He's Just an Average Joe (w/ Super Special Psychic Update)

So why should the fans count on him and not start our ace trifecta on short rest? The fact is each team is going against the opposing 4th starter, not Cy Young or Satchel Paige. Theoretically this puts us in a position to score more than we normally would, only needing an average performance from Joe to secure a lead.

With that said, if Charlie platooned left field tonight with Ben Francisco it would greatly improve the chances at a win. Joe Blanton can strike people out, but when he doesn't the ball usually gets hit hard.

This will be Joe Blanton's 3rd NLCS appearance. He has never gone longer than 6 innings in his past 2 appearances, and hasn't earned more than 3 runs in each of those starts. The great thing about that is we average a little more than 5 runs of support for Joe over the season. I can live with those numbers.

Bumgarner on the other hand is 20 years old and has only one postseason start under his belt. His strikes get contact a lot of the time, so maybe we can unnerve him a bit by running deep AB's. He will get pulled as soon as he nears 100 pitches or if he lets the game blow up.

It's now 4:30 and Ben Francisco is announced as batting 7th in Game 4 (via @JSalisburyCSN). Go Phils!



I'm psychic.