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Go Screw Charlie Hough, Marlins Win 2-1

Wed, 11 May 2011 03:21:19 +0000

Roy Halladay pitched against Josh Johnson tonight. Both giant right handed pitchers allowed one earned run and pitched deep into the game. One of them was backed by some shaky defense that resulted in an unearned run and a loss. I blame this all on that stupid Charlie Hough. (more…)

NL East All-Division Pitching Staff

Justin Klugh — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 19:19:48 +0000

You may remember FanSided’s NL East All-Division offense. Everybody from Ryan Howard, Chase Utley, and other people that no one can remember were all voted by our NL East editors and skyrocketed to [further] stardom.

Well, this team, if it wants to be at all affective, is going to need pitchers. Well, myself, and the lead writers of Tomahawk Take, Teddy Never Wins, Rising Apple, and Marlin Maniac banged our heads together and voted for the following guys. If only we were dealing with a division that featured competent starting pitching of any kind.

OH WAIT A SECOND (more…)

Phillies Celebrate 7th Shut Out of Season With Downtrodden Facial Expressions

Justin Klugh — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 03:14:29 +0000

I don’t read a ton of baseball books, but I remember carrying around Cal Ripken’s “The Only Way I Know,” for awhile in junior high because I was an obsessed baseball freak, not yet aware of my painfully obvious lack of any and all motor skills necessary to play the sport I loved.

In one section, he’s recalling an early portion of his career, not long after his Major League debut, when a slump found him and came down on his skull with the might and fury of the hammer of the gods.

The fans in Baltimore, clearly unaware of what their future held in store for them, were booing him (Though I don’t know how you could boo Cal Ripken, Jr… you might as well be booing Scott Mathieson or that oil-soaked duckling from the Dove commercial), and he was upset.

BOOOOOOOO YOU FUCKIN SUCK

His agent explained to him, they weren’t booing him. They were booing his strike out, or his slow grounder to the pitcher, or his GIDP. The same goes for cheering. Fans cheer for a home run or a base hit or a guy jumping three feet into the air like a startled cat to spear a line drive out of the sky.

Are we really booing the Phillies? Are we really down there, with the rest of the message board-trolling sewage scum who say things like firing Chuck or bringing up Dom Brown are going to turn this team around? It’s been an incredibly painful… christ, its been a month already… and we’re learning that we’re not not invincible.

This is like having our guts dissected, held in front of us with a pair of rusty tongs, and then devoured by the mini-beasts from Cloverfield.

My point is, if we turn on the Phillies now, we’re no better than 1981 Orioles fans.

I… think. That’s what my point is.

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