Missing AE?

With the first swing of the bat, all of Astros Nation thought this game was going to be a great one....and it was, for the Phillies. Jimmy Rollins was friggin on fire last night and Chase Utly showed why he's one of the sweetest hitting second sackers in the game.

But, how many of those seeing-eye shots up the middle would have been outs had Automatic Adam been at Short last night, instead of Mark Loretta? Makes you think a little.....

Lance went yard, but I still get the feeling his timing is still off at the plate. Maybe he's pressing, maybe he's just not seeing the ball well, whatever it is, I hope he breaks out soon.

Regardless of the pitching line, I think Chris Sampson pitched a solid game, Adam Eaton was just better. I've not given up hope that Sampson is going to be a huge lift to this pitching staff.
Sampson (L, 2-1)
4.0 IP
14 H
7 R
7 ER
1 BB
4 SO
1 HR
4.26 ERA

Biggio's .222 BA is not very heart warming. He's just not getting good hits, and Luke Scott needs starting putting the ball in play or he's going to see JLane taking some more of his playing time. It's interesting that in small samples, Luke's numbers have been great, but over a longer period of time, is his true talent going to be exposed?

If you could get a front line starter for a Luke Scott/Chris Burke/Lidge package, would you think about it....?