Comments on: Gamenight: Angels (43-30) At Phillies (42-32)

By: Ped

Ped — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 15:45:31 +0000

the daily news has Gillick saying that they move someone on the current roster for a pitcher. Who do you all think he’s thinking about? An outfeilder? Dobbs?

ps. Phil you’re right about Durbin, my bad.

By: scot

scot — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 15:31:49 +0000

I’ve been looking at the schedule. It doesn’t get much easier after this. I mean straight through the all star break we play very good teams.

I really think the key date is July 7th. If we can get out of that series vs the Mets with a division lead of 4 or 5 games over the Mets and Braves, then I think we may have survived our rough patch. Of course, that isn’t gonna be easy at all. The Mets are resurgent and have much more pitching than us, and the Braves will run off a streak at some point.

The team has got to pull itself back together.

By: Phil

Phil — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 15:22:31 +0000

Ped that’s retarded. He’s such an integral piece to that bullpen’s success. I also don’t think he has what it takes to be a starter of the calibur we want.

By: Ped

Ped — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 15:16:09 +0000

I think it’s time bring Durbin into the rotation.

By: Phil

Phil — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 15:14:25 +0000

This whole teams bats need to pick up. I think Utley will be benched today. They’re facing a lefty, a good lefty. Play Bruntlett he’s been clutch.

By: chris m

chris m — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 14:57:33 +0000

phil i think its fairly evident its not all howard

By: Lewisauce

Lewisauce — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 14:27:29 +0000

Mike, I defended you when people started name-calling in your direction. Now, you’re doing the name calling. I’d really hate for this to degenerate into the forums on FoxSports.com, where no one argues sports. They just hurl invective.

Don’t tell us we’re clueless. Tell us what specifically is wrong with the “infrastructure” in your opinion that makes this a bad baseball team. You’ve been harping on this for like two months. Give us the analysis before you start calling all of us clueless.

By: Lewisauce

Lewisauce — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 14:18:24 +0000

I said it before last night’s game: Eaton should have beaned Vlad in the face with the first pitch of Vlad’s first at-bat. It’s dirty, but I’m sticking to it.

I’ll be at tonight’s game. Unfortunately, I’m pretty sure we’re in for another dose of Evil Brett.

By: Gnomicide

Gnomicide — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 14:17:11 +0000

Mike, I wouldn’t call anyone else clueless. You’re the one who is not seeing beyond a slump. The majority of the year they’ve been playing outstanding ball and have one of the best offenses in the game. It’s just a rough patch right now in a long season. Obviously the holes in the rotation are seemingly bigger than one would have imagined starting out. But I’d rather be one starter away from being a great team and two starters away from being an outstanding team, rather than have no core whatsoever. The Phillies are built to win now and are one of the most exciting teams out there to watch. The fact that they’ve done so well with such a questionable rotation shows that.

By: Mike T.

Mike T. — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 12:09:20 +0000

Amanda, you need to look at the infrastructure in order to tell they’re not a good baseball team. That’s the problem with clueless fans – you see the game and base your opinion on the things that are easily visible. You can’t do that, you need to go beyond “slumps”.