Coming into this series, I wasn't looking forward to being at the ballpark these last three nights. The hope was that we would at least win the Blanton game, figuring that Halladay and Lee would likely result in losses. At the end of it all, we ended up where I expected. From that perspective, it wasn't so bad. What made it disappointing was seeing us give away so much. Despite coming in assuming Halladay would be dominant and Lee likely being a tough one to face as well, this game was winnable, and the Phillies are not the offensive juggernaut they have been in the past. Good pitching and defense can stop them. And the Nats did that fairly well. They simply can't stop making stupid mistakes. And the offense is in complete suck mode.
We can call out Morse and Pudge easily, but the reality is that other than two rookies, they've all sucked. Just getting something going in that department could turn them around. It's just hard to end a half dozen slumps against aces. And this team doesn't help itself the way it runs into so many outs.
They need to stop pressing, focus on having quality at bats and simply ride that out. What they can do, is stop freaking up so often and giving away runs and outs.
