the man? When’s a man a man? What makes a man a man? Am I a man? Yes. Technically I am. - FotC

by jcb9 on Oct 6, 2008 11:44 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

mmm roids

"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 6, 2008 2:09 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Is he in an old spice ad?

I see the future, and it is Pablo

by CB30 on Oct 7, 2008 6:37 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

WIN!

STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.

by UnleashTheGore on Oct 6, 2008 12:08 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Exceptional work by Natto, as always.

by rotorueter on Oct 6, 2008 12:10 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Unfortunately, I can’t take credit for this one (although I’m willing to do so anyway). It turned up on GIS.

There amass been plenty of articles written this spring about the stud shortstop Matt Cain and Tim Lincecum , as well as the fluid young outfielders and thirteen basemen Kevin Frandsen.
comics | cartoons | Nattowear | McFAQ

by Natto on Oct 6, 2008 12:19 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

TURN IT GREEN

Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.

by delorean on Oct 6, 2008 12:11 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Jeez, that bat is just crushing Lasorda’s head.

Not that I’m complaining.

Anagram of "Giants pitcher Matt Cain" = TRAGIC MAN, ISN'T PATHETIC

by Stuttering John Tamargo on Oct 6, 2008 12:49 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Wonder if the Phanatic pondered using a maple bat to
whack Lasorda (they can be extra messy).

They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long

by bgunn on Oct 6, 2008 1:08 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Now if somebody could morph the beating a dead horse image into the Fanatic beating a rolling Lasorda…

by Merope on Oct 6, 2008 4:31 PM PDT to parent up   1 recs

This is 109 kinds of awesome.

by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 7, 2008 6:34 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

priceless

by Merope on Oct 7, 2008 1:49 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

This is the best thing ever

I see the future, and it is Pablo

by CB30 on Oct 7, 2008 6:38 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Rally Cheez Whiz

Adopted Son: Brad Hennessey. Beloved for a stolen base much like Dave Roberts

by AndYourBirdCanSing on Oct 6, 2008 1:26 PM PDT   0 recs

RALLY JOAN JETT

Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.

by delorean on Oct 6, 2008 1:37 PM PDT   0 recs

I don’t love Chase Utley, but I do love Ryan Howard. I like my men like I like my coffee: black, strong…and…

Wait what?

"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 6, 2008 2:08 PM PDT   0 recs

Young Boy with Coffee: Excuse me, I happened to be passing, and I thought you might like some coffee.

Little Girl: Oh, that’s very nice of you, thank you.

Young Boy with Coffee: Cream?

Little Girl: No, thank you, I take it black, like my men.

by chilibean_3 on Oct 6, 2008 2:23 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I am serious, and don’t call me Shirley.

by chilibean_3 on Oct 6, 2008 3:45 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I Love Love Love LOVE Airplane!

"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 6, 2008 4:52 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Whoever doesn’t will be banned…in my mind.

by chilibean_3 on Oct 6, 2008 5:52 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I love the scene with Barbara Billingsley in it where she spoke jive.

A gamer does NOT wear a foam finger, a dork does.

by SFGuy on Oct 6, 2008 6:36 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

my girlfriend's take on this

someone asked my girlfriend once “how do you take your coffee?” and she started with the joke “like my men…” but, being a smartass, i interrupted with “you mean bold and colombian?” and she said “no. plain.”

Dodgers fans eat their young.

by redhornet78 on Oct 6, 2008 3:01 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

“You are part of the rebel alliance and a traitor!”

STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.

by UnleashTheGore on Oct 6, 2008 2:32 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

why oh why

do i love her so

by Giant Voodoo on Oct 6, 2008 2:44 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

It’s the glasses.

There amass been plenty of articles written this spring about the stud shortstop Matt Cain and Tim Lincecum , as well as the fluid young outfielders and thirteen basemen Kevin Frandsen.
comics | cartoons | Nattowear | McFAQ

by Natto on Oct 6, 2008 2:55 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I think she’s good-looking without the glasses.

by rotorueter on Oct 6, 2008 3:03 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

i think she’s good looking without her clothes

by Giant Voodoo on Oct 6, 2008 4:19 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I would have to see her without her clothes to evaluate this statement.

Trent Kline: Decentish. Also, my website is called ChatterBalks Dot Com. It's not being updated right now. Hope for more at your own risk.

by groug on Oct 6, 2008 4:25 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs