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Odds And Ends: Ibanez, Escalona, Werth, Romero

A few notes on this off day:

Triple Crown update: Raul Ibanez is hitting .357 (5th, NL) with 13 HR (2nd, NL) and 35 RBI (2nd, NL). His 1.139 OPS leads the National League.

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Sergio Escalona was all smiles after yesterday’s win, his first major league win in his very first appearance. He offered a bunch of excited quotes, such as this:

“Unbelievable, really,” he said, grabbing a phone from the locker and pointing to the screen. “14 texts!”

Yeah, I don’t even get 14 texts for my birthday. Good job, Sergio.

A poll of National League executives and managers revealed Jayson Werth is one of the league’s most underrated players. He and Adrian Gonzalez shared top voting honors. Shane Victorino also received votes.

The Morning Call looks at a big addition for the Phillies: JC Romero. Yes, Mr. Romero returns in 16 games.

How big is this? He’ll instantly change the pitching staff, allowing Scott Eyre to move back to middle relief and taking the load off Chad Durbin and Clay Condrey, middle relievers uncomfortable with multiple late-inning appearances.

Tim Malcolm

Tim first found the Phillies as a little infant at Veteran’s Stadium, cheering on a Juan Samuel game-winning home run in his very first game. With the pinstripes in his blood, he witnessed Terry Mulholland’s 1990 no-hitter, “Steve Carlton Night” at the Vet, game three of the 1993 World Series, countless games during the charmed 2008 championship season and various road excursions. Since November 2007 Tim’s been writing about them daily at Phillies Nation, becoming one of the world’s most popular Phillies scribes. You can catch him on Twitter and Facebook, as well. When he’s not talking about the Phils he’s relaxing with a St. Bernardus ABT 12 or one of his many favored brews.