Posted: Thursday, June 25, 2009, 9:16 PM | 25 comments |
 

Bastardo leaves with left shoulder strain
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Antonio Bastardo left in the fourth inning with a left shoulder strain, the Phillies said.  That would leave Andrew Carpenter and Carlos Carrasco as two likely candidates to assume his spot, though the Phils may not need a fifth starter until July 4.
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:24 PM, 06/25/2009
    Get Stairs the F outta HERE! He is a pinch hitter at best. Phils shoulda moved him after the WS. Stairs makes Pat Burrell look like Carl Lewis. Way to NOT Hustle on that sac fly home 2nite.. even with Feliz's bad baserunning..Stairs shoulda scored. Total liability in the outfield. MAYBERRY!!!!
    — Nezhy
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:44 PM, 06/25/2009
    Stupid Baseball. Stupid Stupid .. MAKES ME SICK
    — stoky
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:56 PM, 06/25/2009
    i don't know, Matt isn't too bad out there. He made a valiant attempt, just came up a little short. Not Like J Moron last night being lazy on the Burrell ground out
    — wolfburn
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:01 PM, 06/25/2009
    The Phillies better wake up soon -- this baseball is starting to remind me of the late 80's. What in the world was Feliz thinking there. And then why bring in Tyler Walker? He makes Tashner look good.
    — RichNC
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:21 PM, 06/25/2009
    This is "Professional" baseball?
    — MooseBreathMints
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:23 PM, 06/25/2009
    This team sucks right now. The Bastardo experiment is over. So much for that. The bullpen can't get anyone out. The offense can't score past the first inning. We haven't seen the team play this bad in a while. The Mets are about to take over first place with over half their lineup on the DL. No playoffs this year folks. We might even be selling off some players by the deadline. This sucks! I'm not used to losing again.
    — GoBirds77
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:25 PM, 06/25/2009
    What the devil is Amaro waiting for? We need 2, count 'em, two starters! Watch him bring up Savery and some other guys and burn them out, too. Get Marquis in here ASAP! Then get someone like Bedard or Oswalt, and forget Penney, Boston is too anxious to get rid of him.
    — vnvets
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:31 PM, 06/25/2009
    This team has no bullpen anymore. The relievers all stink.
    — GoBirds77
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:35 PM, 06/25/2009
    Since the end of last year the team did find a replacement for the LF position. He was a quality batter in the American League. Great job. I and others who knew Mr. Ibanez were glad with the signing. The team did resign players. Nice move. YET, ever since the end of last year we have waited for the team to obtain 2 quality starters, 2 relievers(oops-Park is ok), a right handed hitter for the bench and part time play. Why are we hurting? The needs have not been addressed. NOW for the "same old, same old" complaint: We went with pitchers who cannot get past the 5 inning. This puts a continued strain on the relief staff. It has been this way for several years now. WHEN will you get QUALITY starters? There was the off season. There was free agency. We were told we did not have the funds to pick up a quality starter. Hmmm? We now have the funds to do so? It would have made more sense to start the season with better starters then later. Logic says that it would have saved the bull-pen arms. - - - - Just letting off steam.- - - -
    — MooseBreathMints
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 11:31 PM, 06/25/2009
    The Phils aren't exactly the healthiest team in baseball. Stairs isn't Ibanez but he hasn't been terrible (better than burrell) and certainly not the reason we lost. Bastardo may yet be a decent pitcher but he's not ready. The Phils could have gotten by without another pitcher with a healthy myers (Happ's good enough, so far) but I have my doubts about Drabek as well. forcing pitchers through the system rapidly isn't the best way to do things, but no one plans to half half the bullpen on the DL and lose their #2 starter. If Lidge can't get back into form this team is done.
    — dreinterests
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 11:45 PM, 06/25/2009
    While this stretch is immensely frustrating, it still is a hard pill to swallow to advocate marginal talent like Jason Marquis (and the loss of prospects it would take to even get him) as the answer. There are too many guys playing out of their roles on this team right now but I'm still confident they'll get through this and Ruben will make a few moves when there are actually players available. For as awful as this is, we're still in first and have to keep the faith!
    — phillyfan82
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 11:48 PM, 06/25/2009
    Stairs is the same guy who threw a perfect strike to cut down a baserunner trying to score from third on a fly out last night. Last year Phils were 4-11 vs. AL, right now it is 4-11, with three extra games this year. Certainly a lot of holes right now, but this is a marathon, not a sprint.
    — citizenkane


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