Comments on: Gamenight: Angels (44-30) At Phillies (42-33)

By: Bruce

Bruce — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 17:06:11 +0000

Source: Boston Globe

“The Boston Globe, citing an unnamed team official said the Philadelphia Phillies are beating the bushes for one more starting pitcher. They’ll be in on just about anybody who becomes available, perhaps a No. 2 or No. 3 type.

They would also be in on a No. 1 such as C.C. Sabathia if the Indians are serious about peddling him or Erik Bedard if the Mariners rip things apart.

They are also taking a good look at A.J. Burnett, who has an opt-out, as well as Bronson Arroyo and Derek Lowe. The official said the Phillies see this year as a prime opportunity to make it to the World Series.”

Source: Boston.com

By: Geoff

Geoff — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:43:03 +0000

I was there last night and i was certaintly pissed.

first of all, myers pitched well for most of the game. double digit k’s i think.

he shouldve been pulled after going 7 so he could have left with confidence and a positive attitude. scratch that because erick eybar went yard on him in the 8th when someone else shouldve been on the mound.

scot shields was throwing straight cheddar.

again, the pattern continues with this team. this is what they do against good pitching. they get behind early and they dont win.

but they DID come back, and promtly botched it in a brand new way. ok, now i know feliz is slow. in that situation you have to pinch run for him. they need another speed guy off the bench. michael bourn was great in that role and perhaps golson can do that. so taguchi doesnt count because he dropped an easy fly last night. no excuses, DFA’d. you have to be able to catch fly balls to be a professional baseball player. bring up golson or even TJ bohn would do better than that.

WHEN they get another starter theyll need to reshuffle and move someone to the bullpen.

in all honesty though, this teams needs a whole lot more than one starter. they probably need two more solid starters. one more solid bullpen arm. AND a better 5th outfielder. AND the guys that they are committed to in this lineup need to just improve because theyre not patient enough. this lineup needs to improve because it was exposed by good pitching and it will continue to be until they fix that.

By: clicheguevara

clicheguevara — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:51:54 +0000

and scratch what I said about the leftys

By: clicheguevara

clicheguevara — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:51:10 +0000

This is the lineup I would throw out to maximize our potential, at least against leftys:

Victorino
Rollins
Burrell
Utley
Werth
Howard
Feliz
Coste

There’s no doubt in my mind Vic should occupy the leadoff spot. Although breaking up the leftys would be nice, Burrells OBP is just too sick not to use earlier, ESPECIALLY with Utley hitting with so much power this year. Howard needs a wakeup call badly and won’t hurt us so badly at 6. Also, he will almost always have people on base for him to rake in with the way the three in the front of him get on base. Of course this is all too logical for it to ever happen.

By: chris m

chris m — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:39:12 +0000

as i said yeaterday vic should be leadoff bc rollins would fit better as a 2 and vic cant situational hit not that rollins will be much better but rollins is a better fit at 2 as hoard is at 5….and for ryan. sry but thats the stupidest quote ive ever heard and NEVER heard anyone say that

By: Phil

Phil — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:35:35 +0000

Rollins has always hit better in the lead off spot than anywhere else they have ever tried to bat him.

By: clicheguevara

clicheguevara — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:26:58 +0000

I may be nitpicking here, but why doesn’t Victorino hit leadoff and Rollins move to the 2 spot? Victorino gets on base more frequently (.345 to .340) and Rollins hits for way more power (.450 to .382). Vic is also a switch so we would get a favorable start every time. Wouldn’t it just make sense for Jimmy’s leadoff homers to turn into 2 runs?

Is there something I am missing here?

By: Phil

Phil — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:15:01 +0000

I’d rather be cold now and get hot when the Mets come to town. I honestly think the Phillies are having trouble handling the pressure of being in 1st place. They’re used to chasing not being chased. I didn’t watch the game last night, it was my little sisters sweet 16 birthday party and I had to DJ it, but I kept checking the score on my cell phone, and I’d assume Myers pitched great. I guess Vlad is back to kill us again. He’ll probably knock Hamels around too. This team needs to step it up. I knew this would be the hardest stretch of the season. A’s aren’t going to be any easier. Their pitching is even better than the Sox and the Angels. Luckily one game is against Blanton who blows. Today we’re facing Weaver who blows too. Let’s get this win. We can pick it back up again when we face the Rangers who have horrible pitching. Their rotation makes ours look like the greatest thing ever. As for Eaton imploding last night. It was expected and about time. It’s hard for even great pitchers to get 6 Q’s in a row. We need to be in 1st place after the all-star break. Our 2nd half of the season is going to be a lot easier.

By: ryan

ryan — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:03:49 +0000

some of the people posting on here remind me of the type of fans that say things like “i don’t want this team to make the playoffs because i don’t like the manager”.

By: Gavin

Gavin — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 14:01:24 +0000

I said two weeks ago we just need to survive this stretch. I anint happy and this team is royally pissing me off, but I agree that too many people are jumping off the deep end.

Unfortunately we still have a bunch of tough games ahead, so if the players dont get a clue we could be in trouble.