Comments on: Angels Sweep Phils Off Top Deck; Reality Sets In

By: Don M

Don M — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:06:16 +0000

Dad,

Since when is saying that Taguchi “isn’t doing a thing this year to help us” defending him??

This isn’t just another case of you being a b!tch, and posting your name as my dad, so I can’t call you out on your lack of baseball knowledge again is it dad? Dad?? Are you still there?? Hello??

If anyone needs me, I’ll be cleaning my room…

By: Matt Kwasiborski

Matt Kwasiborski — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:43:21 +0000

I live down here in DC as well. Where is this newly claimed bar? I have to check it out!

By: Phil

Phil — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:15:14 +0000

then*

By: Phil

Phil — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:14:55 +0000

If we can get another starter and the Brett Myers he’s supposed to be than we have a good rotation.

By: erik

erik — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:01:20 +0000

this was an ugly week. i was at monday and saturdays games. monday obviously was the one nice day all week. now as for what i saw saturday. our offense sucked. flat out sucked. however, myers pitched a hell of a game. he was locating the fastball, his hook was tremendous, and his change actually looked pretty good. aside from 2 bad pitches to vlady, he pitched a great game. i cant blame him for the 8th inning, he had 2 quick outs and then got around to the top of the order again. this was going to be his 4th time through the order. charlie needs to take him out at this point. he had romero ready for 3 straight lefties, and left myers in. bad coaching. horrible coaching. the only bright side i see right now is that after watching brett on saturday, i think he is starting to come around. really.

By: Brian Michael

Brian Michael — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:49:53 +0000

Geoff, where is your conference this week? I know you swore off the Phils, but if you’re up for watching a game, then I’ll show you our newly-claimed Phillies bar down here.

By: Frank

Frank — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:49:07 +0000

I dunno. Put this week after the preceding tricky, yet winning, road trip- Iâ€™m inclined to give the Phillies a pass this week. Frankly, theyâ€™re still the NL Eastâ€™s best chance, by far, of producing a 88-win outfit.

If this post pitching “reality”, well, yu can overanalyze this stuff. Frankly, for two years now, the Phillies are a wild card level team in a weak division. The Phillies are an 88 win team, in contention the past 250 or so games less on their own merits and more due the paucity of play in NL East.

Conversely, the Angles and Red Sox are elite outfits- the two sole members of the American Leagues .600 plus club. You canâ€™t get too disconcerted by the fact that the Phils got their head handed to them by a pair of clubs that are clearly better than them.

Theyâ€™re just not an elite team- capable of winning the World Series short of astonishing luck. Outside of Utley, you can pitch to their core hitters. In the five rotation spots, theyâ€™re a plus at 1 (Hamels), even at 3-4-5 (Moyer, Kendrick, Eaton), and a considerable minus at 2 (Myers). Add a plus â€˜pen, and the pitching is north of average, but not by much.

And good teams have bad weeks in the grind of a 162 games schedule, particularly when the draw is loaded with true quality outfits. Nothing this week should put off a sane view of the Phillies as a 90-72 club- but any deep, rational post-season run is unlikely barring a revitalized Myers, another top of the rotation starter via trade and a helpful bat in the bottom or the order.

By: Don M's DAD

Don M's DAD — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:01:00 +0000

Listen Donny, no one cares that Taguchi was solid five years ago so stop defending him. Now go clean your room. It stinks worse than Taguchi’s glovework

By: Todd

Todd — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:49:06 +0000

every team is going to go through this… can’t be jumping off of bridges now. I haven’t watched any of these games (save for the lone hamels win that was on ESPN last week) because I live in NYC, but what team doesn’t have a bad period like this during the season? I have a feeling getting out on the road will help them a bit, was a lot of expectation in their heads playing these so-called world series games.

Seriously, lighten up, starting to sound like met fans.

By: geoff

geoff — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:33:42 +0000

ok off to dc no phillies until wednesday night. that should make me feel better

By: Mike T.

Mike T. — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:13:43 +0000

Seriously, I’m not worried the least bit. I have exhausted all of my pessimism in the early weeks of the season. At this point, I am delusional to bad baseball.

By: Mike T.

Mike T. — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:47:59 +0000

I’m not worried.

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:46:33 +0000

Time to cut Taguchi has come and gone, what the hell is he swinging at that 2-0 pitch for yesterday! Really showed his power drove the ball damn near to shallow left.
I think he’s here as Charlie’s interpretor the only language he speaks intelligently is Japanese.

By: Don M

Don M — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:45:04 +0000

Howard Eskin said it last night on Sport’s Final… and I agree 100%….. why the hell was Bruntlett the pinch-runner, and Taguchi the pinch-hitter??? It should have been the other way around..

Taguchi had a nice career with the Cardinals, but isn’t doing a thing to help us this year.

Good news/bad news..

Bad news is that we lost 5 in a row to two of the best teams in baseball.

Good news is that our offense didn’t do a thing, and we were “still-in” 3 of those 5 games.. the 3-0 loss to Lester, the Myers game, and yesterday…

Lets go get a pitcher or three !!!

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:44:32 +0000

Will someone light a match under the Phillies offense. They’re flatter than an Israeli lafa. Hamels did not deserve this loss.

By: clicheguevara

clicheguevara — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:48:42 +0000

What? Moving Victorino to 6th and putting your best pinch hitter in at 2nd didn’t work? Well gee, this sure as hell beats me.

I guess it doesn’t really matter if we make it to the World Series anyway since no one can hit AL pitching.

By: So Taguchi

So Taguchi — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:36:12 +0000

For the last damn time, I am a terrible hitter and I am BRUTAL defensively. Also, I don’t speak English or Spanish so I can’t be a clubhouse leader. WHY THE HELL AM I HERE?

By: Phil

Phil — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 03:46:00 +0000

YEah, I’d rather have Chris Snelling or TJ Bohn up here than So Taguchi.

By: chris m

chris m — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 03:34:03 +0000

so taguchi was a waste of a signing we didnt need him and hes only hurt us…hes fucked up more games then most of these everyday player have

By: danny

danny — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 03:03:30 +0000

Tim can you rename it the “So Taguchi Award”?