The offense hung in there against Brandon Webb yesterday and Burrell made all the difference in the 8th inning, hitting his 23rd dinger of the year.
Burrell is certainly doing his best to convince the Phillies' brass that they need to re-sign him. I have a suspicion they're going to hang onto Greg Golson, hoping that he can be the answer in left field. Then they'll put Werth in center next year and move Victorino to right.
I think it's a mistake to do that because Victorino is the outfielder I see as not being an everyday player. Werth on the other hand, is Aaron Rowand reincarnated. He plays tough like him, gets clutch hits, and has a certain swagger about him that's infectious in a positive way.
It would behoove the Phillies to re-sign Burrell, whom is every bit the All-Star outfielder that guys like Alfonso Soriano are.
Chalk yesterday's win up to great pitching though. Cole Hamels and Brad Lidge, the co-MVP's of this squad carried the team to their 2nd straight winning series and they head into the break on a great note.
They better be burning up the phone lines for Erik Bedard though. Adam Eaton hopefully will never pitch another game again as a Phillie.
Now, the Phillies are just 1/2 game ahead of the Mets who despite losing Pedro Martinez again, have a better pitching staff. You can't spin it anyway, no how. Santana, Maine, and Perez are better than Hamels, Moyer, Kendrick, Happ, and who knows what.
One can only hope the Phillies see this and they act fast.
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