Comments on: Q&A: Mike Nichols talks to Phillies Blogger

By: MyaGirl

MyaGirl — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:25:13 +0000

This is the first time that both the Mets/Phillies have been prominent for any sustained period of time. This is fun! I don’t hate the Phillies yet, as much as I hate the Braves or the Yankees.

I can see this rivalry continue to get better and better. With the ultimate meeting in the NLCS in the future. This is what baseball is all about, meaningful games this late into the year.

Let’s Go Mets!!

By: Jules

Jules — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:14:06 +0000

I’m a Phillies fan and I check this blog pretty regularly. The Mets are a great rival team, so I like to read breakdowns of the players and keys to the game from a completely different, non-homer point of view. Any fans who come on here to taunt or brag or to generally be obnoxious are just pathetic wastes of oxygen and aren’t indicative of every person who cheers the Phils each week.

By: krumbledkookie

krumbledkookie — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:46:38 +0000

So what the hell are you saying about my wife’s sister?

By: ToastyJoe

ToastyJoe — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:22:16 +0000

You’ve also got to get the sister to agree. It’s a challenge all around.

By: Bogar

Bogar — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:38:55 +0000

“Severe” HR park is ranked 16th for HRs this year.

By: Bogar

Bogar — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:36:57 +0000

Phils are 2nd in NL in HRs at home and 2nd in HRs on the road.

Yet you’ll hear over and over that it’s all about their ballpark…

(Cubs are 1st at home, Florida 1st on the road.)

By: Bogar

Bogar — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:34:00 +0000

They moved the left field fence in 05 or 06.

I just did the three year deal because someone said that’s the most sensical way to look at it.

To complete its history:

2004: 12th

So we have 12th, 8th, 2nd, 14th, 15th.

It’s looking like that 2nd place one is the exception, yet that’s the one that clinched its reputation.

By: wrightstuff08

wrightstuff08 — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:26:15 +0000

“By “down year for Rollins” he really means “back to Rollins career norms” right?”

MetalMet, you beat me to it as i thought that he would come back to his career numbers in ’08. He is no Reyes or HanRam. I hope we sweep this 2 game set and continue the ’08 dominance over the Philthies.

By: Danny

Danny — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:25:14 +0000

Yeah, and for whatever reason, it was 2nd in 2005. So I think it’s safe to say that it does increase run scoring a bit, but maybe not as much as we like to think it does.

But what it definitely does is surrender more HRs than other parks. That reputation is well-deserved.

By: dave27

dave27 — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:23:44 +0000

Right….reverse-coors