The Phillies are the team with two heads. One head is a team that could
win it all, everything purrs like a kitten and when this happens it is
just great. Last night the Phillies turned in what looked like the
other head they have, it is ugly and when it shows itself, you just
want to turn away.

The Phillies had a situation where the
Nationals had the bases loaded, two ground balls and nobody threw home?
This is just unexplainable. These are major league players, and this
shouldn’t happen. Phillies announcer on the radio, Larry Anderson, was
livid on the radio broadcast of the game. You can always look to him to
tell the truth about something. He did tell the truth last night, he
was really mad at the Phillies and said, “There’s two errors you won’t
see in the box score.” His sidekick didn’t say a word, he generally
doesn’t berate the Phillies but this time it was true and the Fightins
looked like a high school team. Ryan Howard’s indecision left him to
throw to second base when he clearly had a play at the plate, the guy
would have been out by 15 feet.

The Phils fall 3 whole
games behind the Mets, this team could be out of it by next week at
this time if things don’t change for them. The bullpen implodes
regularly now, the offense is producing but not enough when the bullpen
implodes, and sometimes the offense doesn’t show up at all. They are
not out of it yet, but this weekend says it all for the team. If they
can’t beat the Mets, they won’t be going to the playoffs.

                                Rich Baxter  -  FightinPhillies.com