Who the hell is Vance Worley?

One of the fun things about the Phillies this season is checking the box score to see which ace was throwing today.You have an 80% chance of seeing a kick ass potential Cy Young contender. You have two former NLCS MVPs... and neither one of them is named Halladay or Lee.So I saw the Mets were clobbered by the Phillies, who held New York scoreless until the 9th, I checked to see which ace was on

Show of hands, Giants fans...

If I told you at the beginning of the NLCS that the Giants would beat Roy Halladay AND Cole Hamels, raise your hand if your would take it.That if in Game 4, the Giants would face Joe Blanton, who hasn't pitched in nearly a month, and throw Madison Bumgarner, raise your hand if you'd take that.Now how about if I told you that if EVERYTHING goes wrong in Game 4... they lose 20-0 and are no hit...

Hey Phillies... you call this a Pennant Defense?

Seriously... I thought you guys were ready for a 3rd straight World Series appearance going into this weeks series against the Astros, who aren't exactly world beaters.On Monday the Phillies were 2 1/2 games out of first place and were up 3 games in the loss column over the Giants.And the Braves were thrashed apart by the Rockies, including blowing a 10-1 lead yesterday. This should have been the