Should send Lidge to the DL until his knee heals properly. JC comes back in like a week to add another arm to the bullpen.

this

Is it possible Lidge doesn't pitch the 9th (if they hold on to the lead)?

It's possible, but not likely:

"Manuel said he will continue to call on Lidge in save situations, adding that his stuff is good but his location is off."

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/..._for_last.html

Bacon sounds way less standard than peppers.

both sound good though. marinara sounds interesting too.

pizza steak != philly cheesesteak

Ugh. The are thousands of pitchers out there in the minor leagues and college whose "stuff is good", doesn't mean I want them as my closer.

plz lidge in the ninth plz plz plz

People keep saying this but I really don't think he's injured.

Choooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooch

All this talk about whether we're more afraid of Sabathia or Burnett and Lidge turns out to be the true terror. Lol

I know this is old but I just got home from the shore but wanted to put my 2 cents in fwiw.
I dont order steaks out of the tri-state area, Im sure there are other regional foods that people wouldnt do the same.

A pizza steak? I used to get this from a lunch truck at drexel it was super good, a steak with marinara, prov cheese, and peperoni. It was really good but the roll gets soggy fast so munch quick--->Pete's little lunch box (no longer there).

I think mayo is gross in general, but on a steak it is prob the worst ever IMO.
I lived in Manayunk when they opened, very solid steak and a nice spot. Get a steak after you slum it up at the Cressen Inn? lol

+100, Chubby's, Delasandros, Johns roast pork, tony lukes, in no particular order, for me at least.
Good post, I need to try Chinks btw.
Yea I said that and I know it was odd, based only off of the playoffs last year. Lidge? ugh what to do?

This series had a playoff atmosphere though, 2 very good teams battling. Great baseball. Chooch is the man glad to have him back!

So Condrey is far and away the MVP of the pitching staff this season, isn't he?

Condreys has been very good, but what about Madsen?

i thought madson has been better(from what ive seen anaways) also look for romero to come back asap, june 1st afaik

Good to see Larry's getting some love, even though Geno's is better imo.

Phillies Pitching VORP

Condry: 7.7
Haap: 7.7
Myers: 7.5
Madson: 6.6
Hamels: 4.6

Here we go lets do this, we need a nice easy blow out tonight. One where we can forget about the back of the bullpen issues.

Yo whats going on with Comcast??? I cant change the channel and its stuck on some spanish news channel. The big screen TV in my courtyard is on the same thing.

Im surprised nobody has commented on last nights game.

Great performance by Blanton, that was very impressive. He had the hitters guessing the whole night, although I cant name more then 1 or 2 smart hitters on the Marlins they make some bad decisions at the plate.

Unfortunately it was overshadowed by some spotty late inning bullpen action from Eyre and Durbin. Although Lidge gave up a run I thought that he handled the situation quite well, and the slider he threw to Helms to strike him out was one of the best Ive seen him throw all year.

In a game like that I would rather see Madsen go in the 9th but I know that would cause a Closer controversy which would be annoying.

Blanton 11 K's pretty sick

Blanton's game was awesom! 11 Ks, 5 hits, 0 ER and just two walks?! Love it.

Going to a new bar tonight to watch Myers pitch, hopefully it's not all just Mets fans there, though I'm sure I won't get the game audio.

I guess you live in NY and not on Broad st?

plz to be not reading any more rumors linking the Phillies to Brad Penny. I'd rather have Chan Ho Park back in the rotation!

Ugh, I wish I wouldnt have heard that.

For what tho? a bag of peanuts?