2009 Philadelphia Phillies - Season's Over, Time to Move On

[Sgt PSN]

Was it just me, or did they look like they hit a wall last night? Like the west coast timezone thing? Swinging at terrible pitches all night long. Just didn't seem to be "in" it from the start.

i hope not.  i'll be at the game tonight. 

[ice grillin you]

Would you rather have:

Lee
Brown
Happ
Drabek

or

Halladay
Knapp
Carrasco
Marson
Donald

For me an ace and 3 top 25 prospects is the better package.

the deal that includes halladay


and damn i didnt realize until reading it this morning that the phils would have had to put carrasco on the 40 man roster next season to avoid losing him in the rule 5....that makes the trade even better as theres no way he makes the team next year

Was it just me, or did they look like they hit a wall last night? Like the west coast timezone thing? Swinging at terrible pitches all night long. Just didn't seem to be "in" it from the start.

i dont know about hitting a wall...its not like they are at the end of a long trip...i think they saw a right hander with an era almost as high as lidges pitching and they thought they could go out there half ass it and score ten runs

[PhillyGirl]

perhaps, but I know after a couple of days on the opposite coast, jet lag sets in for me.

just sayin.

[Sgt PSN]

just plucked this blurb from the bottom of an espn.com article:

In Lee's past three starts, he has pitched 25 innings, has allowed four earned runs and has not issued a single walk. If Lee can keep that up, the Phillies and Dodgers seem headed for another October get-together.

since the trade happened i've been looking a lot more closely at his career numbers and i'm becoming more and more impressed with him.  looks like he's been mostly hampered by poor offensive production and/or a weak bullpen unable to close out games for him.  so while he's obviously not roy halladay, he certainly seems to be a more consistant pitcher than i originally gave him credit for.

[hbionic]

Props to Philly for making the move for Lee and giving up nothing.

farg you all!

[Munson]

Down in AC last night some guy at the table insisted that the Phillies weren't done and Lee was going to be a piece in a trade for Halladay.

I found it interesting, but quickly shook him off as a crazy old fat dude.

[MDS]

goodbye, brother jon. keep hatin the player not the game.

[SD_Eagle5]

goodbye, brother jon. keep hatin the player not the game.

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[MDS]

registration is closed

[QB Eagles]

w/ Halladay the playoff rotation would have been

Halladay
Hamels
Blanton
Moyer/Martinez/whoever

Instead it'll probably be

Lee
Hamels
Happ
Blanton

That, plus all the farm talent saved, plus all the contract money saved for future moves, plus the fact they got a RH bat...it's by far the better deal even if Lee isn't the better pitcher. Hopefully it works out as well on the field as it does on paper. This team is loaded up with talent.

[Don Ho]

Was it just me, or did they look like they hit a wall last night? Like the west coast timezone thing? Swinging at terrible pitches all night long. Just didn't seem to be "in" it from the start.

The whole game just had a "blah" feel to it.  Crowd was bored, players looked bored.  I always thought the DBacks stadium/dome had more life to it.  Felt like I was watching a game in a high school auditorium.

[SD_Eagle5]

[SunMo]

starting tomorrow night

[Seabiscuit36]

looks like he has Gilligan pants on

[SD_Eagle5]

starting tomorrow night

Was hoping for a Cy Young showdown on Saturday