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A couple of things… Buck/McCarver are the worst. Fox should be ashamed for

Jamie Moyer is leading the team in wins. Further, over his last 9 games he has averaged 6.01 ip and 2.78 ER per start… old man can still get it done and everyone who decided to label him the worst pitcher of all time in early May should take a deep dive in a shallow pool. I said this before… I would imagine that when you have pitched as long as he has, your body getst accustomed to a very certain timeline… I truly believe that his body never quite adjusted to the short offseason but now that a month and a half has passed, we’re seeing the pitcher that helped us win a WC in ’08.

J-Roll looked good but it’s still too early to claim that he has turned the corner… he has to continue to take it one at bat at a time. It is really nice to see him get it going at home versus the Mets… hopefully, that means that when the pressure is on in September, we’ll have J-Roll and not J-Slump. In my opinion, regardless of what he gives us at the plate, he’s worth every start for what he gives us on defense. Utley/Rollins to Howard… the best double play combination in history…

we have no bisoness taking about this. we should be selling and bringing our farm team up and getting it ready as we are now sellers.

and SHAME on those pitchers this weekend for San Diego for NOT at least buzzing the tower on Manny. They should have hit him right off the bat. If I was Chad Gaudin there, Im blasting on in his ribs or at his head or at his knees. Im GLADLY getting kicked out or fined or suspended for that.

Back in the day if a guy came back from getting caught cheating like that he would be drilled no questions asked right off the bat.

and BRAVO for Charlie for leaving him off the All Star team

Fox broadcasts are the worst, they show no responsibility to cover their games with any caring of the legacy of this sport and are most interested with turning headlines into discussion than actually debating the game their covering. Then again what do you expect from a network who promote Ken Rosenthal as a legitimate source of baseball knowledge. Disgraceful network.

Chuck P- really nice to hear good things said about Moyer, the guy deserve so much more respect than he’s given and is the pitcher I believe is most responsible for kicking the rotation into shape in spite of the issues.

^On the Manny issue it’s just disgraceful how the baseball worlds giving Manny a pass for ‘being Manny’. I’m not a fan of Bonds and Clemens but these guys have had their careers tarnished by ‘suspected’ performance enchanting substances use, Manny gets caught and frankly couldn’t care less showing the opposite of remorse. He didn’t humble himself to the fans and apologise for a great player bringing shame on the sport and show any caring of the history of the game. The guys been given a free pass and the networks glorify his return as if his suspension served no purpose. It’s just disgraceful and so typical of the foxesque MTV generation as we are continually having people who have no right to be role models shovelled down our throats.

Would be different if Manny was remorseful, even if it was insincere but how you can shun Roger Clemens, Barry Bonds drive Mark Magwire into obscurity and hang the PED sign over Sammy Sosa AND THEN hold Manny up as a role model again is just reprehensible.

How can anyone be so stupid to call the Phillies sellers? Wake up and smell the coffee!

Bottom line….season is NOT over,not by a longshot….Nats are out of it unless Mets/Phillies/Braves and Marlins SIMULTANIOUSLY end up in an airplane crash together.However scrap that scenerio…Mets and Phils as they have been floundering during the first half,let the Braves and Marlins back into this.Mets are riddled with injuries and eventually the disabled list is going to get shorter and shorter and washed up players thrown into the tundra,Braves have experience on their side and Bobby Cox,Marlins are a group of young kids who are hungry and TRUST me,the team that will break your heart,also YES the Phillies had JC out,Lidge on the DL and a hot batter in Ibanez out and yet lead the damn thing by a slim game.So the NL East is NOT going to be handed to ANYONE on a silver platter,and are not annointed the Championship like most of youse guys think,it is earned.Still one more half of baseball season left and 4 games separating 4 teams. LET THE DOGFIGHT BEGIN!

Tim or whoever is in charge of this blog, could you stop the person from posting under my name please, its a immature jerk, who is scare to post under his name, what a loser to be that way .

Mr. Bintliff, why would you described the Reds as a “bad” team and a “cakewalk” for the Phillies?

The Reds, under new ownership, gradually upgraded the roster with young talented players the past few years. With Bruce, Votto and Phillips adding an impressive power production and combined that with stellar pitching of Cueto, Arroyo, Harang and Owings. Plus add a closer like Cordero (20 saves;.80 ERA) and one can understand the preseason buzz of this team making a impact among contenders. True, like other contenders, they had struggles for a number of reasons including the lengthy absence of Votto and his anxiety disorder problem. Votto is back in the lineup and yes, the Phillies better NOT take this team “likely”.

It’s definitely not fair to say pinch-hitting isn’t Mayberry’s forte. First of all, it’s too early to tell. Secondly, he’s 2 for 7 as a pinch-hitter, meaning he has a much higher average as pinch-hitter than he does as part of the starting line-up (.286 vs. .209). In fact, he has only 9 hits on the season, so pinch hits account for 22 percent of his total.

Like I said, numbers like these don’t mean much. But I’ll be shocked if the Phillies give up a right-handed power bat before sending down Bako.

Without Volquez, the Reds are capable of winning a few games but not a contender… with him, that team is filthy.

So true, Beta… with the exception of Hamels, this rotation has performed very well under fire and while I would prefer 4 out of 5 pitchers hitting on all cylinders RIGHT NOW, we aren’t going to win this division without a healthy and effective Hamels. I would like to see him put together a solid outing… 6 innings, 2 ER, 5-6 K. He doesn’t have to be dominant but he has to find his command. Admittedly, he’s in a funk… that’s no excuse. Can’t get caught feeling sorry for himself…

It will be nice to see what Lopez has in his next start, I believe it will be against the Reds, JB is the only one who won’t pitch in that four game series, I think, would Like to Moyer against Pirates, but I think it will JB Hamels, and JA in that 3 game series against the Pirates.
On Mayberry, IMO sitting the bench in the bigs, and PH and spot starting is ok for the guy, I may be wrong, but I do not think the experience will hurt his development. I know a lot of you will disagree, but I do not think it is the worse thing for a young kid to play twice a week and PH two other times that week. I hope Raul sits out the All Star Game and is rested and ready for FLA, cause as it sits right now that trip to Florida will be a big series coming out of the all star break