Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday 7:05Records: Giants 72-59, Tied for 2nd Place in the NL West (5½ games behind the Dodgers); Phillies 75-53, 1st Place in NL East (7½ games ahead of the Braves)
Played with the Giants and the Phillies: Per Baseball Reference.com, 224 players have played for both the Giants (New York and San Francisco) and the Phillies, including - Steve Bedrosian, Ollie Brown, Steve Carlton, Scott Eyre, Pedro Feliz, Aaron Fultz, Al Holland, Garry Maddox, Gary Matthews, Joe Morgan, Casey Stengel and Michael Tucker
Postseason Preview?: If the season ended today, the Phillies would face either the Giants or the Colorado Rockies in the first round of the playoffs. Both teams are currently battling it out for the NL Wild Card, which scares me a little. Usually, the team that has to scratch and claw its way into the Postseason is the team that performs the best in the first round. Of the two teams, I like the Phils’ chances against the Rockies better. The Giants starting pitching staff could be difficult in a short series, and they just added Brad Penny.
Giants Probables: Jonathan Sanchez, Brad Penny, Tim Lincecum
Phillies Probables: Cole Hamels, J.A. Happ, Pedro Martinez
4 comments:
GO PHILLIES!
It's too bad Lefty was mostly a junkball pitcher by the time he went to SF. He didn't have much left by that time. :(
This will be a tough series. The Rockies will have a much better time of it than the Giants schedule-wise in the next couple of weeks.
By the way, I got the cards. A post about it is forthcoming. Thanks! :)
Lefty never looked right in a Giants uniform, or a Twins uniform, or a White Sox uniform . . . I still wish he had just hung 'em up and retired a Phil, but he wanted his 4,000th strikeout.
Glad you got the cards, but I'm on Night Owl's side for the next few days. :)
Go Phils!
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