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By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 01:44:38 +0000

If you are right about the glimmer, and if Jimmy is now able to see the ball, this series just may not come back to Philly.

Imagine the World Series opening with Roy Halliday against Cliff Lee. But I leap ahead… LOL

By: egrissom

egrissom — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 01:13:00 +0000

Hope you’re right again about the glimmer. Looking for the Phils to drive one right down the middle and two-put in, if that means winning two out of three in San Francisco.

Go Phillies.

By: Leighton

Leighton — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:35:27 +0000

hey…I have been MIA on the site, but had to say Go Phillies!!!

Keep up the good work…

I am still looking for that glimmer in Utley’s eye
I may have seen it last night
-L

By: egrissom

egrissom — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 21:00:06 +0000

I agree. If they can’t hit the ball out of the yard they might as well be able to move runners along or steal a base. I don’t think they’re going to have much success that way, though, even with Halladay, Hamels and Oswalt all pitching well. So let’s hope they score some runs.

I’ve been looking at Matt Cain’s numbers for the years and starting to wonder how much advantage the Phils have in game three, if any. Cain’s kinda scary. The Phillies have great numbers against him, but I’m not sure how much that matters. Should be another good game. Like you said before, Hamels during the day always makes you a little nervous.

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 20:25:58 +0000

Agreed. If these guys are reduced to small ball it means that the team average will remain somewhere around 200, and they will continue to NOT have consecutive hits (this post season, they have had consecutive hits only ONCE so far). I’m just sayin’. If they are going to continue that style, Polly is going to be pretty important.

By: brianm

brianm — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 19:53:18 +0000

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By: egrissom

egrissom — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 18:01:49 +0000

I agree that the bat control is nice and so is the ability to move runners along. He had a big RBI last night when he brought in Victorino with the sac fly. The Phillies shouldn’t be playing small ball, though. They should be playing get some walks and it off the wall ball.

I don’t think we need to fear Bumgarner. I do think he will be really good someday, but he’s still just 20. He was very good over his last six starts, throwing to a 1.18 ERA, but his numbers overall for the season aren’t dominating, but I think he’s more than capable of pitching well against the Phils in game four. I think Blanton is more than capable of pitching well, too, I just don’t see it as a big advantage for the Phils.

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 17:43:20 +0000

The main reason I like Polly hitting behind the leadoff is because of his bat skill. He hits them where they are supposed to be hit in order to move runners. I do like that, especially if the 6 runs last night are NOT harbingers of runs to come. Polly is a real asset in the two hole if we are going to be playing a lot of small ball.

I do not know if game 4 will be high scoring, but I think I am with Jim about starting Blanton. He has done ok the last half of the season, sort of. And I do like the big three working on full rest. I have not seen Bumgarner at all; is he really that good?

By: egrissom

egrissom — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 17:25:06 +0000

I think Polanco, Utley Victorino is better than Victorino, Utley, Polanco. I also think Polanco, Victorino, Utley would also be better than the way the Phils did it last night. Victorino was third on the team in home runs and shouldn’t be leading off. Polanco really cen’t do much except single and not strike out, so I don’t think he’s the man to hit third.

I think Charlie likes to keep Ruiz eighth cause he’s so slow and he likes to keep some speed at the top of the order (like Polanco, ha ha)