Phillies and the Braves

[PantherPaul]

Big series for the Phil started tonight. The Braves have been gang busters all year while the Phillies have struggled with runs. Game one is in the books and the Phillies win. Did my eyes dceive me or wasn't Maddox suppose to start on Tuesday? Did he get pushed back to go against Millwood? Phils need a sweep badly

[The Brain]

Originally posted by PantherPaul
Big series for the Phil started tonight. The Braves have been gang busters all year while the Phillies have struggled with runs. Game one is in the books and the Phillies win. Did my eyes dceive me or wasn't Maddox suppose to start on Tuesday? Did he get pushed back to go against Millwood? Phils need a sweep badly shit I didn't think 1st game was till tomorrow... I missed this one... I guess not as big a deal since my team lost... but damn

[PantherPaul]

Wednesday it's Ortiz verses Millwood. Hate this. Have Ortiz in my 13 team keeper league and Millwood in my 7 team work league.

[Austinniner]

If you look at their season to date performance, Ortiz is the man, not Greg, though he has been better lately. Greg was a hard-luck loser his last outing, allowing 2 runs over 7 innings.

[Franchise]

with the phillies addition of thome and a few other players during off season, why aren't they better? i dont keep up too much w/ them, i was just wondering.

[PantherPaul]

Originally posted by Franchise
with the phillies addition of thome and a few other players during off season, why aren't they better? i dont keep up too much w/ them, i was just wondering.

Thome is doing better than I thought so far. he is a notoriously slw starter and yet he has 14 or so HRs so far. The biggest disappointment so far has been Pat Burrell. Batting around 200 all year. He is usually good for 280 and 30-40 HR's. That and Jimmy Rollins strikes out way too much. He recently got dropped from his usual leadoff spot.

[Franchise]

sounds like they have the case of "dodgeritis"....gotta good team, but couldn't generate offense if life depended on it....dodgers have the best team overall e.r.a, but the worse offense in MLB.

[PantherPaul]

Originally posted by PantherPaul
Wednesday it's Ortiz verses Millwood. Hate this. Have Ortiz in my 13 team keeper league and Millwood in my 7 team work league.

I benched Millwood in local league and went with Ortiz in the larger keeper league. So far I guessed rt as it's 6-0. Lack of damn run support torpedoes Millwood again. Waiting on a Mt Bowa eruption within 2 weeks

[Reznor]

Millwood got the worst of it tonight. Damn them braves can hit!

[PantherPaul]

Part two!

Pitching Probables
Tuesday
Kevin Millwood 8-5 3.9 era verses Russ Ortiz 8-4 3.56 era

Wednesday
Vincent Padilla 5-7 3.57 era verses Mike Hampton 3-3 3.59 era

Thursday
Randy Wolf 8.3 3.29 era verses Greg Maddox 6-6 4.31 era

Personally I see the Phillies taking games 1 and 3. Mike Hampton is living proof that Leo Mazzone should be in the HOF. Hamptons era of 3.59 is incredible considering how messed up he has been the past three years. His record of 3-3 tells me the bullpen has been screwing him. When is the last time you have seen Maddox with an era over 4? Wolf is 2-0 with a era of 2.61 over his last 3 starts. Wish I could go see one of the games

[PantherPaul]

also look for my boy Jim Thome to have a nice series

[PantherPaul]

:bird6: Burrell! bases juiced and dribbles a ball to the first baseman for a routine 3-6-3 DP

[two-six]

Originally posted by PantherPaul
:bird6: Burrell! bases juiced and dribbles a ball to the first baseman for a routine 3-6-3 DP

i've always like this kid, all the way back to his miami days...sure would like to see him turn it around. not this series of course tho.

[two-six]

also, they said tonight, maddux was going tomorrow, hampton on thurs.

[PantherPaul]

Geez so many missed opportunities. Thru 6 innings Ortiz had 30 more pitches thrown than Millwood! Thats a boatload! Those one pitch mistakes

[PantherPaul]

Cool! Padillia is really coming into his own. 8-1 win as Bobby Abreu lights things up. I believe Greg Maddox has turned the corner in his career. sub 500 record now (for the year). Doesn't mean squat unless Randy Wolf can't slam the door on Thursday and gain only 1 game from the series

[two-six]

i feel sorry for maddux. granted he's not pitching like the maddux of old, but i'd like to see the average runs scored by the braves in his starts. man gets no run support. poor guy.

[PantherPaul]

Well the end is in sight and it looks like my Phillies win the series here. I called 2 out of 3 (1st and 3rd games) and was right but in different order. Oh well slowly we climb back. Hoping to have it to 3 games by All Star break

[two-six]

this would be a good time PP.....my braves are in a bit of an offensive funk right now. well except for javy.

[PantherPaul]

after a 9-1 record over the last 10 the Phillies are narrowing the gap. Down to 5.5 and closing. Oh and Maddux looks normal as hell :(

[K-Town-Yankee]

The Braves are pulling away again in this division.They will win this division again hands down,and then get blown away in the playoffs as they usually do.They won the division by 20 games last year before getting blown out in the 1st round of the playoffs.Really just shows how weak this division is each year.