Did you guys even looking at the lineups these past two days? How are you supposed to win when Melky Cabrera is batting 5th?
We are done because we have no players left. Glaus is out...Prado is out...We're down to our third 3B of the year...We're starting slapdicks like Brooks Conrad and Rick Ankiel out of necessity...What else are we supposed to do? Our 5-8 hitters are journeymen or wash-ups. After our clean-up hitter, there isn't a single guy who is above replacement level right now.
Bobby, or Bud Black, deserves MOY for even having their teams in this position. Both rosters have no business in the playoffs, but here we are.
You're kidding yourself if you think squeezing 97 wins out of the Phillies was the best managerial job of the year. Injuries or no injuries, since the Oswalt trade, that has been the most talented team in the NL by far.