It’s now or 2008
The Good: Utley got his first post-season hits. The world is not coming to an end. Rollins certainly redeemed himself by knocking 80% of the team’s runs.
The Bad: I really hope Mesa has gotten the hint that he is too old to be pitching anymore. He’s just starting to look embarrassing on the mound. Especially with his 81.00 ERA. What’s the point of starting Helms if you’re only going to leave him in for 4 innings? I know he’s a waste of money on the bench, but he’s sure not helping the team in the field either.
Well that was fun. Hopefully 14 years from now we’ll make the playoffs again and maybe we’ll get a playoff win. This team does not deserve to be playing in October. They look completely overmatched out there. And they’re doing that against the NL Wildcard. Thank God they don’t have to play an AL team. It’s hard to get mad at Kendrick, because he’s a youngster trying to do his best out there. But his performance was just as good as Hamels. 5 runs is an improvement, but this team has absolutely no fight left. I guess they used it all up to get into the playoffs. While it’s frustrating seeing them not being successful because so many of them are so young. But hopefully that means we’ll be contending for many years to come.
And I’m really starting to get sick of people saying the fans at these games are doing their jobs. Yesterday on the ride home all the people that called in on the talk shows said the fans weren’t in it. And the announcers on TBS today were saying the same thing. The Phillies players should be cheering for us. We’re the ones spending God knows how much money on these tickets. And what do we get in return, a tired looking team that gives up after the 3rd inning. I wanna say that I’d rather have them not make the playoffs if they are just going to get swept. But I did enjoy them winning the NL East. At least we didn’t blow a 7-game lead with only 17-games left.
Well, he won the big game before. Maybe there’s something in his old age that lets him block out the pressure. We better hope so, cause there’s going to be plenty of it. This Rockies team is a team that loves to hit. Hopefully Moyer can keep them impatient with his off-speed pitches and make their anxiousness turn into ground outs. All I know is that I’m won’t be going into Saturday’s game with much excitement.
Last start (9/30): W / 5.1 / 0 ER / 5 H / 0 BB / 5 SO / Washington
Doesn’t really matter who the Rockies send out there. Here’s either going to look like Nolan Ryan or Cy Young against this Phillies team. The youngster that is getting sent out is Ubaldo Jimenez. He’s coming off a very strong start, and coming into a very exciting game. He’s staring a home game in which his team is up 2-0. Maybe he’ll feel some pressure having to pitch in front of his fans. But in reality, there’s not much pressure on him. All I know is that if the Phillies have any fight left, they can very easily throw up some double digit numbers in Colorado.
Last start (9/30): ND / 6.1 / 1 ER / 1 H / 4 BB / 10 SO / Arizona
Last words . . . for some reason, I’m not too upset. I guess I kinda expected this.
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Posted on October 4, 2007 by Soss | Filed Under Phillies, Philadelphia, Professional Sports, Philly Sports, Baseball
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