Since the beginning of the season I’ve been pointing to September as the month the Phillies will make their move. The team doesn’t play a team over .500 the whole month and their toughest opponent will be the Houston Astros for a 3 game series. The rest of the month it’s the Braves, Marlins, Nationals and Cubs. The Phills should be able to put up some wins and have their best month of the season. The problem is that over the next 2 weeks the Phillies have 6 more games against the Mets. If the Phillies can hang around the Wild Card race by a few games by the end of the month they may have a real shot at this thing.
The bad news is Tom Gordon is being shut down and we have no idea for how long, but for at least the rest of the Mets series. Apparently Flash as been pitching hurt, which can be seen by his performance over the last few games. In the mean time Arthur Rhodes, Ryan Madson and Rick White (shudder) will be filling in. Man that’s scary…
The good news is Cole Hamels seems to be as good as advertised and right now is the Phillies best pitcher and over his last 3 starts he has lived up to his ace billing. Plus he’s a lot a fun to watch pitch. Though I didn’t get to see last night’s gem since it was over by the time I got home from school.
Tonight it’s Rand Wolf Vs. El Duque
The Phills start tonight 3.5 out of the Wild Card and 3 games under .500 .
2 comments:
" ... by the time I got home from school" isn't a phrase seen often around here.
Hey I'm better late then never right?
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