Old City Blues

I told Stu, the Reading Eagle security guard and life-long Pirates fan, not to sweat it after the Phils clobbered Pittsburgh 12-1 to open this series. "They’ll probably get shut out next game," I said. "That’s how things go with the Phillies."

And sure enough.

I was down in Old City last night about a block from where Jason Michaels decked a cop. It was the closest I got to Phils action, so I can only comment on the box.

The first four hitters went 0-14. Jon Lieber left after one inning after taking a liner off his elbow. And there you have it.

So you be my eyes this morning. What did you see? Jimmy Rollins remains the leadoff hitter for some reason. How did he do? Hackity-hack-hack-hack from the looks of it. Out of the pen, Ryan Madson had a rough outing. That’s not good, especially since he’s the leading candidate to replace Vicente Padilla in the rotation.

Comments

[mitchwilliams93]

yes bad outing by Madson, but that was the only runs let up by any of the pitchers, you'd think after the 12 run outburst the prior night that they could still pull out the win....but they put up a goose egg against Wells?????? come on, he got shelled his last outing....pathetic, its a such a farce...

what is rollins doing swinging at an eye-level pitch!!?? trying to hit a hr again??? does he know how to work a count??? maybe get a walk once in a while??

does anyone have a game plan when they come to the plate??

if the pitcher walks the prior 3 hitters, why the hell are you swinging at the first pitch!! wait till he throws a friggin strike!!!

its like a car wreck, you can't turn away....or like a real reality show, you watch to see how they can implode and lose another game.....

when is Monty going to grow a set and fire Wade so that a outside person can come in as GM and get ride of all these "good people" who have no hearts or passion for the game???

(yes, now I feel better after getting that off my chest, lol)

[J. Weitzel]

Tom Goodman at Swing and a Miss said Geoff Geary deserved credit for exceptional pitching out of the pen. Geary has been pretty good lately.

[mitchwilliams93]

I agree, Geary did well coming out cold from the pen...

[Tom Goodman]

The last comment, by mitchwilliams93, further underscores how well Geary did last night. All of sudden, get warm, buddy. It was a very fine performance.

[theragtopguy]

I agree 100% with mitchwilliams93. Monty needs to get rid of Wade and hire Hunsicker and let him rebuild this team. Maybe they need to get J-Roll to drop and do pushups everytime he hits a fly ball like Willie Mays Hayes in Major League!!

[Tom Goodman]

Theraagtopguy has just come up with the solution to a number of problems all at once with his Willie Mays Hayes suggestion. He couldn't be any worse than Endy Chavez plus his presence would indeed force Jimmy to lay off those high ones. And I'll bet he is available. Brilliant idea.