I'm going to keep this short - but all any Phillies' fan has been thinking about recently is how on earth we have any chance at repeating with the disaster that is Lidge and Madson in the 9th. Here is my solution, and personally, I think it is the only solution with Myers out for a little, Madson failing in the 9th, Park out and Pedro pitching so poorly in the 1st inning in his starts (5 runs in 8 1st innings). Use Pedro Martinez as the 4th starter in the playoffs and insert J.A. Happ as your closer. The reasons are simple... He's good - Or more specifically, he's tough to hit and doesn't allow a lot of baserunners. Happ's 1.20 WHIP is good for 10th best in the NL, and his ERA is good for 5th. In his 21 starts he has allowed only 3 1st inning runs the entire year. His pitching style is deceptive, which means that over-throwing or trouble getting loose would probably not be a problem. He also gets by mostly on his fastball, meaning there is less likely to be a...
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