Phightins

Wow, bullpen is an absolute mess from top to bottom.

I had it online too but it was the Carolina feed, and the quality was horrible, so I switched it off after 5 mins or so. Honestly I was happier listening to our radio guys.

Emery with the shutout in his Flyers debut. I had to listen on the radio, but it sounds like he was very impressive. The Flyers also killed 7 penalties. The radio guys said some were total BS, but I guess that is Philadelphia Flyers hockey, have to get used to it again.

I'd rather play the Dodgers to be honest, but it's looking like we'll probably get Colorado one way or the other.

JC Romero is out for the entire postseason and it does not look good for Chan Ho Park either. Looks like Tyler Walker and Sergio Escalona may have spots on the playoff roster.

Nobody really cares about the Devils either. The Rangers dominate that market.

They are way better on paper than they were last year, but the one thing last year's team had going for them is that they were almost unbeatable down the stretch in September and that carried into the postseason. They have been pretty mediocre the past few weeks. The offense has been very inconsistent as a result of all the strikeouts (this is the one and only time I will agree with ECN on this point). Also, not sure what has gotten into Lee the past month but he has been very hit or miss. Luckily, I think we match up pretty well with Colorado, and the Dodgers and Cardinals are sort of in the same situation as us (not playing their best ball coming down the stretch). Honestly nothing would surprise me in the playoffs. I think any of the 4 teams could easily win the pennant.

Well, the Islanders are not doing too much better than the Coyotes are in Phoenix haha. Even the Devils have a very hard time drawing fans, and they are actually worthy of being in the NHL.

Blair Betts signed today.

Pretty sick sig dude. Pretty cool to see that he is getting some props from baseball fans outside of Philly now.

LOL I was going to post this. Hello new avatar.

Can't blame Shapiro for the fact that they are a middle market team that had absolutely no shot of signing those guys once they hit free agency. He traded them all at exactly the right time. The Sabathia situation was unfortunate, since they were not playing that horribly at the time they traded him, but he was absolutely 100% going to walk in the winter. As for Lee and Martinez, the team was playing horribly even with them. They had a combination of injury problems and guys underachieving. Bottom line is the team flat out underperformed and the manager had to be held accountable. I think Wedge will land on his feet somewhere though.

Kobe could take them 1 on 5, obviously.

http://www.thefightins.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/HKSign.png That was really, really cool.

Three-peat!

There is too much talent in that organization for them to go from the ALCS in 07 to back to back seasons like they have just had. I like Wedge a lot but it was a move that had to be made.

James van Riemsdyk, Mika Pyorala, Danny Syvret, and Ole Tollefsen have all made the roster, which finalizes up the bubble spots. Randy Jones cleared waivers so he is in the AHL now.

Flyers open in Carolina on Friday. [expletive] Comcast though...because of those greedy bastards, I will be forced to watch on the internet.

Magic number down to 1. Madson with a 2 inning save.

Futler? Really?

That was the most miserable time I have ever had at a sporting event.

I never gave up on him either, I have always been willing to give him the chance to start and see how he does.

Brent Celek has been really good. For me, he might be the most pleasant surprise of the season. Well, I shouldn't say "surprise" since I did expect him to be solid, but he has been far and away better than I thought. Also, Desean Jackson continues to amaze me more and more each week.

Jesus Christ....that was nuts.

Brian Boucher with the "lower body injury" in yesterday's game. He will miss 7-10 days. Johan Backlund has been recalled from the Phantoms.