Gameday: Diamondbacks (46-47) At Phillies (51-43)
Posted by Tim Malcolm, Sat, July 12, 2008 03:38 PM | Comments: 115
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Today the Phillies will try and continue their winning streak against Randy Johnson and the Diamondbacks. Johnson isn’t the pitcher he once was, but he has a 10-3 record with an impressive 2.61 ERA in 19 starts against the good guys. Among players with a lot of experience against the lefty, Pedro Feliz is hitting .217, Pat Burrell is hitting .154, Jimmy Rollins is hitting .167 and, somehow, Geoff Jenkins is hitting a respectable .273. Take that, lefties. Jayson Werth also has three hits in nine at bats against him.
Werth got the big hit last night, ending a 12-inning roller coaster. The bullpen was used a bit, but not too much to cramp them. Look for Ryan Madson to get into the game once Eaton is pulled, because Eaton will get pulled.
Phillies: Adam Eaton (3-7) 5.20 ERA
Diamondbacks: Randy Johnson (5-7) 5.18 ERA
Gametime: 3:55 p.m. EST
Weather: 88, partly cloudy
TV: FOX
Lineup: Victorino/Werth/Rollins/Howard/Burrell/Feliz/Bruntlett/Ruiz/Eaton
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Your gameday beer: Was at Monk’s yesterday and tried some St. Bernardus Abt 12, an abbey beer from Belgium. Man, oh man, get it. It’s got a strong, dark color and has a bit of a nutty flavor, but it’s so light and smooth you won’t believe it. And it’s potent. Got me tipsy in no time. Eat some ol’ mussels with it.
Go Phillies!
Posts: 1650 Tim Malcolm
Note the lineup: Chase Utley is out of the lineup. He’s hitting in the derby Monday and playing Tuesday, so that’s one reason. The other: Hitting .000 against Randy Johnson.
Jimmy Rollins is hitting third; Vic is leading off (well done).
Posted: 03:40 PM on July 12, 2008
Posts: 1650 Tim Malcolm
Also note: For those who can’t get the game on FOX (New Englanders, for one), the game is unwatchable. To which I say, THANKS A LOT, MLB.
Posted: 03:53 PM on July 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Griffin
yes, this game is blacked out in new york as well, I’m watching it on gamecast. Eaton sucks on that format too.
Posted: 04:03 PM on July 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Craig
and Eaton blows the game wide open in the first quelle surprise
Posted: 04:05 PM on July 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Griffin
what a freaking downer. We’re all pumped after last night’s game, and before the Phils can bat, we’re down 2. Good God this man sucks.
Posted: 04:09 PM on July 12, 2008
Posts: 0 NC Jason
I think we should give eaton the old yeller treatment…. You know… the part in the movie where old yeller has rabies…
Posted: 04:20 PM on July 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
ITs a no brainer now. You have to get rid of this guy. Pay him to go away. I dont care what you do. He CANNOT be allowed to make another start for us. If he does, I will refuse to watch the game until they take him out.
Posted: 04:22 PM on July 12, 2008
Posts: 0 NJ
It’s unlikely he will, a starter will be traded for and now it’s just a case of whether Myers is going to round out the rotation or not… I like the idea of Eaton in long-relief, the pen has been overworked and I’d love to see him earn the rest of this years salary soaking up innings in the pen rather than in a severance package. Maybe he might suprise us like Lieber suprised the Cubs as their swing man.
Posted: 04:38 PM on July 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
I didn’t even know this was a 4 oclock game. Looks like I didn’t miss much besides Eaton sucking.
Posted: 04:40 PM on July 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
What a shot by Vic!
Posted: 04:45 PM on July 12, 2008
Posts: 0 NC Jason
Aloha means goodbye
Posted: 04:45 PM on July 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Griffin
yeah, Shane!
Posted: 04:45 PM on July 12, 2008
Posts: 0 NJ
So does anyone still want to see Vic relagated to a platoon…?
Posted: 04:45 PM on July 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Griffin
i’m watching on gamecast, did that one barely clear the wall?
Posted: 04:46 PM on July 12, 2008
Posts: 0 NC Jason
No it was a blast
Posted: 04:47 PM on July 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Griffin
sweet, i love that hawaiian.
Posted: 04:48 PM on July 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
Eaton a good ball player?
Posted: 04:51 PM on July 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
You notice beane just plugs those new guys right there there and htey contribute right away…the problem with eaton in the pen is he gives up runs in the first two innings hes in there then settles in. whats the use of that in the pen? clay condrey is more effective in that role.
Posted: 04:56 PM on July 12, 2008
Posts: 0 dan
i can’t stand these announcers. give me harry the k!
Posted: 04:56 PM on July 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
vasgersian is actually decent. though tom mccarthy even is way better than he is.
the color man is dull though.
Posted: 04:58 PM on July 12, 2008
Posts: 0 NC Jason
I want Eaton dead
Posted: 05:00 PM on July 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
randy johnson is the worst hitter ever in baseball. i cannot believe adam eaton let him drive in two runs.
Posted: 05:01 PM on July 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
sitll think hell be on our team in two weeks?
Posted: 05:02 PM on July 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
now theyre breaking out rj swindle.
Posted: 05:02 PM on July 12, 2008
Posts: 0 NC Jason
I bet Eaton still complains about run support
Posted: 05:03 PM on July 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
damnit. adam eaton is so bad. 5 runs 4 innings. if this is my team id release him today!
Posted: 05:04 PM on July 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
you cant trade him. he has no value whatsoever
Posted: 05:04 PM on July 12, 2008
Posts: 0 NC Jason
I have never been so happ to see a fat man who looks like the quakeroats guy/ elmer fudd
Posted: 05:06 PM on July 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Dave
I’d gladly pay you Tuesday for Adam Eaton’s unconditional release today…..
Posted: 05:06 PM on July 12, 2008
Posts: 0 NC Jason
I have never been so happy to see a fat man who looks like the quakeroats guy/ elmer fudd
Posted: 05:06 PM on July 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Jamie
Hey fellas. Anyone else want to go halfsies on a hitman with me to whack Eaton?
Posted: 05:08 PM on July 12, 2008
Posts: 0 NC Jason
They take a guy who sucks out of the game for a guy who blows
Posted: 05:08 PM on July 12, 2008
Posts: 0 NC Jason
I am so glad that we needed this guy to be our other lefty.
Posted: 05:09 PM on July 12, 2008
Posts: 0 NC Jason
PHUCK THIS GAME!
Posted: 05:11 PM on July 12, 2008
Posts: 0 dan
its not often i turn a game off before its over…that homer just put me over the edge
Posted: 05:11 PM on July 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Amanda
if adam eaton ever pitches again im gonna throw up, hes makin brett myers look real good over here
Posted: 05:12 PM on July 12, 2008
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Really underscores our need for another starter and more bullpen help, eh?
Posted: 05:12 PM on July 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Jamie
At least our newest lefty specialist is consistent – with giving up run-scoring hits with inherited runners
Posted: 05:12 PM on July 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Jamie
Jesus, Mary and Joseph…Swindle sucks as bad as Eaton I think.
Posted: 05:14 PM on July 12, 2008
Posts: 0 That Guy
Where is the usual group of guys swinging from Adam Eaton’s nutsack? Come on, where are you fucking jerks that were talking about how underrated he was a couple weeks ago? Adam Eaton is a piece of shit. Oh yeah, swindle is a joke too. These cheap bastards in the owners box charge us 45 bucks for a tshirt at the team store and keep shoveling shit down our throats in return. Fuck them, and fuck the phillies.
Posted: 05:14 PM on July 12, 2008
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Swindle cannot face righties. This is just a bad situation for him. What does Charlie do? Ride Madson from the fifth to seventh? Ugh. Can they score eight runs?
Posted: 05:15 PM on July 12, 2008
Posts: 0 jeff
charlie manuel is an idiot. pitching swindle against anyone that isnt a lefty is retarded
Posted: 05:15 PM on July 12, 2008
Posts: 0 NC Jason
SWING AT THE FIRST PITCH DOWN 8? I DO NOT CARE IF THE GUY IS ON FIRE 1 PITCH 1 OUT DUMB BASEBALL
Posted: 05:17 PM on July 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Jamie
Yeah, they can score the 8, but Chase better get in the game and the pen better not give up any more. I’d rather see Carrasco and Happ instead of Myers and Eaton at this point. I mean, seriously, can Cholly put Eaton back on the mound after the break? I just can’t see it.
Posted: 05:19 PM on July 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Gavin
Just think about this. The Dbacks are the worst hitting team in baseball. Adam eaton cant get them out.? Are tyou fucking kidding me? I was emabarrased he gave up two runs to them. he gives up 8 in 3 and 2/3? Adam Eaton deserves to NEVER PITCH ANOTHER BALL for the Phillies. If Gillick and Co. send him out there one more time this year they have no clue what they’re doing. I hat this prick. i’ve hated him since he arrived and I’ve never liked the smug fucker. Fuck him and fuck his career.
That shit all started when he pitched around the 8 hitter w/ 2 outs to get to johnson. You dont do that shit. he is the biggest pussy this tema has ever had short of Travis Fucking Lee.
I’m proposing that if Adam eaton starts another game, Phillies Nation should send a letter signed by everyone on the site to the Ownership that all they care about is money, not the bottom line of ………winning.
Fuck this shit.
Posted: 05:20 PM on July 12, 2008
Posts: 0 NC Jason
Place your bets – What day and time during the All-Star break is Eaton released?
Posted: 05:20 PM on July 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Gavin
It wont ever happen. He’ll get sent down……thats about all we can hope for. They wont release him.
Posted: 05:21 PM on July 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Greg V.
Just shut this one off. I am beyond disgusted with Adam Eaton. He is easily one of the worst pitchers this team has ever had and he has done absolutely nothing to help this ball club. I don’t care about his quality starts at the begining of the season, for they mean nothing now. The rumblings about the Phils seeking Burnett, despite my problems with him, I can only hope are true. It was never a good time for Eaton on this team. It is way past due for these two to part ways.
Posted: 05:21 PM on July 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Adam Eaton
Sorry guys, I forgot to take out my tampon in the 4th and it starting irritating me.
hey, you guys know of any good place to rent in Allentown?
Posted: 05:22 PM on July 12, 2008
Posts: 0 NC Jason
No I think they just release him, why ruin the kids down at the minors and Eaton has to agree to go to the minors
Posted: 05:23 PM on July 12, 2008