Originally posted by: jalaram
Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
yeah even if one of those 3 show up, it should be heavily to the phillies adv.
Just as a counter point, if BJ (DPs are rare for him), Pena, or Longoria do better, we'll be better off as well. We just need to stop trying to hit HRs. I know Carl did it last night, but Rays did better this year with hits and speed.
Yeah I thought they were just trying too hard last night.
One of the best hits was Iwamura just hitting a bloop into midfield where nobody can catch it. If they got a couple more of those last night they easily could have won. Runner on 2nd, little midfield bloop, you might get a run out of it if the guy gets a good jump.
They need to relax a bit and get back to some more normal swings. They weren't going to dink homers off of Hamels all night so I don't know what they were thinking. Maybe just nerves. Hopefully they will settle down tonight.
I really don't care for either team. In one area I'm rooting for the NL, but then I gotta root for the Rays because they have had a great season, especially considering last year.