Posted: Tuesday, April 28, 2009, 8:36 PM | 13 comments |
 

Hamels sprained his left ankle
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That's all we know right now. Don't shoot the messenger. If you're not watching the game, he rolled his ankle while attemping to field a bunt in the fifth inning.  He had been pitching a shutout.
Posted by Andy Martino @ 8:36 PM  Permalink | 13 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:49 PM, 04/28/2009
    Hey at least he lasted an inning longer than his last start before getting hurt. Is Cole planning on having an injury in every start this year?
    — catnameddomino
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:00 PM, 04/28/2009
    Does the Phanatic have a changeup? We know he can take a fall.
    — CenterCityPhan
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:01 PM, 04/28/2009
    Better his left ankle than his left elbow.
    — KMG
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:04 PM, 04/28/2009
    One other thing- if Lidge has a knee problem, shut him down now- I'd rather give him April and early May to recover than deal with the problem in September/October.
    — KMG
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:06 PM, 04/28/2009
    I agree, KMG.
    — spinmeister
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:15 PM, 04/28/2009
    Good point, KMG. As someone else pointed out on the previous thread, the pitching staff is very thin already. So I say put Lidge on the DL, maybe Hamels will end up there too, and get some fresh arms in here quick. Get healthy and then work the injured back into the roster.
    — bobby
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:31 PM, 04/28/2009
    Just think what our record would be if we had a healthy staff?
    — Baci
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:37 PM, 04/28/2009
    BANG! [Andy falls over] Now the pitching staff should be fine.
    — smel4727
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:44 PM, 04/28/2009
    typical philly fans!! The team is now 11-8 in April, which is MUCH better than the last several years and yet you NITWITS still find the negative things to focus on. I think you all must have been the same band wagon jumpers from late last year. JUST MY OPINION!!
    — Bill R4
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:13 PM, 04/28/2009
    Bill R4,I wouldn't say us Philly Phans are NITWITS as you say....One World F'N Championship does not was away decades af futility and failures,it DOES help,but we are programmed to expect the other shoe to drop at any time.Most Phillies Phans are not bandwagon jumpers,I flew back to Philly for the Parade after the series,I waited 28 long long years for that,I wouldn't call that bandwagon phandom.BTW,how's YOUR ankle from jumping on and off????
    — PHILLYFAN INWYO
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:13 PM, 04/28/2009
    happ to the rescue.
    — mick314
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:54 PM, 04/28/2009
    Bill R4, a question: What the heck are you talking about? Who's being negative? I don't know what fantasy land you live in, but in the real world, posting opinions about how to handle 2 sudden key injuries to the pitching staff is what you do. I sense that you have deeper issues.
    — bobby
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:16 AM, 04/29/2009
    Bill- I wasn't being negative. I think this team has one of the the best lineups in baseball. We saw what their pitching can do last September-October, if they are healthy. I want the ace and the closer to be healthy because if they are I am convinced that they can repeat. Would you rather I voiced concern over Mike Zagurski's rehab in Allentown?
    — KMG


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