Phillies vs. New York (Mutts)

Wanted to start with these two pictures because they're so great. The only way to describe Jayson Werth's beard, glorious.

Game 1: First game, first series against the Mets this season and it was awful because it was a continuation of how they've been playing the past week and a half: bad starting pitching (Kendrick) and dismal and abysmal offense once again. The least you should know, Kyle Kendrick and the bullpen combined to give up 9 ER, including 2(!) homeruns to Rod Barajas. The Phillies could only must one run (RBI single, Chooch) off of Jon Neise (?). I don't know his name and I really don't care. I think enough is enough with the early season trouble excuses. At one point, they just have to play better. I expect them to win every game from here on out. Also, news before the game was the return of Brad Lidge. Woo! Bad news, he pitched the ninth and allowed a homerun to Rod Barajas. That's yucky. Also I didn't see the homerun but I've been told Brad Lidge threw a good pitch that Road kill Barajas put a good swing on. I want to punch that dude so bad. More bad news, Mad dog kicked a chair and broke his toe and was put on the 15-day DL. What a dummy. Mutts 9-1

Game 2: Roy Halladay! More on him later. It was a complete game all around. The offense finally got off the schneid and turned it lose with 6 runs in the 4th off of Mike Pelfrey; they scored in the this inning on the strength of a Werth RBI single, a 2-run double off the bat of Castro, and topped off with a 3-run homerun from Shane Victorino. That ended his 27-inning scoreless streak and almost quadrupled his ERA from 0.69 to 2.40. Thank God though, because it was all kinds of wrong to have the numbers 0.69 to Mike Pelfrey's name, along with 4-0. Pelfrey left after 4 innings and the offense would scatter 4 more runs off of the Mutts' bullpen. Roy Halladay pitched and what more can be said. He didn't allow any runs, threw 75 pitches through 4 innings and just 45 through the last five. He went the distance and made it look effortless. He's a machine and I'm glad he's on our team. He is so dreamy. That was a total girl moment, sorry. Phillies 10-0

Game 3:I know people really enjoyed the final game against the Giants, but I think this is my favorite game of the season, so far.The Mutts took game 1 and the Phillies took game 2. The Mutts looked destined to win the series with Johan Santana on the mound and Jamie Moyer for the Phillies. Jamie gave up a 3-run homerun in the first inning to David Wright. It seemed not likely that the Phils would be able to come back. In the bottom half of the inning, Polanco and Howard hit solo homeruns to cut the deficit to 1. Things got quiet until the 4th inning when Rod Barajas (yuck!) hit a 2-run homerun to extend the Mutts lead back to 3. In the bottom the 4th, Chase lead off with a double, than outs by both Howard and Werth. Raul followed with an RBI single and the wheels came off for Santana. Juan Castro followed with a single, Chooch walked on four pitches, and Jamie Moyer drew a full call and after fouling off a pitch, he walked! It set the stage for a very deja vu moment with Shane Victorino batting. On a 1-0 pitch, he hit a grand slam to left centerish field. The Phils would not be done as Polanco followed with a single and with Johan still pitching, Chase Utley hit the second homerun of the inning to make it 10-5. Jerry Manuel finally wisened up and pulled Santana. Unfortunately for the Mutts, the damage had been done. To make things better, in the same inning, Ryan Howard singled and scored on a Werth double. That was it for the scoring as the Mutts went quietly. Only one more Mutt reached base and that was a BB. Jamie pitched well enough to win; he went 6 innings and only allowed those 5 runs. Woo! Phillies 11-5

Golden Girls (LONG) quote of the day:
Dorothy: "It is not a fly, Rose."
Rose: "Spanish Fly is not a fly?"
Dorothy: "No."
Rose: "What is it?"
Dorothy: "It's a beetle."
Rose: "They call it a fly, but it's really a beetle?"
Dorothy: "Yes."
Rose: "How do they know it's Spanish?"
Dorothy: "Because it wears a little sombrero, Rose!"
Rose: "Well why don't they just call it a beetle...Spanish Beetle?"
Dorothy: "Because they call it Spanish Fly."
Rose: "Then what do they call their flies?"
Dorothy: "I don't care, Rose! Forget it! I don't care! The minks can just sit there and we'll lose all our money! I don't care! Just don't mention Spanish Fly to me ever again!"
Rose: "You're really touchy about these Spanish Flies aren't you."