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General thoughts:
-- Back in first place is pretty cool...
-- I think this is a team that is much tougher/has much more swagger than teams in the past. That's what having some good, veteran starting pitching can do for you.
-- Speaking of good, veteran starting pitching... it was pretty clear Guthrie did not have his best stuff yesterday. Lot of hard-hit balls early. But he adjusted and got them through 6 IP with the team still in it.
--Nice power surge last night. Needs to continue.
-- Holland looks to have found himself. Focusing on strike 1 and trusting that his fastball (even at 95) is good enough to get by guys in the zone is a big step for him.
-- The longer they stay in it, the better the chance they make a move for ONE more bat, I think. I saw Rany mentioning Chase Utley the other day on his blog, and that's a name that makes a tremendous amount of sense to me.
Gordon
Cain
Utley
Butler
Perez
Hosmer
Francoeur
Moose
Escobar
So let's hope for the Phillies sucking exponentially down the stretch...
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