Woo Phillies!

[All_That_Chaz]

Bump for discussion. Who should the Phils use as a DH? Dobbs, Coste, and Jenkins all make for decent hitters. Perhaps the Phils could also cover some defensive shortcomings at first or left field.

The only time the Phils faced a left-hander (like Kazmir) in an American League contest they put Eric Bruntlett at first and made Howard the DH. That could happen again. Bruntlett or Jenkins could also shake things up in left and put Burrell in as DH.

[Tasselfoot]

going against a RH pitcher would seem to lead towards putting howard at DH to negate his awful defense and put in someone like dobbs at first who is an additional left handed bat and rocks against RH pitching.

bruntlett is too poor of a hitter. as is coste, really, despite being the better of our two hitting catchers. jenkins is good against lefties though.

[All_That_Chaz]

No one is arguing that bruntlett can hit, but it would be nice to negate those couple hits to left every game that burrell isn't fast enough to snag. With bruntlett out there our defensive outfield would be arguably as good or better than tampa's. Jenkins would probably be the better choice overall though.

[MrRubix]

Next time I go to any Phillies game, I'll let you guys know and anyone who's available can come meet up


EDIT: If you dislike the Phillies, I'm going to probably come hurt you anyway.

[lumphoboextreme]

the Rays are going to rock the phillies, I'm not even a bandwagon jumper I've been a Rays fan for years.

[All_That_Chaz]

Just because the Pirates blow doesn't mean you have to hate on the Phillies.

[TC_Halogen]

And just because a team happens to lose in the playoffs doesn't mean they blow.

I'm still rooting for the Phillies to lose.

[All_That_Chaz]

The one thing I'm more worried about more than anything is starting pitching. We're probably going to need two wins out of Cole. I hate to expect perfection from him but what can you do? Brett Myers outdueled both Sabathia and Billingsley, but who knows if he'll be able to take Shields in Tampa? And I don't like Moyer vs. Garza. That kid has had an excellent postseason and Moyer's had a terrible one. His age (twice Garza's) is showing. Haha, this has to be the first time ever one starting pitcher was double the age of the other in any game, much less the series. And I hope Blanton can throw another gem. Honestly I was almost hoping to do a three man rotation so we could have a somewhat rested Hamels for a possible game 7. But in Manuel we trust.

And the Dodgers were supposed to have the better starting pitching but the Phils still won so I guess we'll see.

[lumphoboextreme]

hah alright... well it's expected of the pirates to suck so it doesn't bother me.

[All_That_Chaz]

Pirates have won three more World Series than the Phils so quit whining.

[lumphoboextreme]

not in my lifetime.

[All_That_Chaz]

Philadelphia as a city hasn't won any major sports championships in my lifetime, and I'm 5 years older than you.

[aTzUeLo1191]

Woah...who here started a Phillies discussion and didn't tell me?

First, GO PHILLIEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!!!!!!!!!

2nd, the Phillies should probably use Dobbs as a DH, considering he should be starting in the first place. When they face Kazmir, though, I'd say maybe Taguchi **shivers** since they don't have any righty bats off the bench.

3rd, I reeeeally wish we could have faced Boston when you look at their starting pitching. An injured Beckett+a hittable Dice-K and Lester+Wakefield who the Phillies would be licking their chops against is a great matchup for the Phils. That being said, I still feel like we can muster some offense against the Rays, and our bullpen is much stronger than theirs. But, for our starting pitching, Myers and Moyer have to show up these games, otherwise it will be tough. Still, I think the key is the Rays 1st 4 hitters - if we keep them in check, then its ours for the taking.

4th, I have tickets for Game 5. yusssssssssssssss.

Edit: 5th, if it doesn't get to Game 5, unless the Phils sweep, I'll be pretty ****ing pissed.

[All_That_Chaz]

No. Anything is better than seeing the Red Sox in the series. I can't stand those dongfaces and the boston-crazed media that treats them liked bronzed Adonises.

[aTzUeLo1191]

I agree with you on that note, but still, Boston comes in hobbling while Tampa is injury free. On a similar note, will the Phillies benefit from the 6 day layoff, or do you think it will hurt them?

[All_That_Chaz]

It will hurt them. They lose the momentum. I mean Cole will pitch well but I'm betting the other starters will be rusty.

[aTzUeLo1191]

It will definately help the pitchers, but I hope it's better for Howard too. If before the playoffs I told you the Phillies would make the WS losing 2 games w/o Howard hitting a HR, I doubt you'd believe me. I'm confident that the Phillies can break the trend of the past few teams (Rox, Tigers) of teams that lose after a long layoff, but its up in the air whether they will or not.

[Tasselfoot]

so Rubix... a whole bunch of us are doing a big tailgate before game 3... gonna come eat some food and drink some beer with us?

[super kid]

I say Rays in five. Their pitching staff will over power the Philis hitting.

[Musiks]

I forgot baseball existed. And I'll come to a game and do some blow with Tass and Rubix.