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Roy Halladay, Cole Hamels and Roy Oswalt provide a monumental challenge to opposing offenses; Halladay has walked something like -5 batters in his 250 innings, Hamels is no longer suffering from the bad luck that marred his 2009 campaign, and Oswalt has been as good as ever - but, more importantly, has been healthy.In the bullpen, replica Omega 4651.20.32 watch Ryan Madson and Jose Contreras have been very solid, and Brad Lidge, to my great disappointment, looks like his old self more often than not.With pitchers like those, you barely even need an offense!Between the Braves and the Phillies, you could have the best 4-man rotation in baseball, and all their last names would start with &8216;H.' Halladay, Hamels, Hanson and Hudson.Well, I think that's neat anyway.Of course, the Phils have offense in spades.

What? Because they're obnoxious like that, I guess.I don't know.They rank 11th in MLB with a .328 wOBA that's kind of artificially low; they have tons of talent up and down the lineup, but injuries have played a major part in missed time and down years from, among others, Chase Utley and Jimmy Rollins.Utley has rebounded to Post an outstanding (especially for a 2B) .373 wOBA, and, along with Ryan Howard and Jayson Werth, replica Omega 323.21.40.44.01.001 watch anchors a formidable middle of the order.Carlos Ruiz, shockingly, has a .366 wOBA this season, demonstrating plate discipline and power at the bottom of the lineup that neither I nor probably Chooch himself knew that he possessed, and Raul Ibanez has been pretty much what one would expect Raul Ibanez to be - decent above-average against righties, and pretty brutal against lefties.

The Bad: While Madson and Contreras have been pretty good, do you trust them in big spots? Or Chad Durbin? Or, despite my faint praise to the contrary, Brad Lidge? Perhaps David Herndon is more to your liking? While we're at it, do you think I'm sort of inventing an argument that you can't really argue against unless said argument proceeds something like “Nuh uh!” “Yes huh!” ad infinitum? Well, you're probably right! But that's not replica Omega 4847.50.31 watch going to stop me from Adding in that Wilson Valdez, who's been filling in for Rollins, is the Phillies' answer to Orlando Cabrera, and I mean that in the most disparaging way possible.Rollins is likely to play most of the time and mitigate the damage that Valdez can cause, but lower body injuries can significantly affect how hitters are able to rotate on a pitch and drive it with authority.

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That's because I don't have much faith in the starters they're going to be running out there.If you're managing against a lineup like the Phillies, you're going to want Cueto to be more of a third starter than a guy you're going to rely heavily on, particularly if Volquez reverts back to his July form &8212; which is a real possibility.Bronson Arroyo isn't a y option, and while ordinarily that statement is followed with some bland plaudits, he isn't a y option because his 4.61 FIP shows that, well, he's not that good.He's kind of fun to replica Omega 321.12.42.50.01.001 watch, though; only 40% of his pitches are fastballs.Yes, that's the best praise I can find.And should the Reds move on to the NLCS, who's going to be the fourth starter? The diminutive (166 lbs) Travis Wood? The enigmatic Homer Bailey? Neither of those are particularly great options, you guys.

Roys &8216;r' Us.H2O.I know what you're thinking, and no, I'm not just spouting off the punnacious (well, it's a word now) appellation of a theoretical blues band headed by Roys Orbison and Rogers and recalling the title of one of the more ill-advised horror movie sequels to get greenlit.The Phillies, as if you didn't know, boast a replica Omega 95 1277.10 watch rotation headed by, if they wanted to be super-indie and also nickname Cole Hamels &8216;Trigger,' Trigger and Some Dudes Named Roy.And if you ever want to know why I'm not allowed to nickname people, like, ever, then you can just look back at that last sentence.The Good: Despite that last torturous paragraph, the good obviously begins with the best top three in baseball.

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263/.303/.354 line is wildly uninspiring, even for a shortstop.Other than Cabrera, if there's a Red at the plate, he's going to be an above-average hitter.Joey Votto leads the charge here, as his .439 wOBA is almost certainly going to lead him to an MVP award.Well, perhaps the more likely reason is the .324 average and .600 SLG, but you get the point.But it's not like anyone else is really slouching (except Cabrera); Scott Rolen, Jay Bruce, replica Omega 95 1360.75 watch and Ramon Hernandez (!) are each Posting wOBAs over .350, which is an admittedly arbitrary cutoff for a pretty good season in my book.

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That secret might not be maple syrup, but then again, it just might be.As for the pitchers, there are bright spots to be found among a unit that is, on the whole, below average.Edinson Volquez, the most talented member of the rotation, looks to be a much better pitcher than he did earlier this year in his return from Tommy John; his control might not ever be great, but he will get his Share of strikeouts.The worry there is that his September replica Omega 3222.80 watch excellence only represents three starts, and those against subpar offenses that are also running out lineups that are watered down by September roster expansion; can he be effective against the Phillies? Beyond him, Johnny Cueto should be effective, but to expect ace-level performance from him seems kind of silly.

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Jacksonville Jaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew (32) celebrates a fourth-quarter touchdown with teammates wide receiver Mike Sims-Walker (11) and tight end Zach Miller (86) in an NFL football game against the Indianapolis Colts in Jacksonville, Fla., Sunday, Oct.3, 2010.Jacksonville won 31-28.(AP Photo/John Raoux) replica Omega 4813.40.01 watchGoing into Game 162, there was the potential for MLB history to be made.We could've seen the first-ever three way tie and mini tournament to shake out the NL West champion and the Wild Card winner; we could've, basically, had playoff baseball yesterday and today before getting playoff baseball Wednesday.Which, most would agree, would just be the bee's knees.Others, like oh I don't know maybe Braves and Giants fans,

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Retail $360,000Source: Blancpain Ultimately, collectors will want to own all timepieces inside the series.Four years within the , this exceptional timepiece presents several technical innovations.Both sounding rings of the Tissot T64138581 watch cathedral gong minute-repeater are one and a half times the diameter of the movement. Two years ago, Blancpain presented the Le Brassus one-minute carrousel movement, a world's first (a carrousel, just like a tourbillon,

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negates the results of gravity to improve watch accuracy). This season, a minute-repeater has been put into the already complicated one-minute carrousel movement. Next year, another complication is going to be added, then an additional complication each Omega2910.51.91Watch year thereafter. Eventually, the Le Brassus model will reach Grand Complication status. To become classified like a Grand complication, a watch must possess three complications, with one from each of three categories;

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Lange & S?hne just announced the new Grand Lange 1 "Luminous". It is a version of the most popular model, the Lange 1, with luminous applied to the hands and markers. They introduced the Zeitwerk Luminous at SIHH 2010, which got lots of buzz. Swatch YCB4000AGC Watch And with the success of the Zeitwerk Luminous, it seems sensible they would offer their most popular timepiece with luminous markers and hands. Press Release PDFRetail TBDSource: A.Lange & S?hne