What’s that you say, Cole Hamels?
"When you put that many runs up, it makes it uncomfortable for the other team."
Mr. Hamels, of course, is refering to the 22 runs the Phillies scored against the Reds last night. It’s not that I don’t agree with him, so much as I think he’s pretty severely understating the case. A 21-run hole is probably well and truly past uncomfortable and all the way into "Let’s have Nick Swisher pitch and save the bullpen" territory. Which, to his credit, Dusty Baker pretty much did, but only after burning four arms out of his bullpen.
I have to wonder if Johnny Cueto’s problem in the first was caused by that toothpick-munching assbag’s pitcher misuse anyhow.
