Phillies Nation

I know mixing up the line up worked the other night, and there is no real clean up guy on the roster right now, but can Charlie please just put the top three in their spots, JRoll, Poly, Chase. I am not a fan of Werth in the clean up spot, I would be fine with vic there, Sweeny, or Gload, Sh*&t but Chooch there for a few days until the Big Piece gets back. It was nice to see people not jumping all over Cole in the game posts. 2 out of 3 from the Giants is fine, It would be nice to sweep the Nats, but I think the KK v Strausburg match up might be a tough sell. But there are times when the Phils hit good pitching. A sweep of the Astros would be nice too, but four games series’s are tough to sweep. Still think Phillies are in good shape, and I think the Braves are about to go 5-5 next 11 days.

Statistically speaking, winning streaks have to end at some point. I’m not worried.

Would of been great if we won since Braves lost. I knew Cole was due for a so-so game after been brilliant his las 6 or so starts.

I was in attendance… looking for video of the ball that the fan caught while walking back to his seat while carring a food tray.

What do you expect? If Coal Hammel pitched a complete shutout, the team would have won. If he would have hit at least 2 home runs in his 2 at-bats in New York, he would have won that game too. He only has himself to blame. I don’t get why they don’t trade him already.

(okay, turning the sarcasm off now)

bfo – you have a link?

Someone posted here saying..”.. Not sure why we can’t hit Sanchez, doesn’t have great stuff..”. I can understand some young people here who are in love with the fastball of power-typed pitcher and making a uninformed remark like that. They repeatedly ignored a baseball axiom regarding pitching; it’s all about LOCATION, LOCATION , LOCATION. Last night, Sanchez was very effective in pounding the strike zone with some nasty breaking pitches that painted the outside corners of the plate. He kept the hitters off balanced all night long. When a crafty pitcher does that, he will shut down the offense no matter how good it is. I, for one, give him credit and tip my hat to him.

Off topic; I wish they get rid of PN “tweets” in the left hand corner and replace it with latest individual posts from thread(s) that we once had there. I couldn’t care less of those inane 5 words or less “tweets” from writers.

By the way, should I give up hope that the mobile site for Phillies Nation will ever work correctly? The worst thing is that I can’t even kick it over to the real site.

It was nice to see most people giving Cole a pass last night for a less then stellar pitching performance. They did hit some good pitches, and Shane’s play in the outfield did not help much. It is tough on the guy when he thinks he has to be perfect to get a win. This time of year all loses are tough ones, especially when the team ahead of you loses also. But if the Phillies can keep winning 3 of 4 and/or 4 of 5 they should be able to over take the Braves. The KK v Staursburg game might be a tough win, but win the series and then take at least 3 of 4 from the Astros and maybe be within a game or tied with the Braves when they see them

@actuallychilled-how can he claim medical use for cocaine………..

Anyone dumb enough to use cocaine is dumb enough to claim it was for medicinal purposes.

My feeling, though, is that he’ll claim it was just something he picked up at the Cherry Hill GNC.

WHAT BUGGED ME WAS ALL THE FIRST PITCH FASTBALLS RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE PLATE THAT THEY DID NOT SWING AT………..THEN AFTER BEING BEHIND IN THE COUNT AS OCP SUGGESTED,JUST POPPED UP………….

It looks like pitchers from 2 different dimensions tonight. Halladay vs Marquis – Look at this guy, 5 starts, given up 5 hrs, 10 walks, 30 hits, 30 runs in only 16.1 IP! He has also hit 4 batters – batting average vs Marquis is over .400 and he is pitching at one of the ultimate hitting parks tonight.

Look, I know on occasion the Phils play down to their competition but come on… this has to be a win, it can be sloppy, Halladay can give up a few it really does not matter.. we really don’t care but it has to be a win.

Great a reason for people to whine abot the Lee trade. We needed that.

The phils are going against jason marquis who is 0-5 with an era over 14…these types of guys usually dominate the phils for some odd reason…

Cody Ross was released today. Now this is a guy that would be a good addition to this team. He plays all outfield positions, is only 29, plays very hard and he can hit. B U T, he played for the Marlins and it is doubtful that the Phils will will get a shot at acquiring him.

I hope we stay within three games of the Braves, continue our lead in the wildcard, until the end of next week. Then we will have all of our guns on deck — Howard, Utley, Rollins, Werth, Victorino, Polanco, Ruiz, Ibanez. AND, hopefully Ibanez will continue to hit.

I forgot Francisco. Sorry.