Phillies Nation

Weeeee.

A. Shortest Gamenight post of the year. What gives?
B. Howard is absolutely not “back”.

good ab for howard(even though it was an out) whos looking a lot better lately(seven game hit streak). he is climbing back. also a great rip by victorino, would like to see him pick it up a little

Tim, the slack has been cut. I enjoy all of your posts, even the brief ones. Oh, and your boy Howard looked real nice getting K’d up – he’s back for sure. 1 for 3 with a HR and a K, yipee.

Great game by Cole Hamels.

If we’re a good team we’ll move on and sweep the Jays.

WOW! great performance by cole hamels. THAT is what ive been talking about. i know cole has the ability to perform like this, and its very gratifying to see him go out there and mow people down. they get a free pass tonight. they earned it with a steady performance on offense and an outstanding career night (so far) for cole hamels. i dunno about purcey because i havent seen him before, but shaun marcum is pitching well this weekend. aj burnett is doing ok but not up to what you expect from him. big weekend for the back end of the rotation, if they drop the ball its alarmo time. but for right now, they earn the free pass and a compliment for cole’s performance.

Good to see Hamels throw a gem like that. And also good to see the Phils take 2 of 3 from a division rival.

While I’m not going to pronounce Howard “back,” the past week or so has been encouraging. And he did fine tonight. I’ll take 1 for 3 with a solo dinger (yeah, he’s gotta hit more with men on base, but as someone said, small steps, man, small steps).

Cole is the man. I hope Myers was watching how it’s supposed to be done.

Seriously, if Myers would only play to his potential every time out — or not even every time, I’ll hope for 75 percent of the time — then this team is looking like a contender. As has been pointed out, Kendrick, despite the fact that some guys here don’t like him, has been producing statistically “quality” starts. I’ve always been firmly in the pro-Moyer camp. So Myers is the missing link. If he can be consistent (problem is, I doubt he can), that would leave us with only one piece of sh*t in the rotation, and it’s not all that difficult to replace one turd as the season wears on.

Anyway, great win. Two of three at CBP against the Braves, plus a flat-out dominant pitching performance that gives the ‘pen a rest = big smile in my book.

The free pass ends on the opening pitch. With Moyer, it ends as soon as I see him on the TV or near the mound if its in person.

i am happy to see some positive messages. good stuff fellow optomists. mike, you seriously have got to be the most negative person i have ever come across. relax a little man and enjoy this team. they are good and we are in for a wild ride all summer. think about this way, you could be a mets fan.

go phils

Mike T – just promise us you won’t consider taking the toaster with u come bath time.

Howard 3 HR’s in 5 games…i’m not that good at math, but for fun’s sake, what’s that – roughly 100 dingers in a season? Flyers won! My boss is leaving early today! The only thing missing is Gennessee Cream Ale…..