Now that the game is up, I'll post here.

Phillies position players, current OPS, sorted by lineup slot
.973
.992
1.281
1.201
.609
.662
.509
.473

Compare and contrast. :)

Freakin' Burrell. I'm going to hate it when he goes into his 2-month can't do a d**ned thing slump cuz I'm enjoying this now

What a shameful effort on the bases today. The Brewers had a double, a single and a walk in a single inning and lost two guys on the basepaths.

I am a Bill Hall fan, but his inability to run the bases with any common sense is irritating to say the least. But of course he had company today.

Just awful.....

Top 4 today for the Phils:
On base 10 of 17 times
Bottom 4:
On base 2 for 20

yeah, not a good effort. It's tempting to blame the baserunning gaffes on Yost because they happen so consistently, but I don't know if it's him calling for all these steals and "aggressive plays" or if the players he's had over the years are just stupid.

On a different note, has anybody ever read the comments on the Journal-Sentinel's Brewer blog? The people that post there are not very forward-looking. I saw a bunch of people praising Yost and Kendall for playing every day, saying that is something the team has been missing for a long time. I never thought it was desirable to have a catcher, especially an old one, catch 90% of the games because of the strain of the position but whatever. Then, they say that the reason Kendall was terrible last year was because the Cubs "ran him into the ground". Hmmm, maybe playing a 34 year old catcher 20 of the 22 games so far could also be considered running someone into the ground?

Stupid might be a bit harsh, but there's no edit in chatter, so...

The Phils continue to get mostly good pitching, after a very rocky start. With their schizo offense, this is keeping them treading water.

Re: 5

The Brewers blog is not exactly the Brookings Institute of baseball analysis (I doubt most newspaper blogs are). You are right that there is not a lot of foresight and for the most part the posters there assume that what a player did for 20 games is exactly how they will continue to perform. The Brewers are winning 60% of their games but judging by the blog Ned Yost's evilness is approaching terrorist proportions.