15. "I disagree with everyone saying "you can't blame the offense"" In response to In response to 0 Thu Aug-14-08 07:36 AM by terry_funk
Why can't we blame the offense, our so-called "strength"? Shit, Cole Hamels should have at least 13-14 wins by now if our offense were not so infuriatingly inconsistant. In the past 3 weeks we've wasted solid outings by Blanton, Myers and Hamels because we just cannot manufacture runs when we arent hitting the ball out of the park. Grandpa Moyer has been fine, and Kendrick has been OK. Romero, Madsen and Lidge have all been very solid in the 'pen. Anyone who has complaints about our pitching this year simply hasnt watched many of our games.
We have almost no one who hits for average and aside from Rollins and Victorino (who both maybe hurt), not much speed. We don't have many players who can go from 1st to 3rd on a single or can score from second on a single, and our situational hitting is ATROCIOUS! Oh and lets not even bring up the fact that we have a couple of strikout machines in the middle of the lineup (Howard and Burrell, who both have had their moments, but are still way too streaky). Shit even Chase Utley has been pissing me off since about 3 weeks before the All Star break.
Fuck all that talk about "You can't blame the offense"