Dee_gordon Morning Wood is a hard news roundup for your Philadelphia Phillies. Good or bad, it will show up every morning.

Reader Matt Reilly on Twitter may have summed it up best: Watching Rubby De La Rosa was like watching a baby play on I-95 and wondering how it didn't get hit by a car. The Phillies left six men on base in the first two innings. Their offense, in its own right, is like watching a drunk college kid play The Show, they just select "power" and mash away at every pitch. Awful, just awful.

While we're on the topic of "Rubby," reader Alex Cheremeteff (real?) points out that there was a Rubby and a Hand (Marlins) pitching last night. If they ever face off against one another, the tilt will undoubtedly be dubbed "The Jerkoff." Sarge should announce.

It was a 6-2 loss (lead, buried- boom). Charlie Manuel called it a "very bad game" and was bothered by the fact that the Phillies were 2-for-10 with runners in scoring position. Saber nerds will note that hitting with men on base is not a repeatable skill, but I'd argue that living life in a calculator is not conducive to getting laid. Tomato, tomato.

Before the game, Ruben Amaro told reporters that Jimmy Rollins could go on the DL if his knee didn't see improvement over the next few days. Rollins, just minutes later, said:

"No, no. If I was going on the DL, it would purely be because they just made a bad decision. And you can write that."

 

You can run tell 'dat. Rollins pinch-hit in the 9th. I got your DL, right here (thick, wedding-soupy Italian accent).

David Murphy threw in a "Wounded Knee" reference in his story about Chase Utley's knee. Very nice. Manuel doesn't think that it's the reason for his throwing woes.

Tom Gordon's son, Dee, got the first… and second… and third hits of his Major League career last night. More importantly, Dee is the runaway favorite to win the Willy Mays Hayes look-alike award for the next 15 years. Between his flattop and the resurgence of straight brimmed, large logo hats, it's like Will Smith became majority owner of the matrix and set our world to "fresh." If Harem pants make a comeback, I'm out. Steve Bucci has more Gordon and his father. I'm fairly certain that's the first time Bucci has shown up in the same paragraph as a Fresh Prince reference, but I could be wrong.

Brad Lidge's elbow soreness was only a "flare-up." He can continue with his rehab program.

The Phillies chose five shortstops in the draft yesterday. Five.