What’s Brewing With Jen Includes Bad Highlights By ESPN

See what was brewing with Jen Scordo today. Every day on The Best Show Ever? Jen Scordo shares a few recent weird and interesting news stories. Today that includes bad highlights during the Phillies game last night and a Pennsylvania mummy will finally be buried… Here are her stories from today.

ESPN Shows Weird Highlights During Phillies Game

As I was watching the Phillies beat up on the Marlins last night on ESPN, I was baffled – twice – by the broadcast cutting to odd Wild Card highlights near the end of the game.  Craig Kimbrel was on the mound and was pulling his baulk-move to advance the runner at 2^nd base as to not get tipped off… However, the ESPN broadcast cut to dumb highlights of the other Wild Card games.  My friend and I were like, what’s happening right now?  And then ESPN did it AGAIN!  Come on, ESPN, be better.  The commentators did not even acknowledge the highlights, proving that it was a weird move.

[Source - awfulannouncing.com]

Pennsylvania Mummy Will Finally Be Buried

A 128 year old mummy that resides in Pennsylvania named “Stoneman Willie” will be put to rest after decades of being on display at Auman’s Funeral Home in Reading.  Willie was more or less unidentified and known as an alcoholic pickpocket who passed away on November 19^th, 1895 of kidney failure.  He was accidentally mummified by a mortician who was trying out a new embalming technique. He’s been on display in a coffin at the funeral home for years and will finally be buried on Saturday. Officials were able to identify him and will reveal his name at the burial.

[Source - NY Post]

Aaron Nola has not had the best of seasons. But tonight, he has a chance to be the hero. Nola is all set to take the mound in game 2. After winning game 1, if the Phillies win game 2, they move on to the NLDS to face the Braves. Lose? They will need to play a game 3 on Thursday night.

Nola's ERA this season ballooned to 4.56. Over a full run higher than the 3.25 ERA he had last season. He has at times been maddening for Phillies fans. There were nights when it would look like he was dealing, only for it all to blow up in one awful inning. He finished the season on a high note though. Once again it was Nola on the mound in the playoff clinching game. And once again he got the job done, giving up just 1 run in 6.2 innings.

It was Nola who pitched game 2 in the Wild Card Series last season. And on that night, he was as good as it gets. 6.2 innings of shutout baseball, surrendering just 4 hits. He got the win in a 3-0 game that sent the Phillies to the NLDS.

Aaron Nola has not had a great time vs. the Marlins this season. He started 3 games vs. them, giving up 12 runs in 16 innings. His most recent start against them saw him give up 4 runs across 4.1 innings, with all the runs coming in the 5th inning. In fact in every outing this year, he gave up 4 runs to the Marlins, never getting further than 6 innings.

But recent history aside, how has he pitched against this lineup overall? Do his career numbers look better than his last 3 performances? Before he takes the mound, lets look at how he has fared against all of the Marlins hitters he might face tonight.

3 for 9, 1 2B, 1 3B, 0 HRs, 0 RBIs, 0 Walks, 0 Ks

.333/.333/.667/1.000

2 for 12, 0 2B, 0 HRs, 0 RBIs, 0 Walks, 7 Ks

.167/.231/.167/.397

5 for 16, 1 2B, 0 HRs, 1 RBI, 2 Walks, 5 Ks

.313/.389/.375/.764

5 for 27, 1 2B, 2 HRs, 5 RBIs, 1 Walk, 4 Ks

.185/.214/.444/.659

1 for 2, 1 2B, 0 HRs, 0 RBIs, 0 Walks, 1 K

.500/.500/1.000/1.500

4 for 13, 1 2B, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 0 Walks, 1 K

.308/.308/.615/.923

2 for 13, 0 2Bs, 1 HR, 3 RBIs, 1 Walk, 3 Ks

.154/.214/.385/.599

2 for 10, 0 2Bs, 2 HRs, 4 RBIs, 0 Walks, 4 Ks

.200/.200/.800/1.000

4 for 13, 1 2B, 1 HR, 2 RBIs, 1 Walk, 3 Ks

.308/.357/.615/.973

1 for 6, 1 2B, 0 HRs, 1 RBI, 1 Walk, 3 Ks

.167/.286/.333/.619

3 for 12, 1 2B, 0 HRs, 1 RBI, 0 Walks, 5 Ks

.250/.250/.333/.583

3 for 12, 0 2Bs, 0 HRs, 1 RBI, 0 Walks, 0 Ks

.250/.250/.250/.500