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I don’t know about everyone else, but I’m sick & tired of watching Ruiz, and Burrell struggle at the plate, mainly Ruiz. Everytime he’s at bat, your already prepared for a ground out…He is absolutely TERRIBLE, and dreadful to watch. Burrell on the other hand, needs to be taken out too, and replaced by Dobbs. The Phils need to come together this next game, and not rely on Hamels for game 5.

Do you start Jenkins tomorrow in right?

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…I’d be happy just to be in the playoffs, not cry about having a 2-1 lead in the five game series.

Cholly gotta bench Pat tomorow he’s killing us…I say put Dobbs or Jenkins in LF tomorrow because Pats just not getting the job done and you can’t keep someone in the lineup thats not getting it done,Ruiz on the other had gets a free pass because he handle the pitchers well,Pats in there to hit the ball.

I agree that you can’t sit Ruiz as he is a good handler of the Phillies pitchers and also a good defensive catcher but you might pitch-hit for him later in the game if you are behind. Feliz just looked awful at the plate tonight and especially in the ninth inning swinging at the first pitch. Wonder what he was thinking; if he was thinking at all. Phillies need to get Dobbs in there somehow for his offense.

Tough situation for Moyer tonight with an umpire that did not give him the calls on the outside corner of the plate and the patient Brewer hitters.

Tough loss, because Bush is a garbage righty. Now the pressure will be on the Phils to close out in 4 and avoid giving Sabathis a chance for redemption.

Corey Hart is a pure bonehead . . . just thought i’d throw that one out there.

Chris I. even though Cooch is not very good at the plate, he is keeping this pitching staff in check… (find me a better backstop/game manager in the al at this moment). Even if we have to suck it up with Ruiz in there right now, he is better than Coste behind the plate. Why don’t you talk about the putrid play of our middle lineup. They right now are terrible. I would hope that you would focus on the 3-4-5 part of our lineup and realize, that not onlly is the Brewers strategy to keep opur bg hitters out of the game and in the park, they do have their chances at doing something special and they come up with a fly out or ground out..or K for that matter. The bottom of the lineup gave us the lead in the first two games and is carrying us through the playoffs so far.

We are screwed. Don’t deserve to be in the postseason, etc. etc.

Seriously, Sunday is a must-win. If we don’t, then Game 5 is an almost definite loss.

Awesome stuff. Let’s blame werth who was 2 for 4 with 5 bases and a run scored and an assist. What an awful performance. Worse than Rollins utley burrell and Howard for sure

That swing at the first pitch by Feliz KILLED us…. Bases loaded, 0 outs, top of ninth. Seriously, that had SPOILED SAVE written all over it…CLEARLY, Feliz wasn’t part of the Phillies 07 and he got a bit too anxious. We need Dobbs… Feliz is good defensively, but we NEED offense right now.

Can these slobs just win tomorrow?

Did anyone else wonder why Charlie pulled Moyer as early as he did? He had settled in, and he gave us a better chance than the bullpen. Condrey gave up a run I don’t see Moyer giving up, and the early call to the pen meant Eyre got left in longer than he should have. Pulling Moyer with two outs and a runner on first made little sense to me, and it probably changed the game in the last few innings.

Charlie was trying to ignite something with a Stairs pinch hitting for Moyer, Charlie has settled into when nothings happening it’s longball or nothing and when rallying the offense seems to give nothing by pressing and slugging right into the fielders gloves.

it’s over before it even started. the crowd today will keep the phillies down all game, the brewers will win game 4, and then start sabathia in game 5. i don’t think the fans at CBP will have any life in them to even get into sabathia’s head again, and the phils lose in 5. i’m afraid that’s how it’s going to happen.

To me a lot of the Phils’ troubles go back to the lack of moves by Gillick. Bullpen and right hand power were needed back at the trade deadline and are still needed today. Werth, Ruiz and Feliz are not championship caliper starters. Manny sure would have looked good in our lineup now.

As long as there’s no Game 5…

I’m going to be the optimist here. The phils bats will break out today vs Suppan. He’s a much better matchup than Bush (b/c he doesn’t throw quite as much junk). blanton will give up his share, but the phils will win this game something like 7-4.

Although I must say, I was fairly confident yesterday as well. I figured since I used to get hits off of Bush in little league, the Phils would do the same.

I didn’t read the rest of the thread to see if someone else mentioned this, but I’ll mention it. Tim, you predicted the Phils to win game 1 and 2 and lose 3 then they’d win 4 on a great pitching performance by Blanton. I hope you’re right.

You’re right Goosebumps, they NEVER do anything the easy way, see, I come on here and some of you guys lift me right back up, thanks. Exactly what time does this stomach-turner start, I’m going outside to read the paper until gametime?

It will be important for the Phils to jump on Suppan early. I felt like the team was pressing. (I know I was pressing at home last night). Take the crowd out of it a little and give yourself some leeway.

I thought Moyer got screwed by Runge last night personally.

todays a new day, lets take care of this shit

By the way no chance today. How can you root for a team that can’t hit in the clutch.My god bush beat you in a dsg. That like being lower than whale shit.

I think everyone needs to just take a deep breath and relax a little…all the so called experts picked us in four, just because we beat CC doesn’t mean we aren’t going to win in four…I think that Blanton is going to come out today and pitch well enough to get us a win, someone in the middle of the lineup will have some kind of big hit to win it for us and I will be screaming my balls off in section 305 on thursday against the dodgers…Lets get the confidence back, lets get the swagger, today is when the bats wake up!

The team lost as a team last night. I thought Moyer got a hard time from the home plate ump. His 4 innings may have been the toughest I’ve watched all year. There is no excuse for the poor performance at the plate. I agree with one of the posters above. If Burrell isn’t going to hit, put someone else in there and use him to pinch hit. I always have Pat’s back but this is the damn playoffs and if he’s not going to help win games, then he shouldn’t be out there. That goes for the lot of them! They seriously need to step up! Because even if they do manage to survive this series, they will need to play a hell of a lot better than this against the Dodgers!