>Y'know, I really miss Halladay. It's great to see him doing so well with/for the Phillies, but the guy really belongs in Toronto. I think you should send him back.
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>He has gotten better as the season has gone on. His work ethic is amazing. Chooch Ruiz (Phillies starting catcher) says that Doc's cutter is the best in baseball. Halladay is the best pitcher to wear a Philly uniform since Lefty. (Schilling was great, but played on some bad Philly teams)
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>With Halladay, Hamels, and Oswalt (who is looking good right now) as the Philly 1-2-3 pitchers, Philly is going to do some major damage if they make the playoffs. They're finally getting healthy, after a season marred by one bad injury after another.

I agree completely. If they make the playoffs nobody is going to want to face that rotation. Oswalt has been terrific since they picked him up. (Actually he pitched pretty well of the Astros, too, but he had about as little run support as any pitcher in baseball and his record didn't show it).

Sweet Lou hangs 'em up in Chicago. I didn't get the earlier decision to resign effective at the end of the season. His heart clearly wasn't in it any more and his team had quit on him. Now it's whoops, I'm resigning effective tomorrow. The Cubs seem on a mission to see if they can lose all their remaining games.