Hilarious Philly Inquirer Article

[Robotech]

"Durbin gave up the lead with a nightmarish sixth inning. He started by walking Pat Burrell, something that used to be nearly impossible to do. Then the improbable Cody Ross sliced a double down the left-field line. That brought the rotund Pablo Sandoval to his second favorite plate."

Pitching maneuvers prove costly | Philadelphia Inquirer | 10/21/2010

 

[Robotech]

I wonder if this guy went to the ESPN Message Board School of Journalism.

 

[SFAnthem]

"Durbin gave up the lead with a nightmarish sixth inning. He started by walking Pat Burrell, something that used to be nearly impossible to do. Then the improbable Cody Ross sliced a double down the left-field line. That brought the rotund Pablo Sandoval to his second favorite plate."

Pitching maneuvers prove costly | Philadelphia Inquirer | 10/21/2010

lol, good line

 

[filosofy29]

Damn.....Phily papers are rough.

 

[msgkings322]

lol, good line

+5

Totally stealing it.

 

[gp956]

"Durbin gave up the lead with a nightmarish sixth inning. He started by walking Pat Burrell, something that used to be nearly impossible to do. Then the improbable Cody Ross sliced a double down the left-field line. That brought the rotund Pablo Sandoval to his second favorite plate."

Pitching maneuvers prove costly | Philadelphia Inquirer | 10/21/2010

LOL. Writer trying to pull the switcharoo (it's not pitching blanton - it's pulling him too early), so he's got to make up that Burrell has always been hard to walk. Jesus, you can support any old opinion so long as you're willing to make up your own reality.

These are gold:

But Manuel and Dubee decided to give him the ball in the biggest game of the postseason so far. If that was the right call, then logic dictates they needed to go all in with Blanton.

If he was good enough to deserve this start, he was good enough to finish the fifth and then go another inning or two.

Manuel came to the mound after Huff slashed an RBI single to center. It was the Giants' only hit of the inning. Blanton had walked the leadoff hitter, Andres Torres. After Freddy Sánchez lined out to center, Huff hit a ball that nearly took Blanton's head off. Buster Posey was up next. He had singled and doubled off Blanton earlier in the game. That was no doubt on Manuel's mind when he decided to bring in Jose Contreras. The move worked in the short term, as Contreras struck Posey out.



Bottom line: The correct take for a defensible opinion is to note the Phillies don't have the pitching depth to match up with the Giants - therefore the must ride their 3 horses into the ground. (even though they very nearly could have won the game last night).