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Utley, Ruiz, and Victorino have the night off… Bruntlett, Bako, and Francisco are starting.

you know, I don’t care per say that they win, even though they have a chance at the best record in the NL, what I do however care about is that Lee not look like garbage on the mound, which, so far he does.

j reed – Twitter, Todd Zolecki

Lee’s performance tonight will probably go a long way toward whether or not he starts game 1. I’m not sure what I want in that regard… I hope the Phils get homefield, and that I will be able to walk to game 3 with the Phils up 2-0!

CO Joe – So does everyone have Rox fever there or does the town forget baseball once the Broncos season begins?

Well at least the Braves are gone from W.Card contention. At least I think so. I wouldn’t want to face the Braves pitching for 5 games.

yes j-reed the Braves are toast. Rockies won today and sealed the deal. I kind of wish they would pass the Dodgers, i’d rather face L.A in the first round.

good no tomahawk chop….I can wait 6 more months to see Jair Jurgins. If the the Mets stay healthy, the Marlins don’t replace the entire team with 10 cents a game Dominicians, and the Nats. learn a modicum of baserunnung and fielding, it will be a pretty tough division next year. If the the Nats. get some pitching then it will be a brutal division

Having lived in Philly till age 30, (36 now) I am surprised at how many people are talking about the Rockies. It is more of a baseball town in Denver than I would have thought before I arrived. People care more about the Broncos than the Rockies, but I saw plenty of Rockies stuff being worn even before the Rockies turned around their season. I have half-heartedly adopted the Rockies as a second team, except when they face the Phils. I wish I had been in Philly when the city got off the championship snide. There is a place called Pat’s Steaks in Denver which is a very cool Philly sports bar. It’s a good place for Penn State games, Eagles games and especially the Phillies for playoff games. The place was electric when the Phils won last year. Colorado is beautiful enough to have lots of transplants, including people from Philly.

CO Joe – how cold does it get there?

Maybe we should let Francisco lead off all the time?

J Reed, last winter we had less snow in downtown Denver then there was in Philly. Two years ago winter was pretty harsh however with some significant blizzards.. Snow starts later in the year but ends later as well. The weather changes can be abrupt in a single day. There is a saying out here that if you don’t like the weather, wait an hour cause it will change.

I don’t like that our offense has done nothing against a pitcher who has done so poorly this year. I think when the playoffs start people can and will get hot. I hope so anyway.

Oh. No.

J reed —- I also like Chone Figgins…. a really solid leadoff man and good third baseman. Also, a switch hitter. Move Rollins to Feliz’ seventh spot and we will strengthen our overall lineup and take pressure off Jimy.

I’d take Figgins in a heartbeat but want no part of Beltre. He had one good contract year and has been average since then. I’d rather have Pedro for another year.

No I don’t.

Runt – my thoughts exactly. also Figgins fielding stats are a mile long…he’s the ultimate swiss army knife of utlility men. Do you think we might aquire him?

Adrian Beltre’s production really dropped off this year. Only played 107 games. Maybe he was out injured on the DL this year but I do not know for certain what all has gone on with him this season. Just 30 years old. Maybe a change of scenery would do him good. Figgins would be a great addition to the Phils. No knock on Feliz but would be nice to have a third baseman in the future with consistent production at the plate, maybe ten or more home runs than Feliz has and without a drop off in defensive play. Some one who hits into less DPs and does not swing at so much junk.

joedad – i was going on Marniers rep. for being a good fielding team. I’ll check, not much going on in this game unless your rooting for the stros

No offense, and I like Figgins but he is not the answer. He can get on base for average and steal, I guess if you want to sign him so you have a real lead off hitter then so be it but in 6 full seasons he has 31 total home runs. His fielding is about the same as what you would get from Beltre. And he is 1 year older than Beltre, 3 years younger than Feliz.

thanks Ed R. …. I agree, I’d take Beltre….shoot the Marniers are usually stocked with good players i mean look what happens when they leave there!

I have always been a Beltre fan. He would own the left field wall if he came here I assure you. Probably 25-30 bombs a year, easy.

we dont want figgins trust me

I like pedro esp if we win another series

Lee has not pitched up to expectations for most of September. The Phillies should pitch him third behind Hamels and Blanton in the playoffs. No telling now from his recent performances how he is going to pitch in the post season.

Beltre has won two gold gloves. 07 and 08.