tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610014.post115236386786976633..comments2024-01-31T17:51:12.213-05:00Comments on Swing and a Miss: Rock Bottom ReachedTom Goodmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816668232837298444noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610014.post-1152551014651498962006-07-10T13:03:00.000-04:002006-07-10T13:03:00.000-04:00No offense Charlie... but there are far more impor...No offense Charlie... but there are far more important things in the world to be praying over than a baseball team. <BR/><BR/>God can't help the Phillies. Only a #1 starter, a more consistent middle relief, and some consistency in the offense would help. That's Pat Gillick's job. God wasn't hired as GM.The Revhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04573551553863558468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610014.post-1152385282250088582006-07-08T15:01:00.000-04:002006-07-08T15:01:00.000-04:00Charlie, my man, you'd better start praying for yo...Charlie, my man, you'd better start praying for yourself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610014.post-1152384989335460042006-07-08T14:56:00.000-04:002006-07-08T14:56:00.000-04:00Old Uncle Charlie did say something in that press ...Old Uncle Charlie did say something in that press conference last night that made me think. Somebody asked a question along the line of "How does it feel to be sucking so bad for over a month now?" and Charlie answered something like "It seems like a long time since we played in Arizona."<BR/><BR/>Indeed, it does seem that things took a decided turn for the worse after that Arizona series. After sweeping the DBacks, the Phillies were 32-27. Since then they have gone 6-20. At the end of that series, they had outscored opponents 298-286. Since then they have been outscored 108-163. In other words, they were averaging +.21 runs per game over opponents before and have been an incredible -2.11. since.<BR/><BR/>You can draw a line through the 2006 season right at June 7, the day of the last game in Arizona. They are two different teams -- on one side of the line is a team that is sorta OK; on the other is one that is absolutely awful. What caused the season to turn bad so suddenly?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com