Carlos Ruiz, Shane Victorino, and Matt Stairs….
Who are three Phillies that are going to make this offseason for the Los Angeles Dodgers that much more painful?
Seriously, Carlos Ruiz? He of the .219 batting average in the regular season? When the hell did he turn into Mike Piazza? Yeah, like his hit wasn’t going to matter in the eighth. And could Jonathon Broxton have grooved up that pitch to Matt Stairs any better? Josh Hamilton’s pitcher at the Home Run Derby thought that was a great BP pitch.
And Shane Victorino? It had to be THAT guy to hit the game-tying HR? I’m telling you, Hong Chih-Kuo is to blame for all of this. Did you see that celebratory leg kick? Talk about tempting karma.
See ya, Manny.
(And please, please, please, stop with the “Oh, Joe Torre can’t manage a bullpen after all!” comments. Wade’s pitch to Victorino wasn’t all that bad; it was a great piece of hitting by Victorino. Broxton’s pitch to Stairs, on the other hand…)