Post by Phillies Phan on Mar 31, 2020 16:14:52 GMT -5
I must admit, the 83 Wheeze Kids is one of the very few Phils teams during my lifetime that I did not follow closely. I was busy leaving High School and joining the service and was disconnected from baseball in 83. I'm clearly pulling for 2008 in this one.
Gm's 1 and 2. It's an opening set of dominant starting pitching. The teams split, each winning 1-0. Moyer over Hudson, Carlton over Blanton.
Gm3. Hamels vs Denny. 4-3 Best in a game decided by defense. DeJesus poor fielding at Short and Ryan Howard, of all people, at First!
Gm4 Myers vs Gross. 2-1 Wheeze and it's all Gary Mathews in this one. Power at the plate and defense in the field. Series is even at 2 games.
Gm5 Moyer vs Christenson. Tight game, but the story of this game is Garry Lee Maddox. Power and range. Wheeze win 3-2 and they are up 3-2 in the Series.
Gm6 Carlton vs Kendrick. Ouch. Best Phils rotation burps at this point, can Kendrick go toe to toe with Lefty? Yes! ...with a little help from his bullpen and Jayson Werth. But toe to toe is not enough, as Lefty delivers the Shutout Win 1-0.
Down go the Best Phils Ever, leaving the tourney with a 7-8 record. In the end, their rotation is just not up to the standard of the competition in this field. Makes you wonder how they were one of only two to win the World Series.
The Weeze will face the Phold. 3 Series Wins will get them into the Final 3!
At the end of 2 rounds in both the Winner's and Loser's Brackets, 8 teams are in, 8 teams are out. 5 of the 8 that are out, were World Series teams in real life. Only 2 squads with WS experience remain, one is in the loser's bracket, the Wheeze Kids and one is in the winner's bracket, the Whiz Kids.
Of the four teams alive in the winner's bracket, three are the Phils teams of my childhood: 76-78!
Gm's 1 and 2. It's an opening set of dominant starting pitching. The teams split, each winning 1-0. Moyer over Hudson, Carlton over Blanton.
Gm3. Hamels vs Denny. 4-3 Best in a game decided by defense. DeJesus poor fielding at Short and Ryan Howard, of all people, at First!
Gm4 Myers vs Gross. 2-1 Wheeze and it's all Gary Mathews in this one. Power at the plate and defense in the field. Series is even at 2 games.
Gm5 Moyer vs Christenson. Tight game, but the story of this game is Garry Lee Maddox. Power and range. Wheeze win 3-2 and they are up 3-2 in the Series.
Gm6 Carlton vs Kendrick. Ouch. Best Phils rotation burps at this point, can Kendrick go toe to toe with Lefty? Yes! ...with a little help from his bullpen and Jayson Werth. But toe to toe is not enough, as Lefty delivers the Shutout Win 1-0.
Down go the Best Phils Ever, leaving the tourney with a 7-8 record. In the end, their rotation is just not up to the standard of the competition in this field. Makes you wonder how they were one of only two to win the World Series.
The Weeze will face the Phold. 3 Series Wins will get them into the Final 3!
At the end of 2 rounds in both the Winner's and Loser's Brackets, 8 teams are in, 8 teams are out. 5 of the 8 that are out, were World Series teams in real life. Only 2 squads with WS experience remain, one is in the loser's bracket, the Wheeze Kids and one is in the winner's bracket, the Whiz Kids.
Of the four teams alive in the winner's bracket, three are the Phils teams of my childhood: 76-78!