Jimmy Rollins
14 May 2009
The Phils took the lead for Hamels in the bottom of the first with a lead off double from Jimmy Rollins, a sac bunt from Victorino, and a sac fly from Howard. That was all the runs the Phightless Phils had for the young lefty. The Phillies did make a game of it scoring 2 runs with 2 outs in the bottom of the ninth off of Jonathan Broxton. On the verge of a 1,2,3 top of the 10th Chad Durbin went two up two down and seemingly melted down after a payoff pitch failed to go his way. Durbin gave up two runs to give away the lead. Rookie Ramon Troncoso came in to save the game for Broxton setting down the Phillies on 13 pitches. It would have been less than 10 if Troncoso didn't hit Utley with two strikes and two outs.
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Past that he pans out for San Diego and the Mets.
On the lighter side of the game, Jimmy Rollins is crushing the ball. He went 1 for 4 with a solo jack. I know that doesn't sound like crushin
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2 February 2008
mber last year at about this time? "The Philles are the team to beat in the NL East" says Jimmy Rollins. "Oh, that's just our silly J Roll." we said with a patronizing chuckle and a shake of our heads, "I'll be happy to see them over 500 by the end of the season." Well, here we are a year later and what do you know? Turns out that not only was our star shortstop right, but he was awarded the NL MVP for his spooky Nostradamus impression. And remember those chills you felt when Brett Myers threw that last strike and hurled his glove in the air joining the great mound celebrations of those who came before him like Al Holland in '83, Mitch Williams in '93 (against the Braves anyway) and of course the Tugger in '80? You felt like you were dreaming. You couldn't believe that you were actually going to get to see your favorite team play October baseball for the first time in 14 years. I could feel the electricity emanating from the city and I live 3000 miles away in the suburbs of Los Angeles. Didn't matter that they went quietly into that good night a week later against the NL "team of destiny" Colorado Rockies. It was bonus baseball for us. That's the sweetest kind of baseball there is. Remember how proud we were of our boys?
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