Baseball update for July 11th

Just a few thoughts from yesterday: Ryan Church to Braves, Francoeur to Mets.  Both managers were sick of what they were seeing from them.  Church and his mental errors (missing third base for the winning run), Francoeur with his inability to stop swinging at balls out of the strike zone.  Both guys may benefit from a change in scenery and new managers.  but in the end, does it really matter?  The Phillies...

On the road again

The Phillies finally get to hit the road again, and what do they do?  Win, of course.  Not just win.  They obliterate.  Granted, 5 of the 10 runs they scored were unearned, but hey, defense is part of the game, too.  Everything worked out for the team tonight.  10 runs, an effective outing by Moyer, an effective mop-up duty by Walker (who the hell is he and where did he come from) and Esclaona.  They got what...

Would Uncle Charlie do it?

If you are a Phillies fan, the hard, somber facts are staring you right in the face.  You know which ones I’m talking about: 23-9 13-21. Best road team in baseball.  The worst home team in baseball for a first place team.  Maybe ever. So the question is… would Uncle Charlie do it?  Will he fix the all-star game?  I mean, Charlie hopes his team will get back to the World Series.  They have as good...

I give up

Man, if any of you guys are Phillies fans out there, you have to be just as sick as I am.  I remember the good old days, two weeks ago, when Lidge was struggling, and I was begging for Charlie to make Madson the closer.  and I get my wish.  And what happens?  Over the course of one week, he blows two saves and gets two loses.  I’m not going to go into all of the gory details; if you’re reading this,...

Raul who? Exactly.

Sometime over the past few days, some random pseudo-adult blogger in the Midwest who probably still lives with his mother made some pretty harsh implications about Phillies left fielder Raul Ibanez and the possibility that he has used or is currently using performance enhancing drugs.  Everyone else in America has already commented on this, so I figured I would throw my own two sense in. First off, speculation by...