Phillies Nation

If the Phillies dont take the series against the worst team in baseball, it is beyond panic time. If we cant take the series against the freaking Nationals, the Phillies will NOT win the division.

I dont think jt is far off. The Defense does not make plays when lidge is in anymore. It has made me wonder if they give up when Lidge comes in. If the Phillies play like they did this series, the will get swept by the Mets.

An even more annoying part of this. Moyer’s ERA has now dropped below 5. (barely, but still below 5.) He deserved a win today. How can this “team” only score 3 runs against Moehler. How many runs for the 4 game set, 10 runs in 4 games?

Im glad the Marlins were playing the Nationals again today or we probably would have been 5.5 games in stead of 6.

IF they make the playoffs, if they dont do something and soon, we will be VERY lucky not to get swept in the playoffs.

I just think that all of lidge blown saves have messef the team up…if dumb cholly would announce lidge no longer closer I think things will turn around.

We love this team, but they have to take each game more seriously. There is no guarantee that anyone can just turn it on in September – and that, of course, includes Lidge. As Herm Edwards famously declared, “You play to win the game!”

Charlie Manuel is too easy-going as a manager and is too stubborn and set in his ways. A guy like Larry Bowa is needed in times like these to get on these guys and get them going. Bowa’s managerial qualities are not desirable over the long run in a 162 game schedule and with the egos that these players have today but his intense and fiery leadership would fit in the short term such as now and is what is really needed with the Phils playing such poor uninspired baseball.

Chan Ho not the right choice for the Jeltz Award. Utley, Werth or Ruiz should have been selected. Feliz needs to be replaced for a while by Dobbs when he comes back. Can’t win if you do not score runs.

Party like it’s 1964! I really am beginning to get the shakes now. How could we embarrass ourselves more than to have a Mets-like implosion like they’ve done the last two years? We finally got the “choke” label off our backs, only to have it come back again the year after we finally win it all? Someone help!!!!

i’m liking how Ibanez has done his past two games. things are looking good for him. I’d like to see some more stolen bases by the Phillies though to get better chances for RBIs… and we need to improve our RISP.

All this panic you guys seem like a bunch of met fans.It won’t matter you guys will finish strong and get anialated by the yankees in the world series anyway

mike B. – i was really hoping that they would have aquired a ultility guy like Ben Hall (jamey carroll is who I really hoped for)…I don’t know if they are righty or lefties. Carroll is a right hander I believe. I can understand the closer issue in so far as Lidge contract obligations, and the high demand low supply of closers in general, plus the phillies have to sit in the backseat of the waiver bus…but we just need one frigging utility contact hitter small baller of the bench

j reed; Amaro failed to address the bench issue during last off season and so far this year. They should have never let Geoff Jenkins walk last spring. Hall and Carroll would have both been good acquisitions. It is just a shame that Mayberry Jr. has not developed into a dependable hitter yet. Probably should have kept Chris Coste, at least to the end of the season anyway. How about Nomar Garciaparra? Does anyone think that he will wind up with the Phils later this month?

Mike B. – off of MLB Trade Rumors:
•Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle writes that the Phillies are still “mildly following” Nomar Garciaparra. Though Nomar would not be eligible to play in the postseason for Philadelphia, he might provide some depth down the stretch.
With the Lidge’s season long Jeckyl and Hyde routine, the least RAJ could have done is find someone with good contact hitting small ball skills so we could avoid more of these 1 run heartbreakers…Greg Dobbs’ 21 or 22 pinch hits last year were be important, not to mention the effect this must of had on reliever when he stepped out of the dugout. Aint nothing clutch on our bench as of yet… And who’s not gonna give Matt Stairs nothing but off speed garabage to hit after his heroics last year. It’s really mindblogging why the management fails to see the sameness of our line-up…While it is formidable, and explosive, it can be just as predictable because it keeps pitchers honest only when its rolling and not by, other than left/right match-ups, mixing up or readjusting our approaches for each AB. The only one who can really keep a pitcher on his toes at all times is Ut. The entire line-up attacks the ball like power hitters. how can our batters keep pitchers off balance other than with the threat of the long ball which is something pitchers throughout the year have to face when pitching against other good clubs anyway.