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Thursday, May 13 posted at 6:31 PM First series win in San Fran since 1996. 1996! In 1996 we still had Mickey Morindini and Gregg Jefferies on the roster, among others. In 1996, the All-Star game was held in Veterans Stadium. That was a long time ago, friends. 2004, the Phillies are plowing their way through West Coast teams as they're now 5-1 on this roadtrip, and they've won 7 out of the last 10. GameStar? Jason Michaels. Just a week or so ago I said I didn't trust this guy at the plate. Hell ... until today I didn't even have a GameStar image made for him because I didn't think I would ever need it. But he proved me wrong and that's what baseball is about. He reached base at every at-bat today, (granted, he hit into a forceout during one of those at-bats) and his homerun was just pure power. OK, so it's not like he did anything incredibly special today, but he certainly proved his worth on the roster for the first time this year. Runnerup would be Madson, who was called on to pitch somewhat unexpectedly, but got out of a jam to win the save and made it look easy. Madson could throw one pitch in the game and he'd still be a star. He epitomizes talent. The Wagner issue is getting concerning. For those who missed the game, Wagner was warming up and ready to come in for the save in the ninth, but was replaced by Telemaco at the last second. At the time of this post, it was unknown why exactly Wagner had to sit back down, but chances are good that the back spasms returned. This remains to be seen. I do think the Phillies can do without him for a while, honestly I do. But 1) it's a shame that such talent is going to waste right now, 2) I hate not being able to watch this kid throw the ball, and 3) If the problem persists ... it is a lot of Phillies money being wasted too (the last of my worries). Courtesy of MLB.com 1 comments	Subscribe! Phillies Blogs Phillies Blog A Citizen's Blog Shallow Center Phillies Foul Balls Phillies Nation Phanatic Phollow Up Midway Phillies Phillies Diary We Should Be GM's Phillies Blog 2 Salute Your Phillies Voice of a Die-Hard Phillies Fan Phightin' Phils Phorum EMAIL ME to add your blog Looking for Philadelphia Phillies tickets? CTC has various baseball tickets including Yankees tickets, Red Sox tickets, Nationals tickets, Dodgers tickets, Orioles tickets and Cardinals tickets. We also have Philadelphia 76ers tickets, Eagles tickets, Penn State football tickets and Super Bowl tickets. Archives April 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 August 2004 September 2004 March 2005 April 2005 August 2005 September 2005 September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 December 2006 January 2007 February 2007 March 2007 April 2007 July 2007 August 2007 September 2007 October 2007 November 2007 January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 April 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 August 2008 September 2008 October 2008 November 2008 ----------- Copy Army Copywriting Service. ------------

Thursday, May 13

posted at 6:31 PM

First series win in San Fran since 1996.

1996! In 1996 we still had Mickey Morindini and Gregg Jefferies on the roster, among others. In 1996, the All-Star game was held in Veterans Stadium. That was a long time ago, friends.

2004, the Phillies are plowing their way through West Coast teams as they're now 5-1 on this roadtrip, and they've won 7 out of the last 10.

GameStar? Jason Michaels. Just a week or so ago I said I didn't trust this guy at the plate. Hell ... until today I didn't even have a GameStar image made for him because I didn't think I would ever need it. But he proved me wrong and that's what baseball is about. He reached base at every at-bat today, (granted, he hit into a forceout during one of those at-bats) and his homerun was just pure power. OK, so it's not like he did anything incredibly special today, but he certainly proved his worth on the roster for the first time this year.

Runnerup would be Madson, who was called on to pitch somewhat unexpectedly, but got out of a jam to win the save and made it look easy. Madson could throw one pitch in the game and he'd still be a star. He epitomizes talent.

The Wagner issue is getting concerning. For those who missed the game, Wagner was warming up and ready to come in for the save in the ninth, but was replaced by Telemaco at the last second. At the time of this post, it was unknown why exactly Wagner had to sit back down, but chances are good that the back spasms returned. This remains to be seen. I do think the Phillies can do without him for a while, honestly I do. But 1) it's a shame that such talent is going to waste right now, 2) I hate not being able to watch this kid throw the ball, and 3) If the problem persists ... it is a lot of Phillies money being wasted too (the last of my worries).

Courtesy of MLB.com

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