Comments on: Meet me in someplace other than St Louis

By: egrissom

egrissom — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:08:36 +0000

Six games to turn things around against the Mets and the Braves. I think they will. If they really bring back Pence and Howard and keep on losing going into the post-season, that’s not going to be good. I think there’s legitimate reason to be concerned about Rollins and Victorino, who have just been miserable at the top of the order. The Phils don’t have any answers for those guys not hitting. They have to hit, at least a little.

I will be really interested to see what the Phils do with Mayberry the rest of the way and into the playoffs. He’s been one of their strongest offensive players for a while now and they have no place to play him.

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:52:36 +0000

Kinda hoping Jim is right. A strong, no dinger outing from Hamels tonight would make me feel WAY better.

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:42:19 +0000

Top of the lineup is 0 for 36 with 5 walks. Utley looks as bad as any hitter I have ever seen. It isn’t that he isn’t hitting home runs (and a three hole HAS to do that), it is that he has not driven a ball in a long, long time. How many popups can one man hit in a series? Victorino is lost.

Add Howard and Pence and at least Pence can drive Howard home. I doubt that will be enough.

And can we end the Bowker experiment now, please?

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 13:49:19 +0000

I’m still in the results-don’t-matter club. But, still, I would like to see this team crack the 100 win mark. Maybe the Mets can help with that.

By: egrissom

egrissom — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 13:26:59 +0000

They didn’t really look that good, did they? I think they’re a good team playing badly and not a bad team, though. That distinction isn’t going to help them much if they never score a run again, though. Six in a row is a lot.

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 02:52:14 +0000

Peacock ate the Phillies for lunch. I watched a very, very bad team get swept tonight.

By: egrissom

egrissom — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 19:56:06 +0000

You’re right about the Nats. Wrote that yesterday before last night’s game. Just updated. Thanks.

I feel good about tonight. Peacock had a pretty nice year in the minors, so it will be interesting to see what he does, too.

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 19:27:18 +0000

BTW, I thought I heard the announcers last night say that the Nats have a winning record against the Phillies.

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 19:25:35 +0000

Well, in a couple of hours I will be off to the last game of the season in The Bank. It is officially Fan Appreciation Night. I would like to be appreciated. I WANT to feel appreciated. I think a solid win would make me feel that way just fine, thank you very much.