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He’s too emotional for me, when shit gets tough I don’t think he can handle the heat. Every pitcher gets upset when they get pulled, he lost it. Look at Pat, he gets pulled nightly and doesn’t get in Charlies face. I don’t know, I like guys fired up like Rowand, not Myers. Just my 2 cents, everyone’s entitled.

It’s good to see somebody get fired up on the team like this…Thats what they need because most of the players have a laid back attitude.

I didn’t catch the game. I had work tonight at my new job. I actually just got in. Being a bartender can be shitty, but it’s a good job to have money while in school. Needless to say, It seems like Myers pitched a fantastic game. I’m excited about that. I wonder how many people still want him to move to the pen and be our set up man? I’m glad he got up in Charlie’s face…someone needs to.

Hey Jimmy! Good to see you! Where ya been all season?

As J-Roll goes, the Phillies go…

We all know that Charlie does some really perplexing things. I’m not sure what the circumstances were when he pulled Brett since I missed the game. It sounds like it wasn’t unreasonable to let him get the 3rd out of the 8th. According to a previous post, he had pitched 97 pitches to that point. Let him get through the inning.

Not necessarily a bad thing that Brett talked back to him. Perhaps the players have been questioning some of Charlie’s moves behind his back?

Another example of Myers’ “me first” attitude. He had just given up a ground rule double and then the next batter hits a screamer. It was time for him to come out. Just give the ball to Charlie – no, he’s got to throw a hissy fit out on the mound. He deserved what he got from Charlie.

Offense looked better. J-Ro had a very nice night although he almost got caught not hustling on the first triple. Utley had another terrible night.

All in all a positive step forward.

this is simply amazing. Jose Reyes pulls a tantrem on the field for coming out of a game early and he’s classless, yet Myers does the same thing and he’s passionate and emotional. it looks like the hypocracy is full effect.

I’m with Harry. I hope Myers pitches well the rest of the season. First, it will help us. Second, it will increase his trade value. We need to part ways with Myers and get the most we can in return.

Even though he appears to be pitching pretty well now, he’s still on the edge of effectiveness. He still has no control of his 4-seamer. It is all over the place. When he gets it over it is usually down the middle and gets hit very hard (like the double and the line drive out in the 8th.).

Also, even though he may be pitching decently now, God only knows what we will get next year. Instead of being like Dempster, working hard in the off season, and coming in ready for the switch from reliever back to starter, look what we got. I sure as heck don’t want to go through another season like this with Myers. He is too much of an unpredictable, unreliable head case for me.

Mets dude I think you’ll find most of us disagree with Brett’s antics after being lifted.

I seriously doubt Brett Myers is going anywhere. He will be making $12 million for 2009. While I do agree that I do not like any public display of controvery between teamates, I definently like Brett’s display of passion and his want to pitch. However, there certainly is a fine line between the two, especially when it gets aired out in public. Brett should have made a statement to Cholly about wanting to continue to pitch, then discussed it behind closed doors after the game. A huge part of pitching is confidence, and that is one element of Brett’s psychy that he has seemed to regain. Anyway, based on both of their statements after the game, it seems like this issue is over.

I’m just glad the Myers and Blanton are both showing that they can get it done. Now if the offense can start scoring some runs…

Also, Myers coming back strong makes me excited for the playoffs. Myers can pitch with the best of them. I really think in a series against the Brewers and Cubs we can win. Honestly, I’m really hoping the Cards take the WC. I KNOW we can beat them in the 1st round. Our pitching would own theirs. I mean, come on…Loshe is their best pitcher. What a joke. I think Hamels-Myers-Blanton-Moyer can hold their own with Zambrano-Dempster-Harden-Lilly. I’d actually match Moyer up with Harden. They both usually can’t go more than 6 innings. Our bullpen is much better than the Cubs bullpen.

I’m OK with a tantrum that is thrown behind closed doors. Fire is good. Public tantrums are childish, and I’ve had enough of Childish Brett. We need to see a more mature guy down the stretch.

Phil, your optimism floweth over. Cubs rotation vs. ours? I’d still take the Cubs, dude. Sure, ours might be able to keep us in those games, but they definitely have the edge in pitching if we go into a series. Don’t forget our offense is still broken. Last night was good, but before that we went 23 scoreless innings and got shut out over 12 by the crappy Pirates pitching staff. The Cubs, meanwhile, have a pretty good, balanced lineup of their own, so in a short playoff series, they’re definitely the better team going in.

I for one have had enough of Mr. Myers. Lest we forget, the night of his incident in Boston it was 1:30am when it happened. He was his way home from a bar when he was due to pitch a day game that very day. Not very responsible.

Now this is suppose to be the new, improved Myers. Looks to me like the same old spoiled, out-of-control Myers. Those anger management classes really helped.

I’d trade him for six-pack and it wouldn’t even have to be cold.

Excellent win last night, but ian snell is REALLY bad. hes worse than i thought. jimmy rollins was OUTSTANDING last night, easily the best player on the field. he has not played to that level in an ENTIRE year. at least good to know he still can do that once in a while.

brett myers was outstanding as well. but from what i was able to see during and after the game, i think hes not going to be here next year. i think hes trying to get out of here.

from a certain point of view, i can understand him being pissed though. why bring romero in there if myers is cruising just to get one batter? myers couldve gotten him.

Let’s not forget Myers was in the minors a few short weeks ago. He has no right to run his mouth about being pulled. Everyone gets the hook. True professionals understand this.

The worse part in my mind was he continued to jaw at Charlie in the dugout. Instead of taking his medicine like a man he had to yak back at probably his strongest supporter. This again proves that Myers cares more about himself than he does about anything else. It’s always me, me, and more me. Time for a change of scenery for Mr. Hurt Feelings.

If Myers pitches like he has the last 3 starts the rest of the season I guarantee everyone of you will be singing a different tune. The difference between Myers and someone like Eaton is that Myers can actually pitch. He has good stuff. Top 5 curveballs in baseball. Jump all over me for it, I really don’t care, but it’s true. The thing about Myers curveball is that he needs to set it up with his fastball. He needs to locate that fastball to set up the curveball. Most of the season he wasn’t able to locate his fastball. He went down to the minors to work on it and succeeded. As bad as our offense has been, they’re just underachieving. It’s horrible to watch, but if they can hit on all cylinders in October they can be the most deadly line up in baseball…hands down. As far as our pitching staff goes. They’re probably overachieving, but I’d say the Phillies rotation is the most underrated in baseball. People outside of Philly still talk about how incredible our offense is and how bad our rotation is. To say our rotation is bad is pretty ridiculous. It’s actually quite good. We have the 3rd best ERA in the NL. To say our pitching can’t go to work against the Brewers or Cubs is dumb. 1st of all, we’d be playing the Brew Crew 1st round. Their bullpen is just bad. I mean horrible. Probably worse than the Mets. I’m positive our starting rotation can go head to head with the Brewers and keep us in a game. Then we get to their trash bullpen and win the game. I’m one of the most pessimistic people on this site aside form Mike T, Chris M, and Geoff, so my optimism is coming through because I know what this team can actually do and is capable of. They just need to come through the last 7 weeks of baseball and come to play.