Tied in 1st . . . for now.
The Good: Kyle Kendrick showing that he is a season veteran by getting a crucial . . . What? He’s a rookie? Nice. I’m glad he’s on my team. Howard and Burrell both hitting the biggest homeruns of their careers. Unless you’re considering every homerun Burrell hit off of Wagner. And maybe Howard’s 58th homerun last year. But still, those were pretty important homeruns.
The Bad: What are you a freak? How could there be anything bad about todays game?
Do you believe in miracles? This is unbelievable. I don’t want to say too much because this season is still far from over. But you gotta like our chances. The 2007 Phillies are about to erase all the bad history that came from teh 1964 Phillies. This team cannot be knocked down. Throughout this season I have been trying to convince everyone not to get your hopes up on this team. You can look back on my blogs and see that I claimed that this season was over many many times. I said it when Howard went down. When Utley went down. When Hamels went down. When Gordon and Myers went down. When Victorino and Bourn went down. Gillick made the trade for Iguchi and I couldn’t understand why he was wasting his team making a transaction that won’t make a difference. When they blew the 6-run lead late in the Atlanta game I thought that was the final nail in the coffin. I had completely given up hope.
Then the New York Mets decide they don’t feel like playing in October. 7.5 game lead with 17 games left. How do you mess that up? When the Phillies swept them twice, I just thought it gave me a key arguing point when the obnoxious Mets fans wanted to talk trash. I never thought that it would the Phillies to take over the lead. I really want the Phillies to put that 4-game sweep of the Mets on a DVD set. I will be the first in line to buy it and play it until the DVD burns away. Now I should’ve went to bed, then wrote this blog after a night’s sleep. I would’ve settled down and realized that the Phillies could very easily blow this chance. But who wants to be a pessimistic fan. This is our year. At least for a playoff berth.
Our “ace” takes the mound for Friday’s game. Cole Hamels needs to pick up where he left off in his last start. He went 5.0 innings (due to his recent coming off of the DL) and only allowed 2 hits. I know I said before that I’d rather have Hamels played on a side of caution since he is so young and has an incredible amount of potential. But that went out the window when they found themselves in first place of the NL East. Against Washington this year, Hamels is 1-1 in 4 starts and has a 2.63 ERA in 24.0 innings.
Last start (9/23): ND / 5.0 / 1 ER / 2 H / 2 BB / 6 SO / Washington
Tim Redding is coming off of a tough no decision, which he got after allowing 1 run through 6.2 innings. He also hasn’t had a great month of September. In 3 starts, he’s0-0, lasted a total of 13.0 innings and has an ERA of 4.85. He has a mid-90 fastball and the ability to work himself out of jams. However he rarely goes deep into a game and doesn’t have any great secondary pitches.
Last start (9/22): ND / 6.2 / 1 ER / 8 H / 0 BB / 7 SO / Philadelphia
Last words . . . who cares about the Eagles, Phillies are in a Pennant race.
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Posted on September 28, 2007 by Soss | Filed Under Phillies, Philadelphia, Professional Sports, Philly Sports, Baseball
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