Joe Blanton loses his chance at a win, but then again, after this season, he should just be happy to have a job. Unbelievable turn of events with umpire potentially blowing call, and then throwing out Charlie (you could clearly hear the cries of "CHAW-LEE", "CHAW-LEE", "CHAW-LEE" from the crowd while he was obviously attempting to get himself tossed arguing the call). Next... that powerful beast dressed in a Ryan Madson suit dominated with a HUGE strike out and then blew it by giving up a 2-RBI knock almost before anyone had a chance to exhale.
Here comes Mr. Lidge. Let's go offense! This is a shame because I was all ready to bust out a posi-blog post about the Phils and Blanton, despite grounding into a double play with two men on to end the inning when the runners should have been going or at least considering the double play option.
And of course, Utley was really busting it down the line. God Damn.
Ryan Howard: 0-3, 3 Strikeouts. You can't spell Redemption w/o an R, O, D and if you needed another R, he has one right before that last D. It's almost September, Ryan, that means BOMB TIME!
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