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Originally Posted by thebird1003
and the phillies.... if ryan howard plays in the 2nd half just as bad as he did in the first half... then i don't see them winning the east...
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Yeah, I guess if he only leads the League in homeruns and RBI's in the second half the Phillies don't have much of a chance. They don't pay him to make contact and hit .300. They pay him to swing for the fences every time he's at the plate.
The only reason the Phillies won't win the East is if they keep making it look virtually impossible to plate a run with someone on third base and no outs. The only reason they're struggling now is their inability to play small ball when they need to, which is what they were doing throughout most of June.
Baseball's such a long season that it's hard to start making playoff predictions until mid-August, in my opinion. The only thing that I'll say concerning that is that there are a lot of teams out there that still have a legitimate shot at making it.