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As Buck might say, "It's all about who is pitching today." But what about that lousy line-up Buck put together last night? :scratchchinhmm:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/masnRoch">@masnRoch</a> that is probably the worst lineup the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Orioles?src=hash">#Orioles</a> could come up with. Geez I hope they do not blow this game vs the lowly Phillies</p>— JeffStower (@Oriolesallday) <a href="

">June 16, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/masnRoch">@masnRoch</a> not exactly murderers row</p>— devilish flaredog (@nottheflaredog) <a href="

">June 16, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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I am interested to see how the two games in Philly play out now. Will the Phillies rise up and possibly get a bit chippy in the process, or will they lay down like a beaten dog?

They're likely to strike some kind of balance between laying down like a beaten dog and storming Ruben Amaro's club box.

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I am interested to see how the two games in Philly play out now. Will the Phillies rise up and possibly get a bit chippy in the process, or will they lay down like a beaten dog?

The Phillies still have some solid veterans on their roster, so I think they'll get a little chippy. It won't be because of their support for Sandberg however. Did you see how upset utley was when they left Francour in the game after he had thrown over forty pitches.

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The Phillies still have some solid veterans on their roster, so I think they'll get a little chippy. It won't be because of their support for Sandberg however. Did you see how upset utley was when they left Francour in the game after he had thrown over forty pitches.

In all fairness, I think some of his anger, was himself getting left in the game.

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The Phillies still have some solid veterans on their roster, so I think they'll get a little chippy. It won't be because of their support for Sandberg however. Did you see how upset utley was when they left Francour in the game after he had thrown over forty pitches.

Not sure what Utley was all upset about, Francouer was their best pitcher all night lol.

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