Message to Chase Utley: it's starting to get old watching you, I mean you're on fire pretty much every night! Just kidding, but there is nothing better than seeing greatness unfold before your very eyes. The Phillies now have on their team the best player in major league baseball.
In the infamous words of former ESPN anchor Dan Patrick, Chase Utley has been "en fuego."
He went 3 for 4 last night with yet another homer, his major league-leading 21st of the year. During his current 8-game hitting streak he is hitting .421(13 for 31) with 7 homers, 19 RBI, and 11 runs scored. And, he currently has a 5-game homerun streak within this 8-game tear. You don't much better than that.
In an era when sports is dominated by 40 times, vertical leaps, energy drinks, steroids, and great athletes, Utley is a pleasant surprise.
He is anything but physically gifted, but has become great through hard work and his story is a testament that you can make it if you put your mind to it, but you had damn sure be ready to put the brutally hard work in.
The Reds were no match for the Phils last night. Sure, they fought back to within a run, but that was all they could muster from the 6th inning on. Durbin, Gordon, and Lidge shut them down in the final 3 2/3 innings, yielding just 2 hits combined.
Brad Lidge just gets the job done.
Lidge had his 14th save and now has a paltry 0.75 ERA.
Samuel Dalembert gets scammed
Looks like Sammy D got schnookered by some scammers up in New York.
Word is they bilked him out of $1 million on an investment in "Speed Racer" merchandise for the movie that left the theaters faster than the cars featured in the movie.
Speed Racer is this year's version of "The Postman" having cost $120 million to make and earning just $40.5 million in the US in 4 weeks.
Looks like Sammy D wasn't the only one who got schnookered.
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