In 2 days, the Phillies starting pitchers have provided (relative to the usual performance) outstanding outings. In these same two days, MVP holder Jimmy Rollins has chosen to eschew the team bus and take his own car through New York traffic and gets himself benched for arriving less than an hour before game time. Chase Utley continues to go 0 for 16, 17...I don't know for sure because I left before the end of the 9th inning to catch a bus back to Philly in a sleep-deprived state of shock after Brad Lidge gave up his first homerun of the season, a grand slam to the Braves' catcher who had previously scored the only run off Kendrick on a solo home run. Against a Phils offense that had two hits and a lot of bad luck, the 7 runs scored by the Braves in the 9th were of little consequence except to rattle the one sure thing we've had so far this year. Not that I'm worried about Lidge. The way things are going, the Phillies might as well have sent the ballgirls to the plate. A 1-0 loss is no different than a 25-0 loss and either one seems more likely these last couple games than the Fightins scoring in any meaningful way.
I guess this makes this more exciting when they bust out and roar back into first place. 70's retro night is coming up against the L.A. Dodgies, so that's something. And don't forget Philadelphia, Eagles opening day is just 43 days, 7 hours, 2 minutes and 83000 who gives an S's away! WHOO HOO!
No cockroaches tonight. They must have all been down at the Bank, crawling out of the dugout and click clacking to the plate disguised as Phillies hitters.
Tomorrow I'm going to avoid the game entirely and attend various social and art opening functions. That'll show this team I mean business. Who am I kidding...I'll be texting for updates throughout the proceedings and hoping my destinations include Comcast sportsnet OR at least one hapless Phillies fan to sneak off with and listen to 1210 every few minutes.
Phillies 2008...take me back to 2007. (With all due paraphrasing respect to Ozma's In Search of 1998, which can be listened to below)
http://www.mediafire.com/?xjbtydmzjld
Hilarious Pat Burrell worship site found here: (In actuality run by Western Canadians! Go fig...)
http://thesexycrimes.wordpress.com/
Ryan Howard's 100th Home Run, in which a certain nerd can be seen jumping for joy well before the rest of the fans at Citizens Bank Park:
mms://a1503.v108692.c10869.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/1503/10869/v0001/mlb.download.akamai.com/10869/2007/open/tp/archive06/062707_cinphi_howard_hr_tp_350.wmv?ct3=-1&ct4=mlb&ct5=27-Jun-07
