The Phillies start a four-game series tonight in Pittsburgh. A friend recently sent a cache of vintage postcards, including this one of long-gone Three Rivers Stadium. PNC Park has it beat hollow. Word is that Chase Utley had surgery today on the torn ligament in his right thumb and will be out at least eight weeks. Everyone is screaming that Ruben Amaro, Jr. must do something. I'd be shocked if Ruben and his staff had not already started 'doing something' as soon as the news of the injury came down.
Compounding the misery, Placido Polanco will miss at least three to four weeks while dealing with chronic tendinitis in his left elbow, aggravated when he was plunked by Tim Hudson in April.
Well, that's a fine mess.
