Quick hits: Happ to start Game 3 vs. Rockies
Circling The Bases —
- Saturday's snow-out will allow the Phillies to go with J.A. Happ in Sunday's Game 3 against the Rockies. Happ was knocked out of Thursday's Game 2 after taking a comebacker off the right shin, but appears to be good to go. With the inclusion of Happ, the Phillies would presumably start Cliff Lee in Game 4 and Cole Hamels in Game 5. If things go according to plan, Jayson Stark of ESPN reports that the Phillies would be the first team to start five left-handers in a five-game division series . The Mariners started four (Randy Johnson, Jamie Moyer and Jeff Fassero) against the ...
NLDS Game 3 Postponed
crashburnalley.com —
... and snow all around, with the updated forecast for the scheduled 7:37 p.m. game time calling for a temperature of 26 degrees — which would have been by far the lowest for a postseason game in history. Due to the extra day of rest, Charlie Manuel switched his Game 3 starter. Initially, it was Pedro Martinez because, in Game 2, he used starter Joe Blanton for more than an inning and J.A. Happ got hit on the shin with a line drive. Some relevant reading material for your perusal: Jayson Stark tweets : No team ever started lefthanders in every game of a 5-game LDS. ‘97 Mariners did ...
