Tagged: ALDS

September 29, 2011

Phillies Make History With 102 Wins

The Phillies ended the 2011 regular season with 102 wins after a 13 inning 4-3 victory over the Braves. The 3-game sweep knocked the Braves out of the playoffs and also set a new record for the Phillies. The franchise mark of 101 wins in a season has been surpassed, making this 2011 team statistically the best in Phillies history.

It also made Charlie Manuel the best manager in Phillies history. His 646th win with the team surpassed the previous record of 656 held by Gene Mauch.

And as usual, the Phillies fought for their manager until the very end. The game lasted 4 1/2 hours and 13 innings with 17 total pitchers used between the two teams. The pitching was very good all around for both and hits were hard to come by; 11 for the Phils and 10 for the Braves.

In the 13th, Hunter Pence finally broke up the stalemate, knocking in the winning run with an RBI-single. He had two hits in the game, as did Chase Utley, Placido Polanco and Ryan Howard.

By beating the Braves, the Phillies basically chose their own opponent. The win handed the Wild Card spot to the Cardinals. The Phillies struggled against the Cards in the regular season, winning only 3 games out of 9. But coming off the momentum of this 3-game sweep and making Phillies history, the team should be ready to face the Cards again.

In the American League, the Red Sox are out, having lost what was previously and 8.5 game lead in the Wild Card race. As they crashed and burned against the lowly Orioles again, the Tampa Bay Rays climbed out of a 7-0 hole to beat the Yankees and take the Wild Card spot.

So here is how the NLDS and ALDS line-up:

Phillies vs. Cardinals
Brewers vs. Diamondbacks
Yankees vs. Tigers
Rangers vs. Rays

The first game for the Phillies is this Saturday; no time has been announced yet.

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October 4, 2010

Division Series Schedule

As you may know already, the Phillies will be playing the Reds in the NLDS. The Phillies won 5 out of 7 games against the Reds this year in the regular season; 3 of those in July all went to extra innings and ended in spectacular walk-off fashion for the Phillies. So while the Phils have a slight edge, it is sure to be a well played series.

With the 8 playoff teams finally decided, TBS and MLB announced some of the start times for both the AL and NL Division series. Here is the schedule so far:

Series	Teams	Day/Date	Time ET
ALDS Game 1	Rangers @ Rays	Wed. Oct. 6	1:30 p.m.
NLDS Game 1	Reds @ Phillies	Wed. Oct. 6	5 p.m.
ALDS Game 1	Yankees @ Twins	Wed. Oct. 6	8:30 p.m.
ALDS Game 2	Rangers @ Rays	Thurs. Oct. 7	2:30 p.m.
ALDS Game 2	Yankees @ Twins	Thurs. Oct. 7	6 p.m.
NLDS Game 1	Braves @ Giants	Thurs. Oct. 7	9:30 p.m.
NLDS Game 2	Reds @ Phillies	Fri. Oct. 8	6 p.m.
NLDS Game 2	Braves @ Giants	Fri. Oct. 8	9:30 p.m.
ALDS Game 3	Rays @ Rangers	Sat. Oct. 9	5 p.m.
ALDS Game 3	Twins @ Yankees	Sat. Oct. 9	8:30 p.m.
NLDS Game 3	Phillies @ Reds	Sun. Oct. 10	TBD
NLDS Game 3	Giants @ Braves	Sun. Oct. 10	TBD
*ALDS Game 4	Rays @ Rangers	Sun. Oct. 10	TBD
*ALDS Game 4	Twins @ Yankees	Sun. Oct. 10	TBD
*NLDS Game 4	Phillies @ Reds	Mon. Oct. 11	TBD
*NLDS Game 4	Giants @ Braves	Mon. Oct. 11	TBD
*ALDS Game 5	Rangers @ Rays	Tues. Oct. 12	TBD
*ALDS Game 5	Yankees @ Twins	Tues. Oct. 12	TBD
*NLDS Game 5	Reds @ Phillies	Wed. Oct. 13	TBD
*NLDS Game 5	Braves @ Giants	Wed. Oct. 13	TBD

As I expected, the Phillies, despite have the BEST record in baseball, still got screwed out of the Prime Time slot in favor of the Yankees…again. So for the 3rd year in a row, I will have to take a day off work to go to get to the stadium in time to find parking and see the pre-game festivities.

Now I realize there are 22 other teams out there whose fans would love to have this problem so it is hard to complain. But when is a team, other than the Yankees, going to get some much deserved respect? The Phillies have certainly earned it.

To the TV people it is all about ratings, and I suppose it is their prerogative. But guess which team brings in more fans based on stadium capacity? The Phillies – 103.5%. It is over 100% due to standing room only tickets that are sold to accommodate more fans. The Phillies sold out EVERY game this season. Where do the Yankees rank? They are 7th in baseball with 88.9%. If the Phillies had a bigger stadium like the Yankees do, they would no doubt have sold all those seats as well. Just sayin’…

Not to mention that the TBS coverage of the games, in general, is horrible. The announcers have NO clue about the teams they are watching and tend to be biased towards particular teams. The coverage has been historically so bad that there is even a section on Wikipedia dedicated to how bad they suck. The TBS slogan is “very funny” but we are not laughing.