Yeah – so the Phillies seem to be exposing a weakness that Dodger fans shouldn’t find that totally surprising – the pitching.  The Phillies are lights out, the Dodgers aren’t.  Manny is still Manny, but if you can’t pitch in the playoffs…especially to the pitcher, it will be a long night.  I’m not too worried as the Dodgers beat the Phillies only at home this year…and likewise for the Phillies.  Not too much has changed in the playoffs.

My boy Casey Blake doesn’t seem to be doing much.  He needs to hit.  Had Nomar hit the game winning homerun, he might have been re-signed next year.  We’ll see now.  He looked pretty bad against those sliders.  At least they’re both doing better than Ryan Howard.  He would be hearing a lot more if the Phillies were losing.