Walking again -- Howard's Big Bomb

Written by Mike Mariano | 10 July 2010

It ain't been pretty, but it's been fun.. yesterday we saw the second walk-off win in two days.  Ryan Howard took Arthur Rhodes deep with a man on second in the bottom of the tenth to steal another from the Reds.  Not only did they walk it off in the tenth, they put together a six run ninth to force extras.  Two home runs, one from Dobbs and one from Ransom and all the momentum was ours.

Somehow Joe Blanton gave up 12 hits in 5.1, but the bullpen was good enough to keep it close enough for the late inning heroics.  Also, Mike Leake's performance can't be short changed.  He went eight unbelievably strong until things imploded in the ninth.

• Cliff Lee thoughts:  Everything Benny B wrote this morning about the Phillies being the losers of the Cliff Lee situation is absolutely true.  Granted he helped get us to the World Series, however everything after that was botched by the Phillies.  I'm so upset (still) that the Phillies didn't keep him that it hurts.  I don't even want to talk about it anymore, too many words have been split about it already.