Archive for April 4th, 2014

I Hate Jonathan Papelbon

April 4th, 2014 by AmyMac | Comments Off on I Hate Jonathan Papelbon | Filed in Baseball, General, Phillies
This isn't working out, Papelbon.

This isn’t working out, Papelbon.

By Amy McGinnis

Remember when the Phillies signed Jonathan Papelbon for 2012 and I said, “Thanks, but no thanks, Boston?” I stand by that.

We’ve had our share of unpredictable closing pitchers here in Philadelphia.  These past two years,  I’ve actually been looking a little like Curt Schilling circa 1993.  The ninth inning is a little easier to watch if you have a towel over your face.  I don’t think it’s a very good sign that I’m going to bed angry and it’s only the first week of April.  After last night’s loss in Texas, I was ready to punch Papelbon in the throat 58 times.

The Phils entered the bottom of last night’s ninth inning with a two run lead.  With a save opportunity, Jonathan Papelbon came in to close the game.  Instead of shutting things down, which I needn’t remind anyone is his job  for which he is grossly overpaid, Papelbon gave up three runs.  Rangers won the game (and series) in walkoff fashion.  When asked about it later, he said, “It’s just one of those weird innings, man.” Really, man? Tell that to Kyle Kendrick, who pitched solidly through seven innings.  

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Columbus Blue Jackets (38-30-7) vs. Philadelphia Flyers (39-27-9)- Game Preview

April 4th, 2014 by Kyle Lutz | Comments Off on Columbus Blue Jackets (38-30-7) vs. Philadelphia Flyers (39-27-9)- Game Preview | Filed in Flyers, General, Hockey

It’s a match-up of Mason vs. Bobrovsky: two goalies facing their former teams, with playoff implications to boot. Columbus is currently four points back of the Flyers in the standings, with the same amount of games played (75). Both teams are trailing the Rangers for the second spot within the Metropolitan Division. New York has 90 points in 77 games played, three more points than Philly has.

The Blue Jackets have won two out of the three previous meetings between the two teams this season, in the first year as Metropolitan Division foes. In the first match-up on December 19th, Philadelphia not only came back from a three-goal deficit, but scored an incredible five goals in the third period on their way to a 5-4 victory. Two days later, this time in Columbus, Bobrovsky and the Blue Jackets got revenge by handily defeating the Fly Guys 6-3

Flyers’ captain Claude Giroux had four points (2 goals, 2 assists) in the two teams’ first get together back in mid-December, and all together he has five points in three contests vs. Columbus this season (2 goals, 3 assists). On the flip side, Columbus blue liner Nikita Nikitin has three points (0 goals, 3 assists) vs. Philly this season.

Sergei Bobrovsky didn’t start the first two games back in December vs. his old team due to a strained groin, which sidelined him a total of 14 games, before returning to play in early January, prior to the two team’s third meeting two weeks later. Backup Curtis McElhinney started in his place, compiling a .893 save percentage in the process. Meanwhile, Ray Emery started two out of the three games as well for Philly.

In their two victories over Philadelphia this season, Columbus has not only averaged 5.5 goals/game, but they’ve gotten significant contributions on and off the scoreboard from numerous players. Nine different Blue Jackets, out of 11 total goals scored in that time span, have lit the lamp; a very positive sign for their head coach Todd Richards.

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TalkSportsPhilly Sports Radio

April 4th, 2014 by Leo | Comments Off on TalkSportsPhilly Sports Radio | Filed in General, Interviews, Sports, TSP Radio

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If you didn’t already know, TalkSportsPhilly has a radio show.  We air thru a site called BlogTalkRadio which is one of the largest Internet Radio sites, the link to our page is http://www.blogtalkradio.com/talksportsphilly . Although personally I find their site a little ad spammy, if you can ignore that, it’s a good site.  We also post links to the Radio show here on TalkSportsPhilly.com and on FaceBook and Twitter, as well as our other social media portals.

Here is our latest episode:

Discover Sports Internet Radio with TalkSportsPhilly on BlogTalkRadio

We talk about a variety of subjects regarding Philly Sports: from Eagles, Phillies, Flyers, Sixers, Soul, MMA, Philly Events, Interviews, and more! So give us a listen or better yet Call In at (646) 652-4334 anytime TSP is on the air!

Here are a couple more episodes, for a full listing check out our Radio page.  Thanks to the best Fan base in the USA!

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