{"id":399,"date":"2009-10-14T18:59:29","date_gmt":"2009-10-14T22:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.broadstreetbelievers.com\/?p=399"},"modified":"2009-10-15T14:08:20","modified_gmt":"2009-10-15T18:08:20","slug":"bsb-podcast-nlcs-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/?p=399","title":{"rendered":"BSB Podcast: NLCS Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"1\" vspace=\"5\" align=\"left\" width=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pennwellblogs.com\/mae\/uploaded_images\/capt_920ab67a0bd746aa96446acd58a3a27e_nlcs_phillies_dodgers_baseball_nlcs145-706297.jpg\" hspace=\"5\" alt=\"stairs dodgers\" height=\"296\" style=\"width: 391px; height: 290px\" \/>Head on over to <a href=\"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.podbean.com\/\">http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.podbean.com<\/a> to\u00a0stream or download\u00a0the\u00a0new BSB Podcast, in which we preview the Phillies-Dodgers NLCS.<\/p>\n<p>Bry and Doogan discuss the formidable Dodger bullpen, the ongoing questions\/decisions surrounding the Phillie pitching staff, and give predictions for the series.<\/p>\n<p>And, check in on BSB Thursday night during Game 1 for a live blog.<\/p>\n<p><em>LATEST NEWS<\/em>: <strong>Chan Ho Park<\/strong> and <strong>Eric Bruntlett<\/strong> are ON the NLCS roster, replacing <strong>Brett Myers<\/strong> and <strong>Kyle Kendrick<\/strong>, as the team goes with 11 pitchers instead of 12.\u00a0 Park over Kendrick was a no-brainer, as Park has been on the Phils&#8217; best relievers this season. Bruntlett back on is a bit surprising, but 11 pitchers is probably all that&#8217;s really needed in a post-season series.\u00a0 The team probably decided they wanted an extra position player, and even though Bruntlett isn&#8217;t very good, at least he can play every position, can\u00a0run the bases well,\u00a0 and has been here before.<\/p>\n<p>ALSO, all indications are that <strong>Pedro Martinez<\/strong> will get the Game 2 start tomorrow afternoon.\u00a0 Again, I would go with\u00a0Joe Blanton, but I have enough trust in Charlie at this point to believe he knows what he&#8217;s doing.\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com\/news\/article.jsp?ymd=20091014&amp;content_id=7457680&amp;vkey=news_phi&amp;fext=.jsp&amp;c_id=phi\" title=\"pedro game 2\">Interesting article about it<\/a> on phillies.com though, in which Charlie and Rich Dubee say Pedro threw the ball well in a simulated game on Tuesday, but Pedro sounds anything but\u00a0pleased with how he did.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Dodgers have made an even bigger surprise move with their Game 2 starter, announcing that our old friend <strong>Vicente Padilla<\/strong> will take the hill, followed by <strong>Hiroki Kuroda<\/strong> in Game 3, and <strong>Randy Wolf<\/strong> in Game 4.\u00a0 This seems like a mistake to me, and a break for the Phils.\u00a0 I know Wolf isn&#8217;t great, but he&#8217;s better than Padilla, especially against this line-up.\u00a0 The book on Padilla has always been that he can&#8217;t get lefties out, and he&#8217;ll be facing a\u00a0fierce line-up in which 5 of the best 6 hitters will be swinging from the left-side of the plate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Head on over to http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.podbean.com to\u00a0stream or download\u00a0the\u00a0new BSB Podcast, in which we preview the Phillies-Dodgers NLCS. Bry and Doogan discuss the formidable Dodger bullpen, the ongoing questions\/decisions surrounding the Phillie pitching staff, and give predictions for the series. 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