Nobody was concerned about the Phillies pitching and everybody was concerned about 
the Phillies hitting. If games were played on paper, nobody would have been shocked if the Phillies won 130 games on pitching alone, winning games 1-0. Without Chase Utley and Ryan Howard, the line-up would be even more anemic they said.
Well, as sad as it is, if these two games are any indication of things to come, the nay-sayers and skeptics may be right, as the Phillies have shown nothing but dominant pitching and dormant bats. In their first two games, a win and a loss, the Phillies have scored one run, giving up two runs, neither of which are surprising. Game two even took extra innings to complete, both teams only able to score one run in nine innings (whether it was because of the Phillies’ pitching brilliance or the Pirates’ hitting incompetence, the world may never know). Continue reading
favorite, not afraid to say what’s on his mind, even if it isn’t exactly “appropriate” to say on television. But quite frankly, the past two years he’s been nothing but average.
nothing possibly getting in their way. It started with an April that had the Phillies meet their astronomically high expectations with a stunning 18-8 record. The Phillies kept going, defeating nearly every team in their way including the Red Sox, a team many thought would be a likely foe when the World Series comes around. The series win against the Sox was part of a 9-6 run in interleague play that solidified that the Phillies are indeed the team to beat. 
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