Gameday: Braves (45-39) at Phillies (37-49)
Posted by Pat Gallen, Sun, July 08, 2012 12:51 PM | Comments: 28
2012 Gameday, News, Posts
Philadelphia Phillies (37-49) vs. Atlanta Braves (45-39)
Vance Worley (4-5, 3.46) vs. Jair Jurrjens (2-2, 5.19)
Time: 1:35 PM, Citizens Bank Park
TV: PHL 17
Weather: Overcast, 94
Media: Twitter and Facebook
Shane Victorino was originally slated to bat seventh and play center field, but was a scratch at around 12:30. Jason Pridie will take over for Victorino. Todd Zolecki says it was a late switch by Manuel, he has not been traded.
As for the game, Vance Worley will look to right some wrongs and put the Phillies in the win column, a place they’ve seldom been in recently. They’ve lost nine of 10 and will try to get a victory heading into the all-star break, which would provide some semblance of momentum heading into the break – I think. I don’t really know what momentum is anymore because the Phillies haven’t had any of it this season.
Lineup: Rollins SS, Pierre LF, Utley 2B, Howard 1B, Ruiz C, Pence RF, Pridie CF, Fontenot 3B, Worley P
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GO PHILLIES
Posts: 0 Red McNertney
The Phils need to move on some trades. Trade ‘em all. Start anew. Philly is accustomed to last place teams and always supports them… Make some money for the owners. To hell with the loyal fans. Ownership gave them enough by winning the division for five straight years. Let’s have another two decades of cellar dwelling. Gives Philly something to complain about.
Posted: 01:51 PM on July 8, 2012
Posts: 1982 Tracey
OUTTA HERE!!!
Posted: 02:08 PM on July 8, 2012
Posts: 3482 Lefty
It seems Shane Victorino made a serious mistake this morning.
Posted: 02:10 PM on July 8, 2012
Posts: 516 \"Big Ed\" Delahanty
Yes, he did! However, I’ll take the tear Pridie is on today over “pop-ups” any day. : )
Posted: 03:17 PM on July 8, 2012
Posts: 1982 Tracey
@Lefty: Oh? Have you heard something, or just the fact that he was pulled at the last minute?
Posted: 02:25 PM on July 8, 2012
Posts: 3482 Lefty
I heard what Ken said below.
What are the chances Charlie just decided to give Shane 5 straight days off?
Posted: 02:55 PM on July 8, 2012
Posts: 0 Joey Spagna
Victorino’s a goner. Down the toilet with the rest of the crap going on this year.
Posted: 03:22 PM on July 8, 2012
Posts: 0 Ken Bland
Personally, I tend to believe the not necessarily reliable rumor that Vic voiced his displeasure with hitting 7th in the lineup.
So much for the apparency of the Manager having lost control of the club. Give the oft mouthy centerfielder something to think about as Pridie contributes.
Posted: 02:25 PM on July 8, 2012
Posts: 1982 Tracey
Oh NICE PLAY by Ryan Howard!
Posted: 02:57 PM on July 8, 2012
Posts: 1982 Tracey
How often do you get to see dueling slides? :D
Posted: 02:58 PM on July 8, 2012
Posts: 1982 Tracey
WHEW! OK, time for the Phils to take back the lead. We need to go into the ASB on a positive note.
Posted: 03:12 PM on July 8, 2012
Posts: 516 \"Big Ed\" Delahanty
Apparently, there was some secret ceremony where Chipper Jones handed over his Phillies-killer extraordinaire powers to Brian McCann. Stay strong Vanimal!
Posted: 03:18 PM on July 8, 2012
Posts: 516 \"Big Ed\" Delahanty
Into the bullpen…(going into my meditative state).
Posted: 03:39 PM on July 8, 2012
Posts: 1982 Tracey
Ugh. Looks like we’re not going into the ASB with a win.
Posted: 03:41 PM on July 8, 2012
Posts: 0 Ken Bland
Well, see, this is the problem with the degree of pain of this season. Even if you have an underachieving pen, it’d be nice to at least hope for a comeback, as opposed to the 0-8,000 the Phils are if trailing after the first pitch of the game. Look at the Mets…they have a less than good pen, but they have played some exciting comeback baseball, as we suffered through this week. Maybe today’s the day the trend breaks, but that’s been the biggest hurt so far this year. Get behind, and good night, nurse.
Not telling you anything new, but thanks for the vent space.
Posted: 03:45 PM on July 8, 2012
Posts: 1982 Tracey
I’m not being entirely fair. They occasionally win with a 1-run deficit. It’s a 2-run deficit that is death for this team this year. But they so rarely come from behind, it’s hard to have any hope.
Posted: 03:53 PM on July 8, 2012
Posts: 1982 Tracey
WOW! PENCE CAUGHT A BALL!!!
Posted: 04:00 PM on July 8, 2012
Posts: 1982 Tracey
And… here comes Papelbon, doing his best to put the game out of our reach…
Posted: 04:10 PM on July 8, 2012
Posts: 1982 Tracey
(sigh)
Posted: 04:27 PM on July 8, 2012
Posts: 516 \"Big Ed\" Delahanty
Thank goodness for the all-star break. Time to figure out what we need to sell as sellers.
Posted: 04:29 PM on July 8, 2012
Posts: 0 George
The mention of “momentum” made me consider Newtonian physics. I realized almost immediately that with this team, it’s more like inertia, or at least the part of the definition that states “A body at rest tends to stay at rest.” Carrying it a step further, I’d say that the Phils seem to have reached the realm of sci-fi/fantasy now, because they’ve somehow managed to go back in time to the mid-seventies, when they couldn’t get a win even when the other team forfeited.
Posted: 04:55 PM on July 8, 2012
Posts: 0 bacardipr
What did Shane do? I had a couple of rough days and been sleeping all day till about a little bit ago.
Posted: 05:25 PM on July 8, 2012
Posts: 3482 Lefty
Bacardi – He didn’t do anything wrong. Some dumb-ass tweeted a false story that he had a “temper tantrum” about being placed in the 7 hole. The dumb ass reporter has since backtracked on his story.
Charlie denied it too, said he just felt Vic was down about his play of late, so he pulled him from the lineup.
Posted: 06:08 PM on July 8, 2012
Posts: 0 Ken Bland
well, scratch my answer, I guess.
Posted: 06:09 PM on July 8, 2012
Posts: 0 Ken Bland
Looks like he walked into the clubhouse, saw he was hitting 7th, and threw a tizzy. The old Jorge Posada strategy, 2012 edition.
Posted: 06:08 PM on July 8, 2012
Posts: 0 George
According to Zolecki, Victorino was concerned about his own play, so Manuel gave him a day off. Rumors that he was unhappy about hitting seventh weren’t true.
That’s the story for the press, anyway. It’s a known fact that Charlie doesn’t rat out his players to reporters, so who knows?
In this case, however, I tend to believe Zolecki. Victorino has a loud mouth at times, but he’s generally a team player, and he’s been so lousy this year that he probably is concerned.
Posted: 06:16 PM on July 8, 2012
Posts: 0 bacardipr
Thanks Lefty…
Posted: 06:10 PM on July 8, 2012
Posts: 0 Ryne Sandberg
My butt’s itchy and my finger smells almost as bad as the Phils
Posted: 07:20 PM on July 8, 2012