Thanks for the predictions everyone. And good luck to ya. Now as far as you go "MBaggese":)................. .
MBaggese: Dang...was suppose to have Yoda's quote in here from about the 6th posts...re:Giants not having starting picthing depth....
Ok. I'll give. You have ok starting pitching. Maybe even better than ok. Tim Lincecum is with out a doubt your best pitcher. I do give ya that. He's hall of fame material espiecially if he gets a championship or two. But it won't be this year. I will guarentee that if the Giants and the Phillies rumble the Phillies starting pitching will out duel the Giants.
Previous meetings this year.
- 9-3 Phillies Win : Oswalt- W Zito- L
- 8-2 Phillies Win : Blanton- W Cain- L
- 5-2 Giants Win : Sanchez- W Hamels- L
- 5-1 Giants Win : Sannchez- W Halladay- L
- 6-2 Giants Win : Wellemeyer- W Moyer- L
- 7-6 Phillies Win : Madson- W Romo- L
So the head to head matchup is 3-3. Now when these two teams met, they seem to be be pretty evenly matched. But now, if and when they meet the Phillies are a completely different team. They are well known for these last 4 years, including this one, that they are a second half team. The Phillies already have 21 wins in the month of September. And with beating the Nationals last night they clinched the best record in the entire N.L. And they could even end up with the best record in all of baseball. So I hope your starting pitching can put the Phillies bats to sleep and I hope your lineup can destroy Roy Halladay, Roy Oswalt, Cole Hamels, and Joe Blanton. Ok, maybe you can beat Joe Blanton but remember he has been on a tear as of late as well. And just throwing this out there but if you remember the 2008 World Series Blanton hit a homerun in game 4. And he crushed it.It was off of Edwin Jackson in the 5th inning. Now I know that has nothing to do with the Giants but, Joe could hit another this postseason. And one last thing. The road to the World Series goes through Philadelphia. And......well........games 1 and 2 will be played at Citizen's Bank Park. :)
But hey you never know. It is very possible that the Giants can go all the way. Anything can happen. I have seen some pretty strange and amazing happenings in all the years I have been watching sports. So good luck to ya and your Giants and remember to get that A.L. pick in before the deadline. Thanks for playing.