pond snails sing
they're in the kettle
but don't know it
---Issa
Joe Blanton took the mound last night with a 4-0 lead and immediately started giving it back. When Blanton left after the fifth, the Phillies led 6-4. Five innings doesn't cut it.
Broken record alert! This one's on the offense, which mustered only one hit after the third inning.
This one's on Jimmy Rollins, who went 0 for 5. Something must be wrong with Jimmy, who this season has shockingly gone from being a winning player to a losing one. The "too cool for school" attitude cuts it only when you're doing it all, and Jimmy's not close this year. Or it could be that someone--agent, mom, dad, girlfriend, buddy--is in his ear. He's acting like one frustrated dude.
Ryan Madson stepped in and went two scoreless. Chad Durbin gave up the tying runs in the 8th and Clay Condrey the walk-off homer in the 9th. Durbin later said it was all on him, but it's impossible to fault the bullpen, which has been outstanding all season. That Tom Gordon is missed is already painfully obvious.
