Comments on: Phils not much for fan appreciation night, but definitely appreciating the math skills of whoever it is that says they’ve clinched

By: egrissom

egrissom — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:01:13 +0000

Not for long would be my guess on Utley in the two-hole.

Howard limping and Bastardo bringing the ugly were defeinitely the low lights of the day. But winning is still better than losing.

Mostly glad to see the life. The series with the Braves should be very interesting. The Bastardo thing is a real problem and I will be curious how they deal with it. Not giving him the ball in the post-season is one way, but I don’t think they’re going to do that. So we’ll see.

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 21:53:36 +0000

Sunday, and a lot of good things today. Pence looked good. Rollins seems like he has found his stroke. Doc was terrific. The leather returned; Polly had some big league plays. Victorino made some catches that were really good, especially the last out. It was REALLY good to have Rollins and Utley at the keystone.

Interesting to see Utley in the two hole. I wonder how long Charlie will try that one out.

And then there is Bastardo. Jiminy. Of course, after Doc sat down, subsequent pitching was a little bit of an adventure.

By: egrissom

egrissom — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 00:27:08 +0000

Kinda hoping we don’t have to pick between Victorino and Rollins. I agree it’s got to be Victorino if we can only have one.

I’m still not ready to panic, but I agree that seven in a row is a lot. Hamels pitched well, despite the silly HR to Pascucci. Tought to win when you’re team scores one and doesn’t get a hit until the seventh. Double to Victorino and two hits for Rollins so far in the night game.

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 19:44:26 +0000

Seven in a row. No hitting. Hamels gives up a stupid, stupid dinger to a guy who should not even be in the majors, showing the continuiing regression of his recent games.

Remember how we all thought that the starters would keep us from losing four in a row? Remember when we were wondering if they would win 105 or 106 or so?

Think they get out of the first round?

This team is in trouble.

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 22:00:42 +0000

BTW, Eric, if I have to choose between Victorino or Rollins getting hits, I choose Victorino.

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 21:59:00 +0000

I will be officially concerned if they lose the series against the Mets. I will be panicked if they lose it as badly as they lost the Nats series. In the baseball world, momentum going into the postseason DOES count for something.

By: egrissom

egrissom — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 20:50:57 +0000

i agree that Bowker and Brown won’t be on the post-season roster. I’m still not ready to panic if the Phils don’t hammer the Mets this weekend. If they don’t look good by the time they get to their last two games with the Braves, you can count me in.

I would like to see Bastardo get someone out soon. And Victorino or Rollins get a hit.

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 19:41:24 +0000

I get the feeling that even though they called Brown up, they have no intention of using him. Just have him call it a year and come back fresh next March. He was pretty awful at Lehigh Valley the last couple of weeks.

I don’t think we’ll see him or Bowker on the post season roster. Would like to see the Mets not ‘be a little Dickey about it’ and allow some Phillies runners to cross home plate while tallying a run.

By: egrissom

egrissom — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:24:45 +0000

I think letting Lee throw 120 pitches on Tuesday was a really bad idea. I have less of a problem with Oswalt last night — I think it was valuable to see what Oswalt did in the eighth after he had been so good earlier in the game. The answer was pretty definitive, even if it wasn’t what you were hoping for.

Agree about Bowker, don’t really understand on that one. I would have guessed there would be more Brown as well.

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:01:47 +0000

Seems odd to me that Bowker is getting time with Brown MIA. Isn’t there a reason the Pirates couldn’t use Bowker?

I agree with the pitching usage as we are seeing it for the reasons Jim mentions.

I have no idea what they do to get Bastardo back; there isn’t anyone else.