Just when you think they are out, they pull you back in! The Phillies, now sporting their first three-game winning streak of the season (let's be honest, first winning streak of the season), are starting to look like a real baseball team. That's three straight days with a solid starting effort, no blown saves, and a little bit of offense. Utley and Victorino have been ginormous over the last 3 games, and Rowand is riding a bit of a hitting streak. Rollins had a phenomenal day yesterday. Hopefully those guys all level off and stay as good as we think they are (or stay hot, that would be fine) and Howard wakes up. Then the offense is back to where we know it should be, and need it to be, and we can get back in this divisional race. Still plenty of Mets and Braves games left!
The purpose of this post is mostly to show that we do say positive things about the Phillies, too. Therefore, I won't mention the team's past experience with scoring 10 runs one day and 1 run the next. We can pitch and moan when they lose, let's just savor the winning streak (which I have now officially jinxed) while it lasts.
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A reason to smile for sure. Nothing better than spending all night packing/moving/unpacking only to check my computer first thing in the morning to see another phils win.
Going back to Hamels 15Ks...yea the triple play helped him get out of the inning and throw less pitches...but it also took away 3 of the 27 outs on one play...so he essentially struck out 15 of 24 batters and one triple play. Simply an incredible feat.
I bet Cole was pissed when the triple play occurred. We all know he just wanted to strike the next 3 guys out.
And you weren't the first one to jinx a 4 game streak. As I was leaving the ballpark last night, I couldn't stop talking about 4 in a row. We haven't had a lot to be optimistic about lately...we might as well enjoy it while it lasts.
If I speculate that our jinxes cancel each other out, does that re-jinx the team? This karma stuff is complicated!
I'm just happy that I can blog about winning again. Finding creative ways to make losing seem humorous was getting difficult. Lets win #5 in a row tonight!
where you guys been?
you need to make a comeback!
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