confuzzed wrote:

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Um, have you seen this year's Phillies? The pitching usually is okay but the offense is broken. They get guys on base and can't get them across the plate. I didn't really see any of the games. I saw a little bit last night. But they were getting beat up early and I pretty much ignored them for the rest of the evening.

I didn't hear you thanking them for the 4 game sweep of the Reds right before the All Star break.

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Yeah, that's true.  The sweep of the Reds was pretty sweet.

It showed me that the Reds are just like the Brewers.  Can look great against the mid-level clubs when they're going good, but as soon as they face good pitching they go back to being sucky.

The Brewers were poised to take 3 of 4 from Atlanta this weekend and blew it on Sunday.

Be grateful the Cubs blew the one game the Phillies won. The Phils got 4 runs in the top of the 9th to win that game on Saturday.

I don't like them either. I was hoping the Phillies could continue putting together a run to start the second half and maybe win 3 of 4. It didn't happen.

It's ok Fuzzy.

It's not like we're actually going anywhere. Though I am impressed we continue to claw our way back toward 500. If we can win the next two against our whipping boys (the Pirates) we'll be only 4 or 5 under the 500 mark.

Good luck to your Phil's the rest of the series.

It's weird, the Pirates play really well against you and they OWN the Cubs.

But for some reason they just can't beat us. Our numbers against them are insane. We won like 21 straight at Miller Park against them, and 19 of 21 at their stadium during the same time.

Back in the early 2000's the Brewers were starting to feel like they might not be too bad of a club, even though they were just holding on around the 500 mark.

They swept a three game series from the Cubs and all the players wore these hideous looking suits to the airport for their trip to Pittsburgh. The players called em' their sweep suits. I remember cringing when I read about it and thinking "way to ask for some bad karma you idiots"

They proceeded to get swept by the last place Pirates. It essentially sent them on a losing streak they never recovered from and the season was lost. For the next five years we couldn't buy a win against Pittsburgh.

Then suddenly, BOOM, they can't beat us.

Baseball is a strange game.

They start at six Fuzz. Gallardo is pitching his first game since his injury. Hopefully he can earn a split in the series for us to keep it from being a disaster. 4-4 would be an ok road trip, though disappointing after a 2-1 start against the Braves.

Wow, that's rough.

There's a hot rumor around here that we may be trading Fielder to the White Sox for their top pitching prospect. I hope it happens.

I miss the baseball of the 80's, where when you developed these players they could stay with your team their entire career unless you traded them. STOOPID CURT FLOOD!

By the way, did you see how the Phillies pulled one out of their ear yesterday against the Cards in the 11th?

The Phillies did indeed take 3 from the Rockies over the weekend. They have won four in a row. They have a wrap around series with the Rockies this afternoon. So I am hoping the Phillies win again, make it a sweep and that I am finally going to get the first of three 8-10 game winning streaks from the Phillies. They were doing better going into the break and then fell apart after it. They have started to rebound. The Braves have to start losing soon.

I did see later last night that the Brewers swept the Nationals. Good job. I am sure it would be great for the guys to take at least 2 of three from the Cards. I am all for it.

I am headed to DC next weekend. Going to do a little sight seeing (it has been years since I have been down there) and take in the Friday and Saturday night games.

Let's go Phillies!
Let's go Brewers!

Well JR, my Phillies have taken Oswalt out of the division for you for the next year and two months. I didn't really want him. I wanted them to keep Lee. There was no reason to trade him in the offseason and give up prospects. If he didn't sign at the end of the year, the Phils would have received two top picks. I would have liked to see Happ develop more over the next year.

I'll tell you though, the Astros have a lot of former Phillies down there now. Guess that is what happens when you former GM moves to a new place.

We made up for it last night against the Cubbies, 18 - 1 we whooped em'.

You're right, Happ looked awful good. Not sure why they'd want to give up a younger pitcher like that.

Lidge is back to struggling huh?

I saw the first Oswalt start was pretty bad, especially when compared to the Happ start.

Was Happ not performing well with you?