The Nightman Cometh wrote:Utley needs to retire here. #$!&@ trading him for some middling prospect.

Phred wrote:

The Nightman Cometh wrote:Utley needs to retire here. #$!&@ trading him for some middling prospect.

He could be traded AND still retire here.

FTN wrote:of course trollney wants him traded, probably to the dodgers.

Phred wrote:I love Utley and all but I look over at the Orioles who have a shot in a division in which they don't usually have a shot and could really use a guy like Utley at 2nd base AND they also have a #$!&@ of prospects.

But after throwing six shutout innings against Toronto on Wednesday, Buchholtz was accused of throwing a spitter by applying a foreign substance to the balls he was throwing to Jays hitters by former major league reliever Dirk Hayhurst and former Toronto pitcher and current broadcaster Jack Morris.

Two days later, Hayhurst threw a Phillies pitcher's name into the conversation, too. Hayhurst accused Cliff Lee of doctoring his pitches.

Hayhurst, a popular baseball author and Toronto media personality now, known as @TheGarfoose on Twitter, had this to say about Lee in his piece on the Canadian Sportsnet blog:

"Pitchers break the law, folks. Some do it in the accepted “it’s only five miles over the limit, officer,” way. Some have big enough names that they can get away with it even when it’s plain for all to see – Cliff Lee’s hat, anyone?

Some do it recklessly and are just begging to get called out on it."

Wow. A little stunning to see someone so blatantly accused of cheating, huh? It's against the rules for a pitcher to apply a foreign substance to a baseball.

"Who's Dirk Hayhurst?" Lee told the Daily News when approached about the subject matter before taking the field for batting practice on Friday afternoon at Citizens Bank Park.

Phillies are 9-3 in starts by Kendrick, Lannan, Pettibone. Phils 5-13 in starts by Hamels, Halladay, Lee