The weekend series with the Marlins coincides with Old-Timers weekend. Last night, as part of this year's weekend, Harry Kalas was inducted posthumously into the Phillies Wall of Fame. It was an emotional ceremony, mc'd by Mike Schmidt, who has a knack for these things, and attended by Kalas' three sons and two stepchildren. The core group of old-timers were 'announced' by Kalas, who used to mc the annual induction. The Phillies' organization does this kind of thing as well as any team in baseball, and last night was truly touching.
Then the Phillies went out and lost to the Marlins. Joe Blanton was again strong through seven but the Marlins' Ricky Nolasco bested him. Blanton gave up three runs on two homers in the first two innings. The Phillies got two back in the 7th on a two-run homer by right fielder Ben Francisco, who squashed a Marlin threat in the top of the inning with a fabulous throw that nailed Chris Coghlan at the plate.
All you need to know about the home offense is that in a 3-2 game Fish closer Leo Nunez put the Phillies away in the 9th with only five pitches! C'mon, guys. Really.
