Game chat: Phillies rematch with Rockies tonight

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[Sophist]

Just looking at the Braves' schedule so far, they are off to a great start, despite the record. 9 loses but 7 of them, 7, by 1 run. 9 wins and 6 of them by 5 or more. They are up 6-0 right now. There last 4 games:

8-0
6-1
4-1
6-1

all wins.

Go Phils. This is a big start for Kendrick, after a solid start previous. For his confidence's sake, I wish it weren't against the Rockies.

[Sophist]

Make that "[t]here" and "their". Damn, must have been that goal the Caps just scored.

[Parker]

Mets loosing to the Cubs 0-2 in bottom of 5. I was kind of looking at the Cubs series as a measuring stick for the Phils so far. The Cubs were hot when they played the Phils and then lost 2 of 3 to Phils. They left Philly and got hot again. I'm interested to see how the Mets fare against the only good team that both teams have played so far. Of note is the fact that the Phils played the Cubs with Soriano and the Mets will not have to face Alphonso.

[Sophist]

And it looks, Parker, like the Mets will face the same rotation schedule as the Phils did with Zambrano pitching on the first day.

[Parker]

Put Madson back in the Rotation. You would have to be an idiot to keep a guy with an 88 MPH fastball in the bullpen.

[Parker]

Indeed Sophist, indeed.

[Sophist]

Indeed.

[Parker]

Moises Alou back by this weekend? According to ESPN that may be the case. I didn't know that he had hernia surgery. I wonder if that was a hand hardening exercise gone wrong?

[Parker]

Everyones best fiend C.B. Bucknor behind the plate. He already has his inter-continental strike zone working.

[Will]

I'm missing something I'm sure. What channel is the game on? Is it not on tonight?

[bathtubhippo]

cn8

[Parker]

Uts!! ho-hum.

[Will]

thanks hippo

[Malcolm]

Bartender: Whatcha havin', big fella?

Howard: The usual.

[stjoehawk]

Guess the thinner air made that throw carry a bit...

[Malcolm]

You have to be KIDDING me.

[drake]

over/under:

5 BB for kendrick

[J. Weitzel]

Love these CN8 games. Like watching sports using leftover equipment from the 1980 Olympics.

[Dave X]

Rox announcers talking about how bad the Phils defense is...

[drake]

bleh

[Parker]

If Kendrick has no better control than to throw that garbage pitch to the 8 hitter with a bad hitting pitcher on deck, then he does not have what it takes to be a MLB pitcher. That was sad.

[Dave X]

Remember, LF defense doesn't matter because we play in cbp.

[Parker]

Mark Redman is Cy Young. He is almost as good as Shawn Chacon.

[Jack]

Dave X: You didn't know that defense doesn't matter? I thought Clout would have explained that to you by now.

Kendrick needs to give you more than 1 quality start per 5 outings. I mean seriously.

Flyers choking it away...

[Sophist]

How many 2 goal leads can the flyers just give away. Ridiculous.

[MG]

How does Bucknor keep his job? Honestly he definitely has to be in the running for one of the worst umps behind home in the majors. Thought MLB had largely fixed this problem with umpires recreating the strike zone on a nightly basis.

[MG]

Yet another error by this infield. Ugh. If Feliz isn't playing flawlessly in the field, he is useless.

[Malcolm]

HUGE play by Utley.

Also, why the hell is it pronounced Bar-nes, and not Barnes?

[Tray]

Well first of all, it's Barmes, not Barnes, but I'm guessing Barmes is a French name; hence the counterintuitive pronunciation.

[THe Dude]

i can't take watching Howard look absolutely pathetic out there anymore. When is a slump more than just a slump and maybe something more, like he's just not ever going to re-create a season like 2006? Adam Dunn here we come!

[MG]

Pfizer should become a sponsor of this team because they are impotent against LHP right now. Impotent.

[timr]

Nice to see Howard even getting some singles yesterday and today.

We need Pat the Bat to pick up some slack now--Utley can't do it alone.

[THe Dude]

can someone slap Cholley silly and tell him that we need to separate Utley and Howard with a Right Handed hitter that will make the other manager actually think about doing some managing in late inning situations. Maybe Cholley thinks that the opposing managers will go easy on him especically with a short bench and Cholley's tendency to run out of bench players before extra innings.

[MG]

I still can't believe all the negativity that is raining down on Howard. Yeah he has sucked so far but I certainly would rather see him up there useless options like Senor Out, Ruiz, or Bruntlett right now.

[Tray]

For the first time in a very long time, Howard has less than twice as many strikeouts as hits (he's up to 14 hits and 27 strikeouts).

[MG]

PtB answers yet again. Nice to see somebody stepping up although that was a meatball from Redman.

[THe Dude]

way to work the pitcher Pedro! Anyone think that maybe Pedro is actually a few years older than his reported age? Look at his picture

[Sophist]

THe Dude, did you have a problem with his 2007 after April?

[timr]

way to go Pat!

MG--I'm sure Howard will turn it around, but if the best we can say about him right now is that he's better than Bruntlett, he deserves the scorn.

[curt]

Outside of 3-4-5, this lineup is a bad joke.

[MG]

It is fine against a lefty starter, but there is ZERO reason that Feliz should be starting everyday at 3B. This offense just can't afford right now to have him give AB after AB up. Unless a pitch makes a mistake pitch that is thigh-high and over the plate so Feliz can pull it, he is just over matched.

Dobbs should be starting at 3B at least 2-3 a week.

[Parker]

MG: It was the same last year. He sucked at the beginning and there was unprecedented bashing, but when he was helping bash the Phils into the playoffs, there was a great big Howard love-fest. It is the A-Rod syndrome. Pick on the most obvious target when they are not performing at the astronomically high pace that they have in the past. The criticism of Howard, just like A-Rod, can be best characterized as being a victim of his own success.

[Sophist]

THe Dude - Feliz was already caught reporting an incorrect age with the Giants back when that became an issue post-9/11.

[THe Dude]

MG - thats not the point. He showed what he was capable of doing in 2006 before he decided to get a head as big as his stomach. He needs to stop thinking about pulling everything into the right field bleachers and do whats right for the team and get a friggin hit to left field every once in a while. Or better yet the Fat Man can take Cholley's suggestion to get closer to the plate but he's too pig headed to do that. I can't believe that he was quoted as saying that he's not comfortable close to the plate. When was the last time you saw him actually get hit with a pitch?

[MG]

Making a move though for a SS who can field though is much more pressing than another OF. Bohn sucks but Bruntlett continues to be an adventure in the field while contributing nothing at the plate. I would take a guy over the next 2 weeks who just gobbles up grounders and hits .220 with no pop.

[timr]

yeah, these errors by Feliz are absolutely infuriating. If this continues all year, we seriously might as well have never signed him and just made Dobbs the full time 3rd basemen.

[Tray]

That's just ridiculous, Parker. A-Rod doesn't struggle to hit above the Mendoza line. He puts up Hall of Fame numbers every month, and then he gets picked on for not hi-fiving people after they hit home runs or going 4-20 in a five-game series when Jeter puts up the same numbers. That's very different. We have a guy who's objectively terrible right now. He's barely outhitting Feliz, and we have every right to bash him - especially because he has been successful in the past and therefore can only be seen as a huge underachiever.

[MG]

Freaking Yorvit. How is it that this loser has hit so well against the Phils? One thing to get hit by Helton. Another to get hit by a guy who should be at best be a backup at this point in his career.

[THe Dude]

i think they need to recheck his age. His picture up at CBP big screen was reminiscent of Mesa. Looks closer to 40 than 30.

I was at the phils games on Sat & Sunday and have to admit that we as Phillies fans should be ashamed by the behavior of some of the dumb assed teenagers that make us all look like idiots. I can't believe all the lewd behavior that was happening out in Ashburn Alley last night in particular.

[The Theory]

Sarge has a sweet cap on.