In-Game Blog, 9/12 Phils vs. Rockies
Well, that first inning was interesting. After Pat Burrell and Aaron Rowand let a routine fly ball drop between them for a leadoff "hit" and Troy Tulowitzki drops a bunt for a hit, Greg Dobbs catches a low liner by Matt Holliday and turns it into the Phils' second triple play of the season. It's the second straight year a team has turned two triple plays in a season. The White Sox had two last season.
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Gee, I can't believe the guy with the 19.06 ERA has loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom of the first. Seriously, there wasn't anyone out there better than Denny Bautista for Clint Hurdle to start? I mean, pick up someone from the Mexican League, for cryin' out loud. Valerio de los Santos went 6-0, 3.48 South of the Border this year and has 233 big-league appearances ... could he be less effective than this dude?
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Let's talk baseball IQ here. OK, Denny Bautista throws four straight balls to Jimmy Rollins and is all over the joint as Utley gets an infield hit and Burrell walks. Then why did every strike against Ryan Howard and Aaron Rowand come on a swing? The guy is ALL OVER THE PLACE. Why would you help him? Howard (whiff) and Rowand (weak pop out) fail to get a run across, then Greg Dobbs does what they should have done - taken pitches until Bautista finds the plate. Dobbs works a 3-0 count, takes one strike down the middle before swinging at the next pitch and flying out to left to end the inning.
It isn't that Howard and Rowand needed to be better than that, they need to be smarter than that.
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Just when you thought you had seen every possible injury ...
OK, apparently Kendrick's injury isn't as bad as his writhing looked. I'll find out for sure after the game, but I believe Garrett Atkins' line drive hit him on the knee's version of the "funny bone," which actually isn't funny because it's painful, and isn't really a bone that causes the pain, but the nerve that causes your leg to kick when you have reflexes tested with that rubber hammer.
Still, he was scorched and has a bruised knee, and that could delay his next start by a few days - although it's probably better that it happened to his right (push-off) knee as opposed to his left (planting) knee.
Kendrick's knee might be sore, but this loss is killing the Phillies. This wasn't a series they could afford to split, and they certainly can't survive losing three of four games. No one has run away with the wildcard, but this isn't some charity event.
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Kendrick was moving around OK after the game ... the rest of the team needs to be checked for rigor mortis.
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Gee, I can't believe the guy with the 19.06 ERA has loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom of the first. Seriously, there wasn't anyone out there better than Denny Bautista for Clint Hurdle to start? I mean, pick up someone from the Mexican League, for cryin' out loud. Valerio de los Santos went 6-0, 3.48 South of the Border this year and has 233 big-league appearances ... could he be less effective than this dude?
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Let's talk baseball IQ here. OK, Denny Bautista throws four straight balls to Jimmy Rollins and is all over the joint as Utley gets an infield hit and Burrell walks. Then why did every strike against Ryan Howard and Aaron Rowand come on a swing? The guy is ALL OVER THE PLACE. Why would you help him? Howard (whiff) and Rowand (weak pop out) fail to get a run across, then Greg Dobbs does what they should have done - taken pitches until Bautista finds the plate. Dobbs works a 3-0 count, takes one strike down the middle before swinging at the next pitch and flying out to left to end the inning.
It isn't that Howard and Rowand needed to be better than that, they need to be smarter than that.
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Just when you thought you had seen every possible injury ...
OK, apparently Kendrick's injury isn't as bad as his writhing looked. I'll find out for sure after the game, but I believe Garrett Atkins' line drive hit him on the knee's version of the "funny bone," which actually isn't funny because it's painful, and isn't really a bone that causes the pain, but the nerve that causes your leg to kick when you have reflexes tested with that rubber hammer.
Still, he was scorched and has a bruised knee, and that could delay his next start by a few days - although it's probably better that it happened to his right (push-off) knee as opposed to his left (planting) knee.
Kendrick's knee might be sore, but this loss is killing the Phillies. This wasn't a series they could afford to split, and they certainly can't survive losing three of four games. No one has run away with the wildcard, but this isn't some charity event.
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Kendrick was moving around OK after the game ... the rest of the team needs to be checked for rigor mortis.
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