offense

It is time once again for a Phillies 97.3 ESPN Monday Mailbag.  We take your questions every Monday and then we talk about them during the Sports Bash with Mike Gill on Tuesday afternoons at 2:30 p.m.   If you are not in South Jersey, you can listen online at 973espn...

Needless to say, when Hector Luna's batting cleanup, the prevailing assumption about late-game heroics is to not hold your breath on them. Such is life for the Philies.

We're pretty well-versed in Charlie Manuel's aversedness to advanced stats.

ESPN MLB analyst and former Phhillies center fielder, Doug Glanville called into the Sports Bash and talked about the Phillies offensive woes. Glanville talks about how difficult it can be for a team with players mixing and matching positions in the lineup every day...

Chase Utley was able to field some grounders during pregame Monday but admitted that he still felt some pain when doing so according to CSNPhilly.com's Jim Salisbury. Utley took batting practice with the team in Arizona which was pain-free and said his legs felt stronger...

The Phillies offense stalled yet again today, falling to the Marlins by a score of 6 to 2. The Phils' floundering offense spolied a solid outing by Cole Hamels, who struck out 9 Marlins over 5 1/3 innings.

So this is what it's going to be like? Three games into the baseball season and the Phillies are unrecognizable. Three games, three different line-ups, same results.