Phillies Nation

Not Victorino….

the game goes on and Raul could put the dagger into the Padres heart right here

Sweet deal! Madson comes through for Happ and the Phils sweep the Pads in San Diego – wow. What a test coming up! The Dodgers have the best home record in baseball and we have the same record in road wins –
This is one hot club that has got it together without Manny
If the Phils can manage a split this would be a standout road trip heading into Mutsville,
Bring em on

vic better be back for some dodgers games, i really wanted to see him and russell martin have it out. i hate that man.

pb, I doubt its Roid related. Just because A-Roid had the injury, doesnt mean its Roid related. Maybe Im in dream world, and I know many more players than we realize use PED’s, I dont think (or at least hope) Vic and Utley use them(same injury Utley had right).

Get well Vic. Hopefully a couple days rest will be all he needs for the hip to settle down.

It will be Bruntlett tonight in right vs. the lefty Kershaw for the Dodgers. Dobbs and Stairs against righties with Werth in center. Let’s pray Vic is not out long. He was really raking and JRoll continues to try to pull everything (go the other way with it one time Jimmy!!). At least Werth got a hit after replacing Vic last night. We need to get him going again. He has looked lost at the plate for the last week.

That being said, 31-20 ain’t bad!!!

So he WAS injured after all… damn it! I hope it’s not bad… I’ve had it with these hip problems

Brown should be untouchable and the only way I let Taylor go is for one of the top of the rotation guys we have been talking about like Peavy or Halladay.

Why think trade now. I think the Phills have bought some time with the performances of Happ and Bastardo. No need to panic and make a move now when they can wait until closer to the trade deadline as long as these young guys keep dealin’.

I agree with Geoff. We need to move soon—before it gets too expensive to grab a top-of-the-rotation guy. The pitching performances by Happ and Bastardo make us look less desperate now and may help our bargaining position somewhat. But these guys are No 4. and 5 at least this year. Peavy sounds pretty unlikely but I think we could get Halladay (if he’s on the market in the next three weeks) or Bedard (don’t mind the attitude). I am not sure how much I would take Oswalt. He’s expensive, secured for a number of years, getting up there in age and unnecessary in the future.

I share my concerns for Victorino with others here. As one poster mentioned, Victorino has stepped up for Rollins as an offensive cataylst. The flyin’ Hawaiin is having his best season to date (currently with .300 BA ). The past few seasons we have seen a rash of hip related injuries involving such players as Utley, A-Rod, Delgado and Myers. There are some thoughts that an overemphasis in training on a certain part of the body early in player’s development while ignoring the remainder of the anatomy may be part of the problem. I suspect there will be further investigation into possible causes as time goes on.

I’m hopeful that Victorino’s injury is not serious and need not be put on the DL. He is a irreplaceable part in the scheme of the team’s continued success.

I think that McLouth is a solid upgrade for that team… that raised an eyebrow.

Rollins needs to step up… I think that he will. He has been better (taking better swings and making solid connection). I don’t think that we need to rush into any trades. The only teams looking for pitching are the Mets and… Buehler? We need a solid #2 but we don’t need to act desperate… in this economy, those struggling teams that are caught sitting on big contracts need to act more than we do.