Phillies Nation

Oh no … a shutout :(

I know Lincecum is unbelievable, but something needs to be about the lack of plate patience and discipline on this road trip

@Georgie: I think you’re seeing the result of frustrated people watching a really depressing game.

Assuming Lincecum won’t come out of the pen tomorrow, I like our chances.

Just awful. But we’re still, what, 5 games ahead? And the Mets are 10 games out, so we don’t have to deal with their loser fans harassing us.

Giants have to worry about the Rockies and Cardinals/Cubs

Well, I think I’m still half buzzed from Gen. Lee’s performance last night, and I never get too upset when they’re facing the likes of Lincecum, nothing like watching a superb pitcher on either side.

Phils got shutout by the Cy Young award winner. It happens. Hamels on the mound tomorrow…against Zito.

Georgie we have had horrible at bats and we haven’t play Lincecum every night

last 4 nights
0 Runs
2 Runs
5 Runs
0 Runs

pathetic need a lineup shakeup

Jeff, this team goes into hitting slumps, they always have, and they always will. And they always come out of it when they have to, I’m not going to freak out yet.

so we miss matt cain, maybe next time…not that i am eager to take on their number two, i just want our boys to get as many looks at their best in case we met up in the post season…That kid is quite the pitcher, picked up that nasty change-up in the off season so I heard. Though the Phillies have problems again in RISP department, its hard to gripe too much about it tonight. Hat’s off to the Giants ace.

mike B. – howard i think gets the night off he legged out a single against the shift and made a great play at first when blanton fielded a bunt or dribbler and made a hurried throw that howard really strectched out for….I think its Ibanez…pitcher on third, man on first 2 outs and goes downfirst pitch swinging..no way does bako take the heat for an all-star that strands their pitcher on 3rd esp. against the likes Linececum. Wow looks like Bako….too bad esp. since the night before he had to catch someone he had probably less than a day to prepare for…

J reed = I agree with you on Ibanez for the Jeltz Award but Utley comes in a close second; 0 for 4 with a strikeout and 5 runners LOB. Utley also an all-star and many people talk about him as being the current best second baseman in baseball. When you are up there on that high pedestal, you have to do your job. Jeltz was not justified for Bako. Would like to know Amanda’s justification for giving it to Bako.

Mike B.- so would I….earlier their was some banter in regards to him she might have picked up on it and just went ahead without giving it alot of thought …This is a well run site and I imagine alot goes into keeping things together along with the post game synopsis and pre-game write-ups. Writing for sports esp. baseball is a pain in the ass with all the stats which invovles research and also more typing time. So to do this day in and day out has got to be a labor of love and I think that grind would get any back-up catcher more props. Watching baseball every night is actuall pretty time consuming and even more so having to attend to the site’s duties. My guess is she probably saw alot of bad mouthing of bako and perhaps, not seeing the whole game took it out of context….Maybe she just didn’t want to explain things to offended worshippers of the Ibanez, Utley Altar of Baseball all day long. I mean the worst, no glory, low paying, grunt job is back-up catcher…Catchers how underappreciated labor wise, always laugh when I hear how Ut is a such a gamer…yes he is, but any catcher is by default any team’s true gamer..christ you go out in horrid heat dressed like a fricking armadillo only to have a rock hard object thrown at you at 90+mph. All the while squatting…not to mention all your pitcher’s tendencies and signs you have to remember as well as those of the batters that step in next to you with a large piece of lumber in their hands. Oh yeah then there’s blocking the plate (that when the ball is actually thrown there!) when someone is running at you full speed and wants to take you out.

mike B. -that’s ” I wouldn’t want real PEDs….” i am a horrible typist.

Great posts J reed and Repeat!! I agree with both of you. Let us hope that Hamels can help lead the team to a win tomorrow and the offense wakes up so the bitter taste of Saturday night’s loss can be diluted a bit going into the off-day on Monday.