turn this thing around

welcome jon and ken!! and thanks, chicago guys, for allowing my friend to join. even though he's a cards fan [we're all fallible in some way]... his adoration of the sport sort of compensates for that.

let's discuss something. when your team is getting off to a very poor start... and you notice that your relief pitching looks like that of the little leagues... your first thought is... we need to get some accomplished, proven relievers. right? not so in philadelphia.

take the new guy, rosario. apparently... he doesn't have a great track record, according to pat gillick, the general manager. but, gillick said that since he throws 94-97 mph that they're willing to take a risk on him... with the assumption that if he can get consistent, that he'll be pretty good. PAT. not having a good track record = not consistent. two idiot pats on the team. gillick can't make wise team-building moves [although... i'll give him the letting go of thome to keep howard and the trading of abreu... those were good moves]... burrell can't run.

i'd like to get rid of both of them.

another thing. the phils have a serious problem. besides their bullpen, i mean. somehow... they're racking up hits... but can't get runs in. they've had multiple games with 10+ runners left stranded. i wonder if the line up needs to be shaken up some. with howard not hitting in the #3 or #4 position... that really creates some problems. on the one hand, you don't wanna move him out of there b/c you wanna mess with his confidence anymore than he's already doing. plus, he's gotta come back alive sometime soon. on the other hand... have you seen the standings? it's embarrassing.

i'd like to have positive things to write about my team... but at the moment... there's just not too much happening. although... my boyfriend, uhhh... i mean... chase utley... has had a good year so far... as has j-roll. ps... i got to see the in-the-park home run the other day by jimmy with my whole family. we cheered so loud. it was really exciting! and, i have ot admit, burrell's been doing his part offensively at the plate at least. once he gets on base he's pretty worthless... but he's hitting well. [i used to be a big fan of his, ps... until i saw him after a game at camden yards a few years ago... and he pushed away the little kids who wanted his autograph. from there it went downhill as he became seriously egotistical... and then started to suck.]

oh phillies. i'll be loyal to you until the end of time. but please get better.