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12 Responses to “Taguchi Off The Hook With Hit”

1. Geoff Says:
   July 23rd, 2008 at 2:42 pm

   Yeah i guess he can stay for a bit longer. shockingly, at this point in time he has more value to this team than geoff jenkins does.

2. ped Says:
   July 23rd, 2008 at 2:55 pm

   i kinda felt that maybe So was put in because he could possibly have outrun a double play. He’s pretty fast right?

3. NJ Says:
   July 23rd, 2008 at 3:13 pm

   He’s not much a threat to steal at will but can run the bases as good as anyone from the sound of it. He did well do get his head in the game ater all thats happened, Ruiz was dangerous close to grounding into the double play, we got lucky Reyes showboated and couldn’t make the out at first.

4. Frank Says:
   July 23rd, 2008 at 3:31 pm

   Last night’s game was a nifty composite of why, ultimately, the Phillies are probably a little closer to good than mediocre. Philadelphia has quality relief pitching. They have a lot of nights where they don’t do much offensively, but still score five runs or so- mostly cause they hit a lot of homeruns (one mistake equals a crooked number) and they have three-and-a-half very good RBI-style bats: Utley, Howard, Burrell and Rollins. (Rollins only counts for a half because the Phillies stupidly insist on batting him lead-off.)

   And of course, while he make us crazy with his game day approach, the Phillies really, really play for Charlie.

   I mean, Pat Burrell reads and knows the scouting report: can’t play outfield! But the Mets hit the ball in corner, he hustles after it. He throws a strike to the right guy- a hustle play combined with a smart play- and the Phillies cut off a big inning with an out at the plate.

   The Phillies made a ton of opportunistic defensive plays last night- two outs at the plate, Rollins snags one up the middle, Utley stabs a line drive diving- all four examples here made by guys who aren’t “great” defensive players. That is what Charlie brings- alert, if not good, defense and relief pitching and good at-bats even when you’re down four runs on the road. Guys play for him- and play hard and chippy*.

   *three Mets, including Santana, hit by pitches- love that chippy play when you’re struggling and they ain’t.

5. ped Says:
   July 23rd, 2008 at 3:36 pm

   speaking of which… It seemed like Blanton was going at Santana with those pitches. I think he hit him too. It made me like the guy a little more.

6. Phil Says:
   July 23rd, 2008 at 3:37 pm

   I actually had a really good feeling when they pulled Jenkins and replaced him with So. When I saw So step to the plate I knew he was going to make the best of it, I don’t know why I knew it, but I did. I’ve also been really weird at making predictions lately. Last off season I said to a bunch of my friends Pat Burrell is going to hit roughly, .280 with 40 homers and 120 RBI’s. I’m going to be off by a bit, but his RBI’s are definitely skewed by the fact that he has a guy with a horrible OBP batting in front of him, and that also likes to clear the bases or strike out to end an inning. He also gets taken out late in games constantly. If Burrell was batting 4th all season and played the whole game, like Howard does…I guarantee he’d have 80 RBI’s right now, but regardless that was one prediction I made. I also said they were going to play .500 ball in April. I also said that Hamels wasn’t going to get any run support. Lastly, I had a dream Saturday night that the Phillies were going to lose Sunday to the Marlins 3-2, and that Cantu would win the game with a walk-off home run. Damn, that dream sucked.

7. So Taguchi Says:
   July 23rd, 2008 at 3:42 pm

   take dat, Muts fans!

8. Chase Mutley Says:
   July 23rd, 2008 at 4:32 pm

   C’mon, I was screaming “Taguchi!!!!!!!!!!” like everyone else and I was stoked he got the Ashburn but I never want to see him at the plate with the game on the line. Every dog has his day.

9. Frank Says:
   July 23rd, 2008 at 4:36 pm

   After they hit Santana, I was wondering how many guys the Phillies could hit (four? five?) before the Mets knocked someone down.

   If either team gets up big tonight- I wouldn’t be surprised to see the Mets retaliate (particularly if they’re losing or the Phillies hit someone again tonight)

10. Grrrumpy Miner Says:
    July 23rd, 2008 at 4:42 pm

    A bench clearing brawl……boy you savages are looking for blood

11. Jeffrey Says:
    July 23rd, 2008 at 5:20 pm

    That Taguchi hit reminds me of Rod Barajas getting that clutch RBI single against the Cards last year. In both cases, probably smart not to get carried away. As the saying goes, even a broken clock is right twice a day.

12. that guy Says:
    July 23rd, 2008 at 6:01 pm

    The sun even shines on a dogs asshole one day

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