The Brewers allowed 22 base runners, including nine on free passes, as the
Phillies cruised to a rain-delayed victory at Citizens Bank Park.
The big damage came in a five-run fifth, which featured the return of
Beerleaguer favorite R.J. Swindle, who entered the game with the bases
loaded and allowed all his inherited runners to score. Pedro Feliz
led the charge offensively with a pair of RBI singles, a walk and a
solo homer, his first of the season. Feliz, who's off to a very good
start, also turned a fine 5-4-5 double play in the
ballgame. Jayson Werth got things rolling with a two-run double in the
first inning and the Phils never looked back. Jamie Moyer (2-1)
allowed four runs over six-plus innings. He pitched better than his line; Ryan Braun, who's a stud, took him deep twice. Ryan
Howard represented the only negative with an 0-for-4 game with three
strikeouts and seven left stranded, but he'd gladly trade it for the
win, which lifted the Phillies back to .500.
You know that trick where people paint their eyelids to look like eyeballs? Pedro Feliz has eyes like that.
Have a good night.
Posted by: J. Weitzel | Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at 11:54 PM
lol
Posted by: Sophist | Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at 11:58 PM
At the risk of revealing my juvenile sense of humor . . . I must admit, I laughed out loud at the guy going by the handle "CarlosBeltransexual." That's quality filler for a rain delay, as was HH's story about her teacher, Mr. Stick.
Posted by: bay_area_phan | Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at 12:06 AM
BAP: That's nothing. I also worked in customer service for 3 years. Oh, the names, the names I would get over the phone.
I actually asked a caller once "Are you kidding me?" when she told me her name. Her name, she said it was her given name, was "Diamond Nipple". I am not. making. this. up.
Sorry to take your site to new lows, Jason.
Posted by: doubleh | Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at 12:13 AM
Where does JW get those wonderful pictures . . .
Posted by: MG | Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at 01:57 AM
I haven't been on the site in a week so I'm not sure what the tone is around here, but I went to my first game of the year last night and what a great game it was. It was a beautiful April night until the 7th inning and then the rain delay wasn't all that bad. If there is an Ibanez bandwagon put me on it. This guy is such a ballplayer. It was a thing of beauty watching him steal 2nd, advance to 3B and then score. Then when the Phils were up with a nice lead, he still sacrificed himself by hitting a grounder to the right side to get Werth over to 3B. I'll give Armaro some credit. The front office realized that this guy was a hidden gem in Seattle and a total ballplayer and while you can argue they overpaid, they went out and aggressively got their man and he is a true professional.
Posted by: Len39 | Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at 02:42 AM
My 9th grade Principal was Mr. Bader. Of course we referred to him as Master.
Posted by: Meyer | Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at 03:02 AM
Moyer's outing was really encouraging. He made a couple of mistakes to Braun--actually, the first home run was more a good piece of hitting than a poor pitch from Moyer--but other than that, he was solid.
Posted by: Matt | Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at 06:52 AM
Giving up hits to a quality player like Braun is much less worrisome than having severe control problems.
Posted by: CarlosBeltransexual | Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at 07:51 AM
When I saw Swindle come in, I thought, "Hey, the people @ Beerleaguer will be so proud!" Then he started pitching. Oofah.
Posted by: loctastic | Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at 08:27 AM
Yo, new thread
Posted by: EastFallowfield | Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at 08:49 AM
I call that look "Brown Steel".
Posted by: Pete Happy | Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at 11:52 AM