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I don’t think Lidge hardly ever does it perfectly either. The closer role is such an overrated position in my eyes. I guess i’d have a tough time telling that to a Mets fan right now but still.

We’re pulling from a small sample size (Madson closing games) where what….half the games he’s closed have been scary. Mind you outta Lidge’s 40 saves, I’m sure I sweat through at LEAST 20 of them.

It’s all personal perspective.

ok, I’m ready to buy a ticket for Saturday’s game, looking at sec 130, or behind Phillies dugout,never been to CBP, can you see into the Phils dugout from seats above the visitors dugout? Any recommendations? The seats are expensive but I’m going to treat myself, ha, you can’t take it with you, right?

Georgie,
That game is Sold Out. Friday there are Stadning Room only tickets available. You will pay a mint for tickets in that section.

Just looking ahead, but Friday and Saturday look to be pretty bad from a weather perspective. What we don’t need is a rainout and then a doubleheader on Sunday to complicate the pitching situation.

This is completely irrelevant and not on-topic, but I just wanted to point out that So Taguchi has not had a hit since July 27 – he was 0-12 in August and is 0-1 in three appearances this month. Wow. Shouldn’t they just cut him loose? He’s obviously behind Bruntlett, Golson, Stairs and Jenkins in the outfield… I doubt he’ll see the field again this year.

Matt Stairs will be, Golson won’t be eligable for the postseason roster…

I’d like Cashman to be here, but it doesn’t matter who is here because they will be hand-cuffed by the organization. We all know that the job basically belongs to Ruben Amaro Jr., I was just surprised he didnt get it before Pat Gillick.

80 million dollars — haha . . . 80 million extra would leave us well over the 90-100 million that this organization will commit to spend on the team. They will just continue to rake in the revenue of the 3+ million fans that come to the stadium, and the countless fans, myself included, that continue to patronize this team in many different aspects.

If we could prize Cashman the success would hinge on him being able to lure away some of the Yanks executives, seems Cashman likes to spend money but maybe not as freely as some might think and his team have a very strong record in the draft and recruitment in particular.

There are still tickets available on places like stubhub.com, but they are going fast and prices went up from yesterday, it looks like. It was about $100 or so for what look like pretty good seats (infield). I checked weather forecast, there is a low pressure system forming which is likely to bring rain Fri, maybe Sat. What happens then? Triple header Sun? lol!

I think it’s helpful for the bullpen to get some adequate rest – 6 weeks ago, those guys looked like their arms were ready to fall off. It’s nice to see everyone contribute, especially Madson, who is like lightning when he’s on…

I just heard an interview with Bob Brenly (the Cubs announcer) on WFAN and he was asked who the Cubs don’t want to face in the postseason and he said without hesitation “the Phillies”.

Dammit. The Mets aren’t collapsing. The Phils are 21-9 in the last 30. We are TAKING the division. F ESPN and SI. Those knuckle heads.

Matt, The Phillies went from #5 in payroll in 2004 to number #13 today. They made record profits last season, and they went out and signed Geoff Jenkins, So Taguchi, Chad Durbin and Pedro Feliz who were all bargain basement pickups. Their payroll went from 89+ mil last season to 98+ mil this season, and that extra money was all from Ryan Howard’s arbitration settlement. So basically, other than Howard’s pay increase, the Phillies’ payroll was virtually the same, after making record profits the year before.

Please tell me what makes you believe that the Phillies will increase revenue proportionally? Nothing in the past proves to me that they will do what it takes to keep this team together in the long-run, or make the team better through free agency signings. If anything, I expect the payroll to decrease, because they will lose Burrell’s 14+ mil contract and replace him with a much cheaper player, and they wont have to give Howard as big of a raise as he got this season. I expect the Phillies to go from 98+ mil this season to around 95+ mil next season. They could not justify it to the fans if they went any lower, or they would do it.

I don’t think Golson can be on the post season roster since he wasn’t on the 25 man roster before Sept. 1st The only way he could get on is if somebody was injured.

How about a So Taguchi phantom injury?

Golson could take Jenkins spot since he was on the DL at the time. But Stairs could also take that spot. It should be interesting to see what happens.

sadly, you may be right KM… i cannot fathom how the FO can’t see how close we are to being a dominant team in near foreseeable future… we have a chance THIS year to make a run at the series… assuming the logical choice that nobody this side of venus can beat the angels, all we really need is a stud pitcher and maybe a serviceable everyday catcher, so spend a few dollars – max out at 130 mil and we have a really, really good shot at it next year

I knew Lidge wouldn’t be available last night because he did throw too many pitches on Saturday and Sunday…I hope Cole can bring his A game tonight and give us a solid 7 or 8 innings so we can give the bullpen a night off and hopefully score enough runs to give Lidge another night off.

The Phils are 75-0 when leading after 8 by the way!!

I also enjoy how the Phillies are sending a message to Eaton, by not playing him what so ever.

When was the last timew he pitched? Was it the Atlanta game that had the 2 hour rain delay. It was Blanton’s 3rd start I think??

HAHAH save situation for eaton – golden
i was actually at that game (i love the sunday pack) and i’m not certain but i think they put him in a righty-righty situation sometime after that but you’ve certainly made your point of them not letting him get near the mound unless he is cupping JA’s balls or throwing BP (and telling him it’s a game situation)