City of Pain

Chase Utley and Placido Polanco are apparently heading to the DL today, and you know what that means: Hello Greg Dobbs. Just when the Phils were poised to start chipping away at Atlanta’s division lead and push the overachieving Mets’ head back underwater where it belongs, this shit happens. Arguably your two best pure hitters are going to be sitting on the bench until at least the All-Star break, and maybe longer. Both players also lead the all star voting at their respective positions.

Since 2007 the Phils have been pretty lucky in terms of fighting off the injury monster.  I recall Utley breaking a bone in his hand, I think Rollins got hurt one year for something, and maybe Brad Lidge last season, although we would have been better off had he stayed on the DL the entire year. This season it all finally caught up with us, just like most things do in the universe.  If there is any silver lining in any of this, it is that this is happening near the All Star break. In theory, both players could be back immediately after the break, missing 13 games.  That’s three more Halladay starts and seven home games.

The only way to remain in this race is to stay afloat until the break. That’s assuming no one else gets hurt in the process, unless that person is Greg Dobbs, and then we can rejoice once again.

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