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Where Are The Bats??

I know, I know. Stop hitting the panic button. It’s mid-May and the Phillies’ offensive slump has hit. We all knew it was coming since Spring Training. The entire off-season people were concerned with Jayson Werth’s absence hurting the line up and now they have fuel for the fire. Last night might have been the most frustrating. After a dismal 8 innings of poor offensive production, the Phils got a break when defensive replacement Tyler Greene dropped a routine pop-fly allowing a runner on base. Naturally, when an error occurs in baseball, it often spells doom. Martinez gets a…

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The Defense Is Killing Me Inside

So the huge pitchers duel from Josh Johnson and Roy Halladay lived up the hype last night (sarcasm.) Yeah, they pitched great, but the Phillies lost, so it’s still a let-down in my eyes. Having Josh Johnson in a fantasy league didn’t help either. You want him to do great, but so great that he still loses. I’m like Tupac with all my inner conflict. How many innings does Roy Halladay plan on pitching this year?? Seriously. I get that he is a work-horse, the man wants to pitch all the time, but he’s pitched for 61.1 innings so…

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The 2011 Philadelphia Phillies Opening Day Lineup

Yea, yea, Opening Day was yesterday. But we’re in Philadelphia. Opening Day starts today. First pitch starts (hopefully) at 1PM ET at Citizens Bank Park. I’ve seen flurries and rain all morning, but talk is that the game will be played as scheduled. Yippie. The Lineup 1. Shane Victorino CF 2. Placido Polanco 3B 3. Jimmy Rollins SS 4. Ryan Howard 1B 5. Rauuuuul Ibanez LF 6. Ben Francisco RF 7. Carlos Ruiz C 8. Wilson Valdez 9. Roy Halladay LETS GO PHILLIES!! (God that’s an awful Photoshop job I know. Wasn’t me!)

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