(AP Photo/Tom Mihalek)It was an interesting night at the ballpark, to say the least, in Jimmy Rollins' first game at home since his "frontrunner" comments. I wasn't at the game, but from what I heard during the television broadcast, Rollins was pretty heartily booed for most of the night, although there were occasions when you could hear some faint cheering. He got booed loudly each time he got out in his first three trips to the plate, but in his fourth at-bat, after he hit a long, loud out deep into the outfield, you could hear plenty of cheering. Other than the booing for Rollins, the crowd didn't sound too different from a normal game, so it will be interesting to hear whether the "Campaign Cheer" group feel like their efforts were successful or not.
Anyway, back to the game. The Phillies did pull out a win, but it ended up being a pretty tough game considering how bad the Nationals are. The Nationals do always seem to play the Phils tough, so hopefully there is no one looking past them at the Dodgers series looming for this weekend. Seeing as how the Nationals have lost 11 straight, even this offensively challenged Phillies team should be able to make short work of them.
3 comments:
Phils won, that's all that matters.
I'm still hoping Campaign Cheer gets stronger and becomes more of a force, but I was pleased with the amount of cheering going on in the game considering they were losing for the better portion of it.
Great, thanks for the feedback, GM! You're right, the Phils won, and that's what matters! Jimmy did seem to be getting booed pretty vociferously throughout the night, but I didn't hear anyone else get booed.
Jimmy was the only one of got booed. Fans really supported the rest of the club, even more so than normal to spite J-Roll I believe.
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