Jamie Moyer

Unbelievable. Is someone going to tell him he's 47 years old? And does he know something we don't? Is 47 actually younger than 46? Since his first start with the Phils on August 22, 2006, Gramps had pitched more than 7 innings 4 times coming into this season. He has now pitched more than 7 innings 4 times this season. A fantastic game by him when our offense simply couldn't get anything going after the first inning. At some point, his arm will literally fall off during a game. Until then, I'll take him.

Some other notes from the game:

-If the name Jason Donald sounds familiar, it's because the Indians' middle infielder is one of the players we traded to get Cliff Lee. He is the only one who has done anything remotely significant for Cleveland. His most notable achievement: Getting called safe to break up the Tigers' Armando Galarraga's perfect game earlier this season. Oops

-I know I rip on the broadcast team all the time and it may get old, but I just don't understand how they honestly get paid to do this stuff. Let me set the scene for you:
Carlos Santana, Indians rookie catcher is up to bat in the first inning. The first pitch is a low and inside called strike. The second pitch is a low and inside called strike. Santana has yet to take the bat off his shoulder (trust me, I rewound this to check). On the third pitch, in the exact same spot, Santana fouls the ball off weakly down towards the Indians' dugout. Here is, word-for-word, what Christopher Wheeler said after that 3rd pitch.
"Santana's the kind of guy that, if Jamie makes his pitches, he can get him out. Because you can see already how aggressive he is. He looks like he'd check swing at the rosin bag right now. He is up there hackin' away at everything."
Complete majoke. Get a job man.

-How long will the shift continue for Ryan Howard? Sunday, he had a ground ball go in between the 2nd baseman and shortstop despite both of them being on the right side of the field and standing in the grass. Tonight, he hit one right to where a shortstop would normally be waiting to turn an inning-ending double play in the first inning. Instead, it was an RBI single allowing Chase Utley to go from first to 3rd. Jayson Werth then hit a sac fly to score Utley. Both of the Phillies runs were scored in the first inning thanks to the shift. The Big Man's average is now up to .294, and he's still on pace for a solid 120+ RBI.

-Chooch is on the DL. That bites

-Greg Dobbs has been designated for assignment. Hopefully we can hang on to Dobbs. I always liked him, and he was a HUGE part of our 2008 championship team. There is no doubt that he has been unreliable at the plate, and his defense has always been suspect at best. But it definitely hurts to get rid of a good guy like Dobbs. It seems like the right thing to do, especially with Gload having success as a left-handed bat off the bench. But that doesn't mean it hurts my soul any less.

-Jimmy's back! Although he didn't do much at the plate, I think he had somewhere around 46 assists from shortstop in this game. It felt like every single batter was grounding out to Jimmy. It's good to have him back and hopefully he can get back to hitting the ball pretty soon so the rest of the team can follow