Looking at the score, 9-8, it really seems like it was close game, a tough loss, and at times it was but the 3 errors may be a bad omen of what may come. Anderson Hernandez’s two errors were not good and Adam Dunn didn’t gir-r-dunn when we needed it in the 9th but he still had two RBI today and Ryan Zimmerman had a two run homer in the 9th inning.  It was an odd game to say the least. But it was also an official sell-out crowd.  Cristian Guzman looked great until he got hurt in the 9th inning, he was 5-5 today and is batting .515 this season.  It looks like Guzman will be joining Willie Harris, Terrell Young, Dmitri Young, and Matt Chico on the disabled list but I’m not sure. After Guzman’s injury and Hernandez’s defense, I would really like to second my plea for Justin Turner.

This was a bittersweet win for the Phillies though. At around 12:30 today, their Hall of Fame broadcaster was found slumped over in his booth. He was taken to George Washington University’s Medical Center and pronounced dead at 1:20 PM, he was 73 years old. Today, Tigers fan favorite Mark “The Bird” Fidrych was also found dead on his farm in Massachusetts.  The 1976 AL rookie of the year played in the majors until 1980, but was well known for talking to himself, the baseball, and his glove while on the mound and his amazing performance in 1976. Both f these men will greatly be missed in the baseball community.

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