The Phillies close the season October 2-4 with a 3 game series at home against the Florida Marlins. I want that series to mean absolutely nothing. A good start to reaching that goal would be for the Phillies to take advantage of their next 10 games, all against low level competition. We start with the 54-65 Diamondbacks who are missing Justin Upton, then 4 games with the 55-63 Mets, who are missing everyone, and we are lucky enough to likely face their 4 pitchers not named Johan Santana, and finally, 3 games against the 47-70 Pirates. Meanwhile the Fish play Houston, Atlanta and the Mets.
We need to go at least 7-3 in these 10 games, hopefully 8-2 or better, and gain 1-2 games on Florida and Atlanta.
2009: 66-49
2008: 62-53
2007: 61-54
Player of the Series: Ryan Howard (4 for 10, 3 HR, 6 RBI)
Goat of the Series: Brad Lidge (1.2 IP, 3 H, 3 BB, 2 ER)
The Good News:
The starters have turned it around in a big way. In the 29 games since the all-star break, the starters have a col...
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