Spend An Afternoon With The Phillies

Summer is but a few days away, and the Phillies are three games up in the division. While the naysayers say the bullpen can’t possibly remain healthy the entire season — and they are no doubt right — we can hope the Phillies can stay on their healthy kick and continue to lead the division the entire summer.

The Phillies play the Red Sox this afternoon at 1 in the rubber match of the three-game series. The Sox shut out the Phillies, 3-0, last night and the Celtics won the NBA title. Ugh.

Kyle Kendrick goes for the Phillies today against Justin Masterson, 3-1 with a 2.90 ERA. Right, of course this guy has a sub-3.00 ERA: He plays for Boston. Greg Dobbs is in the lineup for the Phils. I’ll liveblog the Fightins after the jump once it gets started.

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Liveblog: Opening Day (Braves 5, Phillies 3, F)

I figured since I headed home to watch the Philies today — one of the advantages of being able to work from home — I’d liveblog it in a shameless attempt to act like I’m working and maybe increase the number of pageviews. Huzzah!

I’ll try to keep the comments short, as it’s baseball and, really, what the hell am I going to write about? It’s baseball!

1:00 - New announcer Gary Matthews looks terrified as they show the broadcast booth. Sarge also sounds like he’s about 75.

1:06 - Brett Myers will start today for the Phillies; he’s opposed by John Smoltz for the Atlanta Braves.

1:09 - And Brett Myers begins with a strikeout on a really nice splitter. 162-0, baby!

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