One game away from the Philadelphia Phillies going to the World Series and being the best team in the National League. It was a game of change leads and momentum shifts but destiny can not be stopped. LA stood with mouths dropped after the big bomb that Matt Stairs hit, and how fast the Phillies pulled off a double play in the eight innings. But there is still one more game left and one more fight for complete control. I also have to be honest that this game had a lot of changing pros to goofs and goofs to pros.
Pros
Matt Stairs
Andre Ethier
Casey Blake
Chase Utley
Goofs
Jonathon Broxton
Russell Martin
So Taguchi
Ryan Howard
Pros: Matt Stairs gets the nod for first pro of the game, and deservingly so. Matt Stairs all of forty years old comes off the bench and hits a two run home run to put the Phillies up in the game. This man has contributed a lot to this team and I would def like to see him as a possible pinch hitter next year. Andre Ethier didn’t do much with his bat but his defense keeps the Dodgers in the game. After great plays and gold glove moments Ethier came to the ballpark to play. Casey Blake seems to me the most consistent hitter of the Dodgers and good on defense. When he hit a solo homerun in the game I was happy to see it done by a humble guy. And of course with his bat and defense tonight, Chase Utley earns a nod at the pros spot.
Goofs: It was weird putting Jonathon Broxton on this list of goofs especially since I had put him down as a pro last game. But because of him the Phillies rallied around and passed the Dodgers in game 4. Once against, a repeat offender of the goofs, Russell Martin gets the nod. Martin continues to bat the worst in the entire postseason and entire postseason MLB. Martin is a luck terd for the drop last strike a few times, and really has nothing else to show for himself. So Taguchi had a shot at the pros and a shot to be the savior of the Phillies instead he is a goof and should be sent away in the offseason. And sadly Ryan Howard in left to make a goof for tonight’s game because of hit lack of offense and bad defense.
Tonight we saw the Phillies give all they had and fought for this win. As a Phillies fan the light is at the end of the tunnel and I am ready for some good old red fun. Game 5 has scheduled for Wednesday and the Phillies have a shot to put down LA & head to the World Series.
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