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Upon further review....

POSTED: Monday, April 14, 2008, 10:57 AM

Two things about the Phillies' ugly loss yesterday:

1) Chase Utley proved why you should never discuss a player's MVP chances so early in the season. A game-costing error in the top of the 10th inning, and not so great hustle in the bottom half. Definitely an April wakeup call.

2) I have to agree with Jason Weitzel that it's a cop-out to blame the loss on the blown home-run call, BUT.... The NBA has improved the game, in my opinion, by adding an extremely limited instant replay review, on buzzer-beating shots. In baseball, foul-pole home run calls are clearly the equivalent, a limited situation that's tailor-made for a television review. I would urge Major League Baseball to consider this narrow use of the instant replay.

Will Bunch @ 10:57 AM Permalink | 4 comments

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 11:57 AM, 04/14/2008

Will, I think your blog is dead.

— SteveMG

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 12:00 PM, 04/14/2008

The ump said the ball went over the top of the foul pole ? Now that must have been the longist homerun in CBP history

— BTL

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:09 PM, 04/14/2008

Utley's a player, he'll be fine. Hard to get a fix on this Phillies version at this point, though. If Eaton can give them any semblance of what he has so far, that will be a huge plus. Kendrick looks like a AA pitcher. Moyer's always 5-6 innings, 3-4 runs. Gotta score more to win when he's on the mound. They are maddening with men LOB too, jeez! The most striking thing is they are not catching the ball. This is supposed to be an above average defensive team. Lidge looks like he's back - hope he stays healthy. Another slow start but this is a slightly better April than we've been used to.

— Steely

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 7:02 AM, 04/15/2008

Alex Rodriquez has had some sloppy seasons at third base but is still considered an MVP candidate every season because of his batting statistics and occasional clutch hitting. Chase has nothing to worry about.

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