Myers and the "Kearse"

The Phillies’ boneheaded plays in the 9^th inning of last night’s game – mental miscues that needlessly prolonged the game – and forced Brett Myers to pitch longer than needed and subsequently got hurt, immediately called to mind the Eagles home opener vs. the Giants last year.

 

In that game, the Eagles squandered a double digit lead and eventually went into overtime during which Jevon Kearse sustained a season ending knee injury. Last night, we had Rod Barajas and Gregg Dobbs misplays that should have resulted in outs and ended the game, but didn’t. Myers had to pitch to hitters he never should have had to, and now he’s likely to go on the DL with a strained shoulder.

 

If there is any bright side, and this is a big if pending the results of a MRI, is that 1) the Phillies won the game last night while the Eagles lost and 2) Kearse was lost for the year while Myers hopefully is not done for the season (he maintains the injury is not serious as it looked when he clutched his arm last night). We’ll see.