Cooling Down Philadelphia Phillies Offense

Posted: 15th April 2010 by Nathaniel Ballance in MLB
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The Philadelphia Phillies have come out of the gate smoking baseballs all over the yard. And into the neighbor's yard too.  It's getting to the point that their start is drawing historic comparisons.   They've played seven games and scored 50 runs, an average of over seven runs a game.  Extrapolated out over the course of the season it puts these Phillies at 1,157 runs, far and away a Major League record. But let's not get too far indulged in this team and start predicting they'll score 1000 runs this year.  Remember, the season is young and the only teams they've played are two perennial cellar-dwellers, Houston and Washington. Houston was 13th in team ERA in 2009, Washington dead last.  They've faced pitchers like John Lannan, Jason Marquis, Craig Stammen, and Fe ...

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