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• boogerking said April 10, 2008

  I wish I didn't have to root for Adam Eaton.I really would prefer him to meltdown and have some hurculean effort from the bullpen keep us in the game and win it with the bats.
  Kyle Kendrick is awful.SURE IS A GOOD THING WE DIDN'T SIGN LOHSE!ugh.I'll be sayin' that all year.At least Kendrick doesn't spout BS about having good "stuff" after a dismal outting like Eaton does.

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• boogerking said April 10, 2008

  I hate when Billy Wagner's right.

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• PhillyFan7 said April 10, 2008

  I wouldn't say Wagner was all that right. They didn't beat us last night, we gave THEM the game. The errors, lack of focus, walks... clearly on our end, they only managed 5 hits.
  
  Kendrick is not awful. He had a great season last year, and has only made 2 starts thus far... you're seriously calling him terrible based on 2 starts?
  
  Eaton better dominate the mets like he usually does... I'm hoping Benson gets healthy and replaces Eaton as soon as he can.
  
  I agree, how did we let Lohse go? We didn't want to sign him to a multiyear deal, but he ended up signing a cheap 1 yr contract (like $5 mil)?

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• boogerking said April 10, 2008

  The Phillies made an offer of one year.Lohse was looking long term.When it came down to the wire Lohse contacted the Phillies and announced that he'd accept a one year deal.Phillies told his agent that Lohse should have accepted their original offer and that they weren't inviting any new pitching to camp.(I'll find the supporting Daily News article).
  As for Kendrick,he is awful right now and that matters a lot more than what he did last year.We can't dominate the NLEast,we were lucky to win it last year and this team is establishing a pattern of missing or making the post season by one game.I'm tired of the "it's early talk". The team ,ESPESCIALLY THE PITCHING,cannot afford to waste games while everyone hones their skills.Our fielding is subpar and the rotation is way too fragile for Myers and Kendrick to enter the season slowly.

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• GMCarson said April 10, 2008

  Both Kyle Lohse and Justin Germano (both were property of the Phils last season) have made 2 starts a piece this season and haven't allowed a run...that's a 0.00 era.

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• boogerking said April 10, 2008

  Well there you go.You know Ruben Amaro, jr. better not be more of the same.It's pretty much a given he's the next GM.I guess a lot of the blame has to fall on the scouts but this just seems way too obvious for everyone in the organization to miss.

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• boogerking said April 10, 2008

  They'll take a ridiculous risk on Freddy Garcia, or overpay a wreck like Eaton and yet somehow don't feel it's worth a gamble on relatively cheap,and in the case of Lohse, proven, pitchers. I simply don't understand.

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• GMCarson said April 10, 2008

  Not signing Lohse for 5 million for 1 year is just plain retarded, and retarded is what Patty G and his lapdog Amaro are.

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• PhillyFan7 said April 10, 2008

  Wow please link the article, that is ridiculous that they'd be petty like that b/c Lohse didn't accept their initial offer. The bottom line is he would've helped the team a a lot for pretty cheap. That is the only thing that should have mattered.
  
  I understand every hates the it's early start stuff, but you can't call someone horrible for it. Saying he's been doing terrible works though. It's not like you would say Eaton is solid/good just because he had one good outing. Even though Kendrick had shaky command yesterday, he was pitching through it until the defense f***ed him over. He only had 1 ER, and could have went a lot deeper into the game if he had a working defense behind him.
  
  Myers needs to step it up, but I think he will. Moyer looked good on Tuesday, not fantastic, but i'll take 2 runs over 6 innings every time out.
  
  Eaton pitched well his last time, but he needs to prove he can do it consistently after his pathetic season last year. He usually has success against the mets, so hopefully he can pitch well tonight, gain some confidence and build on it. I'm not holding my breath though!
  
  Hamels is amazing.
  
  The whole team needs to step it up. We were great on defense last year, and we need to be solid to help our pitching staff. The offense needs to be more consistent as well and stop stranding so many runners.

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• olivier said April 12, 2008

  the most coopying thing ever in the uproars is a folk into a stake.
  olivier kabuki

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  • GMCarson replied April 13, 2008

    What the f*@k are you talking about?!