NLDS: Phillies (Happ) @ Rockies (Hammel) (Tied 1-1)

[J.R.]

Pedro to start Game 3.

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091009&content_id=7410508&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

[TruffleShuffle]

game 3 has been colded-out... tomorrow looks like another cold one (highs in the mid 40s) so mlb in its infinite wisdom (greed) has scheduled the game for tomorrow evening, rather than playing when the sun is up. good planning.

[J.R.]

No need to have the Rockies and Broncos playing at the same time. Definitely a good TV move, but it's also a solid one for the Denver fans. Edited October 10, 2009 by J.R.

[TruffleShuffle]

conditions won't even be good tomorrow night. i guess it depends how willing they are to put up with temperatures in the 30s.

[J.R.]

I will agree that the 10:07 p.m. EST start is awful. However, if the Cards win tonight, they'll be stacking four games tomorrow - 12:07, 3:37, 7:07 and 10:07. That's awesome for me, as I'll park it in front of TBS for ~12 hours of baseball. However, it leaves them with a quandary - to avoid a pre-10 p.m. EST start for the fourth game, you'd have to start the Boston game prior to Noon EST. They do it for Patriots Day, but it is unheard of for postseason play.

 

If the Cards lose tonight, there's no reason not to run the 2:37, 6:07, 9:37 starts like they've been doing all week.

[Schwarber Fan]

PPD

[OleMissCub]

holy smokes that looks dreadful. At least they are using wood. It's horrifying to hit in the cold with aluminum.

[J.R.]

I think it looks beautiful. Situations like this are the stuff of legends.

 

Too bad most of the east won't see it.

[UMFan83]

You think the MLB is hoping for Philly to win this one? So far LA/NY, LA/PHI or COL

[J.R.]

The weather is posing little in the way of problems for the hitters.

[erik316wttn]

Why isn't Jerry Manuel insisting on sleeves for his pitchers on the mound tonight?

[OleMissCub]

LOL Eyre laying there in a heap

 

that's mean of me but he looked like someone shot him in a battle

[chuckywang]

Why isn't Jerry Manuel insisting on sleeves for his pitchers on the mound tonight?

 

Maybe cause his pitchers are golfing?

[OleMissCub]

Why isn't Jerry Manuel insisting on sleeves for his pitchers on the mound tonight?

 

Maybe cause his pitchers are golfing?

 

since June

[J.R.]

Could be it for Eyre.

[erik316wttn]

Why isn't Jerry Manuel insisting on sleeves for his pitchers on the mound tonight?

 

Maybe cause his pitchers are golfing?

 

since June

 

I meant Charlie.

[Sammys Boombox]

This is a fun game. I want to go to bed for my 8:00 am class, but I hate to go to bed with this game still on.

[Careless]

no reason to throw a strike until the other team starts swinging 40 inch bats

[OleMissCub]

no reason to throw a strike until the other team starts swinging 40 inch bats

 

for real

[Sammys Boombox]

no reason to throw a strike until the other team starts swinging 40 inch bats

 

for real

 

Yeah, strike 2 to Stairs was WAY outside.

[Careless]

I support our future robot overlord umpires

[Guest]

My goodness, how bad can the umpires be in the playoffs?

[OleMissCub]

nice F bomb there from the Phils dugout

[Outshined_One]

Is it me, or has the postseason seen an unusual number of struggling closers? Street, Papelbon, Nathan, and even Rivera have had issues so far.

 

Speaking of postseason struggles, here comes Brad Lidge!

[Careless]

My goodness, how bad can the umpires be in the playoffs?

In 20 years this will be a campfire scare story told to baseball camp kids worried that human umpires will make a return some day