“The Boston Globe, citing an unnamed team official said the Philadelphia Phillies are beating the bushes for one more starting pitcher. They’ll be in on just about anybody who becomes available, perhaps a No. 2 or No. 3 type.

They would also be in on a No. 1 such as C.C. Sabathia if the Indians are serious about peddling him or Erik Bedard if the Mariners rip things apart.

They are also taking a good look at A.J. Burnett, who has an opt-out, as well as Bronson Arroyo and Derek Lowe. The official said the Phillies see this year as a prime opportunity to make it to the World Series.”

Source: Boston.com

first of all, myers pitched well for most of the game. double digit k’s i think.

he shouldve been pulled after going 7 so he could have left with confidence and a positive attitude. scratch that because erick eybar went yard on him in the 8th when someone else shouldve been on the mound.

scot shields was throwing straight cheddar.

again, the pattern continues with this team. this is what they do against good pitching. they get behind early and they dont win.

but they DID come back, and promtly botched it in a brand new way. ok, now i know feliz is slow. in that situation you have to pinch run for him. they need another speed guy off the bench. michael bourn was great in that role and perhaps golson can do that. so taguchi doesnt count because he dropped an easy fly last night. no excuses, DFA’d. you have to be able to catch fly balls to be a professional baseball player. bring up golson or even TJ bohn would do better than that.

WHEN they get another starter theyll need to reshuffle and move someone to the bullpen.

in all honesty though, this teams needs a whole lot more than one starter. they probably need two more solid starters. one more solid bullpen arm. AND a better 5th outfielder. AND the guys that they are committed to in this lineup need to just improve because theyre not patient enough. this lineup needs to improve because it was exposed by good pitching and it will continue to be until they fix that.

Victorino
Rollins
Burrell
Utley
Werth
Howard
Feliz
Coste

There’s no doubt in my mind Vic should occupy the leadoff spot. Although breaking up the leftys would be nice, Burrells OBP is just too sick not to use earlier, ESPECIALLY with Utley hitting with so much power this year. Howard needs a wakeup call badly and won’t hurt us so badly at 6. Also, he will almost always have people on base for him to rake in with the way the three in the front of him get on base. Of course this is all too logical for it to ever happen.

Is there something I am missing here?

Unfortunately we still have a bunch of tough games ahead, so if the players dont get a clue we could be in trouble.

Ugh. 4 games in a row lost. It’s tough times like these that make me remember why I love the Phillies so much.

Hopefully we can bounce back..please don’t let me down.

And, not to sound weird or anything, but I had the luxury of actually getting to watch a Phillies game – since I’m out here in Pasadena, CA and they were playing the Angels. They brought up Gary Matthews Sr. for commentary in the 7th..that was cool – but what bugged me was that they kept showing So Man’s face after he missed that fly ball. He looked super sad..I felt sorry for him.

Anyhow, let’s pull for a win tomorrow. We’re still in first place, let’s start playing like a first place team…don’t let me down another time, Fightin’s.

Die Hard Phillies fan forever – just very discouraged about if we’re even going to MAKE the playoffs :-(

- AP
http://www.proctorformayor.com

LETS GO PHILLIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am glad Chase sat out the whole game – Jen, please bang him more often! :^)

Brett pitched an awesome game until the eighth inning! It is always that one extra batter that does him in. Vlad’s first homerun was a great pitch. Second homerun pitch was horrible – piped down the center – no brainer.

I agree with the comment on the lineup switcheroo. Jimmy is to comfortable as lead-off. Howard has waaay to many LOBs It is time to mix things up a bit.

As frustrated as I am, I still hang on all of the commentary, listen to every bit of radio, and read all of the blogs and watch every pitch of every inning of every game – luv my Phillies!

Sh!tcan Chris Wheeler and hire Mitch Williams – PAleeze! Mitch is the best commentator in the game today!!! I am so tired of hearing comments like “You know, they have a really low batting average because they are just not getting any hits.” Comment after comment after comment like that! I am so sick of that POS!

Go Phillies!!!!!

ok, seriously though, I’m glad we’re in 1st place and I know being 13 games over .500 was too good to be true. Please, if there is a God, don’t let the Muts back into this thing. Please. I will not be able to handle it living in NY. Muts fans are giddy right now (even though Pedro sucks!!!).
Hopefully, we’ll start hitting again and we’ll continue to lead the division. Myers did look good tonight though. Now, back to drinking for me…