Happ could miss a third start; Game likely to be played
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Happ could miss a third start; Game likely to be played
David Murphy, Daily News Staff Writer
Just a few quick notes before I run across the street to do Daily News Live:
1) Charlie Manuel said he has been told that the steady rain that has been falling all day on South Philadelphia is expected to diminish around 6:30, leaving an opening that the Phillies believe will be big enough to play tonight's game against the Mets. Then again, Manuel was told the same thing before Game 5 of the World Series last year.
2) J.A. Happ is improving, but Manuel said that the lefthander could miss a third start due to the innercostal strain that has sidelined him since Monday. Happ was throwing lightly off of flat ground in right field today.
"It sounds like he is going to miss another one, but I'm not sure," Manuel said. He later labelled the chances of Happ returning in time for his scheduled start next week "50/50."
3) Clay Condrey said he felt good today and ready to return to competitive action, but said he did not know what the Phillies' plan for him was.
4) Scott Eyre has a bone chip in his elbow, but he said that he is determined to play through the pain. He will get a cortisone shot within the next couple of days, then try to get back on the mound. Eyre, who said he hopes to play again next season, said that doctors have told them there is a procedure they can perform in the offseason to alleviate the sharp pain caused by the chip.
It seems like when it is cold and wet, the Philss don't like to play aggresive ball; hope that's not the case, though....— M60tanker- "off flat ground," not "off of flat ground"...simple stuff murph
- Murph has no journalistic skills he tries to get by with his good looks. Look at his JC Penney catalog picture.— rockinrob
- Glad to see Eisey's using his tourettes outbursts to correct grammatical errors instead of just spouting profanity.— LAEagle
- Actually, there's nothing incorrect about "off of flat ground."— whofeelsit
- What does "sharp pain called by the chip" mean?— 46 and 2
- yeah, its a double preposition. its wrong.
- Rockinrob - I'm flattered that you find me sexy. Maybe my poor grammar is really to blame for me being single.
- Eisenreich- The number of spelling and grammatical mistakes in blog posts these days is alarming. I'm confident that the rush to post a blog or tweet often means a skipped step in the editing process. I was a journalism major and I'm a PR professional, so at times it makes me crazy. However, if you are going to play grammar police, at least be smart enough to proof your own work, or at least smart to start. Your use of "its" is actually it's" for "it is." Got it?— Green46
- lol, good one murph, don't let the haters get to you, you do a good job on here— robm0202
- green, youll notice that im not correcting grammar of people in the COMMENTS section, because they arent professionals like murphy. christ, guy, its the comment section. and if you want to flex your muscle, then you should know it's: "I was a journalism major, and I'm a PR pro..." or "I was a journalism major and am a PR pro...". So, the only difference between me and you, is that I'm not trying to be correct, and you are, yet you still made a mistake.
- Sorry, Mr. Eisenreich. Green46 is correct - if you're going to call anyone on the carpet for bad grammar, yours should be impeccable. This makes you not unlike politicians who spout on about family values then run off to Argentina for some hot, steamy extramarital sex.— Bobby G
- Murph, you've arrived, you have irrational haters. Congrats.— DennyP
Comment removed.- Our lives are finite. Kudos to those of you wasting them in such a pointless conversation.— Nutburgers
