Some other assorted notes from the game today:
-I must give Guz some props. Man is he just a hitting machine. wow. We are lucky to have him as our shortstop. What an under-appreciated player.
Yeah he's a hitting machine, it's the best way to describe him. He should be the leadoff hitter and there's no debating that (man, imagine if he drew more walks, his OBP would be sick). His glove/range still a bit iffy.
-Dukes is back to [AZ]Beast Mode[/AZ]. He's out of his slump and is playing like he did at the end of last season.
He should be starting and batting fifth (or 2nd/3rd if manny gets the balls to shake up the line-up). Dukes should be playing everyday either center or right ... I guess it depends who is hotter out of Milledge/Willingham/Kearns.
-Grissom was working extensively with Milledge prior to the game in the outfield on going back on fly balls and catching them.
Milledge had a good game defensively making those two plays. Obviously, still needs to get better.
-Dunn is a nightmare in LF. Constantly giving up extra bases because he is too lazy and slow to get to balls. He even let one bounce past him today. oh well, at least he draws walks and hits a few bombs.
Yeah that was pretty bad watching that right in front of me. Soriano was an adventure in LF, but at least he ran to the ball. Dunn was a mess today. But again, he hits bombs, doubles and walks. Still no excuse though. (p.s. he made a good throw and Flores with a solid tag, in the 2nd inning on the Moyer sac fly ... should've been called out)
-The Phillies fans were not as abundant as I anticipated. I only saw 1 get ejected. shocker.
I was totally - TOTALLY - shocked at how quiet the Phils fans were (and how many Nats fans were there to shut them up). Good showing by our crew, hopefully it continues and hopefully next time we have more reason to cheer.
-freaking drunk jerks that were fans of neither team sat behind me. losers. what's the point of getting so blasted at a baseball game? why can't you do that at home and save yourself the money and driving time?
Yeah I hate that. I had a decent buzz going, I was more just pissed off ... repeating wow WE ARE 0-7.
-One of the "fan of the game" candidates was in the group sitting behind me. 25-30 year old female with huge knockers. A gap-toothed kid beat her out for "fan of the game". she was hot as crap though.
Saw that ... she was fan #2 right? lots of talent out today. wish i met up with my friend haha.
-sad about Kalas. I wasn't a fan of him but I respect his craft.
Wasn't a big fan, but boy was he great at his job. Truly a loss for the game.
-Lannan was the only starter I saw jogging around the track prior to the game. I've heard that he likes to run a lot. that's what I like to see.
Hopefully he can get his crap together.