Archive for August, 2011

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Now that is more like it. No rain, no runs, no game winning home runs, no Ryan Zimmerman ruining everything. The Phillies bounced back from a tough weekend in Washington by kicking the living hell out of the New York Mets.

Fire > Mets baseball.

All he has to do is clear every single waiver there is.

“I feel for you,” my friend replied, sweeping up pieces of his keyboard into a dustpan.

Was it general sadism or an actual reason that the Phillies released Jack six days after allowing him to achieve his dream of both playing pro ball and not destroying his family? We’ll probably never know.

Two nights after Ryan Madson was touched up in the ninth inning, Antonio Bastardo was also victimized by regression to the mean when he allowed the tying run to score via a home run by noted awful baseball player Ian Desmond.

Eight innings, nine strikeouts and NO RUNS ALLOWED. Little Roy looked like little Roy.

What happened last night is something that we as Phillies fans are not accustomed to. Ryan Madson blew his second save of the season after entering the ninth inning with a 4-2 lead.

The Phillies scored four runs on seven hits and quieted one of the hotter teams in baseball. John Mayberry Jr. hit a two run home run and Wilson Valdez avoided hitting into a double play by swatting a double for the second straight day.