I was among the 45,000 at Saturday night’s Philllies game.
Naturally, the Phils’ bats went silent to mark the occasion.
I couldn’t help but snicker Sunday when the Phils put a quick five runs on the board, on the way to a 6-5 win over Mets. That included a three-run homer for Raul Ibanez.
Roy Halladay got the win Sunday. Ironically, the best pitcher on the Phils’ staff right now might just be the guy who got tagged with the loss on Saturday night.
Cole Hamels continues to be the Phils’ hard-luck guy. He got zero run support again Saturday night, and surrendered only a classic Citizens Bank home run that would be a routine fly ball in just about every other park in the league.
Of course, it did not help matters that I attended the game with one of the biggest Hamels’ backers in the area. That would be my wife.
Hamels has always struck me as a bit too “California cool.” There’s also something about that nasal, whiny voice that rubs me the wrong way.
But you can’t argue with what he’s doing on the hill, even if his won-loss record doesn’t exactly show it.
He just might be pitching his best baseball right now, right up there beside the efforts that led the Phils to their World Series title in 2008. That was the year he was the playoffs and Series MVP.
By his own admission he did not properly prepare for the 2009 season, and his numbers showed it. He wasn’t the same pitcher.
He’s probably not the same pitcher now either. He just might be better.
Don’t let that 7-8 record fool you.
Naturally, the Phils’ bats went silent to mark the occasion.
I couldn’t help but snicker Sunday when the Phils put a quick five runs on the board, on the way to a 6-5 win over Mets. That included a three-run homer for Raul Ibanez.
Roy Halladay got the win Sunday. Ironically, the best pitcher on the Phils’ staff right now might just be the guy who got tagged with the loss on Saturday night.
Cole Hamels continues to be the Phils’ hard-luck guy. He got zero run support again Saturday night, and surrendered only a classic Citizens Bank home run that would be a routine fly ball in just about every other park in the league.
Of course, it did not help matters that I attended the game with one of the biggest Hamels’ backers in the area. That would be my wife.
Hamels has always struck me as a bit too “California cool.” There’s also something about that nasal, whiny voice that rubs me the wrong way.
But you can’t argue with what he’s doing on the hill, even if his won-loss record doesn’t exactly show it.
He just might be pitching his best baseball right now, right up there beside the efforts that led the Phils to their World Series title in 2008. That was the year he was the playoffs and Series MVP.
By his own admission he did not properly prepare for the 2009 season, and his numbers showed it. He wasn’t the same pitcher.
He’s probably not the same pitcher now either. He just might be better.
Don’t let that 7-8 record fool you.
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