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A Rocky first inning where i thought he was a little too hyped up. He hardly used his changeup and stuck with his fastball. Settled down and Pitched like the ace we needed. I think this was such a big win because it give the up coming straters the confidence that if they give up a few runs that the offense will pick em up.

He was awesome last night. What did he have like 10K? Really good strikeout pitchers are only vulnerable in the first or second innings, once they settle in there isnt much you can do usually unless they get tired.

Weve all been waiting for him to arrive on the scene in a big game against the best tier of competition out there. He did in the first series and he really did last night. In sports, you really do have to wait until the bgi games to say it, but hes definitely the real deal, especially when that fastball moves like that.

Madson has been out of his mind the 6 weeks or so. And Lidge had a smooth save, which was great that he didnt overexert himself again. 47 consecutive saves i think.

the problem with his Curveball is that he sometimes hangs it… when he broke his arm in HS, he developed the Change-up and that became his best pitch.. when he’s ON.. he mixes in that Curve just-enough… like he did last night.

Keep it in the back of hitter’s minds.. Really a GREAT performance by him last night, and give the hitters credit for staying patient against Lowe and driving balls when they got the chance..

RYAN HOWARD….. HIT THE BALL WHERE IT’S PITCHED… PLEASE!!!! Manny if LF, Blake playing on top of 2nd base… they are throwing you pitches low and away.. AND YOU ARE TRYING TO PULL THE BALL?? PLease……

phils have to open up the wallets for this kid. he’s 24 and already you can see the poise and control he has. he’s going to be a dominant starter for years, please please keep this kid around phillies.

Geoff… I don’t agree with the $figure you suggested before ($18 million?) but wouldn’t it be nice to add Lowe instead of the risk you’d take going after Ben Sheets.. you were correct with that one.. and the more you see Lowe you realize that he isn’t DOMINATE.. he’s just SOLID!!! and that can often win you ballgames when it matters.. he was great last night, and the Phils stayed patient long enough, and luckily had a good part of the order come around when Lowe got tired..

what a game!!

I would agree that he doesn’t have the best range.. but like I said before, range along doesn’t mean all that much..

I’d rather have the guy that can field his position well, instead of the guy that can kinda field his own, but also can kinda field other postions as well..

I knew this would come back up after he came up on that ball down the line, but it hit right where the grass meets the dirt and it added topspin, while he was playing a hop.. He should have made the play, and i’ll give it to you that he didn’t.. And Blake made a few nice plays last night, but i’d still rather have Feliz at 3b..

Well the reason also, and I am only voicing my opinion is his offense. Keith law was just on talking about donald he fells he is good enough defensive but doesn’t have the 400 obp you need and fifty doubles the position usually reguires.By the way the phillies are playing donald at third. in the arizona fall league. Also the phillies really need to try to get hamels sign to a contract . I don’t know what it would take but for all of us in this city. we need this team to step up to the plate. I believe there is some risk because of his history of injury. but all the sellouts we can afford to do it. I can’t tell you about felix over blake because I really haven’t seen the dodgers that much. you might be right in that argument.

That was my whole arguement was that Blake isn’t BETTER than Feliz at 3b… and I know Feliz doesn’t hit much, but he is as sure-handed a 3b as you’ll get.. and when your 2b hits 30+ HR.. you don’t need 20+ from your 3b..

Donald made like 18 errors at SS (no idea if they were fielding or throwing) but either way.. he’ll have less time to react to balls at 3b, and often a longer throw.. if it works it will be a nice move for 2010 when Feliz is gone and you’ll need a 3b to replace him.. Donald has been looked at for his bat much more than his glove

About Hamels.. It would be nice for him to get a CY YOUNG.. but now that we’ve seen two guys win MVP awards, and how it doesn’t mean a thing.. I’m fine with knowing Hamels is that good, without having the national spotlight shine on him.

Hamels needs to be resigned right now while oyu can still get him cheap. Give him a Chase Utley type contract.

feliz was a great signing in the end because it buys you time to find a “3b of the future.” maybe they can retrain donald, maybe not. but at least we have some time to do it.

Its funny how we all argued over so many random things all season.. Clay Condrey.. Ruiz… Feliz.. Rollins… Pat Gillick.. etc..

But really, you see how close this team is and you need to give them credited for putting a SOLID team together.. they aren’t the favorites to win it all, but they could.. so I appreciate them adding good pieces to the roster.. Durbin, Feliz, Eyre, etc… guys that help when you need it

how about manny backhanding the pat burrell single… pat would’ve let that ball roll to wall and given up a double… i know manny is a defensive liability but he at least takes the chance (ie – high fiving the boston fan and then throwing out the runner at 2nd…)
IF we win the whole thing (or at least beat the dodgers) do you think manny would consider coming here knowing he’d have a legit shot at breaking the HR record? imagine him here for 81 games/year… he’d have 50 HR at CBP alone!!! i know the phils FO wont dish out 3 yrs / 75 mil but man think about the top of that order…
1) Jimmy
2) Chase
3) Manny
4) Ryan
5) shane/werth
6) shane/werth
7) 3B (feliz)
8) ruiz/marson
that’s one mean lineup – especially if our pitching repeats in 09

My friend who is a huge Mets fan really wants Manny on the Mets next season. Good luck with that, Manny will reek havoc on that already unstable clubhouse.

Geoff a great signing, What does he give you. Look the F.A. office and there moves have look good. but you can’t tell me great sign. no speed .low average little power. can’t charge a ball to save his life. Has two things good arm and fieldS what is hit at him. any time he has to move to his left and you can see in the playoffs his lack of reflex or range or whatever you want to call. I never said he was better or worse than blake. I don’t see like you do a lot of dodgers game. my whole thing was you can’t judge players fielding by looking at errors and plus minus. go on phuture phillies and see the reponse to those kinds of stats. David wright had sixteen errors saw a good bit of him he is a great thirdbasemen .Forget his offense look at the way he fields third. Point being the phillies haven’t really address third through trades or draft. And they need to. just like andy reid needs to get a real fullback who can block. still hope they blow out the dodgers. just voiceing my thought.

pedro feliz was a very, very good signing. he gives them exceptional defense equal to nunez with a superior bat. he doesn’t cost you much and gives you time to groom hewitt at 3B. he doesn’t have good power? he broke 20 HRs four seasons straight and would have done it again this year if he hadn’t gotten injured. he has trouble with breaking balls and doesn’t hit well for average, but he’s also prone to getting big hits in spots that count. i am glad the phillies have pedro feliz on their team.