hot and humid weather is what you get all summer, just about everywhere you go. hopefully cole can snap out of the funk, because it looks like the last few outings have been mental with him. i don’t think he is injured, but you never know.

i agree with you about the rest of the pitching staff thought. moyer has to stay healthy and productive, and the rest of the guys just have to keep it to less than 5 runs per start. i wouldnt mind locking up moyer for another year or two if possible.

i hope hamels is healthy otherwise theyre going to waiver-trade for bronson arroyo, just watch.

One thing I noticed with Hamels, if he has a bad start he ususally has another one. Then he’s his old self again. It’s a little more worrisome because they were both extra piss poor starts from him these past two. I’m not worried really. When it’s hot and humid, it’s really not pitching weather. As good as Lohse was, it was getting the better of him too. Sometimes you just have to suck these outings up.

My thoughts are, he’ll be fine. He is without a doubt the ace of our staff. I just hope Moyer stays healthy and the the rest of the rotation keeps us in the game.

The Mets and the Marlins have enough talent and flaws which is why the three teams are so bunched together. Each team gives you flashes of brilliance and then maddening failure.

Look at the Cubs rotation:

Zambrano, Dempster, Harden and Lilly.

I would take Harden and Zambrano over any of our pitchers. SO yes, I think the Cubs are clearly the best team in the national league.

The Phillies’ offense is too inconsistent. Sure the pitching is mediocre, yes the bullpen is fantastic, but too many strikeouts and not enough productive outs which has been pointed out on this sight many times.

An NL Central team will make it to the World Series; Cubs? Your bullpen is solid, though! Our bullpen is disgusting; truly atrocious! The only flaw I see with your team is its lack of clutch hitting and pitching. It’s a mental flaw, and not a form of incompetence like the Mets’ bullpen.

I’m watching the Dodgers game to see how Manny, wearing the number 99, does in his L.A. debut.