Archive for June, 2008
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Monday, June 30th, 2008A 3-9 stretch against AL teams seems to suggest that the Phillies can’t play with the American League, but not to be forgotten is that prior to miserable stretch against the AL they had dropped back-to-back sets against the Marlins and the Cardinals.
The way the Phillies have been playing, they aren’t going to […]
All the Phillies’ O’s apparently live in Texas
Sunday, June 29th, 2008There was lots of speculation about what it would take to snap the Phils out of their collective offensive slump and the answer has finally revealed itself: Texas Rangers’ pitching. The Rangers came in to the series having allowed the most runs in all of baseball and the Phils feasted in the first […]
Phillies struggling to be a little less consistent
Saturday, June 28th, 2008Team
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NL Rank R
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We need to score some more runs or something
Friday, June 27th, 2008Good thing Shane Victorino showed up or that could have been embarrassing.
Rich Harden pitched great for the A’s yesterday afternoon, holding the Phils to a pair of singles by Victorino over eight innings while striking out 11. Sadly it doesn’t take great pitching to beat the Phillies these days, they lost for the seventh […]
Lucky number seven
Thursday, June 26th, 2008The Phils shuffled their lineup around last night, but it was a tremendous pitching performance from Kyle Kendrick that got them a win for the first time in seven games. Kendrick tossed eight scoreless frames in which he held Oakland to four hits.
It wasn’t exactly an offensive explosion for the Phils. They came […]
Emil happy to demo what Brown, or having an offense that gets a hit just every now and again, can do for you
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008Apparently a day off and a trip across the country wasn’t what the Phillies needed to get their offense going.
Jamie Moyer was fantastic for six innings last night, but he pitched more than six. He took a 1-0 lead into the seventh before Emil Brown’s three-run homer put the A’s up to stay.
The Phillies […]
Dream catchers
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008The Phillies have used five starting pitchers and two catchers this season. Here’s how many batters each of the pitchers has faced with each catcher behind the plate and what opposing hitters have done against the pitcher by the catcher he was throwing to, using OPS as the measure:
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Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue
Monday, June 23rd, 2008What we learned in recent games is something we all should have known already — the Phillies aren’t as good as the Red Sox or the Angels. That’s not a problem. The problem is that trying to prove they were got them so tight they couldn’t play. But to be as good […]
Now if we can just get someone to write a column calling the 13 hitters wimps we should be all set
Sunday, June 22nd, 2008Coming off a miserable string of starts, Brett Myers was much better last night. The Phils didn’t win or anything, let’s not get nuts, but he pitched deep into the eighth inning before the game changed on a two-run homer he surrendered to Erick Aybar.
Myers’ line doesn’t look particularly fantastic — he allowed four […]
We’re no Angels
Saturday, June 21st, 2008Ugly. Outhit 17-2, the Phils lost again last night. They have lost five of their last six.
It’s not like Anaheim was playing pristine baseball, either. The Angels made four errors, but Adam Eaton was pounded for six runs on 12 hits over just five innings and the Phils did nothing with the […]