Comments on: Phils Move Past Jays with Utley’s Clutch Triple

By: Don M

Don M — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:05:00 +0000

Tommy Hanson is the real deal… glad we won’t see him in this series.

Chipper Jones said a long time ago that Hanson should be in their rotation.. and Chipper is one of the best hitters in the game.. so he knows whats poppin.

Is Carrasco a definite to start on Thursday?

By: Don M

Don M — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:01:20 +0000

The thing with Moyer is that he USUALLY does a nice job of keeping you in the game … I said last week that I trusted Moyer a lot more than Bastardo .. who CLEARLY is not a big league starting pitcher … maybe somewhere down the line he will be?

Park in the bullpen is a great thing.. and it was a signing that really got bashed when it happened, but its working out so far..

Lets keep this momentum going.. Try to continue our solid-play in Atlanta

By: beta sigma shag

beta sigma shag — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:31:19 +0000

man I love reading the game day post the day after.
Take Lidge out, no confidence in Lidge to close the game out going into the 9th. And of the course Geoff, and the Dipster’s hate feast against Moyer. Moyer has had worse starts and also has had a lot better starts. The thing is he never gets his head out of the game. If he gives up one run or 6 he can go the next inning or two and shut a team down. Yea he gave up two HRs to the same guy, but then came back and struck him out in a key situation.
IMO Lidge looked better he got the slider over for strikes more often, and he spotted his fastball a bit better, the one guy he walked, he throw a fastball on the inside of the plate that was called strike all night until he throw that pitch. So he walked a guy that he really should have gotten the called third strike.
Even if he did not pick that guy of second, and he threw the same pitch the last out could have been a DP anyway.
good job phils now lets destroy the Braves, 3 -5 runs a game should be able to beat this braves team IMO
I like Amanda too, I think she is HOT

By: M.P. aka A.J. #54

M.P. aka A.J. #54 — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:55:14 +0000

Amanda is cool, WTH?

By: Phil

Phil — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:07:05 +0000

Jeff, what is so bad about Amanda?

By: beta sigma shag

beta sigma shag — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:47:53 +0000

I know no one is left I just watched the game on dvr, didn’t see a thing about it all day at work.
I know alot of you hate Jamie because he is not a great pitcher, but you can not have 5 great pitchers. I am getting tired of saying it but he usually keeps this team in games, if the two other starters can consistanly go 7 or 8, and two can ocasionaly (sp) can go that far then Jamie is a really good # 5 he gave up a couple of dingers early but settled down enough to keep them in the game. And what pitcher out there does not pitch better with a lead, knowing his team will score him some runs. The pen was great hopefully a sign of things to come, Madson to Lidge for a close.
Madson should have been out of the 8th no problem, but it was nice to see him pick up Bruntlett like that.
As for Lidge a bunt single a strike out that was not called. But settled down and got the outs he needed, IMO he looked the best he has all year

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:45:35 +0000

God we need Tim back. This Amanda is horrible. Like the bad news bears. Boys I want you to meet your new pitcher…Amanda. Tanner… Je..sp..ni…and now a girl..LOL…

By: Mazinman

Mazinman — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:40:39 +0000

He…. walked….. Rivera!! *Rolls on the floor laughing.*

By: The Little Guy

The Little Guy — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:05:37 +0000

Griff, on phillies.com Vasquez is the probable for Thursday…

By: Griffin

Griffin — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:47:27 +0000

When the Phils were down 4-1 in the 3rd inning, I didn’t see this a win coming. Props to them and now it’s onto Atlanta where the Phillies won’t see two of the hottest pitchers in the league, Javy Vasquez and Tommy Hanson.

By: Chase

Chase — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:32:35 +0000

2-3 Yanks in the bottom of the fourth

By: The Little Guy

The Little Guy — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:21:53 +0000

Lets go Yankees

By: Geoff

Geoff — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:05:37 +0000

Look at his career numbers. Hes not an ace, but hes a decent option if they cant afford better guys. A Blanton type, but a bit better for his career.

By: Chase

Chase — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:53:41 +0000

Gil Meche only averages 5.75 innings per start.

By: Mike N

Mike N — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:32:23 +0000

I’m on board with Meche, depending on what we have to give up. Hopefully Carrasco wows us all and pushes Jamie out of the rotation by the end of the year. Or if he sucks, hopefully we deal him for Meche lol. Put Bastardo in the bullpen, he’s a JC clone (which is a good thing).

By: Manny

Manny — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:09:40 +0000

Meche was supposed to be the Royals No.1
He’d be a fine No.2 here with the Phils…even though I don’t know much about the guy

By: Miles

Miles — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:08:04 +0000

Geoff is definitely right about Moyer staying in the rotation. That’s why I try not to waste a lot of breath on his place in the rotation because he’s not going anywhere (unless he starts giving up 7 runs every time out there).

People always talk about a pitcher “keeping his team in the game.” I think it can work in reverse as well. Today, the Phillies responded early and they really reversed the situation and kept Jamie in the game. The 4 run 4th settled him down big time. When this team puts up runs with Jamie on the mound, he usually responds very positively. It was nice to see today.

By: Geoff

Geoff — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:45:12 +0000

Dude, you know thats not going to happen..Id LOVE if they improved over MOyer but they wont do that during the season unless he tanks hardcore.

By: Phil

Phil — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:42:46 +0000

I agree Geoff, if they get Meche AND someone else that is a #2-#3 type starter I think we’ll be fine. Meche alone won’t get it done. Bastardo needs out of the rotation. Moyer does as well.

By: Mazinman

Mazinman — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:35:36 +0000

I think that Happ should be the honorary player of the game for today. I don’t think the bullpen can pull off what it did today if he did not give them a day off yesterday.

Jamie had a tough start but I was impressed on how he bounced back and gut us the shut down innings we needed to keep the lead then gave the ball to the bullpen. It was not pretty but, thanks to Utley’s clutch hitting, it did the job.