Phillies Nation

Hope we score some runs on the radio they just said Lidge is not available tonight the closer will be Flash….

HAHAHA Phil

Manuel is pretty dumb and will probably use Flash as the closer. They should give the ball to Durbin in the 9th.

Nice hit by Feliz, too bad the worst hitting catcher in baseball bats behind him.

That was a disgrace. J-Roll handed one of them an RBI.

There we go Ruiz! GIDP is your MO

Any time there’s a runner on first, and Ruiz is at the plate, I think he should be forced to bunt – even if they are two outs.

It’s official, we own the Braves, especially in Atlanta.

I can’t wait to whoop the Mets

I wish Hamels pitch count wasn’t 96. I want to see him get another CGSO.

Hamels is a lock for the all star game now.

Hamels is staying in it seems.

great performance by cole. couldnt quite get the last one. but a brandon webb… just kidding, great performance.

Imagine if Franceour played in Philly. He’d be getting death threats from Phil and Geoff.

im glad they at least showed their dominance when returning to their own division

Mets come to Philly now…however, the mets ahve been on an offensive tear the last few days..and we know what a band box CB is..so we’re prob. in for some high scoring games.

I have a confession to make. I’m really 63 years old!

Nice job calling up a guy and then not playing him. Really nice. now we are going to be forced to watch clay condrey again.

I would have DFA’ed Taguchi or Condrey to keep Swindle. It’s ashame he didn’t get a chance to pitch, but I think we’ll see him pitch for the big league club sometime this season.

You can’t have younger players develop if they’re riding the bench, ie Golson.

i like this blog because people dont often post as players/sports figures, etc. thats SO annoying.

Part of the issue with “furthering his game in the bullpen” is the fact that the starters are workhorses — for all the grief heaped upon them for not being dominent the Phils have four pitchers that would make about 80% of the leagues rotations as their #3 or #4. Just look at Swindle – who I’m sure they wanted to get in at some point the last few days – when would you have brought him in?

Last night? Cole had a shutout going into the 9th, you let your ace try to finish unless their some issue. By the time you knew he needed to come out you want a vet there to close the door.

Tues/Wed? Both nights Lidge came in because he was warmed up for a saved situation (you can’t expect a pitcher to suddenly warm up in four minutes because they scored an insurance run in the top of the 9th and you don’t warmup a pitcher that you don’t expect to come in just in case they score another run )

At Lehigh, Swindle’s assured of getting work. Vets are more experienced and proven in being able to get the job done after not being used for 4-7 days. Yes even Condrey does a solid (not great) job in the role they ask of him. In Sept, when there will be a few makeup double headers and long stretches without an off day there will be more work and they’ll get their shot. While you’re always hoping to get more production it’s hard to improve on the job the bullpen has done. Charlie doesn’t always bring them in as soon as he should but when he has the usually keep the team in the game (except for the once a month or so Gordon blow up)