Phightin Phils at it again

Jeezus Crimany. The Phils tried everything within their power to blow that game last night against the Nats, but low and behold, the new power hitter for the team saved it in the 14th. While the old-school dick Frank "the tank" Robinson wouldn't pitch to Howard (3 IBBs), Rollins, Utley, Victorino, Nunez, and Coste saved the day. Conine had a great night going 0 fer 7. The suspect relief pitching was borderline disasterous, and held on to only blow 2 save chances; the defense was just as bad with 4 errors. Lost in all this was a solid start by Cole Hammels, who settled down nicely and looked strong after the 3rd inning. The Kruker was on Baseball Tonight as the game got into the late innings, and he said the Phils deserved to lose the game with the shoddy defense and lack of hitting with RISP - I couldn't have agreed more, which is why I was thankful we were playing the JV squad in the Washington Nationals!!!

And anyone watching the game on MASN has to agree that Nats announcers Bob Carpenter and Tom Paciorek absolutely suck. PBP guy Carpenter is not half bad, but Paciorek fucking blows. I can't count how many times he called Nats catcher Brian Schneider "Schneider-man," kissed Ryan Zimmerman's ass, and constantly complained that the Nats were getting whored on ball/strike calls. God I miss Harry Kalas. "...LONG drive, deep center field, this ball is OUTTA HERE!!! Grand-slam MICK-ey Morandini."