Darin Erstad Talking Points

When Darin Estad came up to pinch hit in Tuesday's game, I had a pavlovian response, thanks to my love of FJM. But surely the Phillies announcers would avoid this overused and misleading depiction of the former #1 draft pick.

Nope.

Chris Wheeler went right to the Darin Erstad talking points and noted that, "this guy is some competitor, he played college football at Nebraska." To which I responded, to no one in particular, "yes, as a punter."

Erstad promptely grounded out weakly to third. But in a Cornhusker football way.

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Frustrating loss

The worst kind of loss is a 1-0 loss. When a team has this much potential offense, there is no excuse for zero runs and one hit. On the bright side, great job from the mound tonight... although I don't think Hamels has found his groove yet. If the wind weren't a factor, the margin of defeat would have been larger.

Times Harry referred to Ronnie Belliard as "Rafael": 3

Times Wheels made the same mistake: 1

Excruciating at-bats of Sarge's play-by-play: 1