Brutal Honesty

You want the truth? You can't handle the truth. The truth is this team is playing like it thinks it can just ride on the coattails of last season's success and expects everyone to bow before them. April is by far the easiest month on the schedule versus opponents, yet the Phillies record is a customary losing April 4-5, which is unacceptable. Last night they blew a 6 run lead to the mostly talentless and nameless San Diego Padres. The offense doesn't share too much of the blame as it's been largely the pitching that has been worse than imaginable or explainable. Offense: 9 homeruns in 9 games. Are we playing in the Dead Ball era? Jimmy Rollins' OPS is .313; that's what you want your leadoff hitter's batting average to be (J-Roll's batting average .125). Jimmy is in drop the barrel of the bat mode and is popping everything up. Over the years we've come to be disgusted with this Jimmy. His partner in table-setting Shane Victorino isn't ...