I wanted to talk a little about the dreaded day game as it’s fresh on my mind. One of the toughest parts about baseball is the 11:35 A.M. start or earlier. Talk about a routine killer, and I know most people in the everyday working world would like to say, “yeah we know” but what makes those morning starts so difficult is that they are randomly tossed into our schedule sometimes without rhyme or reason. Also, to play this game everyday it is crucial that you get into a routine.

Typically our day starts at noon and doesn’t end until 1 or 2 in the morning. If you take into consideration a 7:05 P.M. start, three-hour plus game and then post-game treatment, stretching, sometimes workouts, food and then ultimately the unwind, you rarely fall asleep before 1 am. So that next morning, an 8 am wake up call with the expectation of squaring up a round ball with a round bat that’s moving, sliding and sinking can be tough.

Grotewold wrote:Murphy: The Phillies are now 2-11 in games in which Roy Halladay doesn't pitch and they score fewer than seven runs.

philliesphhan wrote:Only two teams of the 28 that have had 20-game winners have gone longer than the Phillies without one: the Expos and the Padres, both in 1978. Our last 20+ game winner was in 1982.

The Rays and Rockies have never had one.

ek wrote:csnphilly.com

Once Rollins can sprint, he could play in some extended spring-training games or even some Florida State League games on an official rehab assignment. Rollins has said he should be back in the lineup around the middle of the month.

The Savior wrote:shoulda traded rollins instead of lee. castro rules.