There are a few interesting things going on around baseball (OK, I made that up, but bear with me) but the big chatter around the ballpark this afternoon is that Jimmy Rollins will sit out of his third straight game with an injured ankle suffered during Tuesday’s game against the New York Mets at Shea Stadium.
Rollins did not start the past two games, but pinch hit during last night’s extra-inning loss to the Mets.
With Rollins out again, Eric Bruntlett will get another starting nod at shortstop.
Here’s the Phillies’ lineup for Friday night’s game against the Chicago Cubs and pitcher Carlos Zambrano:
8 – Shane Victorino, cf 19 – Greg Dobbs, 3b 26 – Chase Utley, 2b 6 – Ryan Howard, 1b 5 – Pat Burrell, lf 10 – Geoff Jenkins, rf 51 – Carlos Ruiz, c 4 – Eric Bruntlett, ss 39 – Brett Myers, p
Here's a little secret: I'm going to write about Brett Myers and his outing this evening. Myers is looking for his first good start of the season after two pretty bad ones. I wrote about those, too.