[quote name='tcrash247']Almost as good as Lincecum's August last year.
Something I want to bring up. While I was happy we got Cliff Lee, I'm one of the only people in the Philadelphia area who said it was a bad idea to get a 4th ace rather than a new outfielder. Our problem in the playoffs was our hitting shut down completely. The only person that was producing was Werth. So we fixed what wasn't broken and let our low points get even lower. And it's showing right now. Where are our bats? Oh, one is in Washington on a suckass team and the others are up their own asses. Sure we did great for the first 2 weeks but this better not be the beginning of a slump already. Plus, our corner outfielders are complete shit. Ibanez and Fransisco can't throw for shit and are just ok at tracking down fly balls. It's very frustrating to see a problem that we had last year just getting bigger and bigger. And everyone says we'll be fine once Utley comes back. Uh, did you see him at the end of last year? He didn't do jack shit. He better improve this year along with the rest of the team or the 4 aces are going to have to be near perfect every day.
I know it's early to start throwing all this around, but it's got me very worried.[/QUOTE]
That's how the Giants had to survive most of the time, all our pitchers having to be near perfect and only let up 0-2 runs. That was basically the entire regular season for them. Then the bats lit up in the Playoffs and the rest was history. If it's going to be like that for the Phillies, you guys might have to adopt a "torture" slogan like we did. Also get a lot of Advil and Ibuprofin for all the heart attacks and headaches you might have.
For some reason, it seems rare for any team to score a ton of runs and have great pitching. It's either one or the other, even if you have the tools to score a lot of runs and have pitchers who will pitch amazing games. The Phillies have a great hitting lineup who likes to get cold a lot. Most teams would dream to have a healthy Ryan Howard/Jimmy Rollins/Chase Uteley/Dominic Brown/Shane Victorino/etc.