
Roy Oswalt was in command of all of his pitches last night and dominating the Padres through 8 innings. His pitch count reached 102, and with his spot up in the order in the top of the 9th Manuel opted to pinch hit for him. Critical blunder. Oswalt is a veteran pitcher and retired the last 13 batters in a row and 17 of the last 19 he faced. He should have been given the opportunity to finish the game himself. 102 pitches is not a lot. I'm f'n sick and tired of these namby-pamby pitch counts. I know, I know, go tell that to Stephen Strasburg. But Oswalt ain't no Strasburg, he's f'n Roy Oswalt, owner of a lifetime 146-83 record with nearly 2000 innings under his belt. He could have handled another 15-20 pitches. That ball game never needed to be in the hands of Brad Lidge.
Ugh, Brad Lidge. He had been very good, actually he was great, since his last blown save. However, last night displayed in glorious high definition why he's a mental midget. How the hell do you balk in the tying run? I'll tell you how- you're confidence incompetent. No excuse.
Some more negativity- Ryan Howard has struck out in 14 of his last 21 at bats.
So, yeah, the Phils won the game, but in tragic fashion. Whatever, onward and hopefully upward.
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came to san diego and going to la for series and I gotta say right now phils are well represented, nice stadium and nicer people but I think they are retarded...that balk was legit and manuel is a ra-tard
San Diego is a city and stadium I would love to visit.
love san diego. heading to LA in november and going to drive down for a day.
i recommend heading across the coronado bridge and making a right onto orange ave. a few blocks on the left is the coronado brew pub. mmmmmmm......
and another Phillies win. with only 3 hits but good pitching. Even Blanton has thrown some good games lately.
Excellent pitching today. 2 top notch starts in a row for KYJ. Perfection from Jose, Mad Dog and Lidge. Vic hitting well left handed.
J-Rolls slide yesterday was awesome.
Go go fish!
8-0 Braves.. No catching up to be done today
These are surprise wins against the Padres. Still need more offense!
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