Post by Phillies Phan on Mar 31, 2020 16:12:35 GMT -5
Can the 1887 squad with their 3 headed rotation, tiny gloves and flat bats continue to compete with the big boys...
Gm1: Halladay vs Casey, Ace on Ace. A fatal Quaker flaw is exposed, IF you can get to the bullpen, they are especially vulnerable. The trick is chasing the starter! 2010 does just that and takes game 1, 4-1.
Gm2: Blanton vs Buffinton. The counter for the Quakers is dominant, complete game pitching. 5-0 Quakers even the Series
Gm3: Ferguson vs Hamels. The counter to the counter is dominant, complete game pitching... 4-0 Phils behind Hamels dominance.
Gm4: Casey vs Oswalt. One mistake to Jack Clements and Oswalt's dominance is foiled, the Quakers don't have a lot of pop, but they have some. 2-1 Quakers. Series is even.
Gm5: Buffinton vs Halladay. Beautiful dominant pitching times 2. Rollins snags one deep in the hole to protect the victory. 1-0 Phils
Gm6: Moyer vs Casey on short rest. Another weakness of the Quakers... if you can take them deep in the Series, they'll always have at least one short rest game. Gotta take advantage of that! Moyer, Madson and Lidge do just that, barely. 4-4 into extras. A pinch hit by Ross Gload is the difference. Game and series go to the Phils.
Quakers proved to be a very tough opponent. They leave the tourney with a record of 7-9 in a Series in which the 2010 Phils seized advantage of the two briefly exposed and limited gaps in their game: the bullpen and the depth of their starters.
2010 Phils advance to face the 2011 Phour Aces. I have to believe the advantage goes to the Aces in these very similar rosters... but I've been suprised often in this tourney before!
Gm1: Halladay vs Casey, Ace on Ace. A fatal Quaker flaw is exposed, IF you can get to the bullpen, they are especially vulnerable. The trick is chasing the starter! 2010 does just that and takes game 1, 4-1.
Gm2: Blanton vs Buffinton. The counter for the Quakers is dominant, complete game pitching. 5-0 Quakers even the Series
Gm3: Ferguson vs Hamels. The counter to the counter is dominant, complete game pitching... 4-0 Phils behind Hamels dominance.
Gm4: Casey vs Oswalt. One mistake to Jack Clements and Oswalt's dominance is foiled, the Quakers don't have a lot of pop, but they have some. 2-1 Quakers. Series is even.
Gm5: Buffinton vs Halladay. Beautiful dominant pitching times 2. Rollins snags one deep in the hole to protect the victory. 1-0 Phils
Gm6: Moyer vs Casey on short rest. Another weakness of the Quakers... if you can take them deep in the Series, they'll always have at least one short rest game. Gotta take advantage of that! Moyer, Madson and Lidge do just that, barely. 4-4 into extras. A pinch hit by Ross Gload is the difference. Game and series go to the Phils.
Quakers proved to be a very tough opponent. They leave the tourney with a record of 7-9 in a Series in which the 2010 Phils seized advantage of the two briefly exposed and limited gaps in their game: the bullpen and the depth of their starters.
2010 Phils advance to face the 2011 Phour Aces. I have to believe the advantage goes to the Aces in these very similar rosters... but I've been suprised often in this tourney before!