Pyrrhic Victory?: Phillies 7, Nationals 4
by WholeCamels on Apr 12, 2010 6:33 PM EDT
Email
PrintThe Phillies win their first Home Opener in like forever, but lose both Jimmy Rollins and Jayson Werth to injuries of unknown severity. And Cole Hamels had another baffling, overall disappointing start. So no one's really basking right now.
Still, a win's a win, and the Phillies have gotten off to a terrific 6-1 record (albeit against two of the four worst teams in MLB).
Fans got a confusing first inning slap upside the head after Jimmy Rollins, introduced in pre-game as the starting shortstop, did not take the field; instead, Juan Castro took his spot. We found out later that Rollins suffered a right calf strain, and will apparently be getting an MRI tomorrow. More good news? Jayson Werth was pulled from the game with left hip soreness after the fifth, and was replaced by Ben Francisco.
Cole Hamels again vacillated between looking very sharp and falling prey to the same death-by-papercuts two-out Death Blooper Syndrome that felled him so often in 2009, and continued last Wednesday. He really only gave up two truly hard hit balls all day -- one a Josh Willingham homer -- but a two out two run bloop double to pitcher Jason Marquis put the Nationals up 4-0 in the middle of the fourth inning.
The Phillies, for their part, exploded for a total of seven runs in the fourth and fifth innings, including Chase Utley's second home run of the season.
So there it is.
Hopefully we'll get good news on Rollins and Werth over the next couple of days.
Everyone ride the Fangraph WE Graph!! WHEEEEE!!!
47 comments
|
0 recs |
Do you like this story?
Comments
Zolecki twitter....a few minutes ago
Rollins to get MRI tomorrow (gulp). Calf strain my ass..
But Jason Werth will not… He had soreness in his hip..
Yeah, but what about the werth brother who plays for the phillies – what’s up with him?
by jemagee on Apr 12, 2010 7:10 PM EDT up reply actions
For us mere mortals at the most doctors may order a n X-Ray to ensure no broken bones or fractures but they are not going to order a $2000 plus MRI until conservative therapies like R.I.C.E, physical therapy, and or massage are exhausted. If the problem persist maybe a coritisone shot if it applies. No way would a doctor get anything from an insurance company if they ordered an MRI for a calf strain unless these other options failed or there were other mitigating circumstances. However when your a valuable asset on a pro sports team an MRI is simply standard practice esp. when the doc. is getting cash. That’s easy money. In this instance the MRI doesn’t necessarily correspond with the severity of the injury. It is possible that he injured it before so they might want MRI or CT images to find something they might have overlooked
I think Pro Sports has so much money they don’t anyway. Look a TO he had a surgery that no insurance would pay because it was done to heal him faster. Remember these are pros with big pockets they do it in all sports. Last year alot of them were negative in football but were done right away.
I wasn't even a year old but I stayed up to be outside the Vet with my Dad and Mom when the Phillies won the World Series 1980.
by Christopher A on Apr 12, 2010 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m worried sick personally. The thought of extended exposure to Juan Castro is already giving me a metallic taste in my mouth.
Meanwhile, as we speak I am sitting 7 feet away from Doug Glanville. He’s here at Penn doing a talk/q&a. He’s really quite brilliant.
by FuquaManuel on Apr 12, 2010 7:28 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
There’s always Cody ‘Handsome’ Ransom!
"I remember being three and I wanted to be a baseball player, that's all I ever really wanted to be. That and Spider Man." -Raul Ibanez
by Jose and the Contrarians on Apr 12, 2010 7:46 PM EDT up reply actions
I’ve read some of Glanville’s commentarys and he is quite intelligent. None of that sportswriter hack crap you get from Conlin etc..
You can’t really be stupid and get into Penn.
You can’t even really be average and do really well on your SATs and get into penn – at least you couldn’t in 1990
Then again, you probably should have done your applciation earlier than the night before it was do
by jemagee on Apr 12, 2010 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Actually since I had zero interest in going to Penn i would have tanked it.
by jemagee on Apr 13, 2010 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions
Also, you’d be surprised by some of the morons who run amok here at Penn, jem. Not even just undergrads. Grad students, professors, you name it!
by FuquaManuel on Apr 13, 2010 12:16 AM EDT up reply actions
hahah, I’m a moron, very funny. Jemagee wins again in his quest to prove that everyone in the world is stupider than he.
by FuquaManuel on Apr 13, 2010 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Man….watching the Reds and Marlins in Florida…I guess the baseball Renaissance hasn’t made it down that far cuz that place is empty….Fish still don’t have their new digs. I think the Fish should be moved to another southern city or region closer to the Atlanta, like North Carolina, to cut into the Braves market. This Heyward kid was re-ignited the blinding hatred I have for the Braves…they have not suffered in the pit of mediocrity nearly enough to be deemed karmically just.
The Fish play in the suburbs – their current stadium is in Miami Gardens, which is on the Broward County line. It was also a heavily compromised design, being built to host football, baseball, and soccer, so it does none of them well. As an example, the first row of seats is really far away when it’s rigged for football. Soldier Field has the first row 55 feet from the sideline. Sun Life Stadium has its first row 90 feet from the line.
The new Miami Ballpark is in Little Havana, which (hopefully) will help their attendance.
"When you make your final stand
I'll be right there
I'll never leave
And all I ask of you is
Believe"
I’d be quite happy if Greensboro/Raleigh got the Fish. That’d be 10-11 games a year I could go watch the Phils play instead of settling for the Iron Pigs @ Durham.
(ain’t gonna happen though)
Greensboro and Raleigh are far from each other, aren’t they? Anyway, the Marlins would do worse in NC than they’re going to do when their new park opens up.
Aren’t the Marlins about to get a new stadium?
by jemagee on Apr 12, 2010 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah
right where the orange bowl used to be
The Kolb Era has begun....
Kolb - a heavy medieval war club with a spiked or flanged metal head, used to crush armor - Wikipedia of course
I've been waiting my whole life for an Eagles Championship
RIP JJ
by sports00fan00 on Apr 12, 2010 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions
I picked NC simply because it seems like college baseball does well in NC. The only other southern region I could think of is LA, perhaps New Orleans.
And college basketball does well in Philadelphia. How’s the Sixers attendance been lately?
"When you make your final stand
I'll be right there
I'll never leave
And all I ask of you is
Believe"
I’ve never even heard of cloud talk. What is it?
"When you make your final stand
I'll be right there
I'll never leave
And all I ask of you is
Believe"
Bart Simpson once stole the head of the statue, causing public outrage. He did this because he thought Dolph, Jimbo and Kearney would think it was cool. However, they later said that it was just cloud talk, and Bart later puts the head back onto the statue.
Ah. That’s why I’m not familiar with the term – I haven’t been a Simpsons fan for years.
"When you make your final stand
I'll be right there
I'll never leave
And all I ask of you is
Believe"
that’s because there’s really absolutely nothing going on here in the summer wrt organized sports.
The front page of the Raleigh sports section in the summer usually covers golf, out of town pro sports, College basketball and football (out of season).
UNC baseball didn’t receive much attention until they started going to the CWS. I went to a UNC-Dook baseball game at the Durham Bulls park in mid-march (with 70° weather) and there were maybe 500 people there. Had UNC still been playing in the ACC Basketball tourney, it’d’ve been far less than that.
Um, so as I said in another thread recently, I don’t mean to get anyone’s hopes up or anything, but…
Anthony Hewitt is 7 for his first 14 in Lakewood, with 2 HRs. OPS is (I believe) 1.634. Small sample size, yada yada. But he reportedly had a good spring training as well.
Damn it, taco, you jinxed him!
Seriously, it’s probably the biggest story of the Phils’ minor league season thus far (along with fellow BlueClaws outfielder Jiwan James’ hot start). And the key aspect of it is that he’s struck out just twice in those 14 at bats, and walked once as well. We’ll take it a game at a time, of course, but the early signs this year are good.
by PhillyFriar on Apr 12, 2010 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Can you imagine if he gets anywhere near his ceiling, PF? I know I’m getting carried away here, but whoa nelly!
Hey, I don’t blame you. Like they say about the toolshed types, you’re just hoping and praying it’ll click at some point — and when you start a year off like he has, there’s at least room to hope that this is it.
As for his ceiling, I once saw Hewitt described as having 80 raw power, with his arm and speed grading out well above average as well. Ummm, yeah, that’ll play.
by PhillyFriar on Apr 12, 2010 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions
I’ve heard Hewitt described as among the top five most gifted overall athletes in professional baseball.
http://www.thegoodphight.com
i tore my hip playing baseball & was out 2.5 weeks (because it did not require surgery), he should be fine after a few days rest
The Kolb Era has begun....
Kolb - a heavy medieval war club with a spiked or flanged metal head, used to crush armor - Wikipedia of course
I've been waiting my whole life for an Eagles Championship
RIP JJ
Per ESPN
Werth’s exit was “precautionary,” which makes me a little more comfortable. Link
I really can’t be too hard on Hamels. His pitch location looked better than it did last time out, and other than the occasional high-strike zone miss generally missed in acceptable spots. His trouble mostly came out of the weakest HBP I’ve seen (I’m sure it hit him, mind, but if the ump hadn’t called it I’d have never known), followed by a ground ball up the middle, a walk on a check swing that seemed to go a little further than most, and the very definition of a bad luck bloop double. The double in particular had me shaking my head, since he seemed to jam Marquis and still got burned.
Comments For This Post Are Closed
Secondary Sidebar
User Tools
Related FanPosts on The Good Phight
Related FanShots on The Good Phight
FanPosts
Community blog posts and discussion.
Recommended FanPosts
Recent FanPosts
Next Game
Washington Nationals
@
Philadelphia Phillies
Tuesday, May 22, 2012, 7:05 PM EDT
Citizens Bank Park
Jordan Zimmermann vs Roy Halladay
Partly cloudy,rain. Winds blowing out to left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 70.
In Association With
Big League Stew - MLB - Yahoo! Sports
- David Ortiz is angry that more people don’t see him as a leader of the Red Sox
- Reds fan catches two home runs in same inning — and then gives both balls away
- Aroldis Chapman arrested after police clock him going 93 mph (in his car) on suspended license
- The Juice: Felix Hernandez bests Yu and the Rangers, Chris Capuano and Dodgers keep rolling
- Giancarlo Stanton busts Marlins Park scoreboard with tape-measure grand slam (VIDEO)
