Old and Busted: Cardinals 7, Phillies 1

by WholeCamels on Jul 20, 2010 11:22 PM EDT Comment 12 comments

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You can actually see the ligaments tearing. (Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images)

Another Phillies game, another key injury, another really ugly night. Such has been the summer of 2010 for our Fightins.

Cardinals co-ace Chris Carpenter held the Phillies to just one run in eight innings, and Jamie Moyer was removed after just one inning after suffering a left elbow strain. Recent call-up Drew Carpenter filled in and, well... three innings, five hits, three runs, including a two-run home run from the corpse of former Major Leaguer Randy Winn. Danys Baez turned in his typical turdmanlike performance, allowing a three run homer to Matt Holliday in the bottom of the fifth.

What else can be said? Nothing. This team suuuuuuuhcks. Oh and it may have been Jayson Werth's last game. Godspeed, Wertz.

via www.fangraphs.com

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This game gets a whopping 4/5 stagmires!

"F#$% [player]!" --FuquaManuel

by FuquaManuel on Jul 20, 2010 11:27 PM EDT reply actions

What would it have to do to get all 5?

by dannijd on Jul 21, 2010 12:05 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions

omg you’re not real

http://www.thegoodphight.com

by WholeCamels on Jul 21, 2010 12:06 AM EDT up reply actions

What would it have to do to get all 5?

by dannijd on Jul 21, 2010 12:07 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Smh.

Joke: “You’re killing me smalls.”

"F#$% [player]!" --FuquaManuel

by FuquaManuel on Jul 21, 2010 12:10 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions

The mets karma has really gotten the phils this year. It is awful to see, because I know they have been relatively injury free recently, but why does every injury have to happen the same year??!! Couldn’t the baseball gods have split em up over a couple of years? At least the phils were able to get a world championship, unlike the mets.

by PhilsForever on Jul 20, 2010 11:49 PM EDT reply actions

This is the karmic payback for those three great, amazingly healthy, seasons— eventually the stars have to balance… And this has been the year of all of the bad things (injuries and slumps) occurring. The good news is that next year, the Phillies luck should normalize.

by dannijd on Jul 21, 2010 12:26 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions

The Pujols and the Carpenter

Were walking close at hand;
They lept like anything to see
Such quantities of phail:
“If we could play them every night,”
They said, “we’d never lose again!”

by Phrozen on Jul 20, 2010 11:56 PM EDT reply actions

Crazy bullpen idea...

I came up with this at dinner after Baez’s last meltdown… An idea to cheaply fix the bullpen (or at least make it more entertaining). DFA Baez (alternately release him: I really do not care). Use his roster spot to either bring Figueroa up.

If they do not want to use Figeuroa, then o propose a game called bullpen roulette. The way it works goes something like this: Make a list of all of the AAA pitchers with options left. Pick the best option from the group and send him up to take Baez’s spot on the roster. New guy gets 2 weeks to prove his worth… If he is good, he can stay indefinitely. If he turns to crap, he gets sent down and someone else gets a chance. The Phillies get to see some of their young arms and to learn what they have in them, and the young pitchers get a chance to pitch in the majors.

by dannijd on Jul 21, 2010 12:34 AM EDT via mobile reply actions