# The Phillies are atop the Nat'l League East standings!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 3, 2001, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phillies-are-atop-the-natl-league-east-standings/60621 "2001-04-03T12:50:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phillies-are-atop-the-natl-league-east-standings/60621/101 "2001-08-17T15:02:35Z")
_Yawn_ So, the Braves learned to hit again. Oh, they did it in Denver. Hmm… **Kyla** : I’ll be a Giants fan this weekend, don’t worry. 🙂 Magic number remains at 42. Lead drops to 1 game. ---
**Author:** ![SuaSponte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@SuaSponte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuaSponte)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phillies-are-atop-the-natl-league-east-standings/60621/102 "2001-08-17T15:40:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jcgmoi \* > Jeez, you Phillie Phans are something. Your team starts scuffling and you disappear from this thread for more than a month. Then they turn it up a little, coinciding with a time when the Braves can’t score and you’re back in droves. > > Where I come from they call that front-running, and it is not considered a class thing to do. WTF does class and being a Philadelphia sports fan have to do with each other? We have no class, and we are proud. When the Eagles fans booed Santa Claus, my only regret was that I was stuck watching the game at home. 😃 Sua ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phillies-are-atop-the-natl-league-east-standings/60621/103 "2001-08-17T17:32:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Montfort \* > \*\*_Yawn_ > > So, the Braves learned to hit again. Oh, they did it in Denver. Hmm… > \*\* Nice spin you put on it. I noticed you don’t comment that Milwood throws shutout ball through 7+ innings at Coors field…He threw 89 pitches – 70 of which were strikes. Nah, that’s not worth mentioning… We just went through our worst slump in 5 years, and we’re now out of it. And what did the Phils manage to do during that stretch? To pull _two games_ ahead?! And that’s now one game? ::giggle:: ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phillies-are-atop-the-natl-league-east-standings/60621/104 "2001-08-17T19:27:49Z")
So what? If the Mets go 41 and 0, we can _still_ make the playoffs! ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phillies-are-atop-the-natl-league-east-standings/60621/105 "2001-08-17T19:29:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mouthbreather \* > \*\*We just went through our worst slump in 5 years, and we’re now out of it. And what did the Phils manage to do during that stretch? To pull _two games_ ahead?! And that’s now one game? ::giggle:: \*\* Keep in mind that you had to go to Denver to learn how to hit again (we’ll see what happens this weekend in the House that Bonds Built), and well, it’s not like the Phillies weren’t three games back when you started your little slump. ---
**Author:** ![jcgmoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9adbd/32.png) [@jcgmoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jcgmoi)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phillies-are-atop-the-natl-league-east-standings/60621/106 "2001-08-17T20:37:39Z")
> [@](#): > > We have no class, and we are proud. Yeah, **Sua** , you guys famously booed Santa. Actually I thought that was classy, in a sleazy kind of way, and I might have joined in. But booing _Mike Schmidt_? I’d rather boo the Pope. ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2001, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phillies-are-atop-the-natl-league-east-standings/60621/107 "2001-08-18T15:41:50Z")
Once again, Braves win, Phils lose! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2001, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phillies-are-atop-the-natl-league-east-standings/60621/108 "2001-08-18T18:16:54Z")
Y’know, you can go and start a thread called **The Braves are finally in first place in the Nat’l League East standings!!!** and leave us Phils Phans alone. :mad: Of course, I doubt that thread would last for three and a half months and 107 posts, but you can try. ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2001, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phillies-are-atop-the-natl-league-east-standings/60621/109 "2001-08-18T22:54:27Z")
Oh, Boo-F’n-Hoo, Montfort. I did that back several weeks ago when we were closing in on the lead the first time, and you bitched there: > [@](#): > > _Origianlly posted by Montfort_ > you have to start a new thread instead of taunting us in the perfectly fine existing thread about the Phirst Place Phillies. . So which is it? Or, is it that you can dish it out just fine but can’t take it at all? ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2001, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phillies-are-atop-the-natl-league-east-standings/60621/110 "2001-08-18T22:58:52Z")
Oh, and this just in: The Braves win. Again. 😃 Have fun with the red-hot Cards tonight! ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phillies-are-atop-the-natl-league-east-standings/60621/111 "2001-08-29T03:35:02Z")
Yes, kids, it’s that time again: time to bump this thread. Just moments ago, the **Philadelphia Phillies** defeated the New York Mets in 11 innnings, 9-6. Earlier this evening, the Atlanta Braves barely showed up in getting beaten 7-0 by les Montreal Expos. So, that brings the Phightin’ Phils back into a phirst place tie with The Team That Forgot To Hit, the Braves. Magic number is now **32**. Believe! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phillies-are-atop-the-natl-league-east-standings/60621.md?page=5)