DING-DONG...

Werth

...THE WICKED BEARD IS DEAD!!!!!

Oh, thank goodness Jayson Werth is back to looking hot again.  He apparently finally regained his common sense and shaved that bad boy off earlier this week.  Now I can look at right field without wincing.  Huzzah!

And in other Phillies news, I heart this Deadspin article!  The future's so bright, we've gotta wear shades...like a certain Mr. Werth always does!  ;)


*droooooool*

This is a seriously awesome photo gallery.  I think if I'd been at Penn Station when the Phillies showed up, I would have died of happiness. 

Cole Hamels (picture 5) looks like a freakin' GQ model.  I swear I got weak in the knees when I saw that picture, and I was sitting down.  The picture of the Madsons (picture 9) is so cute.  Cliff Lee (picture 10) is total studliness when he's dressed up.  But I've gotta say, as much as I love Jayson Werth's home runs lately, he looks like a total tool in picture 2.

Also, it's nice to see that Newsday isn't trash-talking the Phillies like the Post is.  Now that's good journalism there.

Phillies playoffs, etc.

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So I was lucky enough to get to go to the Phillies/Rockies NLDS Game 1 last week (thanks, Mom, for giving me your ticket!).  I took a bajillion pictures...you can check 'em out by clicking here.

Game 1 was a seriously awesome game.  I'd never seen Cliff Lee pitch in person before, and this was a hell of a first time to see him pitch!  He pitched quite well--a gem of a complete game, in which he got one hit (maybe more--I'm not sure!) and stole a base.  And even though his face was covered in scruff *sigh*, he still looked smokin' hot.

My seats were right behind Jayson Werth, who was most certainly nice to look at.  I brought my red cowbell out for its maiden ballpark voyage, haha.  And I rang it like freakin' crazy.  Hey, I only get to go to one playoff game this year, so I've gotta live it up, right?  I also brought a red-and-white pom-pom from college (no, i wasn't a cheerleader--they had handed out the pom-poms at one of the college football games, and my school's colors were red and white, so I've turned it into a Phillies pom-pom now!), rally towels to wave around, and my very healthy vocal abilities...I may be just a little thing, but I can make a LOT of nosie when I'm yelling and shireking at or about BILFalicious ballplayers!  (Thanks, Dad, for not kicking my ass for being completely loud and retarded, haha.)

The Phillies won 5-1 in their first NLDS game.  After losing their next game to the Rockies and then winning last night's late and exhausting game, the series is now 2-1 Phillies.  I'm hoping they can win a third game tonight so that they have a little time to rest before meeting the Dodgers in the NLCS...

Let's go, Phillies!  (clap, clap, clap-clap-clap)



Werth his weight in gold...

 

BILFy right-fielder Jayson Werth was named this week's NL Player of the Week.  And rightfully so--look at these numbers!  Hot, hot, hot!

And in other news, Cliff Lee got the Phillies another win, closing out the series with the Mets at Citi Field.  Final score: 6-2.  Not that this win should be any surprise, since Lee is freakin' amazing.  His ERA with the Phillies is 0.68.  I might actually start bowing down and thanking the baseball gods every day from here on out for having let Cleveland think crazy thoughts like, "Yeah, trading Lee is a great idea!" 

Friday night's Phillies/Mets game...

Well, I went to Friday night's Phillies/Mets game just to see Cole Hamels pitch.  Unfortunately, he didn't pitch very well, and the Phillies lost the game, 4-2.  Luckily, Hamels at least looked gorgeous...although he also looked rattled/stressed/not so great on the mound.  Sigh.  We need Hamels to get back on track soon...if we're headed for the playoffs again this year, we're gonna need him in top form if we want to do well in the postseason.

Luckily for me, I was sitting basically right above the Phillies dugout for this game, and even from the upper deck, I had a nice view of certain BILFalicious ballplayers...yeah, I'll admit that I kept my eye on a certain Cliff Lee for much of the game.  (In the photos, he's in the dugout, wearing a red warmup jacket.)  It was sometimes more fun (and much less depressing) to watch Lee in the dugout than to watch Hamels on the mound....

 

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Happ-y days are here again...

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I was thrilled to see that JA Happ (who is a BILF as long as he keeps his hat on) led the Phillies to snapping the Rockies' winning streak and, more importantly, snapping the Phillies' losing streak.  I've got Happ, Werth, and Utley on various fantasy teams, and I certainly can't complain about any of the numbers they put up tonight.  Strikeouts!  Runs!  A complete game! RBIs!  *squeal*

Tonight's the Phillies' first win since BILFalicious Cliff Lee pitched and won it for us on Friday night.  Thankfully, he pitches again tomorrow...hopefully he can get us another win and send those Rockies home to Colorado, swearing and sniffling all the way...  :)

Chuttles rocks!

Chase Utley's awesome.  Werth, too.  They made it so that the baseball game could finally freakin' end.  And not just end, but end with a Phillies win.  That's the best kind of ending to a Phillies game!  (It's also good for my teams of BILFs; I've got Utley on one team and Werth on 2 teams.)

I feel supremely retarded that I had no idea that King BILF himself, Cole Hamels, was pitching tonight.  Usually I make it a point to watch games that Hamels pitches...  But since I knew Moyer pitched last night, I figured that under no circumstances would Hamels follow Moyer in the rotation, and so I just assumed it was somebody else pitching tonight.  Oops.