Weeks 6 and 7 Recap

<--Actual Brian Fuentes footage. God, I hate you.

All around atrocious hitting and subpar pitching led the way as the Squirrels dropped two embarrassing match ups in a row and fell out of first place for the first time this year in the East Division. Injuries continue to plague the Squirrels, and unfortunately, the depth on this team is only so so. Lincecum and Pettitte, the mainstays of the rotation got rocked, Duchscherer went down to a likely season ending injury, Lidge went back to the DL and Beckett went to the DL. Pitching depth should not be a problem, but when you have three top flight SPers on the DL, it's tough to hang in there.

The offense, which has been paltry all year, continues to hit at about a .200 clip, with few signs of hope. Mark Teixeira has been terrible, as has Chipper Jones and Brandon Phillips. Teixeira's annual slow start is starting to look like a bad year or at least a bad first half, and Chipper needs to hang it up. He is simply too old and has too many miles on the tires to be serviceable for anything but walks. Phillips, who was drafted in the first round, has finally got his average over the .250 mark, but his peripheral stats have not made up for his inability to hit consistently.

The lone bright spot for the Squirrels has been the bullpen, excluding the closers, who are terrible. Carlos Villanueva, Evan Meek and Hong-Chih Kuo have been untouchable for most of the season, and Hideki Okajima is starting to look like his old self again now as well. If Brad Lidge can get healthy and stay healthy, the bullpen will be as solid as any in the league.

Brian Fuentes...fornicate yourself with an iron stick, buddy. Your Jorge Julio-esque ways are going to find your ass benched. I hate you and I hate everything you stand for. Consider this your final warning. The head has got to come out of the ass at some point, or Fernando Rodney is going to usurp your role, and probably start banging your wife too.
Sincerely-The Management