Jim Salisbury, just on with Tony Bruno, reports that Kyle Kendrick has been optioned to Lehigh Valley and Andrew Carpenter recalled in his place. Kendrick has pitched very well at times but balanced those games with clunkers. This is another chance for him to work things out in Triple-A. (Just do it, will you!) Drew Carpenter to me is a sidewise move and only goes to show that J.A. Happ is not ready.
Enough with the clueless media and fan demands to bring Domonic Brown up. They are no doubt the same people who would turn on Brown in a minute the first couple of times he takes dubious routes to a ball or is caught looking on a fastball. Let the kid continue to hone his skills in Triple-A. As he himself has said in countless interviews, the Phillies' way worked really well for Ryan Howard and Chase Utley. They came into the league ready to compete and succeed.
Enough, too, of the stupid rumors about Jayson Werth's activities off the field. Most are baseless Internet crap and the others are his own business.
Speaking of the IronPigs, last night they overcame an 8-1 deficit to win 10-8. Down to the last strike in the 9th, Brian Bocock, on something of a most unfamiliar offensive tear, lashed a bases-clearing triple that plated three and put the 'Pigs up 10-8. Antonio Bastardo then came in to nail the save. It was about time that the 'Pigs were on the winning side of one of these games.
