How To Beat The Phillies

In three easy steps! 1. Don’t let Jimmy Rollins, Shane Victorino, Chase Utley, Ryan Howard, Jayson Werth or Raul Ibanez beat you That’s all. I know that doesn’t sound like much to ask of your pitching staff, but if you can just hold all those guys in check, you’ll significantly enhance your chances for victory. 2. Get behind early You don’t want to trail 10-2 by the 4th inning or something ridiculous like that.  That’s what step 1 hopes to eliminate.  But you also don’t want to trail 1-0, 2-1, or something close that means a starter could go the distance.  You want a scenario that allows Charlie Manuel to setup the Brad Lidge/Ryan Madson portion of his bullpen.   5-3, 6-5, 10-8, in the 7th,...